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VOL XXIII. 



LONDON, APRIL, 1891. 



No. 4, 



MEETINGS OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE ENTO- 

 MOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Jan. 1-3, 1891. — The 159th meeting of the Branch was held at 74 

 McTavish street, Mr. H. H. Lyman, President, in the chair. Mr. J. F. 

 Hansen read a " Description of a New Species of the Coleopterous 

 Genus Pterostichus^' which he has named Pterostichus conspicuipes, on 

 account of its bright yellow legs. The type was taken at Lachine. Mr. 

 Hausen also read a note " On the Occurrence of Gracilia minuta. Fab., 

 at Montreal." 



Feb. 10, 1 89 1. — The i6oth meeting of the Branch was held at 74 

 McTavish street, Mr. H. H. Lyman, President, in the chair. There was 

 a good attendance of members, and Mr. James Fletcher, Dominion En- 

 tomologist and Vice-President of the parent society, was also present. 



Mr. Lyman read " A Preliminary Paper on the Genus C/iionobas" in 

 which the different species and reputed species inhabiting this continent 

 and the north of Europe were compared, and attention drawn to the wide 

 difference of opinion among entomologists as to the distinctness of the 

 various forms. The paper was illustrated by a large number of speci- 

 mens from the collections of Messrs. Lyman, Fletcher and Winn, the 

 following forms being represented : — Gigas, Californica, Nevadensis ?, 

 Macotinii^ Chryxus, Aello, Varima, Uhleri. Tarpeia, Bore vera, Taygete, 

 Jutta, Oeno, Semidea, Brucei. Crambis, Subhyalina ?, from Hudson's 

 Straits ; Semidea var.?, from Colorado ; and Semidea var.l, from Laggan. 



A discussion followed, after which Mr. Caulfield read a paper entitled 

 " Notes on the Gryllidce — Field Crickets,'' illustrated by specimens. Mr. 

 Hausen read a " Preliminary Notice of Three New Species oi Pterostichus 

 —Systematic Notes." The species are to be called Pu/vinatus, Stenopus 

 and Strictus. The types were taken in the vicinity of Montreal. This 

 paper is to be published in the Canadian Record of Science, with a plate 

 and synoptic table of species. After spending some time examining some 



