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Gibson, of oak trees in the vicinity of Victoria, B.C., which 

 were draped with the silken webs of Ellopia somniaria, the Van- 

 couver Island Oak-looper. This photograph was taken in the 

 evening, and the defoliated trees were so hidden by webs made by 

 the caterpillars when letting themselves down from the trees to 

 pupate, as to give the appearance of being looked at through a 

 fog. Specimens of the larvae and moths were also shown. A 

 paper by the Rev. G. W. Taylor, on some geometers taken at 

 Ottawa between May 24 and June 2, was read, and also a paper 

 by Mr. W T. Ellis, giving a resume of the Meteorological Ob- 

 servations taken at the Central Experimental Farm, Otlawa, 

 during 1906. Both of these papers were prepared for the Ottawa 

 Naturalist. J. F. 



No. 4, held on Thurday, Feb. 7, 1907, at the residence ol 

 Mr. Harrington. 



Present : Messrs. Halkett, Gibson, Fletcher, Eifrig, Bald- 

 win, Young, Metcalfe and Harrington. 



Rev. Mr. Eifrig exhibited some lepidoptera from Indiana, 

 consisting of six species of butterflies, including Papilio ajax, var. 

 marcellus, Terias nicippe, and two species of moths. He also 

 showed pupa cases of one of the large dragon flies (Cordulia sp.) 

 and also a number of specimens of ants, Cai)ipo>iotiis pictus,from 

 the stomach of a Pileated Woodpecker shot at Eganville. Dr. 

 Fletcher stated that he had examined the contents of the crop of 

 a ptarmigan, for Mr. Eifrig, and found them to consist entirelv 

 of the tips of twigs of willows. 



Mr. Baldwin exhibited a box of lepidoptera captured the 

 previous summer, containing 24 species, among which were 

 Grapta faunus, Caripeta divisata, Nisoiiiadcs lucilius, Pamphila 

 metacomet, Crambus agitatelhis and Lencania phragmatidicola. 



Dr. Fletcher showed a small collection of butterflies made 

 by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe of the Geological Survey, near Kam- 

 loops, B. C. Of the five species secured, one fritillary was ap- 

 parently a new species found by Mr. C. DeBlois Green of 

 Osoyoos, B. C, some years ago but not yet described. He also 

 exhibited an example of the Riker method of mounting insects in 

 glass-topped boxes; the speciments illustrated being Limneria 

 Guignardi, Prov., bred from Gidetnasia concinna, and a spruce 

 twig showing the characteristic galls of Chermes abietis, which 



