The Canadian Spo^tsma^ Ap Naturalist. 



No. io. 



MONTREAL, OCTOBER, 1883. 



Vol. III. 



WILLIAM COUPER, Editor. 



TO SUBSCRIBERS. 

 We are anxious to have subscriptions to this 

 magazine sent in before the end of this year. 

 Our patrons in arrear would do us a favour by 

 remitting on receipt of this number. It should 

 be cash in advance. 



CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 



A Catalogue of Canadian Plants was wanted 

 by our Botanical students. The Geological 

 and Natural History Survey of Canada have 

 recently issued the first part consisting of 

 PolypetaLvT-:. The work is evidently authen- 

 tic, and will be highly appreciated by Cana- 

 dian Botanists- In fact the name of Johir 

 Maconn is sufficient to make it reliable, and 

 we tiuat that he may have health and strength 

 to finish this good undertaking. It would be 

 profitable to the people, and doubtless a plea- 

 sure to the Director of the Survey to see other 

 documents emanating from it, as well exa- 

 mined and arranged as this work before us- 

 The Government should give the intelligent 

 portion of the inhabitants of Canada a chance 

 of seeing the literature issued by each section 

 of this Department. This is the first 

 document from the Geological Survey, 

 which has reached us since this magazine was 

 issued, nearly three years ago, and we have to 

 thank the author alone for it The printing- 

 is by Dawson Brothers of this city, and it is 

 done in a creditable manner- — C 



INJURIOUS AND OTHER INSECTS. 



We have received the " First Report on the 

 Injurious and other Insects of the State of 

 New York," by J- A- Lintner, State Entomo- 

 logist. The book is an octavo of 344 pages 

 with general index. This Report is of great 

 value to agriculturists and horticulturists, and 

 the entomologist will find quite a study of new 



material. It contains a lift of the Apple-tree 

 insects of the United States, which number 

 one hundred and seventy-six Bpecies- Mi 

 Lintner purposes, as soon as practicable to 

 present a report on Apple-tree insects, which 

 shall contain notices of all the known North 

 American species with figures illustrating them 

 as far as possible, together with the most 

 effective methods for preventing their injuries. 

 This First Report of Mr. Lintner's is well illus- 

 trated — it contains good figures of the Vine 

 Phylloxera ; the Wheat midge in all its stages ; 

 the Cotton Moth ; the Carpet-beetle ; the Bag 

 or Basket-worm (Thyridopteryx ephemerafor- 

 mis, Haworth ; ) The Larch Lappet ( Tolype 

 laricis, Fitch.) The Bronze-colored Cut- 

 worm (Nephetodes violans, Guenee.) The 

 Stalk-borer (Gortyna metela, Guen.) The 

 Corn-worm (Heliotkis evrmiger, Hubner. The 

 Vagabond Crambus (Grambus vuJfiivagellus, 

 Clemens.) The Dried Crambus {Crambus 

 exsiccatus, Zeller.) The Apple-leaf Buccula- 

 trix and its parasites. The Apple-tree ease- 

 bearer (Coleophnra malivavella, Riley. There 

 are quite interesting chapters on injurious 

 Dipterous, Coleopterous and Hemipterous in- 

 sects. A figure is given of the punctured 

 clover-leaf Weevil ( Phytonomus punetaius, 

 Fabr., the larva of which form a singular net- 

 work cocoon, attached to the underside of 

 leaves. Mr. Riley is now satisfied that Oureu- 

 lionidse have been found to spin " yellow- 

 brown threads, loosely interwoven, so tiiat the 

 fabric resembles net-work." The Apdendix is 

 occupied by the titles of Dr- Fitch's Reports, 

 and descriptions and notes o\' new species of 

 Lepidoptera, all of which is extremely inter- 

 esting. — C. 



"THE ACADIAN SCIENTIST." 



It gives us pleasure to notice that the 

 " Acadian Scientist " is now issued as a 



