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of the triungulins had clustered, so as to entirely cover the metathorax. At least two 

 species of these triungulins are common, one being yellowish, the other brownish. They 

 occur most frequently on Geratina dupla and Ilaliclus discus 'I during the month of June. 

 I have also found them upon the catkins of willows waiting for the visits of these beep, 

 so as to be carried to their nests. 



Barynotus ScJioenherri, Zett. This European weevil, which I recorded in Vol. 23, 

 p. 21, as occurring at Sydney, N. S., in 1884, was again found there by me last Sep- 

 tember, at a point some distance from the shore where I formerly took it. The specimen 

 was also much fresher in appearance, and there can be no doubt that the. species is defin- 

 itely settled there. 



Oiiorhyndius sulcatus, Fab., and Oliorhynchus ovatiis, Linn., also occur somewhat 

 commonly at Sydney, but are very much less common than the next species to be men- 

 tioned. 



Oliorhynchus rugifrons, Gyll. In a dry rocky pasture where I collected one morn- 

 ing, this beetle was found in great abundance. Under nearly every stone several would 

 occur, either clins'ing to the under surface, or upon the roots of the grasses, etc. Great 

 quantities of the ejectamonta of toads were seen, and the pellets were composed almost 

 entirely of the remains of this beetle, with an occasional specimen of the preceding species. 

 Thousands must have so perished, as fifty or more were required for one meal by the toad, 

 and I imagine that even then he got very little nourishment, in proportion to the mass 

 of indigestible matter swallowed. 



Hypomolyx piceus, De G. This fine northern weevil does not appear in our label 

 list, although under the synonyms H. jnnicola, Couper, and II. pineti, Fab., it is recorded 

 from several points in Canada. Last year I took a dead specimen in the leaf of a pitcher- 

 plant some 30 miles from the city (near Casselman), but today {17th Nov.), in searching 

 for Staphylinvs erythropterus I found four fine fresh specimens at the base of a larch tree, 

 just under the moss. From the condition of the beetles and their being all on the same 

 tree, it seems evident that they had been bred in it ; the only conifers near by were larches 

 and cedars. 



Conofrachelus anaglypticus, Say. This handsome little weevil was an addition to my 

 Ottawa list this season : six specimens having been taken on goldenrods, upon the island 

 previously mentioned, on August 18th and 25th. 



FOOD, FEEDERS, AND FED. 



By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, F.L.S., South Quebec. 



On the cover of that interesting magazine " Science Gossip," are represented inci- 

 dents in the feud that seems to have known no truce since the beginning of created 

 things. A fish has made a spring from the water to catch a fly, but has itself bsen seized, 

 at one end by a kingfisher and at the other by a pike. Underneath, a water-insect is 

 making every eflfort to escape from a dytiscus, whilst a perch is in eager chase of the 

 pursuer, unmindful of the monster that with open mouth is close at its own tail. The 

 consummation of such a series of efforts is described in another publication, which, with 

 half the title of that just mentioned, makes a larger claim, viz., " Science." Dr. Charles 

 C Abbott tells us that he found a bull-frog {Rana Catesbyana) with enormously dis- 

 tended sides, and that on examining the contents of its stomach, he found a garter-snake 

 {Entama sirtalis) eighteen inches long, and a field-mouse {Arvlcola riparia). Close ex- 

 amination shewed that the snake was in the very act of swallowing the mouse when the 

 bull-frog Made a meal of both of them. Science, Vol. Ill, p. G7. 



Snakes. 



I once saw a larga garter-snake swallow a full-grown toad. This toad had held 

 possession of a flower- bed in my garden. In it no doubt it had done me good service by 

 catching various insect intruders. When I came upon the scene the snake held the toad 

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