The Canadian Entomologist, 7–9. köideEntomological Society of Canada, 1875 |
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... taken on the 22nd of July , on the shores of Cameron Lake , in Victoria County , Ont . , and were the only ones seen during a stay of over a month in the neighbourhood . They were found in company with many G. progne and comma of both ...
... taken on the 22nd of July , on the shores of Cameron Lake , in Victoria County , Ont . , and were the only ones seen during a stay of over a month in the neighbourhood . They were found in company with many G. progne and comma of both ...
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... taken by Mr. Morrison is untenable from the consideration that I have indicated my type and clearly circum- scribed the genus by an enumeration of the species in every case . Science is occupied by the fact and not the name ; by his ...
... taken by Mr. Morrison is untenable from the consideration that I have indicated my type and clearly circum- scribed the genus by an enumeration of the species in every case . Science is occupied by the fact and not the name ; by his ...
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... taken no cognizance of the derivation of Eucoptocnemis , since he establishes himself a new genus under the name Eutricopis ( my term Tricopis with a common prefix ) , which belies its designation in having the tibiæ unarmed ! Mr ...
... taken no cognizance of the derivation of Eucoptocnemis , since he establishes himself a new genus under the name Eutricopis ( my term Tricopis with a common prefix ) , which belies its designation in having the tibiæ unarmed ! Mr ...
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... theory advanced by our esteemed friend Edwards , as to the identity of neglecta and lucia . We have never taken a single specimen of lucia in this neighborhood ( Lon- don , Ont . , ) and do not know 82 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST .
... theory advanced by our esteemed friend Edwards , as to the identity of neglecta and lucia . We have never taken a single specimen of lucia in this neighborhood ( Lon- don , Ont . , ) and do not know 82 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST .
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... taken every season here , the first brood usually occurring during the latter part of May and the early days of June , and the second brood in July and later . On looking over some old memoranda , we find the following dates of captures ...
... taken every season here , the first brood usually occurring during the latter part of May and the early days of June , and the second brood in July and later . On looking over some old memoranda , we find the following dates of captures ...
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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.