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formerly manager of the Valleyfield paper mills, and a family of six 

 children. He also leaves two brothers, John R. Barlow, Deputy 

 City Surveyor, Montreal, and Mr. Alfred E. Barlow, M. A., F.G.S.A. 



H. F. & H. M. A. 



Ottawa, June, 1894. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH 1893. 

 To the Council of the Ottawa Field Naturalists Club : 



The Leaders have much pleasure in reporting that the Branch is 

 in a prosperous condition and that a satisfactory amount of work has 

 been accomplished during the past season. Frequent excursions were 

 held and as a consequence many species have been added to the local 

 lists. The occurrence of some of the rarer species has already been 

 recorded in the Ottawa Naturalist under the head of Entomology. 

 It is proposed for the future to continue this method of recording 

 captures, instead of making an extended annual report. 



The publication of the Fauna Ottawaensis has been continued by 

 printing a complete list, with notes, of the Phytophagous Hymenoptera 

 by Mr. Harrington. In addition to the above a complete list of the 

 Butterflies of the locality with notes on their habits has been prepared 

 by Mr. Fletcher and is ready for publication. 



Lepidoptera. Good work has been done, particularly in breed- 

 ing. Two additions have also been made during the past summer to 

 the list of diurnals, viz : Argynnis Tridaris Hub. a northern species, 

 taken in Labrador, Hudson Bay and westward. Seven specimens of 

 this rare insect were taken on June 13th and 14th in the Mer Bleue. 

 Thecla Augustus, Kirby was also *;aken in the same place on the third 

 day of the same month. Two specimens of Exyra Rotvla?idia?ia were 

 bred from cocoons found in the pitchers of Sat racenia purpurea. These 

 cocoons were at the extreme base ot the leaves, beneath the mass of 

 decomposing insect remains, and were white, closely-spun and elastic. 

 The beautiful moth Dryocampa rubicunda is recorded as taken at 

 Ottawa this year for the first time. In Western Ontario it is sometimes 

 injurious to the maples grown as shade trees. 



