THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 243 



reference to the Diurnal Lepidoptera found in such district. If such an 

 indication may be taken as reliable, we in Canada have made much pro- 

 gress within the past few years. Twenty years ago when our Society pub- 

 Hshed its first list of Canadian butterflies, the number of species then 

 known was 66 ; now our lists contain no less than 210. For a large pro- 

 portion of this great increase we are indebted to the labors of Mr. G. 

 Geddes in the Rocky jMountains and North-west Territories, and to those 

 of Mr. James Fletcher in British Columbia. These gentlemen have been 

 indefatigable in their work, and at the same time most successful. While 

 there may not now be many more laurels to gain among the Diurnal Lepi- 

 doptera, there are other inviting departments of labor in which any 

 industrious Entomologist may add much to our present knowledge. We 

 are glad to know that Mr. W. H. Harrington is making good progress in 

 the collection and study of our Hymenoptera ; we hope that some of our 

 members will be induced to undertake in a similar way our Diptera, 

 Neuroptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera, so that we may soon be able to 

 form some idea of the richness of our territory in these long neglected 

 orders. Wm. Saunders. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The following named gentlemen were then duly elected as officers of 

 the Society for the ensuing year : President, William Saunders, London, 

 Ont. ; Vice-President, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M. A., Port Hope, Ont. ; 

 Sec-Treas. and Librarian, E. Baynes Reed, London, Ont. ; Council — J. 

 Fletcher, Ottawa ; Rev. T. W. Fyles, Quebec ; J. A. Moffat, Hamilton ; 

 W. H. Harrington, Ottawa, and G. J. Bowles, Montreal. Editor Cana- 

 dian Entomologist, Wm. Saunders ; Editing Committee — Rev. C. J. S. 

 Bethune, J. M. Denton, Jas. Fletcher, and E. Baynes Reed. Auditors — 

 W. E. Saunders, H. P. Bock ; Delegate to Royal Society— W. H. Har- 

 rington. 



LARV^ OF HEMILEUCA MAIA, Dru. 



BY CHAS. F. GOODHUE, WEBSTER, N. H. 



It was my good fortune, in May last, to find a brood of the larvte of 

 this species. As they were very different from the only description we have 

 seen, i. e., that of Morris in his Synopsis, we herewith give a description 

 of three of its stages. As all the stages were not observed we will begin 

 with the last, as it will by that means be more short. Mature larvae, 1.50 



