82 The Ottawa Naturalist. [July 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH, 1905. 



Read March 27, 1906. 



The Leaders of the Entomological Branch have pleasure in 

 reporting that during the season of 1905, the entomologists of 

 the Club have been actively engaged ; much good collecting hav- 

 ing been done and many new facts discovered concerning the life- 

 histories of various species of insects. The season on the whole 

 was an unproductive one in the Ottawa district, the cool nights 

 and damp weather being very discouraging and hindering much 

 in the plans for excursions, etc., which had been made by the 

 Leaders. Notwithstanding the disappointing season, by dint 

 ;>i persistent effort good work Was done by some of the members 

 of the Club and many new records of insects were added to the 

 local lists. 



The fortnightly meetings held in the early part of the year 

 were very helpful to the members who attended them, and much 

 useful information was brought out in the discussions following 

 the reading of papers. These meetings of course are open to 

 any members of the Club and as they are very informal in nature, 

 all wishing to take up the study of insects are Welcome to attend 

 and could quickly gather much useful and interesting informa- 

 tion. 



No reports of the Entomological Branch have been published 

 in the Ottawa Naturalist since that for 1902 which appeared in 

 the September number for 1903, but full accounts of the meet- 

 ings of the branch have appeared from time to time and furnished 

 the same information as would have been given in a report. A 

 few new members have joined this Branch of the Club but the 

 field is so large and so much of it is yet to be worked that the 

 Leaders sincerely hope that more students will join them during 

 the next season. 



Valuable work has been done for the science of entomology 

 by some of our members who have visited or who are living in 

 localities distant from Ottawa. The Rev. G. W. Taylor, of 

 Wellington, British Columbia, has taken up the study of North 

 American Geometridae and has already added largely to our 

 knowledge of those interesting moths. Mr. Jos. Keele and Mr. J. 

 Wilson, both of the Geological Survev staff, have brought back 

 from the far north small but valuable oollertions of different or- 



