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Abdomen above rufous, basal segment black on each side ; posterior legs black and 



yellow 2. Coupeeii, % 



Abdomen above fulvous, varied with yellow ; posterior legs fulvous and yellow, 



3. Thoracicus, % 

 Thorax above rufous : 



Abdomen entirely rufous ; most of head and pleura beneath black; legs and antennse 



fulvo-ferruginous 4. Buerus, Ç 



Abdomen rufous, first three segments narrowly yellowish at tip ; most of head, 

 antennœ except tips, posterior tibife and tarsi at base, and lateral sutures of 



abdomen, black 5. Frigidus, Ç 



Thorax above honey-yellow : 



Abdomen above honey-yellow, with large medial, transverse, yellow spots; thorax 



vittate with yellow ; antennaj fuscous, pale at base 6. Mbdialis, ^ 



Abdomen entirely pale honey-yellow ; most of head and antennse of Ç • black 



v. Flavescens Ç % 



Nos. 1, 2 and 4 are from Canada; 3 from Connecticut; 5 from Maine- 

 6 from Massachusetts ; and 7 from Connecticut and West Virginia. 



Genus MENISCUS Schiodte. 



Meniscus Bethunei, n. sp. — j. Shining black; orbits, face except 

 central black ridge, clypeus, mandibles except tips, annulus on antennse, 

 hooked mark on each side of mesothorax anteriorly, two short, nearly con- 

 fluent lines on the disk, scutellum except central black line, three spots at 

 base of methorax, a transverse line at tip and spot on each side, three spots 

 on pleura, and triangular mark beneath just in front of middle coxae, base of 

 first, second and third abdominal segments, and the venter, white ; antennse 

 long and slender; wings hyaline, iridescent, apex faintly dusky; legs honey- 

 yellow, coxae paler beneath, posterior tibise black, base pale honey -yellow, 

 extreme base of their tarsi black, remainder yellowish-white; claws pecti- 

 nated; metathorax opaque ; abdomen polished. — Length 4i lines. 



Hqb.— Credit, Ont. Rev. C J. S. Bethune. (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) 

 One specimen. 



NOTES ON THE LAKVA OP PYHAMEIS HUNTERA, Smith. 



BY W. SAUNDEKS, LONDON, Ont. 



Several years ago, my esteemed friend, Mr. D. W. Beadle, of St. 

 Catharines, sent me specimens of this larva, which he had taken feeding on 

 some species of Gnaphalium. No description was then taken, and the larva 

 was not met with again until the present season, when I found it on the 

 Gr. W. R. R. track, a mile east of London, feeding on Gnaphalium polyce- 

 phalum. It had drawn the leaves together, and fastened them into a rude 

 case with silken threads. The larva during its growth had consumed portions 



