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JEuprepia caja, var. Amencmu( — larva and imago^ — species rather rare at Ottawa. 



Arctia arge — larva and imago — very rare at Ottawa. 



(jrgyia leiicostigma — larva and imago— bred from eggs collected at Toronto. 



Parorgyia Clhdonii — larva and imago — uncommon at Ottawa. 



Euchaetes egle — larva and imago — larvae sometimes abundant on Asclepias. 



Semiophora Youngiiy Sm. This is a very beautiful Agrotid, the moths of which have been 

 taken on the Mer Bleue, an extensive peat bog near Ottawa, during the past two seasons, and 

 of which several specimens of the larvae were taken nearly full grown at the end of May, 1901, 

 feeding on spruce and American Larch. Larvae, pupae and imagoes. For a description of this 

 new species see " Canadian Entomologist," vol. xxxiv, page 29, (February 1902). 



Arsilonche alhovenosa — larva, pupa, imago and parasites. Larva3 common at Ottawa. 



Noctua hicarnea — larva and imagO' — common, 



Noctua baja — larva and imago — common. 



Noctua clandestina — larva and imago — common. 



Mamestra lorea — larva and imago — larvse common in spring under bark, etc. on the ground. 



Hyppa xylinoides — larva and imago — rather common. 



Homohadena badistriga — larva and imago — larvae found on wild honeysuckle. 



Abrostola urentis — larva and imago — larvae collected on nettle. 



Alaria florida — larva and imago — larvae occasionally abundant in seed pods of Common 

 Evening Primrose. 



Nomophila noctuella — larva and imago — common. 



Balsa malana — larva and imago — larvte on apple. 



Division No. 2. — Bay of Quinte.— By J. D. Evaxs, Trknton. 



During the past season very few cases of depredations by insects have come to the writer's 

 notice. Clisiocampa disstria, which have been so very destructive in the recent past, were not 

 observable this year, or were so few in numbers as to cause little serious injury. 



The only noteworthy instance of a serious attack was that of Lecaniuvi FitcJii, the bark 

 louse, on the long blackberry ; they were first observed on the 14th of June. On the 20th, 

 six days following, samples of the canes were brought to the writer by Mr. W. A. Warner ; he 

 stated that he had half an acre of these berries, and his neighbours, a Mr. Arnott had about 

 six acres and a Mr. Higgins 2 acres ; these gardens are situated about two or three miles to the 

 north west of the Town of Trenton. The canes, he said, were literally covered with these in- 

 sects from a height of twelve or eighteen inches above the ground to the top ; in one instance 

 upwards of 150 were crowded within a space of seven inches on the stem. Bordeaux mixture and 

 whale-oil soap emulsion had been applied but apparently with very little beneficial result. 

 Upon making further enquiries and a personal inspection it was learned that Mr. Arnott was the 

 principal sufferer, the others having very few, if any, of the unwelcome visitors. Several samples 

 of these infested canes were forwarded to Dr. Fletcher of the Central Experimental Farm. 



Upon examination with a lens it was seen that the majority of the shells, or cases, were 

 filled with an immense number of eggs of a whitish color, and a few of the cases were tenanted 

 with the larvtB of some insect. At this time the fruit was forming but before it ripened, the 

 canes were swarming with the newly. hatched young, they however vanished without doing any 

 appreciably serious injury to iAie fruit. After the fruit had been gathered the majority of the 

 old canes were cut down and destroyed by tire ; in a small patch near the dwelling house, how- 

 ever, the old canes had not been cut down and when on the sixth of the present month, (Nov- 

 ember,) the writer again visited this garden the new canes were found to be infested, but to a 

 much less degree than the past season's bearing canes. 



In June last, the writer placed two of the infested stems in a glass jar, covered with muslin, 

 and awaited developments. About the 1st oi July, the eggs began to hatch out and the young 



