1913 EJ^TTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 113 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL EECORD, 1912. 



Arthur Gibson, Chief Assistant Entomologist, Division of Entomology, 



Ottawa. 



In general throughout Canada the climatic conditions of 1912 were not favour- 

 able for the collection of insects. In eastern Ontario and throughout Quebec the 

 weather during the summer months was disappointing, being cool with much rain. 

 In the Ottawa district practically the only warm, clear weather in the whole season 

 was in the first two weeks of July. At Chelsea, Que., in the Gatineau hills, near 

 Ottawa, where I had a cottage for the season, the evenings with few exceptions 

 were decidedly cool, and unless well clad it was almost impossible to sit out on the 

 verandah with any degree of comfort. Night after night I " sugared " nearby 

 trees for noctuids, but seldom saw more than two or three specimens on a tree 

 during a whole evening. Similar statements indicating, on the whole, a " poor 

 collecting season " were received from collectors in various parts of the Dominion". 



During the year several important expeditions were made to various parts of 

 Canada by well known naturalists, and many specimens of insects were collected 

 for study by specialists in the United States. Prof. E. C. Oshurn, of Columbia 

 University, New York, spent a part of the summer in collecting in British Columbia, 

 particularly at Ivaslo, Glacier and in the Yoho Valley, near Field. Messrs. Riley 

 and HoUister, of the United States National Museum, collected at many points in 

 western Canada; Mr. H. T. Cleaves, of the Public Museum of the Staten Island 

 Association of Arts and Sciences, New Brighton, N.Y., visited Nova Scotia, collect- 

 ing chiefly in the vicinity of South Deerfield and Lake George, also on Seal Island ; 

 Mr. D. H. Nelles, of the Dominion Alaska Boundary Survey, brought hack several 

 small collections, mostly made near Rampart House, Y.T. Mr. Nelles informs me 

 that Mr. J. M. Jessop, while engaged in geological work for the U.S. Government, 

 along the 141st Meridian, hetween the Porcupine River and the Arctic Ocean, made 

 large collections of lepidoptera and coleoptera. 



"We have again to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable help received from 

 recognized authorities in the United States and elsewhere. Particular acknowledge- 

 ment is due to Dr. L. 0. Howard and his expert associates, Dr. Dyar, Dr. Banks, 

 Messrs. Schwarz, Busck, Crawford, Viereck, Rohwer, and Knab; Sir Oeorge Hamp- 

 son of the British Museum ; Mr. W. D. Kearf ott, of Montclair, N.J. ; Prof. H. F. 

 Wickham, of Iowa City, Iowa; Mr. E. P. Van Duzee, of Buffalo, N.Y.; Mr. W. 

 Beutenmuller and Mr. J. A. Grossbeck, of New York, N.Y. ; Dr. Henry Skinner, of 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. E. M. Walker, of Toronto, Ont.; Col. Thos. L. Casey, of 

 Washington, D:C. ; C. W. Johnston, Boston, Mass.; Mr. Chas. Liebeck, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. ; Mr. J. D. Evans, of Trenton, Ont. ; Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod, of Millar- 

 vlUe, Alta. ; Prof. Cockerell, of Boulder, Col. ; Prof. J. S. Hine, of Columbus, Ohio ; 

 and Dr. W. G. Dietz, of Hazleton, Pa. 



Literature. 



Among the many valuable publications which have been received during 1912, 

 and which are of interest to Canadian students, mention may be made of the fol- 

 lowing : — 



Barnes, W., and McDunnoqcih, J. H. Contributions to the Natural History 

 of the Lepidoptera of North America: Decatur, 111. (to he obtained from Dr. A¥il- 

 liam Barnes). Vol. I.. No. 1— Revision of the Cossidae, 35 pp., 7 plates, price 

 8 E.S. 



