114 ^^^ Ottawa Naturalist. [August 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH, 1901. 



The leaders of the Entomological Branch are glad to be able 

 to report that a satisfactory amount of work has been done by the 

 members during the last two years. Accidentally, no report was 

 submitted to the Club last year, although a considerable amount 

 of work was done. A gratifying interest in the study of insects 

 has been s-.own by some of the younger members of the Club, as 

 as well as by the students of the Public Schools, and particularly 

 by those attending the Normal School. 



Mr. Harrington continues his studies on the distribution of 

 the various orders of our local injects, and is preparing local lists 

 for publication. His last contribution to the Fauna Ottawaensis 

 " Hymenoptera, Superfamily 2, Sphegoidea, " appeared in the 

 Ottawa Naturalist for January last. 



Mr. C. H. Young continues active work, particularly among 

 the Lepidoptera. He has added many interesting species to the 

 Ottawa list. One of these a very beautiful Agrotid has been 

 named Semiophora Youngii \n his honour by Prof. J. B. Smith, 

 our highly esteemed Corresponding Member 



Mr. Young and Mr. Arthur Gibson have added largely to 

 their collections of inflated larvae during the present season. 



Dr. Fletcher and Mr. Gibson have been vigorously prosecu- 

 ting the interesting work of rearing insects from the Qg^g through 

 all their stages, and much valuable original work has been done 

 notonlyupon our local species of Lepidoptera but upon many others, 

 the eggs of which have been sent to them from a di-tance by mail. 

 The value ot learning the preparatory stages of insects cannot be 

 overestimated, and forms one of the most necessary factors in 

 devising remedies for injurious species. 



A most important addition to the works upon Entomology, 

 which has recently appeared, isDr. Howard's "Insect Book," awork 

 of the same nature as Dr. Holland's "Butterfly Book," but of much 

 wider scope. With Dr. Howard's and Dr. Holland's books it is 

 now possible for beginners to take up the delightful study of 

 insects and learn something at any rate about almost any insect 

 they may come across ; for all the orders are now treated of with 

 the exception of the Moths and Beetles, upon which there is 



