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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ii. Thorax widest at middle, margin 



distinctly crenate, disk coarsely 



punctate. 



Punctures of thorax regularly 



placed . . .profunda, Blanch. 



' Punctures of thorax irregularly 



placed, the median line and 



often lateral spaces smooth 



7'ugosa, Mels. 



Of the species above given, grandis is reported (in Canada) only from 



Nova Scotia, and lunula from "south of Hudson's Bay." A few of the 



others are simply recorded from " Canada " without more definite locality- 



but as they occur in the adjacent United States, they are in all probability 



to be met with in the provinces under consideration. The cognata of the 



Society's list is simply a variety oifraterna,\n which the thoracic punctures 



are equal in size and the margin irregular; subtonsa is a synonmy of 



ilicis, according to Dr. Horn. 



• PoLYPHYLLA, Harr. 



The only form found in East Canada is P. variolosa., 



Hentz (Fig. 27), a very fine, large insect, nearly or quite 



an inch in length. The form is something like that of 



Lachnosterna, but the upper surface is marked with 



three white vittae on the thorax and indistinct lines and 



spots on the elytra, of whitish scales. The antenna of 



the $ is furnished with a very long club. 



OBITUARY. 

 Died, in New York City, 21st April, 1894, Mrs. Julia Perkins Ballard, 

 wife of Prof. Addison Ballard, now of New York University, but for many 

 years of Lehigh University. It was at Easton, Pa., that Mrs. Ballard 

 became interested in entomology, and her personal experiences were 

 published in the little volume, " Insect Lives, or Born in Prison," later 

 revised and much enlarged, under the name of " Among the Moths and 

 Butterflies," Putnams, 1890. Mrs. Ballard was enthusiastic in her studies, 

 and her charming books have done much to foster a love of natural 

 history among the young people. W. H. E. 



