. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . >er, 1904. 80 THE REPORT OF THE No. 1^ Occurring on the Bark. Order Homoptera. iOO. EuJecanium quercitronis, Fitch. This large scale insect wasfound rather plentiful on the twigs of two large trees at Ottawa on the28th May, 1904, and specimens were sent to Mr. Geo. B. King for identifi-cation. Basswood is not mentioned among the food plants of this speciesin Mrs. Fernalds catalogue of the Goccidae of the World, so this may bea new record of the food plant. On the 19 October further exampleswere collected from the same trees. These varied in size
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . >er, 1904. 80 THE REPORT OF THE No. 1^ Occurring on the Bark. Order Homoptera. iOO. EuJecanium quercitronis, Fitch. This large scale insect wasfound rather plentiful on the twigs of two large trees at Ottawa on the28th May, 1904, and specimens were sent to Mr. Geo. B. King for identifi-cation. Basswood is not mentioned among the food plants of this speciesin Mrs. Fernalds catalogue of the Goccidae of the World, so this may bea new record of the food plant. On the 19 October further exampleswere collected from the same trees. These varied in size from mm. in length. Boring into the Wood. Order Coleoptera. 92 of 1903 list. TheNorthern Brenthid, Eupsalis minuta, Drury. (Fig,11). Among some insects sent to the Division for identification, by Mr. , of Toronto, was a specimen of this beetle, with the note *Twospecimens found in a piece of basswood near Washington, Ont. Thisinsect is widely distributed over the United States and Canada. It isAhiefly an oak Fig. 11. The Northern Brenthid {EupsalisMinuta), Drury. 101. Ctytanthus ruricola, Oliv. Mr. W. H. Harrington tells methat he has taken specimens of this cerambycid on basswood stumps andfrom felled trees. Two dates which he gave me are the 9th and 10th July. 102. Synchroa punctata, Newman. The Melandryidse, the familyto which this insect belongs, are feeders in dry wood, dry fungi and dryvegetable matter generally. This parH;icular species is about 5-lOths of aninch in length, of a brown colour, coarsely punctured and pubescent. found three pupae under the bark of basswood at Ottawa, fromwhich he bred the beetles. 1904 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 81 NOTE ON THE COLUMUiNK BOUKK (Papaipema purpurifascia, (i. & Kj. By Arthur Gibson, Ottawa. An interesting occurrence of the larvae of Papaiprn%a purpurifascia,G. & R. was observed by the writer in the latter part of July, and beg-in-ning of August last. This borer cannot be considered a
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