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He recorded the breeding of very large numbers of Diglochis omnivorus 

 from puppe of the latter moth. 



Dr. Howard expressed the opinion that these parasites were 

 secondary, and that the primary parasite was probably a Pimpla. 



Mr. Lochhead described in a most interesting manner a collecting 

 trip into the Abbitibi region, where remote from all cultivated areas large 

 numbers of Pieris rapte imagoes were taken. 



Mr. Corbett has recently devoted considerable attention to spraying 

 outfits, and has succeeded in perfecting a duplex nozzle for applying the 

 mechanical mixture of kerosene and water. He hoped in time to devise 

 some form of compressed air outfit which should prove satisfactory in 

 applying this and other sprays. 



The best of the " wine " came at the "last of the feast." Although 

 the hour was late, no feature of the meeting was more enjoyed than the 

 remarks of Dr. Fletcher, who vividly described a long collecting and 

 lecturing tour made through the west of the Canadian Dominion last 

 summer. The breeding of certain Trypetas in Canada thistle, with their 

 parasite Solenotus, and another in sunflower stems, were described, 

 together with an interesting outbreak of Loxostege stidicalis in Manitoba 

 and the N.-W. Territories. Here the insects, after devouring their chosen 

 food-plant, Chenop odium, attacked various other forms of herbage, and 

 even, rarely, wheat plants. The marching of'the larval swarms in June and 

 September attracted much attention and aroused unnecessary alarm. An 

 experiment with the South African fungus vs. locusts in Manitoba was 

 unsuccessful. Dr. Fletcher has this year succeeded in procuring eggs 

 and breeding certain rare lepidoptera, viz.: Leucobrephos Aliddeiidorffii 

 and Apocheima rachelie, and has now the life-history of these two species 

 worked out in full. 



In closing, IJr. Fletcher spoke feelingly of the assistance he and other 

 Canadian Entomologists had constantly received from his confreres on the 

 other side of the line, particularly from Messrs. Howard and Marlatt, 

 while the sentiment of his audience was that tlie acqua,intance and 

 friendship of workers like Messrs. Fletcher, Bethune, Lochhead and others 

 on the Canadian side was sufficient reason to make all desire the 

 immediate annexation of the Dominion. 



The meeting adjourned to meet again the following evening. 



A- H. KiRKLAND, Secretary. 



