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returned with a list of identifications and an explanatory note, in which 

 the species found to be new were mentioned, with a statement that de- 

 scriptions would appear in an early number of the " Naturaliste." The 

 temporary suspension of the periodical doubtless prevented this. 



I do not now remember what information I gave a^ to the collector, 

 but I see from M. L'Abbe's note above referred to that he knew I did not 

 own them, and that I had to return them to Vancouver. And if I remem- 

 ber aright, the box and many of the specimens were labelled with Mr. 

 Taylor's name. 



At this time I was compiling a list of Canadian Hymenoptera on which 

 I entered Mr. Taylor's species, those undescribed being credited to Pro- 

 vancher. This list was afterwards incorporated in a check list of Cana- 

 dian insects published by the Natural History Society of Toronto, in the 

 preface of which Mr. Taylor is credited with a valuable contribution. 



Before returning the collection to Mr. Taylor, I submitted it to a 

 meeting of the Natural History Society, with M. L'Abbe's identifications, 

 and read a short paper on the group as compared with Ontario species. 

 This paper I intended to enlarge and pubhsh as soon as M. L'Abbe's 

 descriptions were available. The publication of the list by Mr. Taylor 

 took the matter out of my hands, and I considered I had nothing further 

 to do with it. What material M. L'Abbe had for his descriptions 1 do 

 not know — doubtless quite ample — but all the Vancouver Island speci- 

 mens he ever had from me were those sent to me by Mr. Taylor. 



W. Brodie, Toronto, Ont. 



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Dear Sir : In the Can. Ent., xvii., p. 243, Mr. C. F. Gtoodhue^ 

 describes the larva of Hemileuca maia Dru., and refers to the description 

 of the larva in Morris' Synopsis as the only one known to him. The 

 larva has been described and figured by Smith & Abbott, Ins. Ga., pa,\ 50,- 

 figuring the two forms; by Westwood, Ed. Dru., ii., 45 ; by Harris,- Inj. 

 Ins. (Flint Ed.), p. 397 ; by Morris, Syn., p. 221 ; by Lintner, 23 /^nn. 

 Rep. State Cab. Nat. Hist., 1869, p. 153, giving a very full history f aaiu" 

 by Riley, 5th Mo. Rept., 127-133, giving the complete life history with 

 figures of egg masses, larva and imago, and noting very fully all color 

 variations of the larva. Spirea seems a new food plant, but both oak and. 

 willow are well established as such. 



John B. Smith, National Museum, Washington, U. C. 



