116 The Ottawa Naturalist. [October 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH, 1906. 



(Read at meeting of Club on evening of March 19, 1907). 



The Entomological Branch has been actively at work. 

 Throughout the past summer several members collected assidu- 

 ously and regular meetings have been held during the winter. 

 Notwithstanding the somewhat unproductive nature of the 

 season, as a whole, many interesting insects in various orders 

 were captured. Good progress has also been made in working 

 up the systematic lists for the locality. Large numbers of 

 species of diptera, hemiptera, lepidoptera, odonata and arach- 

 nida have been named by specialists, and records of these will 

 appear before long in the pages of The Ottawa Naturalist. 

 The fortnightly meetings held at the houses of the members 

 have been most helpful in holding the members of the Branch 

 together, and in creating and keeping up an interest in the 

 general subject of entomology ; they have also been the means of 

 the distribution of much valuable knowledge to those who have 

 been fortunate enough to take part. 



Some of the members of the Ottawa Field - Naturalists' 



Club living at a distance have done valuable work in Canadian 



entomology, and also in helping to complete our knowledge of 



the insects' of the Ottawa district. The Rev. G. W. Taylor, of 



WelHngton, B.C., continues to study the North American Geo- 



metridae; he has identified many species of these moths for our 



local students and has contributed some valuable papers upon 



them to The Ottawa Naturalist. Mr. Norman Criddle, of 



Aweme, Manitoba, and Mr. T. N. WilHng, of Regina, Sask., 



have collected many plants and insects and have helped not only 



to work up the fauna of their own districts, but have sent many 



interesting specimens to their fellow workers in Ottawa. Great 



advance has been made in our knowledge of the local micro- 



lepidoptera. This is chiefly due to the enthusiasm of Mr. C. H. 



Young, and to the generous help of Mr. W. D. Kearfott, of Mont- 



clair, N. J., U.S., who has identified many hundreds of specimens 



which have been sent to him by our collectors from various parts 



of Canada. Mr. Young has collected at Ottawa and has had named 



by Mr. Kearfott no less than 250 species, and there are still 



probably another hundred species mounted and ready to go 



forward. During the past summer Mr. Young collected and set 



up in admirable manner over 1,500 specimens of these exquisite 



little insects. Mr. W. Metcalfe continues his studies of the 



hemiptera, and has added many new names to the Ottawa hst. 



Mr. J. W. Baldwin has been very successful in collecting nice 



series of moths at sugar. Amongst these were most of the species 



of Catocala found at Ottawa. 



