380 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



The following were elected officers of the Society for 1915-16: 



President — A. F. Winn, Westmount, Que. 



Vice-President — Prof. L. Caesar, Ontario Agriculfural Col- 

 lege, Guelph, Ont. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Mr. A. W. Baker, B.S.A., Lecturer 

 in Entomology, O. A. College, Guelph, Ont. 



Curator — Mr. G. J. Spencer, B.S.A., Demonstrator in Ento- 

 mology, O. A. College, Guelph. 



Librarian— Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., 

 F.R.S.C., Professor of Entomology and Zoology, O. A. College, 

 Guelph, Ont. 



Directors — Division No. 1, Mr. Arthur Gibson, Entomo- 

 logical Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; No. 2, Mr. 

 C. E. Grant, Orillia; Division No. 3, Dr. A. Cosens, Parkdale 

 Collegiate Institute, Toronto; Division No. 4, Mr. C. VV. Nash, 

 Provincial Biologist, East Toronto; Division No. 5, Mr. F. J. A. 

 Morris, Peterboro; Division No. 6, Mr. J. W. Noble, Essex, Ont.; 

 Division No. 7, Mr. W. A. Ross, Vineland Station, Ont. 



On Friday evening, November 5th, a very enjoyable smoker 

 was held. The Entomological Section of the Ottawa Field Natural- 

 ists' Club were the hosts, and brief speeches, reminiscent, anecdotal 

 and felicitous, enlivened the proceedings. 



A. G. 



A NEW TAB AN US 



BY C. P. WHITNEY, MILFORD, N. H. 



Tabanus vvrighti, n. sp. 



Female — Length 11 mm. Face, front and palpi black. An- 

 tennae black, the slightest rufous tinge at base of third joint, which 

 is narrow, the upper angle rounded and hardly raised. Frontal 

 callus round, a short, tapering prolongation above. 



Sub-callus denuded, shining (an uncertain character). A 

 prominent ocelligerous tubercle. Eyes (revived) black, four nar- 

 row green bands, the interspaces twice as wide. Thorax shining 

 black. Abdomen black, sparsely pilose, segments with narrow 



December 1915 



