1908] Meeting of Entomological Branch 203 



Feniseca tarquinius . also the curious pupa and a well blown larva, 

 all collected at Ottawa. The butterflies were rather abundant 

 for one or two days near the Experimental Farm last season, 

 but as a general thing this is rather a rare species at Ottawa. 

 It was explained that the larva feeds upon the W00II3' Aphis of 

 the. Alder. 



Mr. Gibson showed specimens of the Oriental Moth, Cnido- 

 4:ampa fiavescens , which had been reared from cocoons received 

 from Prof. H. T. Fernald, of Amherst, Mass. The history of 

 the occurrence of this insect was given as related by Prof. Fernald 

 in his bulletin No. 114. Riker mounts were exhibited showing 

 the development of the larvae of Halisidota caryce and H. maculata, 

 both of which had been particularly abundant during the past 

 summer in eastern Canada. Reference was made to the ir- 

 ritating hairs of these species which led up to a discussion on the 

 Brown-tail Moth. An account was given of the wonderfully 

 successful efi'orts being made by Dr. Howard and Mr. Kirkland 

 in the New England States and also by the Government of 

 Nova Scotia in that province towards the control of this serious 

 pest. Mr. Gibson showed also a series of inflates of the larvae of 

 Isia Isabella, running almost from pure red to black, without 

 anv admixture of the other colour. 



W. S. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



A meeting of the Council of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' 

 Club was held on December 10th in the Normal School with the 

 President, Mr. W.J. Wilson, in the chair. Members present were : 

 Messrs. A. E. Attwood, A. Halkett. E. E. Lemieux, H. H. Pitts 

 and T. E. Clarke, Miss Q. Jackson and Miss I. Ritchie. 



The following were elected ordinarv members: Messrs. 

 R. W\ Brock, M.A.. AVm. Young, B.Sc, Jas. G. Wallace and W. 

 E. Carson. 



It was decided that all mail matter, unless specially address- 

 ed toother officers of the Club, should be delivered at the Secretary's 

 address. This decision was caused by the difficulty of taking 

 care of the exchanges received at the Normal School. 



