The Canadian Entomologist Vol 15

v-,/-v 1^ I o•l'CH-0'^o•I-o•^04^'^o•^o•^o•^^•^•c- \ Return to LIBRARY OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY WOODS HOLE MASS Loaned by American Museum of Natural History THE CANADIAN ^esr^ r ^:> ENTOMOLOGIST VOLUME XY EDITED BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS LONDON, ONTARIO -A.SSISTEID B-SRev C J S D C L., Port Hope, Ont., J M Denton, London, and E Baynes Reed, London, Ont Bethune, Ont 3Coui)ou I'KEE I'RF.SS : PRINTING COMPANY 1883 ^ LIST OF BELL, J CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME T Belleville, Ont BETHUNE, REV C T- S BOWLES, G J BUNKER, ROBERT CLARKSON, FREDERICK CLAYPOLE E W COQUILLETT, D Nkw York T W W HAGEN, DR H A HAMILTON, JOHN HARRINGTON, W H HEUSTIS, CAROLINE E HOLLAND, W J KEEN, EUGENE L KELLICOTT, D S KEYES, HARRIETT H LINTXER, J A MARTEN, JOHN MOFFATT, J A MUNDT, A H MURTFELDT, MARY E OSBORN, HERBERT REED, REED, E B L B V ROGERS, R V SAUNDERS, W (The Editor) SAUNDERS, W E SCHWARZ, E A SMITH, JOHN B SPEYER, DR A TOWNSEND, C H T RILEY, C VAN WAGENEN, G H WALSINGH AM, LORD WRIGHT, W G , '' ) I \ I i Levi, Quebec Toronto, Ont Rochester, New York England New Brighton, New York Cambridge, M as.s Allegheny, Pa Oitawa, Ont GEDDES, GAMBLE GILBERT, W GOSSE, P H GROTE, A R : City Akron, Ohio Woodstock, Illinois Clyde, New York Coalburgh, West Va Trenton, Ont Orono, Maine Buffalo, New York Ottawa, Ont Carbondale, Illinois W DEVEREAUX, W L EDWARDS, W H EVANS, JOHN D FERNALD, C H FISCHER PH FLETCHER,; FRENCH, G H FYLES, REV , Port Hope, Ont Montreal, Quebec Rochester, New York , Parrsboro, Nova Scotia Pittsburgh, Pa Philadelphia, Pa Buffalo, New York Watertown, New York Albany, New York Carbondale, Ii.i.inois Hamilton, Ont Fairbury Illinois Kirkwocd, Missouri Ames, Iowa London, Ont London, Ont Washington, D C Kingston, Ont London, Ont London, Ont i ' j , ' ^ | j ! ' i ] j ' i ! ; Washington, D C Brooklyn, New York Germany Constantine, Michigan Rye Westchester | Co., N Y England San Bernardino, California | i | j i l THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 233 together with silken threads in the form sliown in Fig 13 enclosure the cocoon is spun These cocoons and within this often be seen during the winter hanging from the twigs of trees and shrubs may In addition to the cherry and sassafras, the larva feeds on ash, poplar, azalea, button bush, and other shrubs and is a very rarely, if trees ; although the ash food plant the cocoons are common ever, found upon being very long, it is it The leafstalks perhaps too laborious a task for the caterpillar to fasten them to the twigs, and hence it leaves them in search of leaves with shorter stalks Birds frequently devour the contents of these cocoons during the winter, perforating them with their beaks ; the insect is also liable to be attacked by Ichneumon in the larval victims and consume them state within the flies, which live bodies of their Fig 13.— After Riley A DISTINGUISHED HONOR We are much gratified to learn that at the annual convocation of Trinity College, Toronto, held on the 15th of guished title of D C L (Doctor of Civil Laws) November, the distinwas conferred upon the Rev C J S Bethune, M A., head master of Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario This is the highest title Trinity College can confer, and it is the first time it has been bestowed upon one of its own Batchelors Mr Bethune's career as an entomologist is haps scarcely necessary to remark that he so well known that it is per- one of the most prominent of Canadian Entomologists was formerly editor of this Journal, has been from the outset one of the pillars of our society, and has done much to advance Entomology in this country Many we know will rejoice with is ; us that Mr honor Bethune has been made the recipient of this well-merited 234 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST BURNING OF THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORMAL UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE, ILL On the afternoon of November 26, a fire was discovered in the south- east portion of this structure, directly above the museum, which spread rapidly, and in a short time consumed the entire frame-work of the build- The loss is estibare and blackened walls standing The greater portion of the library, apparatus, and furniture was saved, but the valuable museum, with all, its contents, was ing, leaving onlythe mated at $150,000 destroyed, including large collections of insects, birds, plants and shells By this fire there have been lost the type specimens of a number of species of Orthoptera and Hymenoptera, besides a large number of fine examples of insects of all orders Fortunately there were 22 drawers of the 72 in the insect cabinet down stairs in Prof French's room ; these were saved, The types also of together with about fifty smaller boxes partly filled the new species of Diptera, recently described by Mr Marten in the Can The earnest workers in this institution have our sincere Ent., were saved sympathy in the disaster which and has befallen them Western people enterprise so characteristic of that the University will be promptly will We trust that the be equal to the occasion, rebuilt EGG AND YOUNG LARVA OF PAPILIO CRESPHONTES BY THE EDITOR On the 2nd of September I observed a number of young larvae of P cresphontes on the leaves of a small bush of prickly ash, XantJioxylum fi'axineum, and among them some eggs, unhatched The eggs were laid singly and usually on the upper side of the leaf, to which they were firmly •attached They were about one-twentieth of an inch in diameter, nearly round, slightly flattened, and concave at the base at the point of attachment to the leaf; color pale yellow; not reticulated; almost smooth, if yellow mucus had been The eggs were semi-transparent por- with a few irregular yellow dots and patches, as dropped on the surface and tions of the through length young dried larva, with the black hairs which adorn The young larvae varied from a They were black, with an irregular it showing quarter to half an inch in pale patch almost covering THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 235 the seventh and eighth segments, and another on the two hindermost Each segment was adorned with semi-transparent tubercles, segments which were pale on the pale patches and dark on the other portions of the body each tubercle was armed with a few short black spines On each side of second segment is a prominent tubercle with two smaller ones ; between them the third, fourth ; each, arranged and only two tubercles fifth segments have six tubercles on rows the remaining segments have ; thickest towards the front, tapering behind in irregular transverse Body MOTHS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION BY A R GROTE, A M Under this head one might arrange nearly the whole of our moths, except, perhaps, a little species, the Euzephora eoccidivo?'a, which Professor Comstock has discovered to be predaceous, and to live upon plant-lice in the larval state, and one or two others, which, perhaps, have similar A good many species become unusually numerous, however, in and locahties Almost always this seems to be owing to the temporary cessation of action of the checks which keep down species from excessive multiplication, and disturbing the o'rder of things When we cultivate a large quantity of any cereal or plant of economic value, we in effect afford abundant food for the insects which habitually infest it Many will recollect that the maple and other shade trees in Brooklyn and New York used to be completely defoliated by the middle of summer by habits certain years common Brown Drop The Enghsh sparrow rid the This Measuring attacked it, Worm and kept it or Measuring Worm, Eudalimia us of this nuisance sought refuge in the down in the country ; it subsignaria eat every one of