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* 768. L, Provancher. Chasse aux Insectes nuisibles. 

 p, 171-173. [July, 1875.] 



Insects are best attacked uvguibus et rostro ; Caloptenus spretus is to be 

 attacked directly in Le Sueur Co., Minnesota, in 1875. 



* 769. L. Provancher. La Doriphore a 10 lignes ou 

 Chrysomele de la Pomme de Terre. p. 173-175, fig. 19. 

 [July, 1875.] 



Doryplwra 10-lineata has reached Toronto, but has not reached Quebec, 

 statements to the contrary notwithstanding ; the climate of Quebec may be 

 too rigorous for it ; premiums should be offered for its destruction ; precau- 

 tions taken against it in Europe are superfluous. 



* 770. L. Provancher. Une Excursion a St. Hyacinthe. 

 pp. 205-219 [Aug., 1875], 232-247 [Sept., 1875]. 



Annotated list of 31 Hym., 5 Lep., 6 Dip., 20 Col., 4 Horn., 9 Het., 

 4 Orth., 2 Ps.-Neur., 5 Neur., found at or near St. Hyacinthe, some new 

 to the locality, especially Ammophila graciUs, Attacus luna, Doryphora 10- 

 lineata, Cicada rimosa, others new to science [see Rec, No. 771]. 



* 771. L. Provancher. Description de Plusieurs Insec- 

 tes nouveaux. p. 247-251. [Sept., 1875.] 



Describes Mantispa Burquei, Aeschna Yamaffkanensis, Xorides cnnndensis, 

 Mesostenus rufipes, Ichneumon Clopini, Ischnus variegafus, Mesoleptus 

 Sancti-Hyacinthi ^ 7 n. spp., taken upon the excursion cited in Rec, No. 

 770. 



* 772. L. Provancher. Insecte nomm^. p. 288. [Oct., 

 1875.] 



Re-describes Cicada dorsata ; gives a list of the (8) species in the au 

 thor's collection. 



* 773. L. Provancher. Clef Generale aux Ichneumon- 

 ides de Quebec, jusqu'a ce jour connus. p. 333-353. [Dec, 

 1875.] 



Nomenclature of veins and cells of wings; synoptical table to distinguish 

 the (58) genera of the Quebec fauna already known, comprising 386 spe- 

 cies, 239 of which liave been described as new in vols v-vii of Le Natu- 

 raliste Canadien, and 147 of which were previously described ; diagno- 

 ses of each of the genera are given, with references to the volumes of Nat. 

 Can. in which the species are treated of 



* 774. L. Provancher. Identification des Sujets d'His- 

 toire Naturelle. p. 354-357. [Dec, 1875.] 



Sketch of difficulties experienced in identifying described species, owing 

 to the dispersion of the descriptions; recommendation that descriptions 

 should have to be published in certain publications in order to acquire a 

 claim to recognition. 



