152 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



most invaluable series of articles on the Coleoptera of Ontario and 

 Quebec for the Canadian Entomologist. In acknowledging receipt, 

 he said : — " They are the first native specimens I have seen and 

 form a very acceptable addition to my collection." 



I shall be happy to supply, gratuitously, specimens of this 

 beetle to any reader of the Naturalist applying to me for 

 the same, as long as my spare material lasts. — WiLLlBERT 

 Simpson. 



Note. — Our Entomological readers will do well to accept 

 Mr. Simpson's generous offer promptly. In the classification of 

 the Coleoptera of North America by Drs. Leconte and Horn 

 published in 1883, it is stated " a specimen of the European 

 SphceiHdiuni scarabceoides has been found in Canada The 

 species is undoubtedly introduced, and accidental in occurrence." 

 It is probable that it is now well established, for in 1894 1 

 received a specimen fron Ste. Scholastique, Que., and on May 

 24th, 1895, in company with Mr. Harrington, I found it abundant 

 at Casselman. Mr. Simpson now records it as in considerable 

 numbers within ten miles of Ottawa.. I have been so far unable 

 to find it at Ottawa. — J. F. 



Eaton, Lucy C. — " The Butterflies of Truro, N. S. — Trans. 

 Nova Scotian Inst. Science, Vol. IX, Part I, pp. XVII — 

 XXI, 1896. 



To this paper is appended additional notes on the same 

 subject by Mr. Piers, pp. XIX— XXI, (7/;zV/;.— H. M. A. 



Botany. 



WaGHORNE, Rev. A. C. — The flora of Nezvfoundiand, Labrador 

 and St. Pierre et Miquelon : Pt. II. 



Part I. of this interesting contribution to our knowledge of 

 the plants in. Eastern British North America was published in 

 the Trans, of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 1893, Vol. 

 I.,p.359,including thePolypetala; as far as the Leguminosae. Part 



