74 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Orgyianova, Fitcb, was flying in the sunshine at the Fort Woods, and Chora semiclusaria y 

 Walker ; Plagodes tervidaria, H. & S.; Petrophora truncata, Hbn. (second brood), and P. 

 diversilineata, Hbn. (Fig. 45), were plentiful on the boles of spruce trees. On the 22nd 

 Epirrhita dilutata, Bork, was out at the Fort Woods. On the 24th Callocampa curvi- 

 macula, Morris, was abundant at sugar, and G. parta was still out but much worn. 



Captures in October. 



October the 15th was very mild. The thermometer stood at 64° on my verandah at 

 8 p.m. Xylina georgii, Grt., was abundant at sugar. On the 20th of the month a fine, 

 fresh specimen of Pyrameis Atalanta, Linn, was taken on the streets of Levis. On the 

 23rd the wind was in the south, and the day bright and balmy. Teras ferrugana, Schif, 



- ' 1 

 Fig. 44. 



Fig. 43. 



Fig. 45. 



was plentiful among the sallows, and P. fervidaria was still out. On this day I found 

 the fall-grown, onisciform larvae of Syrphus ribesii, Fab , feeding upon Schizoneura 

 lanigera, Hausm. They spend the winter in the larval stage, and go into pupa early in the 

 spring. The flies appear in April. 



And now the winter storms are come, and we must be content — like schoolboys in 

 their contemplation ot the holidays — to think for half the dreary time of entomological 

 pleasures past, and to anticipate in the other half pleasures to come, cheered in the mean- 

 while by the monthly visits of the Canadian Entomologist. May no unkind blizzard 

 detain the mails that convey it ! 



A FEW NOTES ON THE SEASON OF 1897. 



By Arthur Gibson, Toronto. 



The season of 1897 in the neighborhood of Toronto was, entomologically speaking, a 

 comparatively poor one, as far as " good things " were concerned. Indeed, most of the 

 commoner lepidopterous insects, especially the butterflies, were rather scarce, and those 

 which are usually scarce were in most cases not to be seen at all. 



The season of 1896 was a very good one in this district, several species of lepidop- 

 tera having been observed and taken for the first time in this locality. 



