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The following insects are also known to feed on the elm: 
Coleoptera.—Galeruca calmariensis, Linn ; Chrysomela scalaris, Leconte ; Monocesta caryli, Say ; Grap 
todera chalybea, Ill; Cotalpa lanigera; Linn ; Magdalis armicollis, Say. 
Hymenoptera.—Tremex columba, Linn; Cimbex Americana, Leach, 
Hemiptera.—Colopha ulmicola, Fitch; Eriosoma Rileyi, Thomas; Schizoneura Americana, Riley ; 
Callipterus ulmicola, Thomas. 
Lepidoptera.—Papilio turnus, Linn; Ceratomia quadricornis, Harris; Hyphantria textor, Harris ; 
Telea polyphemus, Hubn ; Hyperchiria io, Fab; Halisidota carye, Harris; Orgyia nova, Fitch; Orgyia 
leucostigma, Abb and Smith ; Datana ministra, Drury ; Tolype velleda, Stoll; Edema albifrons, Walk ; 
Clisiocampa Americana, Harris ; Clisiocampa sylvatica, Harris ; Apatela vinnula, Grote; Apatela occi- 
dentalis, Grote ; Apatela morula, Guen ; Apatela ulmi, Harris; Paraphia unipunctaria, Haw ; Metanema 
quercivorana, Guen ; Hibernia tiliaria, Harris ; Sicya mucularia, Guen; Metrocampa perlaria, Guen ; 
Eugonia subsignaria, Hubn; Nephopteryx undulatella, Clem; Nephopteryx? ulmi-arrosorella, Clem ; 
Bactra? argutana, Clem: Lithocolletis argentinotella, Clem; Lithocolletis ulmella, Clem; Argyresthia 
austerella, Zeller. 
Mr. A. F. Winn informs me that Pyrameis atalanta, Linn, feeds readily on 
elm in confinement and that he has seen Grapta j-albwm ovipositing on it. 
THE ENTOMOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
BY THE REV. THOMAS W. FYLES, SOUTH QUEBEC. 
Some time ago, in a list of books upon Shakespeare and his works, I noticed 
that there was one upon the Entomology of Shakespeare. ‘ihe book was beyond 
my reach. It occurred to me that it would be an interesting study to examine 
for myself and find out what particulars the great moralist and prince of poets 
had gathered concerning insects from the folk-lore of his day and his own obser- 
tion, and to what account in his plays he had turned the knowledge he had gained. 
Accordingly, as leisure was afforded me, I read over the plays carefully and noted 
down the allusions to insects that I discovered. I found that the plays contained 
at least 168 references to insects, viz.:—To honey-bees, 18; humble-bees, 5; 
wasps, 8; ants, 3; stinging-insect undesignated, 1 ; butterflies, 6 ; moths and their 
larvee, 24; beetles and their larve, 11; gnats, 10; fleas, 6; brize-flies, 2; bots, 1; 
blow-flies, 11); flies, 22; sheep-tick, 1; louse, 8; cricket, 4; locust, 1; grasshop- 
per, 1; spiders, 17; scorpions, 3. Grouped according to orders these would give : 
Hymenoptera, 35; Lepidoptera, 30; Diptera, 58; Coleoptera, 11; Hemiptera, 
7; Orthoptera, 6; Arachnida, 20. The references which I discovered are thus 
distributed: The highest numbers are in Troilus and Cressida, 11 notices refer- 
ring to 9 species; Romeo and Juliet, 11 notices referring to 8 species ; and 2nd Part 
of K. Henry VI., 10 notices referring to 6 species. Midsummer Night’s Dream, 
K. Henry V., Cymbeline, and King Lear have 8 notices each; Ist Part of K. 
Henry IV. and Hamlet have 7 each; The Tempest, 2nd Part of K. Henry IV.., 
Coriolanus, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus and Othello have each 6 
notices; The Winter’s Tale has 5; The Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew ; 
8rd Part of K. Henry VI, and Pericles Prince of Tyre have 4 each; The Two 
Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King John and 1st Part of K. Henry 
VI. have 3 each ; Merry Wives of Windsor, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, King 
Richard II. and Julius Cesar have 2 each; Measure for Measure, As you like it, 
All’s well that ends well, King Richard III, King Henry VIII. and Timon of 
Athens have each a solitary reference; and in Much ado about nothing I could 
find none. The number of species mentioned is over 30. We will take them 
according to orders. 
