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teing the most plentiful and antiqua rare. Considerable amusement was given 

 to the entomologists by the ridiculous methods adopted by the authorities to 

 exterminate them, the chief one being to scrape the egg-masses off the trees 

 and leave them on the ground. 



Good work has been done by Mr. E. Denny in rearing caterpillars, es- 

 pecially in procuring varieties of Apantesis vittata, Fab., and great credit is 

 due to this gentleman for his patience and perseverance in bringing other 

 lepidoptera larvae to maturity. 



Mr. G. A. Moore continues to do good work in the study of Hemiptera. 



Messrs. H. H. Lyman, A. E. Norris, and A. E. Winn have continued 

 their studies of the life histories of the Gortynas. 



Mr. G. Chagnon has made a specialty of the Buprestidce and Ceramhy- 

 cidcp of the world, and has built up a collection of these insects which is well 

 worth seeing. At the same time he has not neglected the local fauna of Cole- 

 optera, besides which he has commenced a collection of local Lepidoptera, 

 taking particular interest in the Geometridce, in which group we hope to see 

 him have a companion in Mr. G. A. Southee, who has recently become an 

 enthusiastic collector. 



It is a pleasure to record the interest that is being aroused among the 

 younger folk, not only in making collections but also in the economic value 

 and the life histories of the specimens they capture. Special mention may be 

 made of the steady work of Masters G. R. Southee, Arthur Denny, T. S. Rob- 

 inson, H. G. Roche, and Roland Desjardins. 



I myself have little to record, owing to my having been severely handi- 

 capped by the loss in the spring of my helpmate. However, I have added to 

 my list of local Blattidm several specimens and have been making a special 

 study of ecological entomology, and hope to give my observations at an early 

 date. I may inention, in reference to this subject, that Sporotrichum gloh- 

 uUferum, Speg., has been quite epidemic in this locality, and that flacherie 

 has dealt great destruction among the caterpillars of Malocosoma Americana, 

 Harr. 



The following interesting captures may be mentioned : — 



Erora laeta, Edw., St. Hilaire, Que., 24th May. E.G. Barwick. 



Enodia portlandia. Fab., Mt. Johnson, Que., 10th June. Charles Stev- 

 enson. (Fig. 16.) 



Apantesis vittata, Mt. Johnson, Que., 10th June. E. Denny. (From 

 which he obtained a batch of eggs, which he successfully brought through to 

 maturity and obtained a splendid series of varieties. He succeeded in mat- 

 ing some of the imagoes and got more eggs, which are now full-grown cater- 

 pillars.) 



Calosoma scrutator, Fab., St. John's, Que., 30th July. G. Chagnon. 

 (Fig. 17.) 



Hydrcena pennsylvanica, Kies, St. Anne de Bellevue, Que., 23rd July. G. 

 Chagnon. 



Halticamfa, 111., St. Hilaire, Que., 27th June. G. Chagnon. 



A report of the entomological work of this locality would be incomplete 

 without making an acknowledgment of the lady friends of the collectors, es- 

 pecially Mrs. E. Denny and Mrs. G. R. Southee, for their assistance and 

 encouragement of the insect-hunting hobby. 



