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the Vicinity of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield ; " On Tineidae," by Win. 

 Couper; " On Tineidae," by F. B. Caulfield; " A List of the Bomby- 

 cidte of Quebec,'' by G. J. Bowles ; " On the Catocalidae Occurring in 

 the Vicinity of Montreal," by C. W. Pearson ; " A List of the Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera Occurring on the Island of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield ; 

 " On the Usefulness of Spiders," by J. G. Jack ; " A List of Sphingidae 

 Occurring on the Island of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield. 



The monthly meetings were fairly attended, and the exhibitions of 

 Entomological material conspicuously illustrated the energy of the 

 members in accumulating rare insects from various localities. The 

 Branch having decided to hold their meetings in future in the rooms of 

 the Montreal Natural History Society, it was found necessary to change 

 the night of meeting from the first Wednesday to the first Tuesday in 

 each month, and in order to meet the extra outlay for rental, it was 

 decided to make the subscription twenty-five cents a month, which the 

 Council presume will suffice for present emergencies. On the ist of last 

 July the members proceeded to Chateauguay Basin for a field day. The 

 members were the guests of Mr. R. Jack, of Hillside, who treated them 

 with true hospitality.  



Your Council have ordered PsycJie, a useful Entomological publication 

 issued in Cambridge, Mass. 



A suggestion made by your Council last year, that note books should 



be carried by members, has, in this instance, been fruitful in producing 



valuable lists and data of the occurrence of insects in our neighborhood, 



and we trust that some of our members will devote their leisure this 



season to the much neglected orders of Hemiptera, Neuroptera and 



Diptera. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



G. J. Bowles, 



Wm. Couper, Chairman. C. W. Pearson. 



NOTES ON CALOPTENUS SPRETUS. 



BY G. M. DODGE, GLENCOE, DODGE CO., NEBRASKA. 



The natural history of the migratory grasshopper, Caloptenus spretus 

 Uhler, being imperfectly known even to our best western Entomologists, I 

 have given the subject considerable attention during nearly two years 



