76 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



The annual meeting of the London Branch of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario was held at the residence of Mr. A. Puddicombe, on 

 the 21st January, 1875. 



The following officers were elected : 



President, H. B. Bock ; Vice-President, G. Geddes ; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, J. M. Denton ; Curator, C. Chapman ; Auditors, J. H. Mc- 

 Mechan and J. Griffiths. 



SYNOPSIS OF NEUROPTERA. 



Dr. H. A. Hagen, of Cambridge, Mass., is working on a new and 

 largely augmented edition of his Synopsis of the Pseudo-Neuroptera and 

 Neuroptera of North America, and would like the co-operation of all 

 those interested in this department of Entomology. Collectors having 

 undetermined specimens would aid in this good work by forwarding them 

 to Dr. H. A. Hagen, Museum Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., 

 who will willingly name them ; the only privilege he claims is to retain 

 fcr the Museum new, or rare species, which he would find necessary to 

 •describe. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



on calocampa. 

 Dear Sir, — 



In a paper published in the Annals of the Lyceum of New York, Mr. 

 Morrison discusses my views on the relationship between the North 

 American and European species of this genus. So far as they relate to 

 the resemblance between the American impera and the European vetusta, 

 Mr. Morrison may be correct, and my later statement that the species 

 cannot be regarded as " representative," incorrect. Mr. Morrison, 

 however, charges me with saying that " nupera is more closely allied to 

 ■exoleta" (i. e., than to vesluta), which I have never stated. I say in the 



