A trial of a number of substances as repellents against the Narcissus fly (Merodon equestris) was made at Victoria, B.C., in 1933. The place selected for these trials was one where the owner had suffered severe losses from Merodon in the past, and notwithstanding this had preserved all his badly infested bulbs instead of destroying them as we advised; and further, had even planted them in a separate plot to see if they would recover. The result of this procedure was, as we predicted, a11 enormous infestation of Merodon the following summer and anticipating this we made arrangements to try out various repellents, realizing that here was an unusual opportunity.

During the summer of 1931 an outbreak of the two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus Say) occurred in localized areas in Nova Scotia on the dyked lands along the Avon River in Hants County and on the Grand Pré dyke lands in Kings County. Reports were also sent in of localized outbreaks in Cumberland and Antigonish Counties, but so far as the writer is aware these terminated in that year. The writer investigated the two first mentioned outbreaks and made careful observations during that season and the subsequent two years when the outbreak finally terminated and feels that certain data should be recorded.

The following new species of Eleodes have recently, come to hand and are described as follows:

Eleodes indentata n. sp. (Subgenus Blapylis Horn.)

Female—From ovate, about twice as long as wide, widest across middle of the elytra. Color deep black, luster polisheci ancl shining.

Head slightly widest across the eyes, before the post-ocular line a little more than twice as wide as long; sides of the front scarcely as prominent as the eyes, arcuately convergent to the oblique sutures and there broadly sinuate; sides of the epistoma straight and convergent, angles evenly. rounded, apex broadly sinuate : frons feebly convex, s1ight1y and broadly impressed within the moderatc supra-antennal convexities, very densely punctate, punctures coarse and more or less coalescent, smaller on the occiput. Labmrum transverse, densely punctete in apical one-half, thence to base smooth and very sparsel punctate.

Through the courtesy of Dr. McDunnough, I have recently been permitted to study many specimens of mayflies allied to the genus Iron, which were collected in Western Canada. Imagoes of both sexes and correctly associated nymphs of several species were included in the material, which was loaned to me from the Canadian National Collection. A study of these specimens, together with others in the Cornell University Collection, convinces me that two new genera are represented, which I designate respectively as Ironodes and Ironpsis.

A week's vacation in the delightful Lac St. Jean country netted an interesting list of spiders. No attempt was made ta make a general collection. We were primarily interested in the Linyphiidae and collected mostly by sifting moss and forest litter.

At Bagotville we sifted moss on the wooded cliffs overlooking Ha-Ha Bay and in a little marecage nearby. These specimens are dated July 26, 1934.