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connected with that of botany, and how desirable it was that botanists- 

 should have some knowledge of it. The red-pines of the vicinity had 

 been attacked by a small beetle, Dryocoetes affaher, which had worked 

 considerable injuiy, by boring in the terminal shoots and in the young 

 cones ; another beetle, a small weevil, was probably the cause of gall- 

 like swellings upon the small branches. Several species of . galls found 

 upon willows and poplars were exhibited, and attention was also drawn 

 to a peculiar flower-spider, the caterpillar of the large black swallow- 

 tail butterfly, and other insects. Mr. Ami explained that the 

 seolosical formation of the vicinity was that known as the Chazy, and 

 described the sandstones, shales and limestones composing it, and the 

 fossils which had been obtained from them. Several la lies had assisted 

 in the examination of these rocks, and one of them had found a fossil 

 of peculiar interest and rarity. Owing to the lateness of the hour Mr. 

 Ami made his interesting remarks very brief, in order that there might 

 be time for the members to take their tea before the departure of the 

 train, by which the party retur-ned home, at 8 p.m. 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Excursion. The third excursion will be held ou Thursday, the 

 21st July. The place to be visited is Buckingham, the picturesque 

 scenery of which locality has, on previous occasions, elicited the admira- 

 tion of the members, while rich collecting grounds, of large extent, are 

 to be found. The steamer Empress will leave her landing, known as 

 the Queen's Wharf, an 7.20 a.m. The Council hopes that all the mem- 

 bers who can possibly do so will attend. 



Sub-Excursions. The Botanical and Entomological Leaders have 

 decided upon the following Saturday outings for July : 2nd, to Hull ; 

 9tb, to Dow's Swamp; 16th, to RockclifFe ; 30th, to Beaver Meadows, 

 Hull ; starting from Post Office at 2 p.m. 



New Members. 24, Miss Alice Bowen (Quebec); 25, R. Gervas 

 Elwes, M. Inst. O.E.; 26, Mrs. Elwes ; 27, Miss Annie M. Fowler; 28, 

 Judge W. A. Ross; 29, Miss Maggie Thomson ; 30, Samuel S. Re5ie*r--^ 



