1908] Meeting of Entomological Branch 201 



Two special reports entitled: 'The Local Movements of 

 Fishes' and 'The Unutihzed Fishery Products of Canada,' bv 

 Prof. Prince, Commissioner of Fisheries, have just been |ntblished 

 in the 40th Annual Report of the Department of Marine and 

 Fisheries; and a report of the Canadian Fisheries ]\Iuseum by 

 Mr. Halkett, treating mostly of the vertebrate portion, and 

 especially of the fishes in the collection form Appendix 14 of the 

 same official report. 



Edward E. Prince, 

 Andrew Halkett, 

 W. S. Odell, 

 E. E. Lemieux. 



MEETING OF ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



Meeting held at the residence of Mr. W. Simpson, 16th ji.n.. 

 1908. Present; Messrs. Fletcher, Young, Baldwin, Metcalfe, 

 Wilson, Letourneau, Gibson and Sinipson. 



Mr Young exhibited a beautifully prepared case showing the 

 life-history of the Silver-spotted Hesperid, Eudanius tityrus. 

 The food plant of this species, the Common Locust, speciallv 

 dried and very life-like, was shown in the centre of the case with 

 several of the larvae working in their characteristic manner, 

 with the body hidden inside a case made from several of the 

 leaflets spvni together around it. While examining the case 

 a discussion arose as to what efi^ect intense cold and freezing 

 have on insects, and several instances were given l)y those 

 present of insects having been found embedded in ice and 

 which had afterwards revived. Reference was also made to a 

 paper in the 22nd annual report of the Entoniological Society 

 of Ontario, 1891, by Mr. H. H.. Lyman, entitled "Can Insects 

 Survive Freezing?" 



Dr. Fletcher showed specimens of a fine collection of Tene- 

 brionidae and a pair of Dynastes tityus, which had been sent 

 to him by Prof. H. F. Wickham, of Iowa City, the well known 

 coleopterist and an Honorary Member of our Club. He also 

 showed an ant lion from Kaslo, British Columbia, sent by Mr. 

 J. W. Cockle and gave a short account of the larval habits of this 

 insect. From the same place and collector he also exhibited a 

 handsome pair of the large and rare water fly Chatdiodes 

 calijorniciis. which, in general appearance, resembles the well 

 known Hellgrammite Flv, but has an entirely different head. 

 The specimen had been named by Prof. J. G. Needham. of 



