The Noctuids of this Province, as already known, make a very fair list, and include a number of rare moths, as well as a good percentage of new species. I have seen all Mr. E. F. Heath's things, and his additions to my list are quite numerous; these appear as taken at Carwright. The Rounthwaite records are Mr. L. E. Marmont's (I have seen his collection), and he has added some rare species. The Brandon records are in some cases my own, as I have visited there the last three summers; other are Mr. H. W. O. Boger's, of that place. I have seen paintings of a number of moths collected at the Douglas swamp by Mr. Criddle, of St. Alban's, Aweme, and these have given me a few extra names.

My best collecting here has been done at light, at Brandon on bloom on the prairies, and I have also had very fair success, both here and at Brandon, from sugaring late in the season (from the middle of August until early in October).

Among the material sent me for determination by Mr. A. W. Hanham were several species that appear to be undescribed. Some of these have been already published, and others are in the hands of publishers. The following two species are presented at this time because they are referred to in Mr. Hanham's list now published in the CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

The pioneer work done by Prof. Comstock on the Coccidæ of America has put all workers in this group of insects under lasting obligation to him. It was inevitable, however, that, taking up a new subject and handling a vast amount of material for the first time, mistakes should have occured. An instance in point is the curious mixing up of the material which occured in the case of the description of the species known as Aspidiotus convexus, Comst.

The absence of a distinct ridge, carina or crest on the mesopleura just in front of the middle coxæ, an important structural character first made use of by Kohl, the recurrent nervure in the front wings joining the first cubital cell at or at least nearer the middle than the apex, and the great difference noticeable in the antennæ and the metathorax, readily separate this group from the Crabroninæ.

To me the Thyreopinæ seem to represent a large and distinct group, allied to the others it is true, but yet quite distinct, and divisable into many easily recognizable subgenera. It will be seen also that instead of suppressing the genera erected by some of the older entomologists, which fall into this group, and lumping them with Crabo, as has been done by Kohl and Fox, I have instead recognized all the genera of Latreille, Dahlbom, Lepeletier, etc., and besides have founded some additional genera.

(46) Aspidiotus hederœ, Vall.; 1829-1897. I.

This is a very common pest in all greenhouses at Lawrence, and no doubt in all greenhouses in the State. It is found at Lawrence on Ivy, Palms and Cycas. A variety determined by Prof. Cockerell as probably ericœ, Boisd., on heather (Erica) in a greenhouse at Lawrence. The scale is longer than typical hederœ, and of a yellowish cast, and also covered more or less with the epidermis of the plant. Hederœ has been recorded from Kansas, Utah, Illinois, California, Florida, Colorado, New Maxico, and New York, on Ivy, China-tree, Lemon, Oleander, Orange, Lace-fern=Asparagus plumosa, Acacia, Maple, Yucca, Plum, Cherry, Currant, Melia, Grass and Clover.