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The Reports of the Montreal Branch, and of the Delegate to the 

 Royal Society of Canada, were received and referred for publication. 



The election of officers was then proceeded with, and the following 

 gentlemen were duly and unanimously elected : 



President — James Fletcher, Ottawa. 



Vice-President — E. Baynes Reed, London. 



Secretary-Treasurer — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Librarian and Curator — E. Baynes Reed. London. 



Council — W. Hague Harrington, Ottawa; Rev. T. W. Fyles, Quebec; 

 J. Alston Moffat, Hamilton ; J. M. Denton, London ; Rev. Geo. W. 

 Taylor, Victoria, B. C. 



Editor " Canadian Entomologist " — Rev. C. [. S. Bethune, Port Hope. 



Editing Committee — Prof. W. Saunders, Ottawa; J. M. Denton, Lon- 

 don ; Dr. Wm. Brodie, and Capt. Gamble Geddes, Toronto. 



Auditors — J. M. Denton and 1'". Baynes Reed, London. 



Delegate to Royal Society — H. H. Lyman, Montreal. 



Rev. C. J. S. Bethune read a paper of much interest on the occurrence 

 at Port Hope of immense numbers of Aletia argillacea on the 8th and 

 9th of October. 



Prof. Macoun suggested the basswood tree as a possible food-plant of 

 the larv£e, because there were not in the district sufficient malvaceous 

 plants to furnish food for such numbers of insects, 



Mr. Fletcher said that careful search had been made for several years 

 on this tree, as well as on all plants allied to the cotton plant, but no 

 traces of larvae had been found. He had hitherto been inclined to believe 

 that the moth bred in Canada, and that the theory of migration from the 

 cotton States was not tenable, but what he had learned concerning the 

 appearance of these insects this autumn had somewhat changed his views. 



Mr. W. Hague Harrington stated that the appearance of the moths 

 had been very noticeable at Ottawa at almost the same date as they were 

 observed at Port Hope. The first week of October liad been compara- 

 tively wet, with calms and light winds varying from east through south to 

 west. Sunday, 9th Oct., had been a remarkably mild day, and on that 

 evening the moths had swarmed at some electric lights. On the following 

 morning he had observed upon the front of the Ottawa Bank a great num- 

 ber of moths, at least 250 or 300. The building faced the north, being 

 situated opposite the Parliament Square, and had in front of it an electric 

 light. Moths were also seen at several points in the city, but not in any 