them cities from the birds which In the cities the birds were and, this check being removed, they throve exceedingly the Measuring Worms were gone their place was taken by a different moth, the Gray Vaporer, Orgyia leucostigma, whose caterpillars, In Philadelphia this subbeing hairy, were unpalatable to the sparrows less plentiful When stitution Vaporer merely exchanged one nuisance for another, so plentiful have the In Buffalo, where the Vaporer was caterpillars become always the prevailing pest, no change has been made upon the entry of 236 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST the English sparrow into that city Other species occasionally increase On Mount Desert largely in certain seasons for some unknown cause one season I saAv myriads of the Pretty Pine Spanner, Cleo7-a pulchraria^ not usually so plentiful Some of the principal species which injure our cultivated plants are the Army Worm, HeliophUa unipuncta; tlie Cotton Worm, Aletia argillacea; the Cabbage Cut-worm, Hadena which is devasfatrix, and other Cut-worms belonging to the genera Agrotis and The pine trees are bored by the larvae of several moths, and so Hadeiia with the hickories, as well as the fruit trees in our orchards Some excelent scientific work towards working out the natural history of all these species has been done by the Department of Agriculture at Washington the various State Governments Taking into consideration the and damage inflicted by these insects, it may be said that money is well spent towards understanding all about these pests, and the way to abate them The fact reis to understand their histories and modes of attack first mains that in many instances we can comparatively ravages of insect pest ; we have tion of their natural enemies them Httle to removed by chiefly check the the multiplica- CORRESPONDENCE COAL TAR FOR THE PLUM WEEVIL Dear Sir, — Respecting the use of coal-tar in the matter of driving the plum-weevil about which Prof Claypole inquires (p i8o), I have seen it recommended several times, and perhaps the source of the awaj different commendations of and found tried the coal-tar it it was Prof Alex Winchell's paper I have of no avail Some have followed advice published at one time, and applied the tar directly to the bark of the trunk and branches and thereby destroying the life of the tree, as has also been done with carbolic acid All similar weevil must be classed as parrying methods sale slaughter, permit me to say, I deem are ways of fighting the Systems aiming more judicious at plumwhole- There are two very reliable extermijiati?ig methods in use against the pest, both of which are explained by Mr B Gott in his article on the " Plum at least Annual Report of Entomological Society of Ontario, 1879 Very respectfully yours, W L Devereaux Clyde, N Y Curcuho," in I 237 THE GAiNADlAN ENTOMOLOGIST IMERIS Dear Sir, — In KAP.I-: VAR NOVANGLl/E Canadian Entomologist, the \o\ iv., Mr p 79, Scudder describes a variety of Pier is rapce under the name of Novanglice, and indicates that it is a new variety, developed since the introduction of this species into America He gives Mr Stainton as authority that noth" Farm Insects of Great Curtis, in his ing of the kind occurs in Europe page loi, Britain," after describing i?«/(S?, says taken near Oldham, in Lancashire, which has : " But I possess a male, the wings of a bright all If so, the Is not this Mr Scudder's variety Novanglice ? must be placed further off than since the introduction of the species into this country, and the cause of its development, something Yours truly operating in England as well as in New England C H Fernald State College, Orono, Me., Dec 20, 1883 yellow color." origin of it PARASITE ON VANESSA ANTIOPA Bear Sir, — In the Entomologist for September, your correspondent, Frederick Clarkson, speaks of obtaining so few parasitic insects from various cocoons Perhaps it may interest some of your readers if I mention