364 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



But a natural check to its undue increase came; many of the in- 

 sects were affected by Entomophthora grylU, and the species has not 

 been so plentiful since. 



Levis Military Road. — A by-way of interest to naturalists 

 is the road connecting the Forts on Levis Heights. The ramparts 

 raised for the defence of this road are now overgrown with brush, 

 and bushes and young trees have sprung up on both sides of it. 

 In the scrub the tall Diplopappus iimhellatus (Miller) grows 

 abundantly, and upon this the galls of Gnoremoschema gallce- 

 diplopappi Fyles may be found. 



What a formidable name "Gnoremcschema" is! It was de- 

 rived, I suppose, from the Greek, Gnorimos — well known, and 

 Cheima- — in winter. The insects that cause the galls, however, 

 do not occupy them in winter. Having escaped their enemies 

 and come to perfection, they quit their dwellings in August, or 

 September at the latest. 



But in some instances the galls are not without winter tenants, 

 several kinds of Ichneumon flies, having preyed upon the former 

 inhabitants, spin their cocoons within the galls and remain in them 

 till summer comes around. 



The young gregarious larvae of that lovely butterfly Melitcea 

 harrisii Scudder may be found, late in the season, in dingy, closelj^ 

 clinging webs, on the stalks of the Diplopappus. In the spring 

 they disperse and. thrive rapidly on the yoimg shoots of the plant. 



In this locality the Large-leaved Aster (Aster macrophylhis L.) 

 grows plentifully. An insect of remarkable habits feeds upon it, 

 viz., Tricotaphe levisella Fyles. The larvae of this species fasten 

 the edges of the large bottom leaves together and thus form ample 

 tents within which they feed. A full description of the insect in 

 its difYerent stages is given in the 33rd Annual Report of our So- 

 ciety on page 28. 



Another insect deserving of notice that may be met with 

 along this military road is the fine ruby-winged locust described 

 by Harris under the name Locitsta corallma. (See "Insects In- 

 jurious to Vegetation," p. 176). 



Old St. Henry Road. — This road, when I lived at South 

 Quebec, was a rich hunting ground for the naturalist. No less 



