The Canadian Entomologist, 7–9. köideEntomological Society of Canada, 1875 |
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... July ; at sugar ; not common . —expultrix - 23rd June to July ; not common . Raphia frater - 25th June ; rare ; at sugar . Acronycta occidentalis - 2nd June to August ; common ; rest . morula - 10th July ; rare ; at rest . connecta ...
... July ; at sugar ; not common . —expultrix - 23rd June to July ; not common . Raphia frater - 25th June ; rare ; at sugar . Acronycta occidentalis - 2nd June to August ; common ; rest . morula - 10th July ; rare ; at rest . connecta ...
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... July to September ; rare ; at sugar . -alternata — 1st July to September ; very common ; at sugar . -cupida - 17th July to August ; frequent ; at sugar . -rubi ? —4th August ; rare ; at sugar . Agrotis herilis - 31st July to September ...
... July to September ; rare ; at sugar . -alternata — 1st July to September ; very common ; at sugar . -cupida - 17th July to August ; frequent ; at sugar . -rubi ? —4th August ; rare ; at sugar . Agrotis herilis - 31st July to September ...
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... July ; rare at sugar . xylinoides -- 23rd May to June ; common at rest and at sugar ; a second brood in August ... July ; common at rest and at sugar . finitima - 10th June ; common at rest ; rarely at sugar . mactata 31st August to ...
... July ; rare at sugar . xylinoides -- 23rd May to June ; common at rest and at sugar ; a second brood in August ... July ; common at rest and at sugar . finitima - 10th June ; common at rest ; rarely at sugar . mactata 31st August to ...
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... July GLAUCE , gen . nov . The species for which this genus is erected is congeneric with , or , at least , is closely allied to some species of Gelechia , and but for the peculi- arities of the secondaries , I should have placed it in ...
... July GLAUCE , gen . nov . The species for which this genus is erected is congeneric with , or , at least , is closely allied to some species of Gelechia , and but for the peculi- arities of the secondaries , I should have placed it in ...
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... is pale green . When full grown , this caterpillar changes to a dark brown chrysalis , either at or a little under the surface of the ground , from which the moth appears in the latter part of July . This moth 14 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST .
... is pale green . When full grown , this caterpillar changes to a dark brown chrysalis , either at or a little under the surface of the ground , from which the moth appears in the latter part of July . This moth 14 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST .
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A. R. GROTE abdomen abundant Agrotis allied antennae apex apical appears Argynnis August band basal base beneath blackish body brood Buffalo butterflies Catocala cell chrysalis ciliae cocoons coitus Coleoptera color common concolorous cybele dark brown darker discal distinct dorsal dorsal margin dots Edwards eggs elytra Entomological ENTOMOLOGIST fascia female femora fore wings fringes fuscous geminate genera genus gray Guen head hind wings Hübner hybernated inch insect internal margin July June larva larvæ legs Lepidoptera male marked median space middle Montreal moth moult myrina narrow nearly nervures neuration Noctuidae oblique ochreous orbicular outer pale paler palpi Plusia posterior primaries Prof pronotum prothorax pupa rare reddish reniform scales Scudder segments September shade side species specimens spines spots Stirps streak stripe subterminal line sugar surface t. p. line taken terminal tharos thorax tibiæ transverse tuft vein whitish yellow yellowish
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Page 216 - The only cause for regret is that our number continues so small, but the zeal and perseverance of the present members go far to compensate for their paucity in number. Your Council entertain the hope that at no distant day our membership will be augmented by the addition of at least a few more students of our useful and interesting branch of natural history. Twelve meetings were held during the year, at which the following papers were read and presented to the Society : GJ Bowles—" List of Eggs...
Page 71 - Under surface much paler, color dull pale pinkish green, the pink color predominating from 5th to terminal segments inclusive, and with a number of very minute raised yellowish dots placed chiefly along the sides. Feet black ; pro-legs pink, with a patch of black on the outside of each.
Page 88 - To what extent have birds, domestic fowls, and other animals, domestic or wild, been useful in destroying these insects ? As the successful prosecution of this work is as deeply important to the western portions of our Dominion (where immense damage is often inflicted by this destructive foe...
Page 170 - ... upon them of all the cheaper materials which have been or may be judiciously suggested as destroying agents, and the proper times and manner of applying them. The members of the commission should also receive sufficient compensation to warrant them in giving as much time and labor to this investigation as may be required, even to the temporary abandonment, if necessary, of their other scientific or secular pursuits. No such task can be properly performed and completed by the solitary labors of...
Page 127 - ... seen hundreds of the mines, found one on the upper surface of the leaf. Yet in Colorado I found a precisely similar larva in precisely similar mines, always on the upper surface of the leaves, and the cocoonet of the pupa was always found on the leaves near it. The larva of albanotella is abundant in the latter part of May and the first half of June, and I have never seen it at any other time, though from the abundance of the imago in perfect condition in May, I infer there must be a fall brood...
Page 168 - ... by the physical nature of the country and destined to plant colonies apart from their companions. When the main ice-sheet left the foot of the White Mountains, on...
Page 228 - Lee. — Body black ; head orange yellow, sometimes with a broad black stripe down the middle ; wing-cases black. Extremely abundant throughout the entire Pacific region west of the Sierra Nevadas. Dr. Horn has seen bushels of this insect in some localities literally strewing the ground ; also very common on a species of Baccharis ; he has experimented with them and found them powerfully vesicant, and producing strangury very readily when taken internally in the form of tincture. 11. Cantharis Ntittalli...
Page 188 - A generic name when once established should never be cancelled in any subsequent subdivision of the group, but retained in a restricted sense for one of the constituent portions.
Page 166 - W-shaped or dentate. The outer line at apical fourth is once more strongly indented below costa. The black component lines do not seem to be more distinct on one side than on the other of the pale included bands or spaces. The median field is blackish, becoming pale towards the outer line ; it shows a pale, sometimes whitish cellular spot, surmounted with raised scales.
Page 134 - The Burland Desbarats Co'y, Montreal, PQ Annual Report of the Council of the Montreal Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario : Your Council, in presenting their second annual report, have great pleasure in stating that the Branch has progressed steadily since its first meeting in August, 1873.