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during tlie next spring, I concluded that they must hibernate 

 thus, in flocks, laying a portion, of their eggs in the fall, and the 

 rest during the following spring. I think the mouldy skeletons 

 must be those of moths who were unable to withstand the 

 winter, and died clinging to the bark, for in the spring there 

 were some just beginning to mould, and others in various stages 

 of decomposition. Roland Thaxter. 



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tor at the earliest date possible. We ask our readers to inform us of the 



publication especially of those works which are nut generally consulted by 



entomologists. B. Pickman Mann. 



(Continued from page 104.) 



* 248. The Nat. Can. [see Eec, Nos. 27-32], vol. vi» 

 from p. 193, contains the following, and Nos. 249 to 254, all, 

 as before, presumably by the Editor, l'Abbe L. Provancher., 



a. Ravages of locusts at Portneuf checked by crows, p. 255. b. An- 

 nouncement of an exhibition of insects to take place at Paris, Sept. 6-30, 

 187-4, p, 268. c. Notice of Loew's Monographs of the Diptera of North 

 America, vol. in (1873), p. 269. d. Obituary notice of Mr. G. R. Crotch, 

 p. .269. e. Abundance of insects in Canada this year, p. 272. 



* 249. Les Ichneumonides de Quebec avec description de 

 plusieurs especes nouvelles. (suite.) [See Rec, No. 28.] 

 p. 200-205 ; p. 279-285 ; p. 298-301 ; p. 331-336. 



Describes 12 (10 n.) spp. Cryptus, 16 n. spp. and genus Phygadeuon, 

 3 n. spp. Mes&chorus, 4 n. spp. Mesostenus, 9 n. spp. Hemi teles, 3 (1 n.) 

 spp. Trogus, 1 n. sp. Joppa; synopsis of the species in each genus; enume- 

 rates 58 spp. 



* 250. Une Excursion a Montreal, p. 215-224. 

 Tetyphonus giganteus from Florida; ravages of Clisiocampa sylvatica; 



abundance of Macronema zebratum] lists of 57 species collected. 



* 251. Larves de Dipteres sur un corps humain. p. 264— 

 266; p. 319. 



Ten young Taehinid (?) larvae in the subcutaneous tissue of a baby; 

 citation of similar cases. 



* 252. Insectes nomme*s. p. 266-268. 

 Lepisma sp. from a well 107 feet deep. 



* 253. Les Sauterelles. p. 270. 

 Excellence of locusts as human food. 



