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lections and developed his love for the butterflies which he took 

 great delight in rearing through all their stages. The first article 

 from Mr. Lyman's pen which appeared in the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist (Volume VI, page 38), is in the form of a letter asking 

 questions about several butterflies found at Portland, Maine. In 

 the same volume (page 158), he described the curiously marked 

 egg of Gastropacha americana. From the 19th to the 44th volume, 

 none have been without at least one article from his pen, and he 

 lately expressed his regret that he failed to contribute last year to 

 Vol. XLV. In addition to his articles in this magazine, he wrote 

 several of a more popular character for the Annual Reports of our 

 Society, and contributed a few also to "Entomological News." A 

 list of his more important papers is given below. 



The third annual meeting of the Montreal Branch was held 

 at Mr. Lyman's residence on May 7, 1876, at which the minute 

 book records that "he exhibited his fine collection of local and 

 exotic insects." This was the beginning of a long series of gather- 

 ings under his hospitable roof; during thirty-seven years a large 

 proportion of the monthly meetings were held there, and were 

 thoroughly enjoyed by the members and occasional visitors from a 

 distance. They were made especially interesting at times by his 

 delightful accounts of visits to scientific gatherings in the United 

 States and Europe as well as in Canada; he would recount the 

 proceedings, often with a good deal of humour, and tell of the 

 eminent men whom he met. In the course of years he gathered 

 together a large collection of books on the Lepidoptera of North 

 America chiefly, and these he was always most kind in lending to 

 his fellow members when they required to consult them. 



While interested in everything connected with the Lepidoptera 

 of this continent, he paid little attention to the "Micros," but was 

 always keen to acquire specimens for study and comparison of 

 such genera as Colias, Argynnis, Grapta, Chionobas, Haploa, 

 Hyphantria, Papaipema, Xylina and Hepialus. His papers on 

 these subjects will always be found of value and interest. 



On June 5th, 1877, he was elected Vice-President of the Mon- 

 treal Branch and four years later he became President holding the 

 higher office for two years; in 1888 he again became Piesident and 

 retained the position till 1899. 



