Among the Basilodes there are three closely allied species of very similar pattern, the fore wings being mainly solid metallic golden. These are territans, Hy. Edw., Howardi, Hy. Edw., and Arizonae, French; Howardi and Arizonae having been described as Plusias. The most casual examination of the front of Howardi separates it structurally from Plusia and places it with Basilodes. Arizonae I have not seen, the only specimen known to me being the “type” in the collection of Prof. French, I, however, sent a male and female of territans to Prof. French for comparison with his “type,” thinking that Edwards might have redescribed French's species. From Prof. French's reply, together with a photograph of the type which he kindly had made for me, I have little doubt that his species is a Basilodes, unless, indeed, it may belong to an allied, underscribed genus of which I have to write.

While experimenting two years ago with the leaf Crumpler and the Leaf Folder, a gentleman asked me to visit his apple orchard, some two miles distant, and to observe the destructive work of what he supposed was the Leaf Folder. The orchard had been in bearing for several years and covered sixty acres. The apple trees had at that time just shed their blooms (petals) and the adjacent orchards appeared green, while the infested one was very conspicuous, appearing as if a fire had swept through it.

Paleacrita longiciliata, n. sp.

Expands 26 mm. Palpi dark fuscuous; front very broad, dark fuscous, slightly tufted; antennae fuscous gray, subpectinate, the fascicles of hairs fine, silky, very long, some six to ten times diameter of stem; thorax dark fuscous gray; abdomen dark fuscous. Fore wings, costa strongly arched, apex quite pointed, inner angle rounded whole wing narrow and lanceolate; colour light fuscous, generally washed over with dark fuscous, with numerous black atoms, especially on the veins, making them linearly blackish; also apically and in small indistint shadings across the wing light gray, also light gray shading at ends of veins at margin; marginal points intervenular, blackish; fringe long; fuscous gray, and light gray; hind wings even fouscous, veins darker; fringe long, dark fuscous. Beneath even fuscous on all wings about colour of hind wings above, veins darker, the fore wings with a sprinkling of dark fuscous atoms.

As so little is known of the Orthoptera of Canada, the following notes on the species of Acridiidae, which I have taken in Ontario, may prove of some value. They are by no means intended to form a complete list of the species found in Ontario, but only of those which have come under my observation.

Descriptions of several Hydroecia larvae have appeared in this magazine at various times, but as they were instance when the insects were infesting cultivated plants, the following notes are submitted to show their life history when found in more natural environments, and to assist the student in obtainin sufficient material in some of the species for comparative work. From the paucity of examples in collections and from the close relationship existing between most of the species, it is necessary to resort to breeding, or at least to have such a knowledge of their early habits as to secure extended series, before a very correct idea may be had of the representatives of this genus.

Brachynemurus niger, new species.

Female.—Length, 29 mm.; expanse of wings, 56mm.; greatest width of anterior wing, 7 mm.; length of antenna, 4 mm. Black, marked on head and thorax with luteous; sparsely hairy, more distinctly so on prothorax and abdomen.

Face scarcely convex, luteous, a transverse, shining black band above which extends upward so as to cover the inter-antennal area; this band is notched below, a black line extending form the notch almost to the clypeus; on either side between face, clypeus and inner orbit of the eye, a triangular black dot. Circumocular area mostly luteous, except along vertex, where it is piceous. Clypeus luteous, on each side anteriorly an impressed dot. Labrum transverse, rounded laterally, emarginate in front, luteous, darker on emargination where it is sparsely clothed with black hairs. Mandibles piceous, black at tips.

In March last, Mr. E. N. Laing, of Essex, Ont. one of our young collectors, whilst on a visit to London availed himself of the opportunity to obtain the names of his captures. Whilst I was looking over his collection, a Catocala, with something quite unusual in its appearance to me, arrested my attention; and on comparing it with those in the Society's possession I found it was not there represented. Upon turning up Mr. Strecker's “ Lep. Rhop. Et. Het” I found it therein vividly portrayed on Plate XI., fig. 9 and named by him Catocala magdalena. Not finding that name in Smith's list of 1891, I had to turn up the Synonymy, and found that it was known as C. Illecta of Walker.