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as well as those which he had gathered at Trenton. The next morning 

 he advised us to go up along the beaver-meadow, and this proved to be 

 the most interesting and profitable collecting ground which we found. 

 Along the short wood-road leading up along the brook to the meadow, 

 Carterocephalus Mandan occurred abundantly and a few other butterflies 

 were not uncommon, while coleoptera and hymenoptera were moderately 

 plentiful. In tlie meadow itself we captured a number of interesting 

 species, of which the rarest was Nematoplus coIUiris, which has not been 

 recorded from Canada. Four examples were taken of this beetle and an 

 equal number of DoUchosoma foveicolle, a species which at Ottawa has 

 only been once taken, in a similar habitat. Nceinia episcopalis was com- 

 mon with AnJsotida strigata, and several examples of Ditylus ccertilens 

 occurred on low plants. Orsodacna atra was exceedingly abundant, 

 and variable both in size and colour, and several species of LampyridjE 

 were more or less common. In the sluggish stream which divided the 

 meadow, Donacia proxima was as usual on lily-pads, while D. distincta, 

 D. siibtilis and D. emargiiiata ? were swept from the fringing sedges and 

 shrubs. Of hymenoptera the most conspicuous was Trichiosoma iriangu- 

 Itim. upon small willows and spir^^as. Some fifty or more were taken, 

 which, with few exceptions, were males. Along the borders of the adjacent 

 wood several fine ichneumons were taken, including males of Coieocentrus 

 Fettitii, of which Mr. Fletcher subsequently obtained females (Canadian 

 Entomologist, Vol. XXV., page 30.) A pleasant breeze tempered the 

 heat and kept off the flies, so that we were enabled to collect most 

 pleasantly. 



The afternoon was spent upon the adjacent hillocks, among the 

 stumps and debris of the old burnt woods, which formerly had yielded to 

 Mr. Evans large numbers of longicorns, etc., but which were then too old 

 to be longer tenanted by such insects. Several of the larger Pimpliute 

 occurred here, such as Coieocentrus, Ephialtes, Euxorides, Xylonomus 

 and Ectlirus. Hibernated specimens of Vatiessa antiopa and some 

 skippers were the only butterflies observed. Willows yielded numerous 

 examples of the pretty little weevil Rhyndiites cyanellus, also Orchestes 

 ephippiatns, O. suhJiirtus, Lepyrns geminatus^ etc. ; spiked maples in 

 bloom furnished several elaters and some small bees and other hymen- 

 optera, while a fine male of /^i^T///^^ acutipeiiuis was cai)tured on birch. 

 In the evening we made, under the guidance of our host, an inspection 

 of the extensive smelting works, and were extremely interested in the 



