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The Ottawa Naturalist. [March 



seeds externally, bein^ thus easily recognized. Mr. W. T. Macoun 

 showed specimens of the pea-weevil from peas grown on the 

 Experimental Farm, and said only one variety appeared to be 

 attacked. Dr. Fletcher exhibited eggs of the rare moth Apocheima 

 rachclce, and a male imago. The female he said was wingless. 

 He showed, also, examples of a rare moth [Leucobrephos) which 

 had been taken by Mr. Hanham and Mr. Criddle. He suggested 

 Colias phdodice as a desirable species for any person wishing to 

 make a start at breeding lepidoptet a ; the food-plant, clover, being 

 easily obtained and the buttei fly passing through all its stages 

 within a month. Mr. Gibson showed several species of lepid- 

 optera. 



Meeting No. lo was held at Mr. Harrington's on June loth, 

 1903 ; seven present. Mr. Gibson showed a female oi Hypantria 

 textor mounted as in the act of ovipositing, with egg-mass on leaf; 

 also examples of Phragmelohia rubicosa bred from larva exhibited 

 at meeting No. 8. Dr. Fletcher made the following exhibits : 

 Lixus concavus from Harrietsville, Ont., in which district the 

 beetle has been found boring in the stalks of rhubarb ; Apocheima 

 rachelce, male, female and inflated larva ; blackberry canes, cover- 

 ed with and killed by, the scale-insect, Lecanium Fitchii, whose 

 habits were outlined ; three species of horse-flies [Tabanus). He 

 mentioned that, at the sub-excursion on the previous Saturday to 

 Leamy's Lake, Podisns modestus had been observed feeding upon 

 canker-worms, which were abundant, and that the beetles of 

 Hoplia trifasciata were numerous on viburnums of two species. 

 Mr. Metcalfe showed three boxes ot hemiptera recently collected 

 and including, apparently, some forms not before observed from 

 Ottawa. Mr. Richard exhibited some lepidoptera, among which 

 were Platvpteryx arcualn , Nisouiades Juvenal is, and N. icelus. Mr. 

 Halkett showed a wasp's paper nest, and nymphs of some species 

 of dragon-flies. Mr. Harrington showed several of the large 

 pear-shaped cocoons of the spider Argiupc ripnria, which had been 

 tound in the tops of spiraea in the Beaver Meadow at Hull. He 

 also showed two boxes, chiefly hymenoptera, diplera and coleop- 

 tera, collected recently, and 'pointed out several species which 

 appeared to be new to our collections. Among these was a hand 

 some Chrysops, the fl.es of which genus are very aggressive and 

 are generally known as deer-flies. An interesting beetle was a 

 female Monohammiis scutellatus, a species of pine-borer, havmg 

 an extra front leg, y^^\ >»^^ ^ >^. 



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