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This work is advertised as a catalog of the Carabidae of Quebec, with annotations concerning distribution and bionomics of the various Quebec species. Mr. Larochelle\u27s long range plan is aimed at a complete study of  the ecology, the biology, and the dynamics of those marvelous insects.  This, therefore, appears to be the first part of a set of papers similar to Carl Lindroth\u27s studies of Newfoundland carabids (Lindroth, 1955, 1963)

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Les Carabidae du Quebec et du Labrador. Andre Larochelle, Dept. 
de Biologie du College Bourget, Rigaud, Quebec. Bull. 1:1-255. 
1975. $15.00 Canadian. 
James Liebherr 
Michigan State University 
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College Bourget, Rigaud, Quebec. Bull. 1:1-255. 1975. $15.00 Canadian.," The Great Lakes Entomologist, 
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1976 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 2 07 
the first record of C. fumipennis utilizing this particular species of buprestid, presumably 
to provision the nest. Previously recorded prey records for this and other species of the 
Cercerini have been synthesized by Scullen and Wolf (1969, Ann. Entomol. S o c  Amer. 
62:209-214). The prey records for fumipennis include seven genera of Buprestidae 
representing 25 species, as well as single records of a chtysomelid (Chlamisus sp.) and 
curculionid (Conotrachelus sp.). 
Daniel K. Young 
Department of Entomology 
Michigan State University 
East Lansing, Michigan 48824 
ERYNNIS FUNERALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) AND 
POL YGONIA ZEPHYRUS (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) 
IN INDIANA: NEW STATE RECORDS 
On July 1, 1975, while collecting 18 Pieris napi oleraceal (Harris) in the famous 
tamarack bog near Mongo, LaGrange Co., Indiana, I collected a somewhat worn male 
Erynnis funeralis Scudder & Burgess when it was resting on the ground in an area 
between the bog and a woods. This essentially western species was identified by Dr. John 
M. Burns, Associate Curator of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., where the specimen has been deposited. 
Erynnis funeralis is the only Indiana species having distinct white fringes on the borders 
of its hind wings. 
A female in perfect condition of an even rarer western species, Polygonia zephyrus 
Edwards, was netted by me on September 1, 1975, 3% miles east of Silver Lake, Indiana, 
off Road 14 and the County Farm Road, in a wooded area of southern Kosciusko Co. 
The specimen was identified by Dr. Cyril F. dos Passos of the American Museum of 
Natural History, New York. In the United States the normal range of zephyrus is west of 
the Great Plains. 
Ernest M. Shull 
402 N. Wayne St., 
North Manchester, Indiana 46962 
BOOK REVIEWS 
LES CARABIDAE DU QUEBEC ET DU LABRADOR. Andre Larochelle, Dept. de 
Biologie du Collbge Bourget, Rigaud, Qukbec. Bull. 1: 1-255. 1975. $15.00 Canadian. 
This work is advertised as a catalog of the Carabidae of Quebec, with annotations 
concerning distribution and bionomics of the various Quebec species. Mr. Larochelle's 
long range plan is aimed at a complete study of "the ecology, the biology, and the 
dynamics of those marvelous insects." This, therefore, appears to  be the first part of a set 
of papers similar to  Carl Lindroth's studies of Newfoundland carabids (Lindroth, 1955, 
1963). 
As exemplified by Larochelle's previous articles, the present work contains thorough 
bibliographic and museum based research with respect to  the cataloging of capture 
localities within Quebec. Beyond the information concerning specific localities, little 
concerning overwintering stages and habitat preferences is included here that could not be 
found in other standard papers on nearctic carabids. 
The species names are first listed phylogenetically without annotations, followed by 
an annotated alphabetical list. The alphabetical format separates closely related genera, 
1
Liebherr: Les Carabidae du Quebec et du Labrador. Andre Larochelle, Dept. d
Published by ValpoScholar, 1976
208 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 9, No. 4 
and splits up species groups within each genus. This is irritating, in that information 
concerning related species is more difficult to extract. Staying with the phylogenetic 
format throughout would have been easily accomplished, and would have added to the 
value of the work. 
The distributional maps are likewise in the alphabetical format, and they are 
numbered as in the annotated list making them easy to to refer to. In actuality, even 
though distributional maps are inadequate for describing population limits, the maps here 
aid outsiders to Quebec in determining the rough limits of species distributions. The maps 
could have been even more useful if a short geographic summary had been included, thus 
allowing interpretation of the various species distributions. 