some cases of an opposite character that have come under my own ob- From a chrysalis of V Antiopa I counted 145 little green and from the cocoon of a curious green and white worm, of which I servation flies, have not been able small black You but see I I flies am send the to find the name, I carefully counted 1,257 ^^^1 This cocoon was not as large as not scientific enough to facts for know the 8, Antiopa chrysalis parasites, Yours what they are worth * Watertown, N Y Nov V names of these truly, Harriet H Keyes 1883 REMARKABLE GATHERING OF BEETLES Dear Sir, — On the last, now me a remarkable occurrence, and one which dock, to loth of October while walking along the new Bay, I noticed what seems in course of construction at Weller's I should like to know if others have observed Along the outer edge of the crib-work were thousands of beetles, which were so thickly collected together in some places that a spot the size of one's hand would have on were chiefly Coccinellidce, but it from 30 to 40 insects ; they among them were Carabidce, Chrysomelidce, In the course of a few minutes I picked StaphylinidcE, and other families other of besides many species, no less than 55 Donacias specimens up 238 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST At the time there was a strong southerly breeze blowmg off the water, to which they were fully exposed They were clinging to lumps of moist sandy mud, which had been recently dredged for filling the crib, and to moistened No attempt was made at flight while being picked up On wood-work the inner edge, or land side of the crib, not one was to be seen John D Ev.\ns, Trenton, Ont NOTES ON THE LARV^ ON SOME SPHINGID^ Dear Sir, — In looking over your Entomological Report for 1881, I the descriptions of the larvae, pupee and images, the follow" The larva is, we believe, at ing about the larva oi He mar is tenuis, Gr find, among : I have collected and reared this same larva for the present unknown." last four or five years, and found it plentiful, feeding on the snowberry, Symphoricarpus, of which I have noticed, I believe, two varieties or species one with small, almost round leaves, the other, which seems very : rare, with larger leaves and more pointed Having believed this larva to be fully described, I took no pains to make notes of its color or character- and could not now furnish a description of it I have a number of I also found two sphinx larvae this season, of which of this species pupae I have not yet seen a published description Being much occupied at the time I was feeding these, I put off making notes until one day when I istics, was at ground then leisure, One I I found it was too late, had entered the as they took feeding on Privet Ligustrum \ had the general ap- it pearance of Sphinx drupiferarum in size and color, only that the oblique were light yellow, almost white, with a broad band nearly an eighth lines of an inch wide of a beautiful clark ultramarine blue ; caudal horn light bluish-green, ending in a horny brown point, heavily granulated with black The other larva I found on black ash and on the fringe tree, of which we have several fine specimens in the city park ; on these latter I also found feeding S c/iersis, which much resembled this one Chersis differs in that it tapers slightly towards the head ; the stigmata are white in the centre, surrounded with bright red, and the caudal horn is but lightly granulated with black Pupae without tongue case of a coffeebrown color, whilst in the former it is almost black Both larvae fed ; H tetiuis I have never found feeding readily on black ash in my garden on any other than the above mentioned shrubs I also found a third larva feeding in company with H thysbe, much resembling D myron, on Viburnum detitatum, the pupae of which is a light grayish tan color, with the markings of a Darapsa Ph Fischer, 528 High St., Buffalo, N Y THE CANA.DIAN KNTOMOLOGIST 239 VARIATIONS IN MARKINGS OK CICINDELA