i THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



male moths as it was resting quietly and naturally on the muslin cover 

 of the cage, with the result as shown at c on the plate. We were some- 

 what loath to kill such a ])retty, daintily bedecked creature, but well, 



he now fills an honoured place in our collection here at the University. 

 Figure e on the plate well represents this pretty creature (twice natural 

 size) as he now looks in the collection. Imagine the lighter portions of 

 the figure to be of a delicate straw-yellow colour and the darker waves 

 and crinkles of a rich brown shade, and you have a faint conception of 

 this crinkled flannel moth. 



I do not know that the insect has ever done enough damage to 

 make it of economic importance. It certainly has a wide range of food 

 plants, as shown by Mr. Beutenmiiller (Ent. Americana, III., i8o), who 

 lists twenty-five different plants, and the cranberry has since been added 

 in Massachusetts. Briefly stated, its life-history seems to be as follows : 

 The eggs are laid about July i, and hatch in a week or ten days ; the 

 caterpillars feed during July and August, pupating in September ; some 

 of the moths may emerge in the fall, but doubtless most of them hibernate 

 as pupge, the moths appearing in June and some laying their eggs. 



TORONTO BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF ONTARIO. 



It is with much gratification that we announce the formation of a 

 branch of our Society in Toronto. In the month of February last a 

 number of entomologists in Toronto, feeling their isolation and need of 

 co-operation, met together and decided to form an organization for the 

 promotion of the study of entomology. They accordingly established 

 " The Toronto Entomological Society," with Mr. E. V. Rippon as 

 President, and Mr. Arthur Gibson, Secretary. Regular meetings have 

 been held on the first and third Fridays of each month, and recently a 

 room has been engaged at 451 Parliament Street, where the books and 

 collections are kept and the meetings held, and which is open at all times 

 for the use of the members. For the last ten months the Society has 

 been very successful and its members full of enthusiasm ; much satis- 

 factory work has been accomplished, and great pleasure has been derived 

 by the members from meeting with kindred spirits, comparing specimens, 

 discussing questions that arise from time to time, and giving and receiv- 

 ing much assistance in many ways. 



Recently the desirability of affiliating witli the old- established Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario was brought before the members, and after 



