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LiYMAN, Henry H. 



Kecent work among the Borers. (Refers to several species of 

 Lepidoptera, whose larvîXî live in the stems or roots of various plants. 

 Reference is especially made to some of Mr. H. Bird's recent papers on 

 the genus Hydrœcia — otherwise known as Gortyna or Papaipema. A 

 new species, G. Aweme, is described). Can. Ent., xl, 249-2.j5, August 

 1908. 



Moore, Wm. H. 



Entomological Notes from central New Brunswick. (Casual notes on 

 butterflies and a few other insects observed at Scotch Lake, N.B., with 

 a description of a combat between a hornet and a dragon-fly). The 

 Ottawa Naturalist, xxii, 98-100, August 1908. 



Morris, F. J. A. 



Some Beetle Haunts by an " Amateur Botanist." (A very interesting 

 and agreeably written account of methods of collecting various beetles, 

 especially Longicorns, and of their food-habits, haunts, etc). Can. Ent. 

 1, 441-449, December 1908. 30th Annual Report, Ent. Soc. Out., pp. 

 5G-G3. 



OsBUBN, Raymond C. 



British Columbia Syrphida?, new species and additions to the list. (In 

 a former paper published in the Can. Ent., vol. 36, 1904, tlie writer 

 recorded 78 species of this family of Diptera taken in B.C. ; he now 

 adds 50 more to the list, six of which are fully described as new species). 

 Can. Ent. xl, 1-14, January 1908 (figures). 



Skinner, Henry. 



Argynnis astarte, Doubl.-Hew. (An account of an expedition made by 

 the writer and the late Dr. Fletcher to Mt. St. Piran in the Rocky 

 Mountains of Alberta in a fruitless attempt to obtain this butterfly). 

 Can. Ent. xl, 14-15, January 1908. 



Skinner, Henry. 



Pamphila Manitohoidei, Fletcher, and Pamphila sassacus. Scu<ider (The 

 writer states his conclusion that the former is a geographical race or 

 sub-species of the latter). Can. Ent., xl, 220, July 1908. 



Smith, John B. 



New species and genera of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidre for 1907. 

 Part ii. (Contains descriptions of four new genera and forty-seven new 

 species ; the latter include seven from Manitoba, Alberta and British 

 Columbia, and three from Newfoundland). Annals of the New York 

 Academy of Sciences, vol. xviii, No. 2, Part ii, pp. 91-127, January 1908. 



Smith, John B. 



Notes on the species of Rhynchagrotis, Sm., with descriptions of new 

 species. (The characteristics of a large number of species are described 

 and compared with those of others akin to them. Some of the material 

 under considcBution was obtained from Mr. J. W. Cockle, of Kasrlo, B.C., 

 and contained a new species named R. samio). Can. Ent. xl, 221-228, 

 July; 286-288, August 1908. 



