THE CANADIAN gPORfSM \.\ wn \ \ti RALIST. 



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HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF 

 MONTREAL. 



I'.V THE EDITOR. 



The following insects were collected during 

 the summers «>i 1879 80. This is the first 

 published Canadian list belonging to the 

 Order. The genera are arranged alphabeti- 

 cally, that future additions to the collection 

 in:i.\ be more easily classified : — 



[Those marlted with an asterisk belong to Saussure'e 

 sub genus Anciatrocerua- I may here remark thai 

 Crabro B-maculata in not distinct from Orabro tri/a 

 sciahix Say.] 



Anglochlora pura, Say This bee is bright green. 



Agapoatemon radiafus, Say- • " " 



tri-color, Lepel. " " 



Alcidamea product,,, Cres.s \ A .f mal ! hoe, common; 

 , , I Mount Royal. 



Andrena fimbnata, Smith Mount Royal. 



Apathus citrinw). " ... Common. 

 Ammophila gracilis, Lepel. • Abundant onSolidago. 

 Bombm ternariu*, Say .... \ A humble-bee, withcen- 

 / tre 01 body red. 



Ceratina dupla, Say \ Abundant in May and 



/ June. 

 Cerceria nigrescent, Smith. ^ A wasp, common in 

 n i 7 , < June. 



Crabro chrysarginua, Lepel. Mount Royal, common. 

 cubiceps, fackard... " '• 



trifasciatua, Say " «' 



inter ruptUH, Lepel... " " 



" 6-maculatus, Rack., ( 1£ 



nee. Say $ 



Eumanes fraternua, Say 



Uorytea phaleratua, Say 



simUliiinifi, Smith • • ■ 

 Hal ictus rubricundua, Kirby. 



Leucopaia affinis, Kirby 



Liiroda aubitu, Say 



Lurra terminata, Kirby " rare. 



Metiaaodes deaponaa. Smith.. " " 



Megachile mendica, Cress " 



" _ frig ida, Smith " 



Megachile brcvia, Say •' 



" mdanophssa, Say \ " var - with 



„...,,. _ ., ( scop;e almost black. 

 Uamia aim Mima, Smith Mount Royal. 



Odynerus foramina! n,s, Saus?- " 



* Capra, Sauss.... $ ,, " T on bram- 



t ble, June. 

 " *hueomdaa, Sauss \ Mount Royal, on bram- 

 ( ble, June. 



common, 

 uncommon. 



\albomargina1us 

 *albophaleratua 

 *tigris, 

 ' unifaaciatua. 



S Mount Royal, on bram- 

 ( ble, June. 

 ) Mount Royal, on bram- 

 ( ble, June. 

 S Mount Royal, on Soli- 

 ( dago, September. 

 • Mount Royal, July 1st. 

 rare. 



" t Walahianua, 



Prosopis afflnis, Smith 



Helopoeua caerweus, Linn- . . . 



csemeiuarius, Drury. 



Pompilus marginatus, Say. . - 



luctuosun, Cress.. . . 



Philanthus aalivagua, Say. . . 



Tiph ia inornata, Say 



Veapa macidata, Linn 



consobrina, Sauss 



diubolica, Sauss 



Those marked t belong to Saussure's sub-genu 

 oymmorphwi- 



common, 

 rare. 



GAME I 



Wilson's Snipe, Wild 8waii,G and ■ 



Duck, with the exception ol Mallard, B 



Duck, W I Duck, Blueand Gre» n \ 



l'i a ik Sea so — tio. 

 Whitehall, Salmon Troul ' Winnoniche.') 



Game in Si i <<■■ — Qi i 

 \\'il<l Swan and Geea : all Wild Du< 



Pi ll i S Si v SON— Ql EBEC. 



Brook Trout, Whitehall, Salmon Troul 



( Winnoniche.') 



(Borresponbence. 



SALT SPRINGS IX LAKE ONTARIO. 

 Six months ago, before one though! ■ •! 

 issuing this journal, the Editor wrote to Dr. 

 Sterry Hunt to ascertain if sail springs existed 

 in the bosom ol the Lake. The objeel of the 

 inquiry was in connection with Salmo salar — 

 the common marine salmon — supposed to 

 visit these brine springs, alter escaping from 

 the hatchery at Newcastle, Out. Dr. Sterry 

 Hunt's letter is important in connection with 

 the theory that salmon, commonly called 

 "land-locked" (Salmo salar), \i>it these 

 places. The following letter proves the exis- 

 tence of salt springs in Ontario. The most 

 interesting discovery will now be to truer the 

 lish to the saline springs, and we trusl thai 

 the Government will place the investigation in 

 the hands ol a competent person. 



Totke Editor of the Canadian Sportsman and 



Naturalist : — 

 My dear Mr. Coi per,- Your enquiry about 

 the existence of SaltSprings in Lake Ontario, 



in relation to the presence therein ofa sup] - 

 variety oi' Salmo salar, interests me verj 

 much, from the fact that I have long known 

 that the rocks in which the lake is excavated 

 (the strata around it are nearly horizontal) are 

 charged with saline matter, and give rise to 

 brine springs along the northern shore. 1 have 

 described and analysed many of these wati -." 

 which are often stronger than sea water. The 

 Trenton limestone which tonus the shore and 



