158 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



miscellaneous notes. 

 Dear Sir, — 



I send you the following items, hoping they may prove of interest : 



Clisiocampa sylvatica. — The caterpillars of this pest are swarming 

 on almost every description of tree or shrub in the vicinity of this city, 

 many trees being completely denuded of foliage. C. Americana is also 

 common on apple trees. 



Lachnosterna quercina. — This insect, though usually very 

 abundant, has been quite scarce this season ; I have not seen more than 

 a dozen specimens. 



Depraved Taste of P. turnus. — One day early in June a P. iiiruus 

 which I was pursuing hovered over and alighted upon some cow drop- 

 pings, thrust out its tongue, and settled itself quietly to its disgusting 

 repast. While in this position it was easily captured. 



On the 27th of July, last year, it rained very heavily during the 

 evening in the vicinity of Portland, where I was spending the summer; 

 but the night seemed very flivorable for moths, a large number entering 

 the house, among them a fine specimen of Pliilampdus satellitia^ two of 

 Ardia virgo, and one of Ardia rubricosa, besides a number of others 

 with the names of which I am not acquainted. 



Description of the Egg of Gastropacha Americana. — The eggs 

 of this moth are very j^retty, being white with peculiar black markings. 

 They were laid June 27th, by a female reared in confinement. Length 

 .06 of an inch ; width, .045. Form oval, flattened at the base and also 

 above, but a little thicker at one end than at the other. At each end 

 there is a semi-circular stripe and dot, closely resembling the crescent and 

 star of the Turkish arms, and these markings are larger and more distinct 

 on the larger end. On both the flattened surfaces there are markings 

 like eyes, each formed by an oval spot in the centre, with a curved stripe 

 above and a shorter straight one below, of which the latter is widened 

 towards the extremities. Between and parallel to the two eye-brow-like 

 marks there is another black stripe which is widest at the larger end of 

 the egg, and tapers towards the other. Over the whole surface there is a 

 minute indented reticulation, the meshes of which are irregular in form, 

 with a depressed dot in the centre of each. 



H. H. Lyman, Montreal, P. Q. 



