128 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Dr. Brodie showed a number of cases belonging to the museum, 



containing s])ecimens ot' Cicindelidie, Cerambycidai and Chrysomelidae, 



including all species of these families found in the neighbourhood of 



Toronto. 



Prof Sherman, from Guelph, was present, and gave a short talk on 

 the work being done at the Agricultural College. A general discussion 

 followed on methods of preserving specimens, and the need of good, 

 well-represented collections. Elsie Blackmore, Secy. 



Guelph Branch. 



The seventh regular meeting of the Guelph Branch was held in the 

 Agricultural College on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7th, 1906, with 14 

 members and three visitors in attendance. 



Prof. Sherman gave a very interesting talk on the Tiger Beetles 

 (Cicindelidre). He showed clearly by illustration how they are dis- 

 tinguished from closely-allied insects, such as the Ground Beetles, etc. 

 He also described very minutely their habits and life-histories, and 

 exhibited a large number of specimens collected from Ontario and foreign 

 countries. Only 1 1 species have been recorded in Ontario. 



Mr. T. J. Moore presented notes on a large green species of Cock- 

 roach. The specimen was found in a crate of oranges imported from 

 California. 



Mr. H. R. Macmillan made a very careful review of the current 

 literature. 



The eighth regular meeting was held in the College on Wednesday 

 evening, Feb. 21st, 1906, with 11 members in attendance. 



Mr. Hart discussed trap lanterns. He exhibited and illustrated 

 several types of lanterns, and enumerated the various kinds of insects 

 attracted by light. The experiments conducted at Cornell University and 

 the Agricultural College, Guelph, were carefully reviewed. 



Mr. T. D. Jarvis exhibited and described an apparatus he had made 

 for catching small' Arthropods ; it is a modification of the one invented by 

 Dr. Berlese, of Italy. It has given excellent results. 



Mr. G. E. Sanders discussed beneficial parasitic insects, of which he 

 has made some very careful observations, and he presented some interest- 

 ing work at the meeting. Tennyson D. Jarvis, Secretary. 



