1903] Report of the Entomological Branch, 1902. 109 



Scopelosoma deviUy Grt. April 22. (Young.) 



Xylina jagira, Morr. April 16. (Youno-.) 

 II ferrealis, G\i. Sept. (Gibson.) 



Pseudolimacodes liftera, Gn. June. (Gibson, Young.) 



In addition to the above, it may be mentioned that the Birch 

 trees in this vicinity were again this year much defoliated by the 

 Birch-leal Skeletonizer {Bi/ccu/a/n'x canadenst'se/ia, Cham.) and that 

 columbines in gardens were considerably disfigured by the unusual 

 numbers of the caterpillars of the skipper butterfly Nisoniades 

 luciltus, Lint. 



Hymenoptera — 



The Hymenoptera of Ottawa, as compared with these insects 

 in other parts of Canada, are comparatively well worked up ; but 

 there is much work in this very important order, waiting to be 

 done by some specialists. Mr. Harrington has large and valuable 

 collections in most of the sub-orders and is constantly naming 

 material from all parts of Canada. The same may be said concern- 

 ing the Diptera and the Hemipte-a. 



The following Hymenoptera are worthy oi mention here : — 



Spilo?nena ptisilla, Say. A small wasp, new to the Ottawa 

 list. (Harrington.) 



Metopius poliinciorius, Say. (Harrington.) 



Anoplonyx canadensis, Hrgtn. A new species described from 

 Ottawa. (Harrington.) 



Taxonus nigrisoma, Nort. The larva rather injurious from its 

 habit of boring into apples to pupate. (Fletcher.) 



Coleoptera — 



Xyloryctes safyrus, Fab. (Fletcher, Harrington.) 

 BelLamira s^alaris. Say. >• n 



Anthophylax attemiatiis, Hald. Chelsea. (Fletcher.) 



ri malachiticus, Hald. n n 



Pselap/ius Erichsotiii, Lee. (Harrington.) 



James Fletcher, 



W. H. Harrington. _. 



Arthur Gibson. 



C. H. Young. ^ 





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