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rior.s filled with more concentrated, villainous bitterness than so many 

 rattlesnakes, always prepared to ^ive battle to any movin<;- thiiif:- in the 

 vicinity of the nest, tlie unwary entoniolofiist ineluded. 



A iiabit of this same wasp which I at one time noted may be of 

 interest. The season opened early ami warm, ;m<l the common wasji made 

 many flourishin,u- colonies. Later on, the weather turned Xfry wet. and 

 in a field of barley, where were many was]is nests, the cai'eful household- 

 ers of the tinderj^rouiul communities built chimnies of clay, to the heiy'ht 

 of three or four inches, aliove the mouths of their underground passages, 

 w-itluuit doubt to Liiuird Mt;ainst tloodinu' from sudden downpours of 

 i-ain. 1 liave never since lieeii fortunate enouiih to see these structui-es 

 at the mouths of the nests. 



NOTES ON COLLECTING AT FLOWERS AND BLOSSOMS 



r.v A. W. II.VNUA.M 



Looking- back over tlie notes and records starti'd soon after I came 

 to Canada in December, LS81, I have jotted down in this papei' some 

 items that may be of interest. 



I had my introdtict ion to Canadian Entomology at Ottawa in 1882, 

 with such enthusiasts as the late Dr. James Fletcher, and the late W. 

 Hayne Harrington, to s|ieed me on my way: the foi-mer with the but- 

 terflies and moths, and the latter \vith the beetles. Later on, at Que- 

 bec, I had the ])leasure of working in these with the late Kev. T. \V. 

 Fyles, and when I came cuit to this coast, with the late Rev. U. W. 

 Tayloi'. and late Cajit. 1\. V. Ilarvey, with insects and shells. 



All tliese old friends and kindred spirits have passed on ; yet one 

 remains, yiniv I'resident, ^Ir. Ij. E. Marmont. with whom many happy 

 days and otitings were spent at Brandon and Kounslnvaite, ihin., dur- 

 ing a number of years when I was stationed ;it Winnipeg. 



From Ottawa, I was moved to Paris, (Int.. and then to Hamilton 

 and Brantfcu'cL Ont., thence to Quebec City, in ISill. to Winnijieg in 

 1898, and to Victoria, 11. ('. in 1!KI1. From these remarks y(Ui will see 

 that I have had exceptional opportunities of collecting in many |>ai'ts 

 of Canada. 



In 18S8 I recorded the capture of a number of noctuid.s — as many 

 as 100 specimens in one evening — off sunflowers in my garden at Ham- 

 ilton, Ont., in .\ugust, towards dusk. In May and June a number of 

 species of Coleoptera, mostly Cerambycidae, off hawthorn blossom in 

 open bnsh, along under the mountain there, hi June. 1,S89, si.x species 

 of Sphindidae from flower beds, one evening at Port Dover, Lake Erie, 

 (tn June 12th, 1892, on Isle d'Oi-leans, lying in the St. Lawrence River, 



