1903 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 37 



Arhopal'isfulminans, Fdb. Montreal (on oak logs) 23rd June. 



Ohrium rubrum, Newm. Cote St. Paul (by Mrs. Stevenson while sweeping among long 

 grass) '28th June. 



Leptitra nigrella, Say. Cote St. Paul, 28th June. 



Cychrus viduus, Dej. was again taken at St. Hilaire, 25th May, by Mr. G. Chagnon. 



In Lepidoptera : — 



Sthenopsis thule, Strecker, 10 specimens were taken by Mrs. Stevenson, between the 6th 

 and the 15th of July at Montreal South, Chambly Co. They were abundant on the first 

 mentioned date, the evening of which was warm and very close. One specimen was caught 

 tlying along a street in the village. On the following evenings which were damp with strong 

 cold winds they were scarce and only appeared when the trees or bushes were disturbed' 

 by beating. 



Pier-is napi, Esper, aberrant form vir(jlnensis, Edwards, w.as very plentiful at Cote St. Paul 

 between the 3rd and 10th May. 



Melitaia phaeton, Drury, was abundant around St. Hilaire, 24th and 25th May. 



Sugaring for moths was not a great success. At Montreal West, several specimens of 

 GoHyiia niditans Hovk. were' taken at this bait by Messrs. Chagnon, Norris and myself and 

 one specimen of dramentosa Guenea by myself on 24th August. 



Collecting at light was fairly good and during August was very encouraging, and many 

 specimens new to the collections of the members of the Montreal Branch were taken. One 

 interesting capture in Coleoptera made by myself while climbing an electric light pol--? on the 

 28th of August, was a long horn beetle Xylotrechus sagittatus, Germ, and it is probably a new 

 record for this locality (Montreal) as the only specimen I know of in Montreal Collections, is 

 une in Mr G. Chagnon's, from the States, which is a dark brown specimen and my capture is a 

 black variety. The numbers of the Plum Curculio, Conotraclielus nvnuphav Hbst., attracted 

 to light were surprising. 



Many insects injurious to vegetation usually so common have been scarce, but the Tussock 

 Moth caterpillar continues to increase and the trees are thickly covered with their cocoons. The 

 potato beetle Doryphora decemlineafa Say, was not so generally distributed as in former years 

 although large colonies were to be found in widely separated districts. 



The common sulphur, Golias pldlodke. Go It. has been scarce and Danais archippus, Linn' 

 was a rare butterfly. 



In last year's " Notes " mention was made of a syrphid fly new to Montreal Collectors 

 which I caught at Piedmont. It has been identified by Mr. G. Chagnon as Criorhina armillata, 

 O.S. 9 a species described by Osten Sacken in 1878 from one 9 specimen taken* at Quebec 

 and as Mr. Chagnon cannot find any other record of its capture in Canada or the States it ma 

 be a rare insect of Northern distribution. 



NOTES ON THE SEASON OF 1903. 

 By a. H. Kilman, Ridgeway, Ont. 



My time having been fully occupied I have not given much attention to insects, but I 

 ha\ e observed that many common species have been unusually scarce. Doubtless, the frequent 

 rains de.stroyed many insects. Possibly, the vigorous growth of foliage due to the rains 

 conceals the ravages of leaf-eating insects ; at all events, much less than the average amount 

 of injury appears to have been done in this locality. 



