THE 



CANADIAN 



IATURA.LIST AND GEOLOGIST. 



Volume II. JULY, 1857. Number 3. 



ARTICLE XX. — JSfotes on Insects now injuring the Crops in the 

 vicinity of Montreal, by William Stewart M. D'Urban, 

 Sub-curator, Montreal Natural History Society. 



My object in communicating the present paper, is to call the 

 attention of this Society to the ravages which certain insects are 

 at this moment committing amongst the crops in our vicinity, 

 and to give such information about them as I have been able to 

 collect. I trust some one with more leisure than myself will be 

 induced to turn his attention to this interesting subject, and en- 

 deavour to complete the history of the different species of which 

 at present we are quite ignorant. 



Being anxious to investigate the insects injurious to Agricul- 

 ture in this country, I begged James Logan, Esq., to inform me 

 when any species were observed infesting the crops on his property 

 near Montreal. Accordingly about the middle of this month he 

 kindly told me that " Cutworms " and other insects had been 

 committing great havoc amongst his outs and Indian corn, ifec. 



