18 THE REPORT OF THE No. 19 



A Parasite of Cimhe.v Americana. 



Last fall, Miss Hamel broug-ht me from Kamouraska, some larva^e of 

 Cimhe.r Americana. On the Tth September, there broke from the under 

 side of one of these, near the hinder parts of it, a remarkable parasitic 

 larva (Fig. 4). It was an inch long and was dirty white in colour with a 

 row of continuous yellow folds, extending the length of the body on either 

 side. It had an irregular dorsal line of brown and an irregular side line 

 just above the yellow folds. On the under side there was an undulated 

 line on either side. The after part of the body was darker than the rest. 

 The head was small and the four or five segments following tapered towards 

 the head. The anal segment was truncated and yellow. I have no doubt 

 that this was a larva of Opheletes glaucopterus . A few days after this appear- 

 ed I found a dead Cimhex larva some inches deep in the soil at the roots of 

 a plant of Aquilegia that I was digging up. I inferred from this that 

 parasitized Cimhex larvae buried themselves; and I placed the parasite I 

 had on some earth in a flowerpot and covered it with damp moss. I am 

 sorry to say that this treatment was unsuitable — the larva died. 



Strange Food for Wire-Worms. 



On the occasion of our field-day at Montmorency, the Rev. Mr. Mc- 

 Quaig and myself wandered off in search of fungi. On examining a speci- 

 men of the Fly Agaric Ainanita mnficaria, we found a wire-worm eating 

 into the stipe of the fungus. The Czar Alexis of Russia died from eating 

 this species of fungus ; the wire-worm seemed to be eating it with impunity. 

 The poison of the Fly Agaric taken into the system paralyzes the nerves 

 that control the action of the heart. 



A little further on we found a specimen of the most deadly of all the 

 fungi, Amanita phalloide-t, known as the "Death-Cup" and the "Destroy- 

 ing Angel", for the poison of which there is no known antidote. It acts 

 upon the blood, dissolving the corpuscles. Strange to say, we found a wire- 

 worm apparently of the same species as the other, biting a way into this. 



Fungoid Growth on a Wasp. 



It is well known that insects are liable to destroying fungoid growths. 

 Among some of the specimens captured by Miss Freeman, was one of Crabro 

 singularis. Over the thorax and parts of the abdomen of this was such a 

 growth as we are speaking of. 



Captures. 



On Tune 17th, a fine specimen of Macromia lUinoiensis, Walsh, wag 

 taken on the Louise Embankment. On June 27th, I found HyJotoma 

 dulciaria at the Natural Steps, Montmorency. So late as September 12th 

 I took a fine specimen of Aeschna con.ftricfa at a pond on Spruce Cliff. 

 The species seemed to be plentiful. On September 27th, Mr. McQuaig 

 found a female Meloe angiisticoJlis in the same locality. 



A very interesting paper by Mr. Albert F. Winn of the Montreal 

 Branch was then read. It described in a charming way the haunts and 

 habits of the water-lily moth, Nymplinla macvlali^, Clemens, foimd at Lake 

 Char ebois, and the methods adopted for the raoture of the insect. Some 

 beau' ■'ful specimens of the moth, sent by Mr. Winn, were ezliibited. 



