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Pilopiiis saginatus, n. sp. Ottawa. 



Tyrus humeralis, Aube. " 



CURCULIONID.i:. 

 Copturodes dispersus, n. sp. Ontario. 



An excellent monograph of the North American species of 

 Bembidium, one of the largest and most difficult groups of the 

 Carabidae, has been published by Mr. Roland Haywood, and 

 will be of great assistance to students in this hitherto perplexing 

 genus. During the preparation of this paper a series of Ottawa 

 specimens was furwarded to the author for examination, and 

 among them was found one new species, which received the 

 name Bembidium Canadcnse. The only two examples known 

 of this pretty little beetle were taken at Brown's Wharf, oppo- 

 site Buckingham, on 24th May, 1891. Another interesting 

 species which occurs here, generally in swamp moss, and which 

 had passed in collections as B. lampvos, Herbst., was found to 

 be distinct from that European species, and was named 

 B. muscicola. 



American coleopterists. as indeed all entomologists, have to 

 lament the death, on 24th Nov., 1897, of Dr. Geo. H. Horn, who 

 for many years has been recognized as the most eminent 

 exponent of the insects of this great order. His collection of 

 beetles was probably unequalled by any in America, and in the 

 groups which he specially studiedheis stated to have been unsur- 

 passed by any in the world. His numerous papers always gave 

 evidence of careful and skilful work, and of a remarkable faculty 

 for recognizing important structural characters, and of making 

 critical comparisons of the various members of any group 

 investigated. 



Lepidoptera — Some work has been done during the past 

 sea.son in tracing out the life-histories of native lepidoptera 

 Eggs of the bright and acti\'e little moth Breplws infans, 

 were received from Montreal, through the kindness of 

 Mr. H. H. Lyman, President of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario. The caterpillars were reared on the leaves 

 of the canoe-birch. The)- proved very interesting pets. 

 During the whole larval period several leaves, around the 



