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to Labrador during the summer of 1867, I had not another opportunity to 

 obtain specimens. In order to further investigation, I may mention that this 

 gall will be found in June, in a wood north-west of Spencerwood. — W. Couper 

 Ottawa. 



Hawthorn Fruit Miner.— Abbut the end of June, 1867, 1 attempted 

 to rear a species of Micro-Lep.^ which I discovered mining the fruit of an 

 uncultivated Hawthorn, growing on the Island of Orleans, opposite Quebec. 

 A lot of the Haws were collected, and carelessly thrown into a box containing 

 the pith of a plant. Some days afterçvards, on examining the Haws, I noticed 

 that they had become dry, and several larvse were dead. A few that were 

 larger and better fed, took to the pith, into which they bored, and changed. 

 The insect came forth, but there was something wrong; not one expanded its 

 wings. As the chrysalis of this little moth is different from any form that I 

 have ever seen, I give as perfect a ^description of it as could be obtained at 

 the time : — Flesh-colored, excepting tlie fore part of the head, which is reddish. 

 A longitudinal black line on the dorskl region. Body consists of about nine 

 rings. The antenna3 extend to the apex of wing sheaths, terminating in sharp 

 prominent divergent points. Directly behind the points of the latter, are 

 two conspicuous appendages, having bur-like tops, and by which I found the 

 exuvia attached to the wall of its hiding-place. Length /jth inch. Can any 

 of your correspondents inform me to what genus this Lep. belongs ? — Wm. 

 Couper, Ottawa. 



New Work on the Butterflies of New England. — Can I find 

 place in your valuable little sheet to announce an illustrated work on the 

 Butterflies of New England, and to ask the aid of Entomologists in its prepa- 

 ration? It will include not only the New England species but all those of 

 the adjacent regions, and, as it is to appear within a year, I shall need the 

 assistance of all collectors and working Entomologists in obtaining eggs, 

 larvae, and pupae for description, and as material for coloured illustrations. 

 One person may find what will escape another, and the admirable method of 

 obtaining eggs and raising larvae recounted by Mr. Saunders in your Journal, 

 opens a ready field for recreation and instruction, I am anxious to obtain 

 living specimens in every stage, and will give the amplest credit to all original 

 contributions. All specimens sent may be forwarded to my address below, 

 and should also be marked " Insects" that they may receive immediate atten- 

 tion on their reception. I shall be happy to correspond with any one wishing 

 to help me. — Samuel H. Scudder, Boston Society of Natural History, 

 Berkeley St., Boston, Mass. 



