THE CANADIAN ENTOMOI,OG]gT, I have named tiris insect in honour of Dr. A. S. Packard, who first called attention to its occrlrrence on strarvberry plants at Amherst, NIass. All stages described from numerous specimens. 'Iypes of pr,rpre and adults deposited in the collectiorr of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. IJtulrocueluv. Aleurodes vaporarium, P:tck. Am. Nat., \rol. IV., p. 686 (r87r). Aleurodes vaporarium, Pack. Guide, p. 7 r2 (r883). Aleurodes vaporalitim (?), Garman. Ann. Rept. Ky. Exp. Sta., p. 37 (rE9o).
DR. JAMES-q. BAILEY, Of Albany, N. Y., died at his residence, No. 95 Eagle St., on July rst, after a protracted iliness. I{e was an enthusiastic student of insects, .lvho devoted most of his attention to the Lepidoptera, of .rvhich he possessed a fine collection. He has contributed a number of papers to the ENro-MoLOGrsr, among others an illustrated one on the natural history of Cossus Centerensis, in No. L, voi. rr, and at the time of his death was engaged in preparing a paper on the tree-boring species of this genus for the Department of Agriculture. CORRESPONDENCE. Deur Sir,-While on a visit to the neighborhood of Brarrtford for a coupie of weeks in the latter part of July, I came upon an elm stump with the bark curled loosely round it. On pulling back the bark I saw a Calopteron reticulatum fresh and bright, 1'he form, with the front part of the wing covers, all yellow ; the hind part, blue black. 'I'here rvas also one just emerged. It rvas a chalky rvhite all over ; the {ront part with a yellowish tinge, the hind part r'vith a bluish tinge. On examining the stump and inside the bark I found clusters of puprc, remarkable in the regular formation of the cluster. The pupr were in straight rorvs, close, side by side, ihe row above half lapped over the row belorv it, each pupa
TiTula sP., N{icarvber Mine, Aug' 7' tlfusca tlomestica L., near Micawber N{irle, Aug' 6' Culer sP., Lakes of the Clouds, r887' \iarious other species of Diptera, etc.' as well as some Tt'ic/toftero, alrd species of T/zrips an'd' Tomocerus (ptobably pltttnbeus L')' and many Apl'rides, are as yet und.etermined' The Arachnida are represented by Epeira and Misumena (.ptobably aatia), and 'Pltalangodes robusta Pack'
But little attention seems to have been given to Micro-Lepidoptera by Canadian collectors hitherto, so far as can be gathered from the printed lists, 83 names being all that could be reached when the latest one was published. It is certainly not for want of an abundance of material to work upon. I turned my attention to them specially last summer, and was quite surprised to find that so many different species could be obtained when sought for, considering that the season was a most unfavorable one for collecting generally, and no doubt affected them similarly.
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