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Besides the above, I have taken previous to the present season : 



36. Grapta comma, Dbld. — Which I raised from larvae found on the hop. 



37. Pyrameis huntera, Sm. — Quite common in 1863. 



38. Theclafalacer, Godt. — Taken on composite flowers in August. 



39. Nisoniades catullus, Sm. — Taken within the government grounds at 

 New Edinbur2;h. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Musical Larv^. — Noticing Mr. Reed's communication in your issue of 

 Dec. 15, 1868, I thought it inight be interesting to note that about twenty 

 similar larvse were found by me last autumn, on the hickory. Unfortunately, 

 they died before reaching the pupa state. The noise seemed to be produced 

 by contracting the anterior segments, thus rubbing the granulations against 

 each other. Another sphinx larva, which I cannot now identify, emitted a 

 sound resembling that attributed by Kirby & Spence to the larva of A. 

 afropos, on being disturbed. This seemed to be caused by quickly opening 

 and shutting the mandibles. — Theodore L. Mead, New York. 



Winter Collecting. — As an inducement to others to try winter collect- 

 ing, I would mention that I have taken lately, in addition to many common 

 forms, specimens of JPlochionus tirrddus, Hald., Lymexylon serz'ceitm,, Harris 

 (dead), Merinus lœvis, XylopMlus piceus, Lee, and others, with several 

 species of Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, &c. 



I am now making out a list of my species, and think I shall be able to add 

 nearly 300 to our list of Canadian Coleoptera. — J. Pettit, Grimsby, Ont. 



Last Moth of the Season. — On the 29th of Nov. 1868, I captured 

 under a tree a live specimen of Xanthia ferrugineoides, Guen. ; the thermo- 

 meter was then at the freezing point, and it snowed the whole of the rest of 

 the day. I had seen several specimens of the same moth flying about on 

 various occasions during October and November. In Sept. 18^5, I took 

 numbers of this species at Cobourg, about plum trees, on the fruit and flying, 

 both in the day time and at night ; it was accompanied by great numbers of 

 Anomis grandipuncta, Guen., and several specimens of Xylina Bethunei, 

 Grote & Eob. All three species appeared to have a high appreciation of our 

 finer varieties of plums, of which we had- a very large crop that year. — 

 C. J. S. B. 



Depraved taste of a Sphinx. — About mid-day on the 23rd of June, 

 1868, a very hot day, I was driving through a wood in the township of Tra- 

 falgar, when my nostrils were greeted with a horrid odour arising from the 

 carcase of a little dog, floating in a filthy pool, the last remnant of a dried-up 

 stream. The place was perfectly swarming with flies, and to my utter aston- 