SEX-QUTTATA Dear Sir, — have just read with article (Vol xv p 205-8) " Cicindela sex-quttata" and much interest Mr Townsend's On the variation of the elytral markings of as he quotes from my field notes for 1881, I to modify the record therein made casually of a twoA more careful examination shows that, in of this bettle spotted variety addition to the anterior spots of normal size, rudimentary posterior ones may be discerned with a good glass, or more plainly, as Mr Townsend feel called upon I can discover no trace, points out, by examining the under surface The specimen is apparently a variation however, of the intermediate spots in the direction of the immaculate southern variety towards which it also tends in coloration I known may add as Violacea, Fab., that of eighteen other specimens at present all in my collection (and taken promiscuously), five belong to the first variety and five to the third ; one of the latter showing an interrupted line from the anterior to the inner spot, and having the Three belong to the fifth variety ; one of posterior ones rudimentary The remaining these has also an interrupted line from anterior to inner to the the seventh Other interesting varieties specimen belongs variety probably occur ; and as the beetles are very common here, I will endeavor next season to obtain a more extended series The color of many specimens also departs very much from the typical green toward a decided W Hague Harrington, Ottawa, Ont blue ON THE GENUS IDIOSTOMA Dear Sir, — I have seen in the July number of your valued periodical 139) in a letter from my esteemed correspondent, Miss Murtfeldt, the confession which she has kindly made public on my behalf (Vol XV., p oversight in characterizing the genus Idiostoma as new to science, it had been already described by Messrs Grey and Boll under the name " Metamorpha." When I first received an example of of my whereas genus from South Africa, I had not seen the original description, nor should I have expected to find it among North American genera I make no excuses for the mistake but as the name Metamorpha is pre-occupied^ this : having been used by Hubner to point out that, clature, the name for another genus of Lepidoptera, according to the " I venture accepted rules of Zoological nomen- Idiostoma" should now be retained I am, yours faithfully, Walsingham 240 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST BOOK NOTICES Bulletin No U S Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology ; 8vo., pp 75 We are indebted to Prof Riley for this useful report of observations and experiments in the practical work of the division It contains further notes on the Army Worm, details of an interesting series of experiments with Pyrethrum powder on larvge, notes on forest-tree insects by Dr A on the Cotton Worm and the machinery which has been deS Packard vised for destroying it, and on the tree borers of the family Cossidce, by ; the late Dr J S McMurtrie, on The Bailey, of Albany, N Y tests of silk fibre closing paper is by W at the Department from cocoons raised This report contains much valuable matter The paper on the Cossidce illustrated by two plates beautifully executed there is also a plate is ; illustrating the chapter A on silk fibre Bibhography of Fossil Insects; by Samuel H Scudder; republished from the bulletin of Harvard University 8vo., pp 47 ; A valuable compilation, which will greatly aid the student in this department of natural science On and the Pattern of Insects ; by Dr H A Hagen Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences the Color : from In this paper the author discusses the various theories which have been propounded to account for the diversity of pattern and color in inIt is a sects, reviewing the facts which have been cited for their support most interesting and instructive article, at the conclusion of which the writer expresses his conviction that color and pattern in insects are