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Papers were read on the following subjects : 



1. Note on Sawfly Larva, Hylotoma dulciaria ; by Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



2. On the Stridulation of Gcotrupcs Blackhnrnii ; by Mr. A. W. Han- 

 ham. 



3. Notes on the Genus Colias ; by Capt. G. Geddes. 



4. The Home of Chionobas jutta ; by Rev. T. \V Fyles.' 



5. Notes on Larva of Mallota posticata; by Mr. Laurence Reed. 



6. On Destruction of Insects by Electric Light ; by Professor E. W. 

 Claypole. 



An interesting letter was also read from Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, 

 Consulting Entomologist of the Royal Agricultural Society, with informa- 

 tion on the recent occurrence of the Hessian Fly in England. 



NOTE ON WESTERN SPHINGID^. 



BY A. R. OROTE, A. M. 



It is one of the pleasures which we older Entomologists alone feel to 

 its full extent, when a well written paper, full of matter, falls under our 

 notice on a favorite subject. Such a pleasure I experienced on receiving 

 the June No. of the " old reliable " Canadian Entomologist, and the 

 Rev. W. J. Holland's paper on our Sphingidte opened before me. Sup- 

 plementing, as it does in various points, Professor Fernalci's valuable 

 pamphlet, it will be welcome to all interested in the beautiful study of our 

 Hawk Moths. Upon these 1 need not further dwell. I wish here to 

 point out, in reference to the interesting remarks on our Western Sphin- 

 gidae, that on page 8 of my " New Check List" I say that I am indebted 

 to Mr. Henry Edwards for various assistance, and that '• I have received 

 from the same Entomologist information as to the synonymy of certain 

 Western Sphingidoe." Now the only two which have any synonymy 

 beyond the original name are Occidentalis and Vancouverensis, and these 

 are the ones meant. In fact the only Western form I ever possessed in 

 my own collection was a specimen of S. pcrclegans, which seemed to me 

 undoubtedly a distinct species, nor have I ever made any study of our 

 Western forms. In my " New Check List " I omitted the use of the 

 dash (— ), which 1 have generally used (following Leconte) in my shorter 



