1907] Report of the Entomological Branch. 117 



During the month of May, the Rev. G. W. Taylor and the 

 Rev. Dr. Bethune, while attending the meeting of the Royal 

 Society of Canada, had an opportunity of meeting the members 

 of the Branch, several of whom had the great pleasure of making 

 excursions with them. Mr. Taylor was present at the General 

 Excursion of the Club to Gilmour's Grove at Chelsea, held on 

 the 26th Mav, where he delivered an interesting address on the 

 Geometridae taken during the afternoon. The members also had 

 the pleasure of meeting Mr. T. N. Willing, Zoologist to the 

 Saskatchewan Government, at one of the autumn evening meet- 

 ings of the Branch. He exhibited a large collection of north- 

 western insects and explained his plans for building up a 

 reference collection at Regina. 



Among the more interesting insects taken at Ottawa or 

 within the district, as limited by the Club, the following may be 

 mentioned : 



Lepidoptera: 



Charadra deridens, Gn., June 4, (Fletcher), June 22,, 



(Young). 

 Hadena rorulenta, Sm., June 23, (Young). 

 Hadena pliitonia, Gvt., Meach Lake, July 7, (Young). 



First record for the Ottawa district. 

 Rhynchagrotis rufipectiis, Morr., August 9, (Young). 

 Noctua phyllophora, Grt., June 22, (Fletcher). 

 Matnestradistincta, 'ilhn.,Meach'Lake, ]\Iay 16, (Young). 

 Mamestra cristifera, Wlk., Meach Lake, July 10, 



(Young) . 

 Mamestra assiniilaiis, Morr. Four mature larvae found 

 feeding on the Common St. John's-wort, Hypericum 

 perforatum, Sept. 22. 1905, emerged, June 7, 1906, 

 (Gibson) . 

 BaratJira curiaJis. Sm. This interesting noctuid which 

 was mentioned in last year's report under the name 

 of Barathra occidentata, Grt., was again met with in 

 the Ottawa district in small numbers during 1906. 

 Graphipliora rnbrescens, Wlk., April 23, (Young). 

 Xylina iletcheri, Sm.. Meach Lake, Sept. 6, (Young). 

 Papaipema harrisii, Grt. var. An interesting form of 

 this species was reared from larvae boring in the base 

 of fronds of Pteris aqi{ili}ia; Meach Lake, August, 

 (Young and Gibson). 

 Papaipema appassionata, Harvey. Larvae of this very 

 rare species were found by Mr. Young at Meach Lake, 

 in the roots of Sarracenia purpurea in August. 

 Many of the larvae were parasitized by the small 



