186 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Editor of the Canadian Entomologist — Rev. Dr. Bethune, Port 

 Hope. 



Editing Committee' — James Fletcher, Ottawa ; J- M. Denton, Lon- 

 don ; Rev. T. W. Fyles, Quebec ; Dr. Brodie, Toronto. 



Delegate to the Royal Society of Canada. — H. H. Lyman, Montreal. 



Auditors — J. M. Denton and E. B. Reed. 



Mr. Moffat, who had been engaged for some time past in re-arranging 

 the Society's collections, spoke of the desirability of printing a new list of 

 Lepidoptera for labelling purposes. Dr. Bethune said that he did not 

 think it advisable to do so just now, as the nomenclature of the order 

 must be considered to be in a somewhat transition state ; he thought that 

 after Mr. Scudder's magnificient work on the butterflies was completed, 

 and students had time to master its contents, there would be a very 

 general adoption of many, at any rate, of his generic titles, and that this 

 would alter very much our current nomenclature. He also referred to 

 Prof J. B. Smith's contemplated monograph of the Noctuidas, the frequent 

 descriptions of new species by Mr. Hulst and others, and the work of 

 Prof Fernald among the Micros, as rendering the publication of a list 

 premature at present. He said that he had in his possession a new 

 check-list of the Noctuidse by Mr. Grote, but its publication was deemed 

 unwise owing to the foregoing considerations. He thought that Mr. 

 Moffat's object could be met by printing a few sheets to supplement the 

 lists pubHshed a few years ago by Dr. Brodie and Dr. White. 



Papers were then read by (i) Dr. Brodie, on "Gall Insects ;" (2) the 

 Rev. T. W. Fyles, " Some notes on the Effects of Heat on Lisect Life ;" (3) 

 Dr. Goding, " In Memoriam : George John Bowles." These papers will 

 be published in full in the Annual Report, 



The Rev. W. A. Burman, of Winnipeg, was elected a member. 



After spending some time in the examination and discussion of various 

 specimens brought by members, the meeting adjourned to meet in Lon- ' 

 don next year. 



Erratum. — In the description of the larva of Grapta j-albiim, by 

 Mr. P. M. Dawson, in the September number, there occurs the obvious 

 mistake (page 180, line 12) of " eight inches long " instead of '-.8 inch." 