Mr. Larochelle states in his preface that the carabid fauna of Quebec is well known. 
However, the lists of species doubtfully recorded for Quebec, and species which could be 
found in Quebec, contain 139 and 99 entries respectively. Thus it would appear that 
much basic work on the Quebec carabid fauna remains to be done. 
The follow-up to this catalog containing more extensive ecological observations should 
be a fine contribution. However, I feel the information in this work could have been 
incorporated into such a study without the necessity of a separate volume. As it stands, 
at the $15.00 selling price, this work will satisfy only those people specifically interested 
in the ground beetles of Quebec. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Lindroth, Carl H. 1955. The carabid beetles of Newfoundland. Opusc. Entomol. Suppl. 
12: 1-160. 
Lindroth, Carl H. 1963. The fauna history of Newfoundland illustrated by carabid 
beetles. Opusc. Entomol. Suppl. 23: 1-112. 
James Liebherr 
Department of Entomology 
Michigan State University 
East Lansing, MI 48824 
MITES OF MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, Asher Treat. Cornell University Press, 1975. 
$35.00. 
Don't let the price tag frighten you. This is a book you will turn to again and again, 
in fact every time you pick up a moth or butterfly and wonder if it is one of those on 
which Asher Treat found mites. 
The quotation on the fly leaf gives an insight into the enthusiasm and curiosity, as 
well as the thoroughness of Asher Treat. "Whether in the field, at  home, or in a museum 
collection, the search for mites on insect hosts is an adventure as exciting as any treasure 
hunt. Every insect, looked at closely enough to  reveal a mite, is an exotic island whose 
bays and coves may harbor a lurking pirate or the telltale traces of some hidden thief." 
A major asset of this book is the depth of treatment of moth-mite associations. Dr. 
Treat has been focusing on these associations for more than 20 years; Professional 
scholars and naturalists should be stimulated by the challenge of Dr. Treat to study 
specific aspects of mite-moth associations. The book contains all the information a 
budding moth-mite biologist needs to get started. This includes a thorough discussion of 
techniques, an excellent reference section and an extensive index. The keys are within the 
capability of most biologists who are familiar with mites, although a phase contrast 
microscope would be necessary in my opinion. Non-acarologists will find the illustrations 
particularly helpful in preliminary identification of the mites of moths. Dr. Treat tells 
how to go about getting confirmation of identifications. 
The book should not be considered exclusively of interest to lepidopterists. Many of 
the mites described by Dr. Treat are found on bumblebees, Orthoptera, beetles and other 
insects. Many more mites await discovery, description and study. For example, mites of 
2
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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 9 Number 4 - Winter 1976 Number 4 - Winter 1976 Article 11 December 1976 Les Carabidae du Quebec et du Labrador. Andre Larochelle, Dept. de Biologie du College Bourget, Rigaud, Quebec. Bull. 1:1-255. 1975. $15.00 Canadian. James Liebherr Michigan State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Liebherr, James 1976. "Les Carabidae du Quebec et du Labrador. Andre Larochelle, Dept. de Biologie du College Bourget, Rigaud, Quebec. Bull. 1:1-255. 1975. $15.00 Canadian.," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 9 (4) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol9/iss4/11 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 1976 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 2 07 the first record of C. fumipennis utilizing this particular species of buprestid, presumably to provision the nest. Previously recorded prey records for this and other species of the Cercerini have been synthesized by Scullen and Wolf (1969, Ann. Entomol. S o c  Amer. 62:209-214). The prey records for fumipennis include seven genera of Buprestidae representing 25 species, as well as single records of a chtysomelid (Chlamisus sp.) and curculionid (Conotrachelus sp.). Daniel K. Young Department of Entomology Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824 ERYNNIS FUNERALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) AND POL YGONIA ZEPHYRUS (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) IN INDIANA: NEW STATE RECORDS On July 1, 1975, while collecting 18 Pieris napi oleraceal (Harris) in the famous tamarack bog near Mongo, LaGrange Co., Indiana, I collected a somewhat worn male Erynnis funeralis Scudder & Burgess when it was resting on the ground in an area between the bog and a woods. This essentially western species was identified by Dr. John M. Burns, Associate Curator of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., where the specimen has been deposited. Erynnis funeralis is the only Indiana species having distinct white fringes on the borders of its hind wings. A female in perfect condition of an even rarer western species, Polygonia zephyrus Edwards, was netted by me on September 1, 1975, 3% miles east of Silver Lake, Indiana, off Road 14 and the County Farm Road, in a wooded area of southern Kosciusko Co. The specimen was identified by Dr. Cyril F. dos Passos of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. In the United States the normal range of zephyrus is west of the Great Plains. Ernest M. Shull 402 N. Wayne St., North Manchester, Indiana 46962 BOOK REVIEWS LES CARABIDAE DU QUEBEC ET DU LABRADOR. Andre Larochelle, Dept. de Biologie du Collbge Bourget, Rigaud, Qukbec. Bull. 1: 1-255. 