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From the white pine about- a dozen larvie of Elleim llarrlsil were taken, 

 4»nd at the same time three of the curious larvae of Flatycerura furcilla. 

 These species feed iu a remarkable manner, well worth mentioning. 

 Clasping a twig with their prolegs they pull down a leaf by means of 

 their thoracic feet until the tip is reached, when they feed on it until it 

 is eaten quite down ; they then take tlie next, and so on. Another 

 rare species, to be for the first time recorded in this locality, is Callo- 

 ^amia Colanihia, of which no less than nine larvip were found on tama- 

 rack (larch) at Stewarton. 



The most injurious insect of this order which occurred during the 

 •season was the velvety black cutworm {Agrolis fennica). The larvae 

 of this moth attracted attention by their depredations early in May, 

 when they appeared in countless numbers, devouring nearly everything 

 that came in their way, and especially destroying psas and clover. This 

 ispecies, although so numerous this year, had [ireviously been an ex- 

 "ceedingly rare insect, and it is probable, judging from the mortaUty 

 among those kept for study by us, that it will be very scarce again next 

 year. Thousands of the larvpe were killel off by pirasite^ and a 

 iungous disease before reaching maturity. 



As leaders of the Eatomological Branch we are much please 1 to 

 announce thnt Dr. Belwyn instructed Prof. Macoun to collect lepi- 

 doptera when examining the Nipegon district during the past summer, 

 ^nd thut the collection mide there, although small, was of a most 

 important character, several \ery rare species having b?en taken, two 

 of which were new to science. 



CoLEOPTERA. — The list of coleopfcera published in the last number 

 -of the Transactions contained, as you are aware, all the species which 

 had been determined up to its publicatio:i. During the summer, how- 

 ever, a number of additional species were cai)tured, and some of the 

 Muidentitied ones have been determined,* so that about one hundred 

 ^additional si>ecies are known. Mention m iv be made of an enormous 

 -congregation of beetles (with which were many other insects) which 

 was observed l)y us on 4th May at the foot of the slide which brings 

 down sawed lumber from the mills at Chelsea to the piling grounds at 



' Cliicfij- tliniiipli tlie kiiulness of Mr. J. B. Sniitli and Mr. K. A. .'^chwnrz. 



