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Brachypalpus puhher, Will. Victoria, (Hanham). Vancouver, May 7, 

 (Harvey). 



Xylota harhata, Lw. Vancouver, June 11, (R. Sherman). 



Pfiysocephala Bvrgessi, Will. Vancouver, June 4, (Harvey). 



Belvosia trifasciata, Fab. High River, July 4, (Baird). 



Ocyptera Carolina', Desv. Victoria, (Hanham). 



Exorista cheloniai, Bond. Victoria, (Hanham). 



Tachina meUa, Walk. Reared at Ottawa from larvse of Clisiocampa, re- 

 ceived from Lacombe, Alta. 



Phorichceta sequaa-, Will. Indian Head, July 1, (Fletcher). 



Gonia capitata, DeG. Vancouver, uncommon. May 14, (Harvey). Vernon, 

 (Venables). Dr. J. B. Smith gives this as a parasite of Peridroina 

 saucia. 



Epalpus signifer, Walk. Olds, Alta., April 28, (Willing). Ottawa, May 

 1, (Metcalfe). This handsome tachina was unusually common at 

 Ottawa in 1904, (Fletcher). 



Lucilia sericata, Meig. Vancouver, (Harvey). 



Bomhyliomyia ahrupta, Wied. Vancouver, not common, May 14, (Harvey). 



Tephronota Canadensis, Johnson. Ottawa, June 26, (Metcalfe, Harrington). 



Trypeta occidentalis. Snow. McLeod, Alta., July 5, (Willing). 



Tephritis alhiceps, Lw. Ottawa, June 26, (Metcalfe). 



Sapromyza connexa, Say. Mt. Arrowsmith, July 28, (Fletcher). 



FURTHER NOTES ON BASSWOOD, OR LINDEN, INSECTS. 



By Arthur Gibson, Division of Entomology, Central Experimental ,j 



Farm, Ottav^^a. 



In the last Annual Report of this Society, 1903 (pages 50-61), the writer 

 contributed a paper treating of 94 different species of insects which have been 

 found attacking' TzVta Americana, L. The season of 1904 was a remarkably 

 poor one for insects of all orders in the Ottawa district, and consequently few 

 additional observations were made, but such as were noted are presented 

 herewith, along with one or two other records which were omitted from the 

 above article. 



Attacking the Foliage. 



Order Orthoptera. 



95. The Walking Stick Insect, Diapheromera femorata, Say. At the 

 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario, held last October, 

 Mr. J. B. Williams, of Toronto, spoke of the great abundance of the Walk- 

 ing Stick insect, at Niagara Glen, Ontario, in Sej^tember, 1904, and said 

 that the species did considerable damage, feeding on the foliage of a number 

 of trees, particularly hickory, butternut aud oak. He also told me that he 

 was pretty sure they had been eating basswood. He has since confirmed this, 

 stating that both Dr. Brodie and Dr. Walker, of Toronto, have also found the 

 Walking Stick insect feeding on the basswood. 



Order Cohopiera. 



96. Dichelonycha elongata, Fabr. This common beetle occasionally 

 does considerable damage to the foliage of a number of forest trees. The 

 perfect insects have been observed at Ottawa feeding commonly on the leaves 



