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for the purpose of depositing the eggs. The position in which 

 the eggs are laid appears to be similar to that of the Acrididae, 

 for Mr. WiUiston stated (Can. Entom., Sept. 1877, v. 9, p. 16-1) 

 that " the eggs are deposited near the surface of the ground in 

 groups of from one to two dozen." W. H. Patton. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



( Continued from page 256. ) 



The date of publication, here given in brackets [ ], marks the time at which the 

 work was received by the Editor, unless an earlier date of publication is known to him. 

 An asterisk * before a title is the Recorder's certificate of accuracy of quotation. Cor- 

 rections of errors and notices of omissions are solicited. — B : Pickman Mann. 



Nos. 1215 to 1266 are from Can. entom., 1877, v. 9. 



* 1215. Grote, A: RadcliflFe. New species of lepidoptera. 

 (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 156-158.) 



Describes Scopelosopia tristiginata, Tarache abdominalis, Geometra reclaria, 

 = 3 n. spp. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1216. [Saunders, W:] Entomological Club of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Can. 

 entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 158.) 



Notification of the meeting of the Club, to be held at Nashville, Tenn., 

 28 Aug., 1877. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1217. Saunders, W: CHsiocampa sylvatica — The for- 

 est tent caterpillar. (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 158-159, 

 fig. 6.) 



Abundance of C. sylvatica near London, Ont., in 1877 ; habits, food- 

 plants and ravages of the larvae ; figure of a larva. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1218. Denton, J: Mabbot. Papilio thoas. (Can. en- 

 tom., 1877, V. 9, p. 160.) 



Eleven specimens caught near Amherstburg, Ont., 1 and 2 Aug., 1877. 

 [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1219. Saunders, W: Cisthene subjecta. (Can. entom., 

 1877, V. 9, p. 160.) 



Two specimens caught [? at London, Ont.,] on Asclepias in July. 

 [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1220. Bates, James Elwyn. Melitaea phaeton. (Can. 

 entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 160.) 



Abundance of M. phaeton, and occurrence of one JMyrmehon ohsoletus 

 and of one Psychomorpha ephnenis at South Abington, Mass., in 187 7. 

 [Aug., 1877.] 



