THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 69 



study of the Britisti galls, and he informed me that my thorn-leaf gall was 



quite new to him. I found it common on thorns near Cataraqni. Can any 



of my Quebec entomological friends give me further information regarding 



it? — Wm. Couper, Ottawa, Ont. 



Hair Snakes. — Dr. H. Hagen, of Cambridge, Mass., the well known 



Neuropterist, has communicated to our esteemed friend, Mr. Saunders, the 



following note on these curious creatures : — " Hair snakes in spiders are not 



so often observed. Haldeman and Leidy describe them as Mermis rohustay 



found in Lycosa scutulata^ in North America (Proceed. Acad. Phil. vol. x. 



p. 58). Prof. Grrube observed Gordius aquaticus in Drassusfuscus, Latr. in 



Prussia, two specimens in one spider. Prof. Siebold two Mermis in one Micry- 



phanti hi-cuspidatus, Koch, in Bavaria. Duval, in Germany, observed one 



Hair Snake in Miranda ocropegia, Koch. Latreille one in a spider and one 



in Phalangium cornutum. Prof. V. Baer one in Phalangium opilio. You 



will find these observations in Prof. Von Siebold's Mémoires in the Stettin 



Entom. Zeitung." 



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COLEOPTERA TAKEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON, Ont., 



DUEINa THE SEASON OP 1868. 



The following account is given in the hope of affording encouragement to 

 youthful or intending collectors, and as some slight evidence of what a beetle- 

 bottle and a nest of pill boxes, aided by vigilant eyes and a little perseverance,, 

 will procure for one who has so little leisure for Entomology as I have. 



The list is compiled from a daily journal. [We regret that our limited 

 space forbids our publishing Mr. Reed's list in extenso ; the enumeration of 

 the number of species will, however, testify to the success that has rewarded 

 his diligence. — Ed. C. E.] 



Cicindeîidee, 6 species, April to August. 

 Carabidee, 26 species, April to August. 

 Dyiiscidse, 5 species, July. 

 Eydrophilidse, 5 species, April and July. 

 Silphidae, 3 species, May and July. 

 Staphylinidee, 3 species, May and July. 

 Misteridse, 3 species, April, May and July. 

 Nitidulidse, 4 species, April to July. 

 Cucujidae, 1 species, April, rare. 

 Dermestidse, 2 species, April and June. 

 Byrrhidse, 1 species, Jane, very rare. 

 Lucanidse, 4 species, May to July. 

 Scarabœidœ, 15 species, April to September. 

 Buprestidœ, 6 species, May to August. 