produced by physiological processes in the interior of their bodies Bulletin of the Buffalo NaturaHsts' Field Club The fifth number this enterprising of the body volume of the records of work done by is before us It includes notes on also papers on the Butternut, Indian Relics first of naturalists Protozoa, by Prof Kellicott ; and other interesting subjects, followed by botanical and ornithological notes This serial is handsomely gotten up, well printed on excellent paper, and is in every way a credit to its promoters (October No., issued Nov 27, 1883.) (November No., issued Jan 17, 1884.) INDEX TO VOLUME XV Bailey, Dr James S., death Basilodes pepita, 73 Actias luna, I20 Acknowledgment, Acma'ops proteus, Acopa II 63 Basket worm, 98 Beetles, remarkable gathering 59 carina, 77, incana, 77 perpallida, 77- II Adipsophanes of, tcrDiincllus, n s., 132 179 of, Aegeria acerni, 187 Bibliography of fossil insects, 240 Black knot, 174 Agrilus egenus, 80 Agrotiphila, 52 Bombus pensylvanicus, Book notices, 13, 115, Adita, 53 Agrotis, on the genus of, M citricolor, 26, 53.' moerens, 53 muscosa, n s., 26 II 11 Amblyscirtes libya, 146 mystery and its solution, 4I A Anaphora simulatus, 94 172 219, 240 Bowles, G J., articles by, 164, 167 Buffalo Field Naturalists' Club, 240 Bulletin U S Dept Agr Div, of Ent., 240 Bunker, Robert, article by, 160 Buprestis fasciata, 203 Burning ot 111 Normal University, 234 Butterflies collected in the North-west, 221 Anarta brephoides, 55 II nivaria, 109 II promulsa, 109 II 109 s., 4, Androchirus fuscipes, loi Anicla, 53 Annual address of President, 181 It report State Ent., N Y., 219 " " 111., 220 II II Anobium tenuestriatum, 93 Anthoecia rivulosa, 86 Anthrenus castaneae, 91 11 museorurn, 91, 11 varius, 82, 90 Apatela gelechise, 17, viilpiiia, 153 96 Arizoiiaria, n mali Aplodes Bittlcri, n 11 diana, 42 II eurynome It lais, n, s., s., 125 32 s., II II II It It It var erinna, n v., 33 209 Argyrauges, 24 Arnold, Chas., death Arsame Caripeta subochrearia, n Carncades, n g., 4, 53 mcercns, 11 of, 13 s., s., Catherina, 53 Catocala ArizoniK, 12 Apple-leaf crumpler, I Apple-tree aphis, 96, 185 Archiearis resoluta, 55 Argynnis North American, 72, 102 Canadian Ent., dates of issue of, 138 " Insects, lists of names of, 60 Canker worms, circular concerning, 114 Calpina;, II ], 177 174 of, obliquata, 17 1, Arsilonche Henrici, 30 Athous cucullatus, loi Azenia edeniafa, n, s., 25 of, 97, 179, 204 Carpocapsa pomonella, 204 Aphis maidis, 11 Calopteron reticulatum, early stages 18 n s,, 209 of, Calandra remotopunctata, 81 Callosamia promethea, 231 Cantharis Nuttalli, 176 Capis curvata, Carabidse, food relations Ants, damage caused by, 140 Anytus, 53 It Newfoundland, 43 new species Byssodes obrussata, It sitbmariiia, n II 237 Bell, J T., article by, 61 Bellamira scalaris, 80 Bethune, Rev C J S., article by, 117 It ccelebs, 23 habilis, lOO junctura, 12 Meskei larva relicta, loo of, 100 II s., 163, semirelicta, 11 sai-a, It Verrilliana, 13 It violenta, 15 M Walshii, 12, 163 Cecidomyia robini^, 203 Centronopus calcaratus, 102 Cephaloon lepturides, 80 Chalcophora liberta, 79 INDEX TO VOLUME XV 242 Cryphalus jalappas, 140 Chalcophora virginiensis, 79 Chamseclea pernana, 76 Chambers, V T., death of, 178 Cupes concolor, Cymatophora Chariessa pilosa, 80 Chesias frondaiia, 27 Chionobas II II Calais, 44, 50 Chiroihripa a/Ucn/iafi/s, 11 s., 154 Chlorosea albaria, n s., 126 II II Chrysobothris Harrisii, 79 M M multiguttis, 22 pallida, 21 similis, Uepressaria applana, 94 50 W L article by, 236 Diplosis grassator, 39, 83 Doryphora decem-lineata, 21, 37 juncta, 22 Jlorus, H s., 210 Chrysopila folda, early stages of, 112 Cicindela sex-guttata, 79, 205, 239 Devereaux, triangulifer, 76 Clarkson, Frederick, articlae by, 98, 161, 168, 208, 217 Claypole, E Vv'., articles by, 37, 58, 180 Cleora pulchraria, 236 s., tar for II II weevil, 236 Coccinellidse, food relations of, 13 Codling moth, 204 Paris green a remedy