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THE A^IERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



OJr OUR TABLE. 



Lk Natuiialiste Canadiex.* — Tliis excellent 

 new Monthly Journal is printed at Quebec, iu 

 what used to be denominated Lower Canada^ 

 Init now, we suppose, forms part of the so-call- 

 ed "Dominion of Can.ada." By and by per- 

 haps,' after passing through the caterpillar stage 

 I if liritisli Provinces and the chrysalis stage of 

 an American Dominion, our uorlliern brethren 

 will fling ott' the empty pupa-shell, and wing their 

 way into the glorious light of liberty and inde- 

 pendence, in the perfect or imago stage of States 

 ot the Great American Union. 



But two nuiubers of this periodical have as 

 yet appeared, but already it shows signs of ro- 

 bust life and manly energy. Each iium'ier con- 

 tains ii-t octavo pages, illustrated by wood cuts 

 and protected by a handsome cover. Tlie Edi- 

 tor is the Rev. L. Provancher, cure of the vil- 

 lage of Portneuf near (Quebec; and as our 

 readers will sec at once from the title, the work 

 is written in the French language. As it is pub- 

 lished in Canada and edited by a Canadian cler- 

 gyman, we carefully scanned its pages for some 

 specimens of Canuck j^ctois; but our searcli 

 was in vain. It is written ex('lusively in elegant 

 modern French, such as would not disgrace the 

 pen of Eugene Sue or Victor Hugo. ISIany citi- 

 zens of St. Louis and New Orleans are of French 

 descent, and still retain their fondness for the 

 literature of their primordial country. To all 

 such we can recommend Le NaturaUMe Cann- 

 (lien, as a work which they need not fear to in- 

 troduce into their families, under the apprehen- 

 sion of its infecting the elegant Parisian lan- 

 guage, spoken by their children, with impure 

 liln-aseology aud vulgar provincialisms. 



Besides a quantity of other interesting matter, 

 the first number of this Journal contains the 

 commencement of an admirable article on the 

 natural history of the boavor, which is conclud- 

 ed in the second numl)er. This article is illus- 

 I rated by a figure of tlie animal, showing the 

 mode in whicli it fells small trees with its long 

 ■^liarp incisors. Among many other new and 

 original facts, relative to the habits of this most 

 singular creature, we leara that there is a beaver 

 dam upon (Irass Lake, west of Lake Superior, 

 iif the astonishing dimensions of 2G0 feet in 

 longtli, with a vertical height in its central por- 

 tion of G feet. Tliere are also several instruct- 

 ive articles on Insects, Entomology being the 

 favorite speciality of the Editor. And the 

 whole is I'onclicd in thtit cli'ar. lively and inter- 

 esting style, which none but Frencli authors 

 know how to wield snccessfnUv. 



COMPLIMENT.\RY. 



We recently noticed the favorable manner in 

 which our little Journal is being received all 

 over the country; (Amer. Extoji. pp. 98 and 

 119.) It is of course ex'ceedingly distressing to 

 our modesty to dwell upon such a subject as this ; 

 but we cannot avoid remarking that, at the re- 

 cent meeting of the Central Illinois Horticultu- 

 ral Society, without any solicitation on our part, 

 it was unanimously voted by the Society thai 

 the American Extomologjst was worthy tlic 

 support of its members. 



E;y\V'c continue to receive orders for the 

 American Entomologist and American Kahi- 

 ralist, with enclosures of but $:!.00. The present 

 subsci-iptiou price of the ^atiiralisf is $4.0a. 

 and by referring to our club rates on another 

 page, it will be seen tliat the club price for the 

 two monthlies is $4.00, atid not .§8.00 Much 

 of this inconvenience arises from the fact that 

 the editors of the last named Journal, in raising 

 their subscription price, two months ago, failed 

 to make a corresponding increase in the flgures 

 which appear in their advertisement to club 

 witli the Entomologist. AVill onr Salem friends 

 see to it, that this change is made. 



£y As some of our exchanges may wish to 

 illustrate any article they may copy from the 

 American Entomologist, we have decided to 

 furnish electrotypes of our wood cuts, at one- 

 half the cost of engraving; these electrotypes to 

 be retained by Die parties receiving them, if 

 thev desire it. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPOXDENTS. 



8u^ar-tree Borer— ^. Shnms, Atiroi-a, 111— The 

 borer of tlie hard maple or siigar-trce is a handsomo 



beetle (Arhrjpahis sp'\-l,,siix , S:iv), nearlv ;iii inch lone and 

 banded like y.r.xw x. .:-,.■ ■,, Ii'i'l,- ,, ;, ;m"| x, ,.,u It l.e- 



lon.US to lile -,ii- _. : - - ',, i . ,, ; ' ..: , ;i,l imlcll 



resemli!.^ y\\:.i • ; , , , ,,.. mitiu 



July, mimI l.\ >M.,|Mi,. iiHiiiihi.. Ml i,.>ii Miv:,i-ii'eestho 

 latter cud ul .luu.- y.n ,,iil |pi,>l..il.l) i,i,\,iii it from 

 layiugits egss tlienupun, ami tlmsaave vour tree.s. 

 No eggs, uo boroi-s. 



Swelling-s on Apple Scions— William Colwdl , 

 Sparta. PI- -'Vh.i- •■ -in:i!l liiiiiii-' "' nr swellings on the 



.ipille >.■!.. IH ^\\,^.^^ . . . 1 1 .,,,,1. ,vc l.rlieve tO 1)6 galls, 



now\;e,iiii, I.- .1 i.iir.ii.ysoinesmallA'p- 



^.-n.i/K l:ii\:i. \i i,'i. ih Irciiii soniewliat sim- 



il'"'''l'l lar^Ml':i.i ' :i 1m--.> 1 l«i;r^. 



WliHe <;riib Fiiuaus- r, ( . IhoJIwa.l , Ple.tH- 

 ant hill. J/.i.— The W hite (;nil. willi the two tusk- 

 lilvC pr..ee^>e-; ulMwili- IV,.i!l e:uh >hh' of tlie mouth— is 

 attocted with the same fungus whieh we spolie of on 

 page 77 of No. i, and again on page 91 of No. 5, 



Butterflies named— Z). P. Smith, HaddamXfcl-. 

 Conn. — No 1 is Vanessa Aniiopa, Linn.; Nos. 2 & 4, 

 Papilin Aderias, Fabr. ; No. 3, Arqynnis idalia, Fabr. ; 



id No. 5 Cynthia Atalania, I.iiiiV The specimens 



reached us iu verv bad order. 



