180 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A RARE MOTH. 



On the 23rd of August last, I had the gratification of capturing a 

 female Erebus odora at Niagara Falls, Ont. The specimen, which was 

 fresh and perfect, evidently just emerged from the chrysalis, was resting 

 on an awning close to an electric light, on the verandah of the Clifton 

 House. It was about up. m. when I made the capture ; the evening 

 was warm, and a gentle rain had been falling for some hours. Close to it 

 I also obtained a beautiful specimen of Catocala relicta, a moth that I 

 have rarely taken of late years. 



C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope. 



A few days ago Professor Ropes, Andover, Mass., had the kindness to 

 show me the library of the Theological Seminary. The books of the 

 library, i. e., the back of the binding, as the Professor wrote to me some 

 time ago, are injured to a very large extent by Lepisma. Most of the 

 bindings were from Germany, covered with varnished paper, but some 

 bindings were from England and from the U. S. Some loose sheets of 

 printed paper are eaten on the margins and have many holes besides. 

 The Professor believes that Turkish-Morocco bindings stand best against 

 these pests. 



H. A. Hagen, Cambridge, Mass. 



DATES OF PUBLICATION. 



The numbers of this current volume xviii. of the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist, were published at the following dates : — 



January number, March 6. May number, July 22. 



February ^^ 1. i&. June n August 16. 



March n m 23. July m October 7. 



April 11 April 21. August n n 29. 



