184 THE kntomologist's rkcord. 



CoLEOPTERA : Determined by Mr. Hugh Scott. Jlrasnis <u'/>/ialiih's, 

 Pterostichtia inadidus, Harpalus rnficoniis, MeloluntJia vul(/aris, ( k-yinia 

 olens, Lacon murinus, Lar/ria hirta, and OtiorJn/nchi(s sjtlcatiis. 



Orthoptera : Statidenis hicoloi-. 



DiPTERA : Leptof/aster cylindrica, common. 



Ants and Myrmecophiles : Determined by Mr. Donisthorpe. I'l/p/io- 

 (leirus (Bcckia) albinos, in ants' nests ; Lasiiis nhjer and L. liar tin 

 mixed, under a stone ; a nest of L. niyer with the Isopod Platj/arthrns 

 hnflniannsi'iiyii a,n(\. the Acarid Antennnphnnis foreli. A nest of /.. jlarus 

 with winged ? and Antennnjihorui^ piibe^ceiis. 



Hymenoptera (other than Ants) : Determined by Dr. R. C. L. 

 Perkins. ProsopishyaLinata; Colletes fodiens : Andrena ijicynana: Boni- 

 bi<!i te)-i-extris : 11. liicoriDii : B. der/iaiiwllus : B. a(/roriiiii, SbXid (hlynenis 

 callosiiti. 



Aptera. I. Thysanura. Cawpodea (sp.?) and a Machiliid of an nn- 

 described species {jide G. H. Carpenter). 



II. CoLLEMBOLA : SuiiiitJi Kills n'riilis (determined by Professor G. 

 H. Carpenter). 



Crustacea : Determined by Mr. R. Gurney. 



I. Cladocera : Alona rectanyula, Cerimlaplinia (jiiadranijida, and 

 L 'Jn/donis spJtaericiis. 



II. Copepoda : (_'i/rlops stroiinis and < '. serridatiis. — P. A. Buxton 

 (F.E.S.), Fairhill, Tonbridge, Kent. 



URRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



The April number of the Canadian l^ntoinoloyist contains several 

 interesting and genertxlly useful articles. R. C. Treherne contributes 

 notes on the history of the arrival and spread of various insect pests in 

 agriculture in the British Columbia area, ['ifris rapae was first seen 

 in 1898 and '9, and m 1902 it had crossed to Vancouver Island. Two 

 dreaded pests are being closely watched in their progress north in the 

 States, viz., the "Colorado Beetle," Lcptinutarsa dereiidineata and the 

 San Jose Scale, which latter has already once been observed in Canada. 

 The apple moth Carpocapm (Cydia) pniiionella has already appeared in 

 isolated places. And since 1893 the Woolly Aphis Krinsoma lanigera 

 has become a more dreaded pest each year. Further it has been 

 observed that with the breaking up of the land and the cutting down 

 of the forests many insects transfer their attentions to agricultural 

 crops and fruit trees, and often thrive amazingly. Annette F. Braun 

 gives the life- histories, with many references, of a number of North 

 American Tineina hitherto unknown. John H. Lovell gives an 

 account of numerous instances of spiders of the family Thoniisidae 

 capturing other insects, and figures a Fapilio af^terias captured by 

 Misiiinena vatia and a dragon-fly Celitheinis fponina taken by the same 

 species of spider. The victims are usually captured as they sit on the 

 dense flower-heads on which the spiders lurk, protected as a rule by 

 their wonderful resemblance to their surroundings when there. Three 

 specimens of the European Praying Mantis {Mantis reliyiosa) have been 

 recorded from Canada during the past two years, all taken in Ontario, 



In the Civil List Pensions published on March 30th of the present 

 year we read, " Mr, Robert Henry Rippon, in consideration of his con- 



