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LONDON, ONTARIO w LONDON VREE PRESS PRINTING CO., RICHMOND-ST 1877 — - • — j-cs^S^ A^.\^ * ' THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, Published by the Entomological Society of Ontario — General Editor: W Saunders, London, Ontario Editing Committee :— Rev C J S Bbthunb, M A., Port Hope and J Williams, London, Ontario ANNUAL B'EES and Messrs E Baynes Reed, ; OF MEMBERSHIP : For Ordinary Members, For Associate Members in the United States, (U S Currency) For Associate Members in England, The Fees are ]3ayable in advance on the 1st of January in each ^1 00 25 5s sterling year, and their payment entitles the to a copj' of all the Society's publications during the year Remittances and other business communications should be addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, J H McMeciian, Esq., London, Ontario All exchanges, and articles for insertion, etc., to the General Editor Canadian Extomologist, Vols 1, 2, 3, and —Price 81.25 for Vols and ^1.00 vols 3, and members Single numbers furnished when required ; —10 cents each ; $1 per dozen Correspondence is invited respecting the habits, localities, occurrence, &c., of Insects, as this Journal is intended to be a medium for the recording of observations made in all parts of the country ADVERTISING RATES: For First Insertion, per Line, For Each Subsequent Insertion 10c 5c 10 Lines to Cork — Usual One IncTi SUPPLIES FOR SALE thickness, 18 cts (gold) per square foot ; double, 30 cts (gold) per square foot — List of Canadian Coleoptera Price 15 cents each, embracing 55 families, 432 genera, and 1231 Price (For labelling cabinets.) 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In the specimen before me it seems to have an at olive cast; it The would be described as "obscure olive-brown.'' scat- tered metallic scales are very obvious In Mr Morrison's description I find no mention of the ante-marginal shade line But the rest of the description is accurate, and I recognized this species from Meske's collection at Albany it Mr von in ENTOMOLOGICAL PINS SEIZED FOR DUTIES For some years past our Society has kept a small stock of Entomological pins, not for the purpose of gain, but for the convenience of our members, many of whom, in the United States as well as in Canada, have obtained their supplies from us in small packages transmitted through the mail Recently the custom house officer at Detroit seized several packages of these pins, and depianded for their release charges amounting to more This action, it appears, was prompted by a special cirthan their value cular from the Treasury Department at AVashington to the collectors, requiring increased vigilance in regard to packages transmitted by mail to prevent loss of revenue to the Department — 239 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST of the being informed of the seizures, we wrote to the Secretary in this matter, referring to of our the Society objects Treasury, explaining On fact that these pins Avere only used for scientific past usage and also to the holds that Entomological pins must take purposes In reply the Secretary and pay a duty of 35 per cent., and such packages by mail is contrary to law At the their place alongside of other pins that the transmission of same time he kindly instructed the collector charges on seized goods and deliver the pins We shall of duties only our members in the U S hence in future at Detroit to waive the usual in his possession on payment be prevented from supplying with pins by parcel post On enquiring from the collector as to whether small quantities of pins be sent by letter postage, we received in reply a copy of the circular might As this circular speaks only of sent from the Treasury Department in small that we quantities enclosed in letters, pins packages, presume covered by the usual letter postage, will not be interfered with Sheet cork, which is liable to a duty of 30 per cent., will also, we understand, be subject to seizure, but since the packages we send seldom exceed fifty cents in value, we not know whether they would be regarded as of sufficient importance to warrant the trouble of the correOn this point we have applied for spondence attending such seizures information, but have failed to obtain it Any packages of this sort sent Either pins or in future will be at the risk of the parties ordering them cork can be safely sent in any quantities by express, subject to the duties mentioned CORRESPONDENCE CATOCALA MARMORATA may now safely be put down as one of the reguof this locality An intimate friend and fellow with myself, took five examples this season, which, Catocala marmorata larly settled species hunter, in company makes nine in all, which is a pretty good showing an insect which, though seemingly diffused over a large territory, is nevertheless one of the rarest of the genus it so royally Mr Charles Dury, who took one last year, reports another represents with four I took last year, for a single locality of THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 240 this year at Cincinnatti and Mr Geo W Peck took one this season in Jersey This makes twelve in all that have been taken in the United ; New States, besides the original one in the Collection of the Society of Philadelphia, that I am aware other localities, I hope they will report of If others Entomological have taken it in Some who have not seen the examples taken here and elsewhere, have hesitated to believe that they were the true m anno fa fa of Edwards, but a glance at them is enough to convince any one of their identity I have not seen the original type, but our examples tally exactly with the published description It is a large, showy and uniformly defined species, entirely distinct, and cannot well be mistaken for or confounded with any other species James Angus, West Farms, N Y SPHINGIDiE AT SUGAR I have taken the following Sphingidae Sphinx choerilus at sugar at Center, this season Sphinx myron INDEX TO VOLUME IX *» A Aaron, Elt.ene M Acidaliajunctaria, Actias luna, 33 , Bean, Thos Article by, 200 27 Acrididse, List of, Found in Nebraska, 144 Acronj'cta dissecta, 27 IValkeri, ;/ s., 98 Adela bella, 207 ' ' " " biviella, 206 " " sciphilella, 71 allectalis, n s., 107 atropurpu7-alis, n s., 104 C(xtciiiilalis, Ji.s., 105 coloradensis, 103 Jla7