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REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH. 
To the Council of the Ottaiva Field Naturalists' Club : 
The leaders of the Entomological Branch have much pleasure in 
reporting that satisfactory work was done during the past season. This 
consisted largely in the exact identification of species in the least 
worked and more difficult orders. This study has resulted in the ad- 
dition of many species of beetles to the list of local species published 
in the Transactions of the Club for 1883-84. The advisability is 
therefore suggested of publishing at an early date a more complete 
record of the species found in this district. The occurrence of some 
of the rarer species has already been recorded in the Ottawa Naturalist 
under the head of Entomology, and it is proposed for the future to 
continue this method, instead of lengthening the Annual Reports. 
A complete list of the Hemiptera was published in our June 
number, and additions will be recorded from time to time as identified. 
In Lepidoptera a considerable amount of work has been done, 
particularly in the breeding of species. Some rare insects were ob- 
tained, of which mention may be made of Chionobas jutta, a rare satyrid, 
concerning the breeding of which at Ottawa some doubt has arisen. 
This butterfly was taken in the Mer Bleu on the 23rd June. On the 
same date a specimen of the rare little moth Exyra Rowlandiana was 
found at rest inside one of the cup-like leaves of the pitcher plant, 
Saracenia purpurea. Prof. Riley kindly identified the specimen ; he 
stated that it is an uncommon insect. In the December number of 
the Naturalist an account is published of some remarkable feather 
felting, resulting from the work of the carpet moth caterpillars which 
infested the contents of a pillow. A specimen of this felting is shown 
to-night. Some most interesting experiments have been carried out 
during the past year in transmitting by mail to England pu pas of the 
Camberwell Beauty butterfly This journey on two occasions had the 
effect of producing the remarkable and extremely rare variety known as 
Lintncni, in varying degrees of definition. One particular specimen 
had all four wings different. A detailed account of this experiment 
will be published on a future occasion. 
