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THE AMBRIOAK ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Oir OUR TABLE. 



Le JSTatukaliste Canadiex.* — This excellent 

 new Monthly Journal is priuted at Quebec, in 

 what nsed to be denominated Lower Canada^ 

 but now, we suppose, forms part of the so-call- 

 ed "Dominion of Canada."' By and by per- 

 haps, after passing throuo'h the caterpillar stage 

 of British Provinces and the chrysalis stage of 

 an American Dominion, our northern brethren 

 will fling off' the empty pupa-shell, and wing tlieir 

 way into the glorious light of liberty and inde- 

 pendence, in the perfect or imago stage of States 

 of the Great American Union. 



But two numbers of this periodical have as 

 yet appeared, but already it shows signs of ro- 

 bust life and manly energy. Each number con- 

 tains 2i octavo pages, illustrated by wood cuts 

 and xirotected by a handsome covei'. The Edi- 

 tor is the Rev. L. Provancher, cure of the vil- 

 lage of Portneuf near Quebec; and as our 

 readers will see at once from the title, the work 

 is written in the French language. As it is pub- 

 lished in Canada and edited by a Canadian cler- 

 gyman, we carefully scanned its pages for some 

 specimens of Canuck patois; but our search 

 was in vain. It is written exclusively in elegant 

 modern Frencli, such as would not disgrace the 

 pen of Eugene Sue or Victor Hugo. Many citi- 

 zens of St. Louis and New Orleans are of French 

 descent, and still retain their fondness for the 

 literature of their xjrimordial country. To all 

 such we can recommend Le NaturaUste Cana- 

 dien, as a work which they need not fear to in- 

 troduce into their families, under the apprehen- 

 sion of its infecting the elegant Parisian lan- 

 guage, spoljen by their children, with impure 

 phraseology and vulgar provincialisms. 



Besides a quantity of other interesting matter, 

 the first number of this Journal contains the 

 commencement of an admirable article on the 

 natural history of the beaver, which is conclud- 

 ed in the second number. This article is illus- 

 trated by a figure of the animal, showing the 

 mode in which it fells small trees with its long 

 sharp incisoi's. Among many other new and 

 original fiicts, relative to the habits of this most 

 singular creature, we learn that there is a beaver 

 dam upon Grass Lake, west of Lake Superior, 

 of the astonishing dimensions of 2G0 feet in 

 length, with a vertical height in its central por- 

 tion of 6 feet. There are also several instruct- 

 ive articles on Insects, Entomology being the 

 favorite speciality of the Editor. And the 

 whole is couched in that clear, lively and inter- 

 esting style, which none but French authors 

 know how to wield successfully. 



""•Published at No. 8, Rue de In Montague, Basse ^'ille, Que- 

 bec ; price $2 per annum. 



COMPLIMENTARY. 



AVe recently noticed the favorable manner in 

 which our little Journal is being received all 

 over the country; (Amek. Entom. lop. 98 and 

 119.) It is of course exceedingly distressing to 

 our modesty to dwell upon such a subject as this ; 

 but we cannot avoid remarking that, at the i-c- 

 cent meeting of the Central Illinois Ilorticullu- 

 ral Society, without any solicitation on our part, 

 it was unanimously voted by the Society that 

 the American Entoiiologi.st was worthy the 

 support of its members. 



EjyAYo continue to receive orders for the 

 American Entomologist and American 2^aiu- 

 raliaf, w ith enclosures of but $:i.OO. The present 

 subscription iiricc of the N'atKralist is $4.00, 

 and by referring to our club rates on another 

 page, it will be seen that the club price for the 

 two monthlies is $4.00, and not .f3.00 Much 

 of this inconvenience arises from the fact that 

 the editors of the last named Journal, in raising 

 their subscription price, two months ago, failed 

 to make a corresponding increase in the figures 

 which appear in their advertisement to club 

 with the Entomolouist. AYill our Salem friends 

 see to it, that this change is made. 



Sy As some of our exchanges may wish lo 

 illustrate any article they may copy from the 

 American Entomologist, we have decided to 

 furnish electrotypes of our wood cuts, at one- 

 half the cost of engraving; these electrotypes to 

 be retained by the parties i-eceiying them, if 

 they desire it. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Sugar-tree Borer— ^. Simnu, Aurora, Jll.— The 

 Ijorer of tlie bant maple or sugar-tree is a liandsomc^ 

 beetle (Arlwjmhis speviosus. Say), nearly auiiieli long and h 

 banded lilce many wasps witli'black and yellow. It be- 

 long.s to the .same genus as the Locust borer and much 

 resembles that insect. The perfect beetle comes out in 

 July, and by soaping the trunks of your sugar-trees the 

 latter end of June you will probably prevent it from 

 laying its eggs thereupon, and thus save your ti-ees. 

 No eggs, no borers. 



STPclliiig's on Apple Scions— William Volivdl, 

 Sparta. Ills. — The " smaU lumps " or swellings on the 

 apple scions which you send, we believe to be galls, 

 now vacant, but formerly inhabited by some small Dip- 

 ffrovs larva. We have bred the fly from somewliat .sim- 

 ilar l)ut hu-ger galls on basswood twigs. 



WUtte Grub Fumgiis— ff. C. BroMeail , Plens- 

 ant mil, i/o.— The AVhite Grub witli the two tusk- 

 like ]n-ocesses growing from each side of the mouth— is 

 attected with the same fungus which we spoke of on 

 page 77 of Ko. 4, and again on page 9t of No. 5. 



Butterflies named.— Z>. P. Smith, Haddam Neclc, 

 Conn. — No 1 is Vanessa Antiopa, Linn.; Nos. 2 & 4, 

 Papilio Aiterias, Fabr. ; No. 3, Ari/ynnis idalia, Fabr. ; 

 ana No. 5 Cynthia Atalanta,' Una. The specimens 

 reached us in verv bad order. 



