ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Spilosoma Congrua, Walker. 



I took a female of this species at the Gomin on the 29th of Junp. It laid eggs on 

 the 10th of July, and these hatched six days afterwards. The larvre fed on pig- weed, 

 dandelion and plantain. I succeeded in bringing the whole batch to the pupal stage, and 

 took full notes of all their changes. As soon as the appearance of the moths enables me 

 to complete the life history of the species I will send the particulars to the Canadian 

 Entomologist for publication. I may say that the larvae are very different in all their 

 stages from those of II. textor, and seem to indicate that Congrua should come in the 

 genus Arctia. 



Unfortunate Selandria Larv^. 



On the 7th of July I found on a young ash at St. David's a number of milk-white 

 larva? with black, shining he8ds, and black feet (S. varda, Say 1) They were about three- 

 fourths of an inch long. Next day they moulted, and, after the moult, seemed smaller 

 than before. Their colour was changed to pale lead-colour above and a pale yellow be- 

 neath. The head was da^k brown above, the face yellow. The legs also were yellow. 

 They fed no more, but became inert and dropped to the ground. The cause of all this 

 became apparent when, on the 23rd of the month, there came from thetn a number of 

 Tachina flies. 



Captures in Auggist. 



On the 6th of August, passing through the Fort Woods at Levis, I found a bush of 

 Spiraea salicifolia Linn, in full bloom. It was thronged with insects. Without moving 

 from my position I captured Sannina exitiosa, Say (Fig. 41). Conops sagittaria, Say, 

 Anthrax falviana, Say, Perilampus ceruleus, Say, Philanthus bilunatus, Cress, Eumenes 



Fig. 41. Female moth on left, male on right. 



Fig. 42. 



fraterna, Say, Gorites phaleratus, Say, Exetastes rvfo femoratus, Prov., etc., etc. — a great 

 haul ! Moths of Gelechia gallai-diplopappi, Fyles, appeared from the 8th to the 15th. 

 Catocala parta, Guen. (Fig. 42) was very abundant at the end of the month. 



Blisters on Poplar Leaves. 



On the 9 th of August I found blisters on poplar leaves. Each blister was about 

 half an inch across. It contained a larva which changed to a chrysalis before I could 

 describe it. The chrysalis was attenuated and about three-twentieths of an inch in 

 length. On the 28th of the month it produced a lovely little moth. In length of body 

 this was only one-eighth of an inch. Its iwings expanded three-twentieths of an inch. 

 The fore wings were golden brown, and had a set of creamy white patches bordered in- 

 wardly with black, and running transversely from either side to the middle of the wing. 

 The hind wings were narrow but deeply fringed. The palpi were white and feathery, the 

 eyes black, the legs were white and had feathered tibia?. This I concluded was the 

 Lithocolletis populiella of Chambers. 