1975. $15.00 Canadian. This work is advertised as a catalog of the Carabidae of Quebec, with annotations concerning distribution and bionomics of the various Quebec species. Mr. Larochelle's long range plan is aimed at a complete study of "the ecology, the biology, and the dynamics of those marvelous insects." This, therefore, appears to  be the first part of a set of papers similar to  Carl Lindroth's studies of Newfoundland carabids (Lindroth, 1955, 1963). As exemplified by Larochelle's previous articles, the present work contains thorough bibliographic and museum based research with respect to  the cataloging of capture localities within Quebec. Beyond the information concerning specific localities, little concerning overwintering stages and habitat preferences is included here that could not be found in other standard papers on nearctic carabids. The species names are first listed phylogenetically without annotations, followed by an annotated alphabetical list. The alphabetical format separates closely related genera, 1Liebherr: Les Carabidae du Quebec et du Labrador. Andre Larochelle, Dept. dPublished by ValpoScholar, 1976208 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 9, No. 4 and splits up species groups within each genus. This is irritating, in that information concerning related species is more difficult to extract. Staying with the phylogenetic format throughout would have been easily accomplished, and would have added to the value of the work. The distributional maps are likewise in the alphabetical format, and they are numbered as in the annotated list making them easy to to refer to. In actuality, even though distributional maps are inadequate for describing population limits, the maps here aid outsiders to Quebec in determining the rough limits of species distributions. The maps could have been even more useful if a short geographic summary had been included, thus allowing interpretation of the various species distributions. Mr. Larochelle states in his preface that the carabid fauna of Quebec is well known. However, the lists of species doubtfully recorded for Quebec, and species which could be found in Quebec, contain 139 and 99 entries respectively. Thus it would appear that much basic work on the Quebec carabid fauna remains to be done. The follow-up to this catalog containing more extensive ecological observations should be a fine contribution. However, I feel the information in this work could have been incorporated into such a study without the necessity of a separate volume. As it stands, at the $15.00 selling price, this work will satisfy only those people specifically interested in the ground beetles of Quebec. LITERATURE CITED Lindroth, Carl H. 1955. The carabid beetles of Newfoundland. Opusc. Entomol. Suppl. 12: 1-160. Lindroth, Carl H. 1963. The fauna history of Newfoundland illustrated by carabid beetles. Opusc. Entomol. Suppl. 23: 1-112. James Liebherr Department of Entomology Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 MITES OF MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, Asher Treat. Cornell University Press, 1975. $35.00. Don't let the price tag frighten you. This is a book you will turn to again and again, in fact every time you pick up a moth or butterfly and wonder if it is one of those on which Asher Treat found mites. The quotation on the fly leaf gives an insight into the enthusiasm and curiosity, as well as the thoroughness of Asher Treat. "Whether in the field, at  home, or in a museum collection, the search for mites on insect hosts is an adventure as exciting as any treasure hunt. Every insect, looked at closely enough to  reveal a mite, is an exotic island whose bays and coves may harbor a lurking pirate or the telltale traces of some hidden thief." A major asset of this book is the depth of treatment of moth-mite associations. Dr. Treat has been focusing on these associations for more than 20 years; Professional scholars and naturalists should be stimulated by the challenge of Dr. Treat to study specific aspects of mite-moth associations. The book contains all the information a budding moth-mite biologist needs to get started. This includes a thorough discussion of techniques, an excellent reference section and an extensive index. The keys are within the capability of most biologists who are familiar with mites, although a phase contrast microscope would be necessary in my opinion. Non-acarologists will find the illustrations particularly helpful in preliminary identification of the mites of moths. Dr. Treat tells how to go about getting confirmation of identifications. The book should not be considered exclusively of interest to lepidopterists. Many of the mites described by Dr. Treat are found on bumblebees, Orthoptera, beetles and other insects. Many more mites await discovery, description and study. For example, mites of 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 9, No. 4 [1976], Art. 11https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol9/iss4/11

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