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described by Mr. W. D Kearfott, of Montclair, N.J., who is 

 making a specialty of these beautiful insects. Mr. W. Metcalfe 

 has continued his studies of the local hemiptera and has added 

 many new records. Mr. J. W. Baldwin made a very remarkable 

 capture of the West Indian moth, Melipotis fasciolaris, Hbn. It 

 can only be surmised that the chrysalis of this handsome moth 

 may have been introduced, as has been the case with many other 

 insects, in a bunch of bananas. The Ottawa Fruit Exchange 

 building is close to Mr. Baldwin's house, where the insect was 

 taken in the garden. Six specimens of the handsome elater, 

 Pityobius anguinus, Lee, figured in the first Transactions of the 

 Club under the name of Pityobius billiiigsii, were taken by Messrs. 

 Baldwin and Gibson at the electric light on the 28th June. A 

 month later a fine female was taken by Dr. Fletcher, floating on 

 the surface of water, into which it had fallen. Many other insects 

 of more or less interest were taken during the summer and the 

 interest in this branch of work has been kept up steadily. Good 

 work has been done by the leaders in working out life-histories 

 of beneficial and injurious insects. 



Geological Branch. 



Members of the Geological Branch have make special study 

 of some interesting localities in the Ottawa district. The sands 

 and gravels of McKay Lake have been examined and special 

 study has been made of the geology of Strathcona Park, where 

 the excavations in the Utica have afforded an excellent oppor- 

 tunity for studying that formation ; the Chazy at Rockcliffe has 

 yielded an excellent series of slabs exhibiting tracks and trails of 

 marine organisms. The most interesting local find, however, was 

 the discovery of a large number of curved hornblende crystals in 

 a vein of mica at Carp. These curved crystals were new to the 

 geologists and hitherto unrecorded in Canada. 



Botanical Branch. 



The Botanical Branch has held fortnightly meetings through- 

 out the year except during the summer months. The most im- 

 portant matter taken up was the publication of a complete list of 

 the plants of the Ottawa district. Since Dr. Fletcher's "Flora 

 Ottawaensis " was published many new species have been added to 



