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Harold U. Morris, Ottawa. . . 1 .00 H. S. Saunders, Toronto, ... 1 00 



G. Michaud, Ottawa 1 .00 A. G. Spencer, Ottawa 1 . 00 



G. F. Matthews, St. John, E. P. Venables, Vernon, B.C 1 00 



N.B 1 .00 C. Vane, Treesbank. Man. . 1 00 



Miss I. Ritchie, Ottawa 1 . 00 E. Vane, Treesbank, Man . 1 . 00 



T. G. Raynor, Ottawa 1.00 Also a number of smaller sub- 

 Miss Ruby M. Rothwell, scriptions for amounts less 



Ottawa 1 . 00 thnn onc> dollar. 



MEETINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



Held at the home of Mr. J. W. Baldwin, March 11, 1909; 

 present Messrs. Metcalfe, Binney, Groh, Young, Eifrig, Gibson 

 and Baldwin. 



Mr. Metcalfe exhibited some interesting specimens of 

 Hemiptera. He called attention especially to some species 

 of Ranatra, viz., R. quadridentata, R. kirkadyi and R. ftisca. 

 These are narrow, long-legged water bugs which he had collected 

 during the past season at Pickerel Point on the Ottawa River. 

 Cyrtolohus grisetts from oak and Cligenes mmuhis were included 

 in the box, both of which species were new records for the Ottawa 

 district. 



Mr. Groh spoke of some galls which he had found on Willow 

 on Parliament Hill, and which were the work of Rhabdophaga 

 triticoides. The gall is known as the Willow Bud Gall. The 

 bud scales become elongated, the larva living within a cavity 

 in the interior. 



Mr. Young showed a box of lepidoptera which he had just 

 received from Dr. Barnes, of Decatur, III. These were all 

 rarities, mostly from Arizona. Among the specimens were some 

 of the interesting genus Schinia. 



Mr. Gibson read an account of an interesting occurrence of 

 Telephorid larvae at Charlottetown, P.E.I. Specimens had 

 been received for identification from Mr. Lawrence W. Watson, 

 which had been found alive in considerable numbers in February 

 on ice and snow. These larvae are known as "snow worms". 

 The species was probably Telephorus bilineatus. 



Mr. Baldwin exhibited some cases from his collection of 

 lepidoptera, calling attention to some of the more interesting 

 specimens which he had collected during 1908. He gave an 

 account of some of the catches which he had made on certain 

 evenings when collecting at the Electric Railway power station 

 near Britannia. The brilliant lights at this station are certainly 

 very attractive to night flying insects. The writer has visited 

 the station on several occasions and each time came away with 

 his poison bottles and pinning boxes well filled. During the 



