THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 135 



MEETINGS OF THE TORONTO BRANCH. 



During the first part of the present season, up to the end of 

 the year, the Toronto Branch of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario has made good progress. Four new members have been 

 elected, and there has been a distinct increase in the attendance 

 at the meetings. Three meetings have been held at which very 

 interesting papers have been presented. A little variety has been 

 given by the fact that two of the papers have not been confined 

 strictly to entomology, but have been of a somewhat wider character. 



At the October meeting of the Branch, Dr. A. Cosens read a 

 paper upon "Some Captures of the Season," exhibiting a number 

 of specimens taken during the past summer. A considerable num- 

 ber of species of galls had been obtained which Dr. Cosens had not 

 found before. 



This paper was followed by an account by Dr. E. M. Walker 

 of a peculiar insect which he found at Banff last summer. Two 

 female specimens had been obtained, which were shown to those 

 present, and which represent not only a new species and genus, but 

 a new family of the Orthoptera, and appear to be of a more primitive 

 type than any of the members of the order known hitherto.* 



At the November meeting, Mr. E. Home Craigie gave a paper 

 entitled, "Summer Work in Scotland." He showed specimens of 

 several species of galls obtained in Scotland during the past season, 

 along with some specimens of similar Canadian species, which were 

 kindly lent by Dr. Cosens. He then went on to describe the work 

 on S. S. "Goldseeker," the scientific cruiser'of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, on which he spent some time this summer, working 

 in the North Sea and the Faroe, Shetland Channel. The paper 

 was illustrated by lantern slides and specimens. 



At the December meeting Mr. Kenneth F. Auden gave an 

 address upon "Arthropoda of the Bahamas," illustrating his re- 

 marks by specimens which he had brought from the Bahamas this 

 summer. About one hundred insects and a large number ot 

 crustaceans, etc., were exhibited. 



Dr. E. M. Walker then addressed the meeting upon the subject 

 of "Primitive Insects," pointing out just what the term implied, 

 and describing some of the primitive characters of certain of the 



*Gryllob!atta campod?iformis Walk., Can. En'., 46, pp. 93-99. 



