Everyone recognizes the destructive work of the Codling Moth, but everone does not know how to fight it. Much has been written about it, for the great loss occasioned by this one insect has compelled not only fruit-growers but also governments to investigate its habits and to determine practicable methods for its control. As a result of the labours of many scientific observers, its life-history is now fairly well known, and its control is now no longer a matter or mere chance.

During the past winter Dr. L. O. Howard received specimens of a Cecidomyiid from Sir Daniel Morris, Director of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, with the statement that the larvæ live in the cambium layer of cotton plants. Up to the present time no representative of this family has been recorded as depredating upon cotton so far as I am awar, and at the request of Sir D. Morris the species is duly characterized herewith:

Porricondyla (Epidosis) gossypii, new species.

Euxoa vestitura n. sp.— Ground colour dull smoky-brown, varying a little to reddish-brown in one direction and luteous in another. Head and thorax concolorous. Vestiture hairy rather than scaly, neither the collar nor the patagia well defined. Primaries with the usual maculation at least traceable and oftern distinct, never contrasting, the lines ranging from smoky to black. Basal line geminate, always marked on costa and oftern complete.

The following list of Micro-Lepidoptera taken in the Province of Manitoba, is published for the purpose of recording the distribution of species, as well as an incentive to the collectors of the locality to make more than ordinaly efforts to add to the number. The work that has already been done is most gratifying, and compares very favourably with local lists of many of the States, from which a great deal mor would have been expected.

Phlepsius Slossoni, n. sp.—Form and general appearnce of lippulus nearly, slightly larger and darker, with a much longer, flatter vertex. Length, 6 mm.; width, 2 mm.

Vertex slightly acutely angled, the apex truncate, nearly twice longer on middle than against eyes, the disc concave, anterior margin sharp and broadly foliaceous, the line between this foliaceous margin and the front proper being sharply marked. Front slightly convex, evenly narrowing to the apically expanded clypeus. Elytra moderatley long, appressed behind the middle, the apices slightly flaring. Venation obscure.

Stiria aliaga, n. sp.—♂. Expanse, 30 mm.

Ground colour even chrome-yellow, a shade lighter beyond t.p. line. Small ochraceous spot at inner thrid of cell, one towards its outer end and traces of one beyond. These are about equidistant from each other. T. p. line the only other marking on fore wing. This is quite faint, ochraceous, wavy and cannot be followed to costa in the speciments before me. The fringe is darker than wing, of a somewhat “Ashes of Roses” colour.

For many years I have collected diurnal Lepidoptera in the neighbourhood of Albany, N.Y., making a special study of established varieties, sports and minor vatieties within the species.

Among the Lycœnidœ the forms which have proved of greatest interest from this point of view are those afforded abundant material for investigation, and I.irus in particular has afforded abundant material for investigation, and long ago I was enabled to recognize several tendencies in the distribution of colour over both the wings and body, which made it possible to separate this species into groups or form-series.

Bucculatrix Ainsliella, n. sp.—Antennæ about the fithts the length of the fore wings, annulated in dusky brown and dull yellow. Eye caps golden white, expanded. Apical tuft long, projecting foward, dark brown in centre, shading outwardly to dingy white. Face satiny cream white. Thorax cream white, more or less dusky, overlaid with dark brown scales, with small but distinct dark brown spot on centre of dorsum, two rather narrow marks of same colour forming a triangle or open V on posterior joint, back of which is a silvery white band.

It is with much gratification that we announce the formation of the British Columbia Branch of our Society, which has been accomplished by the affiliation with it of the British Columbia Entomological Society. The Rev. G. W. Taylor, of Wellington, is the President, and Mr. R. V. Harvey, the Queen's School, Vancouver, Secretary-Treasurer. Regularly quarterly meetings are held and eighteen members have thus far been enrolled. With such a goodly band of enthusiastic and experienced entomologists the new Branch ought to grow and prosper and do much efficent work for the furtherance of this department of science in the western Province of the Dominion of Canada.

Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, from 23rd Street to 83 Irving Place, New York.

Prof. F. M. Webster, from URbana, Ill., to U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C.

Mr. W. D. Kearfott wishes all mail matter to be addressed to him at Montclair, N.J., not Liberty St. New York.

(339. Leucania anteroclara).—Specific characters in this genus are often by no means strongly marked, and though they may be on the whole fairly constant, are as Prof. Smith expresses it in the “Revision” hard to locate in words. Anteroclara seems to be, at any rate, a pretty well marked form, but when its range of variation in this locality is known, specimens are to be found closely approximating no less than six different species, or, at any rate, forms standing under six different specific names viz.: commoides, multilinea (Calgary form), phragmitidicola, Calgariana, farcta and roseola.

From the heart of the Sierras, in California, comes a new mosquito of the genus Taeniorhynchus, which is here described:

Taeniorhynchus Sierrensis, n. sp.—æ. Head brown, a median line of white curved scales extending up between the eyes, immediately followed laterally by a patch of flat brown scales, a narrow white stripe laterad, followed by a brown stripe, narrow white line around the eyes, white forked and curved scales on the occiput; the general effect is of two brown submedian spots, and the curved scales are confined to this comparatively narrow median line; antennæ brown, and white not really banded, giving the effects of white bands, verticels brown, pubescence white, basal joint white scaled; palpi brown with white tips, and a narrow light band about midway; proboscis dark brown, clypeus brown, eyes brown.

Abbé Provancher in his work on the Coleoptera of Canada, page 585, gives a brief description of an insect he calls Criocephalus obseletus, Rand, and adds that it is very common.

After a careful reading of his description, I have come to the conclusion that it can not apply to Criocephalus obsoletus, but to Asemum mœstum, a common longhorn throughout eastern Canada. C. obsoletus is a much rarer insect in Canada, and, in fact, I have no record of its having been captured in the Province of Quebec; it is not even mentioned by Mr. Harrington in his list of Ottawa Cerambycidæ