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1).iiTe1. Their age at that tiin3 was nob knovva, bat thsy have since 

 lived quite happily in their liniiteJ qa.irtei-s (a small pill box) and have 

 neu-ly devoiu-ei tha sm ill O'lintifcy of grain then allotted to thera. 

 They must be nearly twenty months old. 



Note. Of ten of the above mentioned specimens four survived on 

 24th October, 18S7, and one still remains alive on 30th November, 

 1S87, or nine months and twenty -days later. W, H. H. 



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SUB-EXCURSIONS. 



Twentieth. On the 5th November the clear, cool weather was 

 favorable for a Geological Outing, and accordingly a small party i>aid 

 a visit to an interesting exposure on the line of the Canada Atlantic 

 Kailway, of a formation not elsewhere observed in the vicinity. It 

 was reached by a five mile tramp and found to consist of drab and 

 brownish grey calcareous shales, holding in abundance the remains of 

 petrified shells. These were very well preserved, the internal as well 

 as external characters of a number of species being especially well 

 shown, thus enabling the geologist to determine the structure of these 

 extinct forms, which flourished and swam|,in the sea which in remote 

 geologic periods covered this i-egion. A large number of these fossils 

 were collected and carried home for the purpose of further study. 



On the same afternooa the Leaders of the Entomological Branch 

 visited the Beaver Meadow, Hull, and not'G withstanding that the 

 grouad was covered with snow (about three inches) their explorations 

 were well repaid. The objects especially sought for were galls, and a 

 large number were obtained on roses, golden-rods, willows, etc. Several 

 cocoons and puppe of moths, such as Scmia Ceoropia anil Callosamia 

 Proniethea, were also found. This shows that even at such a late date, 

 and under apparently most unfavorable conditions, collecting could still 

 be carried on with fair success, and that even in midwinter it would be 

 still possible. 



Twenty FIRST. A trip was made on 7th November by the Leaders 

 of the Entomological Branch to Daw's Swamp, with the special object 

 of collecting moss. This was not obtained, as might be supposed, for 

 botanical puposes, but for the insects and shells which abound in it, 

 and which find in it their winter residence. The ground wa5 very wet, 

 and the surface more or less frozen and snow covered, but a suflicient 

 quantity was easily obtained to fill two large sack.s, and to yield many 

 specimens, a list of which may hereafter be presented to the Club. 

 Numbers of the cocoons of Nematns Erichsomi, the Larch Sawfly, were 

 found, showing that these insects had been abundant during the 

 summer. 



New.Members. 31. Dr. Felix Cornu, Angers, Que. 33. R. H. 

 -Campbell. 33. A. O. Wheder. 34. W. W. Hilbourn, 35. F. B. 

 Anderson,. W'innipeg, Man. 



