THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 35 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 

 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held, by invitation of the 

 London Branch, in their rooms, City Hall, London, Ont.,on Wednesday, the 

 22nd of Sept. 18G9, at 7 30 p.m. William Saunders, Esq., Vice-President, 

 occupied the chair. Owing to the varied attractions and engagements, caused 

 by the Provincial Exhibition then being held, the attendance of members was 

 not large. 



The Secretary-Treasurer read the minutes of the last meeting, the financial 

 report, and a detailed statement of the condition, present success, and pros- 

 pects of the Canadian Entomologist; on motion they were adopted. 

 Letters of apology for non-attendance from the President, Prof. Croft, Mr. 

 W. Couper, and others, were read, as well as various other commmunications. 



President. — Professor Croft, D.C.L., University of Toronto. 



Vice-Presidents. — E. Baynes Reed, London ; B. Billings, Ottawa. 



Ex officio Vice-Presidents. — Rev. 0. Brunet, President, Quebec Branch ; 

 Rev. G. M. Innes, President, London Branch. 



Secretary- Treasurer. — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A. Credit, Ont. 



Curator. — W. Osler, B.A., Toronto. 



Council — J. Pettit, Grimsby; G. J. Bowles, Secretary, Quebec Branch; 

 W. Couper, Ottawa. 



The following gentlemen were elected Honorarv Members : — 



Baron R. Yon Osten Sacken, Russian Consul General, New York. 



Dr. Herman Hagen, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 



Dr. Asa Fitch, State Entomologist of New York. 



And the following Corresponding Members : — 



Rev. J. G. Morris, D.D., Baltimore, Md. 



F. G. Sanborn, Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. 



W. S. M. D' Urban, Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, England. 



The meeting then proceeded to the examination of many rare and interest- 

 ing specimens exhibited by various members; amongst the most note-worthy 

 may be mentioned a fine specimen of Catocala relicta, Walk., taken at Ham- 

 ilton, by Mr. Mills; Philampe.lus pandorus, Walk., (satellitia, Harris) raised 

 from larva) by Mr. Saunders and Mr. Denton; Catocala polygama, Guen., 

 from larvae, by Mr. Reed. Mr. Saunders also exhibited specimens raised from 

 larvae, of Thecla inorata, Grote and Rob. ; Plusia balluca, Gey., from the 

 hop; a handsome Tortrix from thorn, a small species of leaf-roller that is 

 very cestructive to pear, plum, cherry and apple trees, specimens of Nemato- 

 campa filamentaria, Guen. from pear and willow, etc. Mr. Bethune exhibit- 

 ed a collection of Cicindelidce, embracing nearly all the known Canadian 