for, 188 inornata, 44, 50- Coleophora argentella, 95 of, 115 II classification of, 115larvae, descriptions of, I20 for beginners, practical, 61 i, 56, 96, 212 Epilachne borealis, preparatory stages of, 21, loi 189 Eucalyptera, 229 Euchetes egle, 100 Eudalimia subsignaria, 235 eurydice, preparatory stages of, 224 M 170 var amorphse, 169, 226 n 11 for 1882, 37 Soc, Ontario, annual meeting of 159, 201 Entomological Soc Ontario, annual address of President of, 181 Entomological Soc Ontario, report to Royal Society of Canada, 134 II Entomologists, meeting Coleothrips trifasciata, 152 Colias cassonia, 227 II 169 Entomology 11 II articles by, 14, 32, 43, 64, 136, 141, 147, 209, 224, Elater nigricollis, lOi ,1 argentialbella, 95 leucochrysella, 95 Coleoptera, British, catalogue II Edwards, W H., 11 Coleopterous to, 81 senatoria, 38 Entomological notes plum Coenonympha Dryocampa of, sylvatica, 38 Clover-seed midge, 186 Coal Drugs, insects injurious Endropia sesquilinearia, n s., 125 Entomological club, A A A S., meeting 133 Clisiocampa americana, 38 II , II vulgaris, 79 Cirrhophanus venata, n 124 Debis Portlandia, 69 Dendroides concolor, 80 22 II II s., Datrines constricta, 228 Chrysophanus epixanthe, 44, 11 separataria, n II clivicoUis, 21 II dataria, 87 depromai-ia, n s., 87 griscaria, n s., 124 obliqttaria, n s 124 rufaria, n s., 125 Danais archippus, 99 Darapsa versicolor, 204 Chrysomela Bigsbyana, 22 II 80 Cyllene rubiniae, 80 11 philodice, 100 Collecting, novel method of, 59 Colorado potato beetle, 21, 37 Conotrachelus nenuphar, 38, 180, 236 Coquillett, D W articles by, 21, 31, 97, driisiits, n s., 21 1, Eudarcia simulatricella, 94 Eudioptis hyalinata, 56 Eupsalis minuta, 79 Eugephora coccidivora, 235 Evans, John D., article by, 237 Exenterella, 23 Expanse of Noctuidfe, 29 Fala ptycophora, 75 112, 113 Corethra plumicornis, 173 Correspondence, 39, 58, 79 99, 138, 159, 179, 198, 216, 236 Cossus, 203 Centerensis, 203 Crambus marginatus, 105 Prof Croft, Henry, death Eudamus II Fall web-worm, 38 Fenaria sevorsa, Feralia jocosa, 28 Fernald, C H., articles by, 237 Fidonia alternaria, n s 27 , partitaria, n s., 130 Fischer, Ph., article by, 238 li of, 78 of, INDEX TO VOLUME XV Fletcher, J., articles by, 40, 78, 134 Formica rufa, 171 sanguinea, 217 French, G H., articles by, 163, 189 Frost-flies, 173 Fyles, Rev T W., articles by, 83, 198 .1 Galeruca xanthomelaena;, 160 Geddes, G., article by, 221 Gelechia cinerella, 139 11 Clemensella, 94 II conclusella, 95 crescentifasciella, 95 formosella, 139 gallajsolidaginis, 170 H 11 M M prunifoliella, 94 rubensella, 95 rubidella, 95 vernella, 139 11 n GeometridK, list of, W W., Gortyna Gosse, 11 of, 117 11 Larvffi, article by, fruits, II 11 , 120 178 nitela, 174 P article by, 44 , H Gracilaria Packardella, 95 superbifrontella, 95 M swederella, 95 II Grapta comma, color and pattern in, 240 injurious to drugs, 81, 140 II 11 taken at t^uebec and Townend, death Glover, bibliography of fossil, 240 Canadian, lists of names of, 60 II Keyes, Harriet H article by, 237 Lackey moth, American, 38 forest, 38 Montreal, 164 Gilbert, Hyperchiria lo, 216 Hyphantria textor, 38 Idiostoma, on the genus, 139, 239 Index to Entomological reports, 159 Insects as food for man, 223 Keen, Eugene L., article by, 200 Kellicott, D S., article by, 191 inconspicuelln, 139 I' M unilineata, 123 Homopyralis miserulata, 123, Honor, a distinguished, 233 Hyhernating buttertlies, 40 11 grissefasciella, 95 M Homoptera 243 20 satyrus, 20 A R., articles by, 3, 23, 40, 51, 55, 72, 84, 86, 102, 121, 235 Hackberry galls, 157 II coleopterous, descriptions of, 21, lOI Larva of Smerinthus, 203 Lasioderma serricorne, 140 Last year's collecting, 99 Leconte, Dr John L., death Lema of, 217 collaris, 21, 22 Lepidoptera, diurnal, collected North-west, 221 Lepidoptera, diurnal, new species Leucania unipuncta, 173- in the of, 32 Leucobrephos, 55 Grote, Limenitis arthemis, observations on, 57 Hadena, Lintner, J