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is Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada and its Additions, 
but besides this he published several shorter papers on Hy- 
menoptera in which new species are described. Considering 
the time, lack of facilities and literature, and his compara- 
tive isolation, Provancher had a very good idea of the limits 
of a species. The weakest point of his hymenopterological 
work was his conception of genera and generic limits. Even 
when we consider the genera he recognized, we often find 
that he placed the same or closely allied species in widely 
different genera. Hence, we find, especially in the parasites, 
that Provancher was often wrong in his generic placement 
of the species. His descriptions are accurate, and if we re- 
member that the diagnostic characters of that period were 
limited mostly to colour, they are as satisfactory as those of 
his contemporaries. 
LOCATION OF COLLECTIONS. 
Most of Provancher’s types are in the Public Museum of 
Quebec, some are in the collection of Mr. W. Hague Har- 
rington at Ottawa, a few are in the collection of the Cana- 
dian Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, while a few 
others were returned to Ashmead and Coquillett and are now 
in the United States National Museum. Some few types we 
were unable to locate. These may have been returned to the 
collectors. 
In 1889 the College of Levis, Levis, Quebec, received a 
collection of insects from Provancher, and for some time it 
was thought to contain some of his types. Further investiga- 
tion tends to prove that this collection was composed entire- 
ly of duplicates, and in certain cases these were not correctly 
determined. 
