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The meeting expressed entire approval of the schenie, and a resolu- 

 tion was passed, proposed by Mr. Dashwood- Jones, seconded by Mr. 



Sherman, "That the offer of Mr. Tatlovv be accepted, with the thanks of 

 the Society, and that a committee be appointed, consisting of the 

 President and Secretary, to arrange for the publication of a pamphlet, in 

 such form and at such times as they may think best, and they are hereby 

 empowered to act in the matter." 



Further suggestions were made, e. g., that the paper be called the 

 " Bulletin of the B. C Entomological Society," and that space be given in 

 each issue to articles of interest to the fruit-growers of the Province. 



Mr. Dashwood-Jones showed some very interesting specimens of 

 Lepidoptera from St. Leon Hot Springs, Rootenay Lake, identified by 

 Dr. Fletcher, including Lycce.fia lygdamus (new to B. C), Basilarchia 

 art hem is (new to B. C), B. disippus (rare), Erebus odora (rare), Sthenopis 

 quadrigiittatus (new to B. C), Catocala briseis, Phengommatcp.a Ediuard- 

 sata, and others. 



Toronto Branch. 

 The Toronto Branch of the Entomological Society meets in the 

 Provincial Museum on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The last 

 meeting was devoted to an exhibition of specimens, and proved most 



mterestmg. 



Mr. Hahn showed a collection of very beautiful butterflies from 

 India, arranged mostly from an artistic and decorative standpoint. Some 

 from the Fiji Islands were donated to the Society. 



Mr. Elliott showed a section of a tree-trunk which had been tunnelled 

 by the larvae of wood-boring beetles, genus Monohammus. The tunnels 

 had subsequently been utilized as a nursery by Megachile brevis, a leaf- 

 cutting bee belonging to the family Andrenidae. This bee had constructed 

 its nursery-cells of rose-leaves. 



Mr. Elliott also showed a larva of a moth found in New Zealand, 

 which had become a fungus. The larva, on going into the ground to 

 pupate, is attacked by a parasitic fungus which takes root in the body, and 

 sends a shoot about nine inches long above ground. When the whole 

 thing is converted into a fungus the natives use it as a food. 



A pupa-case of Va?iessa antiopa, taken in the full, was shown, A 

 number of small parasites were emerging. 