A., article by, 120 Lists of Insects, revision of, 202 52 pliitonia, n Hadenella, 122 Limothrips poaphagus, 152 Hagen, Dr H A., Lithocolletis desmodiella, 139 I, gregariella, 139 Lithostege Arizonata, >i s., 126 Litognatha linearis, n s., 121 Hamilton, John, article by, 90 Harrington, W H., articles by, 59, 79, Lixus macer, early stages Lussa, n g M s., pergentilis, 122 articles by, 119, 159 11 239 Helia americalis, 171 Helice gleditschiaeella, 95 II pallidochrella, 95 Heliothinse, 72, 84, 102 Hemaris tenuis, Hemileuca, 23 Hepialus, 203 furcatus, 30 remarks on, 141 Heustis, iMrs C E., article by, 57 Hirmoneura brevirostris, 70 11 clausa, 70 obscura, 70 \V G , article by, 41 Holland, II Lycsena afra, n Homohadena II inconstmis, n s., 28 vulnerea, n s., 29 s., 21 s., of, 113 127 r aster, 44, 45, 51 Couperi, 44, 51 II aquilo, 44, 51 melissa, 170 11 Lycomorpha pholus, 205 Lygranthoecia, 86, 105 species of, 107 II Hesperidii;, I >i nigrogut^flta, II teniiescens, n s., 128 II Magdalis barbata, 80 Mamestra, 52 II II II Maple ferrealis, picta, spicidosa, egerian, 187 Marten, John, ti s,, 29 s., 28 205 11 article by, 110 INDEX TO VOLUME XV 244 Matigramma Pamphila juba, rubrosuffusa, 123 Matuta, 53 Megachyta inconspicualis, s it , 30 Melanophila longipes, 60 Melicleptria Hoyi, 55 Manitolia, 141, 147 II 7?iilo, 11 Nevada, 141, n s., 34 147 rhesus, 34 11 II sylvanoides, 141, 148 r, stygialis, II ruricola, 150 II versabilis, II viator, 147 Melipotis nigrescens, Melitsea chalcedon, 170 II chara, n s., 209 phaeton, 170 Paphia Morrisoni, 35 troglodyta, 20, 36 Papilio Abbotii, 87 II II Melon moth, Metalepsis, 56 129 ajax, 89 II brevicauda, 43, 45, 47 cresphontes, 100 larva of, 204, 234 egg of, 234 II cornuta, 129 Moffatt, J A., articles by, 99, 180 II Momophana Comstocki, Moss hunting, 11 I 11 28 Montreal branch, meeting " of, 167 rutulus, 169 61 telamonides, 87 II Moth, extraordinary habitation for, 208 II troilus, 162 II turnus, 44, 48, 204 Moths injurious to vegetation, 235 Moths, new species of and notes on structure of, 3, 23, 86, 121 Mundt, A H., article by, 87 Murtfeldt, Mary E., article by, 93, 138 Nematus II Erichsonii, 205 ventricosus, 205 II eggs II 200 of, Nemistrinidae, North American, species of, 69 Neonympha areolatus, 68 M canthus, preparatory stages II eurytris, II gemma, 68 zolicaon, 169 Paris green, a 288 remedy for Parasymmictus clausa, 70- codling moths, Perigea epopea, Petrophora cxcurvata, n s., 123 M mirabilata, « .f., 123 Phsegarista sevorsa, Phffitusa plutella, 94 M neptata, terinina, « ui/ihiita, II 11 s., 129 s., Philampela achemon, 162 poetica, I02 II Walshii, 87 II Pheocyma sosybius, 68 Neumoegenia, 102 II Newfoundland of, 64 II Phakellura hyalinata, 56 Phasiane irrorata, 68 Henshawii, 68 11 Phlasothrips carya, 152 mali, 152 II nigra, n s., 154 Pholisora nessus, 146 butterflies, 43 II Noctuidae, expanse of, 29 Nonagria subcarnea, 175 Notodonta albifrons, 204 Oak 141, 147- „ Obituary notices, 78, 176, 217 Octhera mantis CEcanthus niveus, 80 Phycita nebulo, i Phylloxera vastatrix, parasites on, 39, 83 Phytoptera, 173 Pine moth n6 Gidipoda corallina, 205 Oncocnemis airvicollis, 11 Pieris napi, 44 II oleracea, 48 caterpillar, 38 II pcrnotata, n Ophion macrurum, 10 s., s rapae, 99 11 var novangliae, 237 Plagiomimicus, 11 II , 25 162 Orgyia leucostigma, 168, 186, 235 Osborn, Herbert, article by, 151 11 Pachypsylla, 157 Ptedisca Scudderiana, 170 Pamphila 11 ir II II 1, II expallidus, M pitychromus, ii, 75 Tepperi, 11, 75 M Planosa 75 laricis, 160 agricola, 35 Californica, 151 cants, n s., 34 weevil, 38, 180, 236 Plusia egena, 26 Colorado, 141, 147 Plusiodonta compressipalpis, 172 Poecilonota cyanipes, 80 comma, 141, 147 Plum INDEX TO VOJ.UME XV 245 Polenta, 229 Pretiosa, 76 Solpugidoe, notes on, 228 Prodoxus decipiens, 175 Promethea, emperor-moth, 231 Speyur, Dr A., article by, 140 Spargaloma larva 191 Pseudomus truncatus, 79 Psylla celtidis mamma, 40, 84, 157, 199 c-cucurbita, 158 11