196 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Strecker. Graef, Tepper, Holland, W. H. Edwards, Lintner, Bailey, and 

 Meske ; in special departments of Lepidoptera those of Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards, Rev. Dr. Holland, and Mr. Bruce in Butterflies; in the 

 Hesperidae that of Mr. E. M. Aaron, of Philadelphia ; in the Sphingidae 

 that of Mr. E. Corning, of Albany ; in the Geometridae that of the Rev. 

 G. D. Hulst, of Brooklyn ; and in the Tortricidae that of Prof. Fernald, 

 of Amherst, Mass. He also noticed many other collections in various 

 orders for which we must refer the reader to the address itself. 



After hearing the address the meeting adjourned till the next day. 

 The following persons were in attendance during the sessions : — John B. 

 Smith, Washington, D.C. ; Prof. H. Osborn, Ames, Iowa ; Prof. F. M. 

 Webster, Lafayette, Ind. ; Dr. D. S. Kellicott, Buffalo, N.Y. ; Mr. and 

 Mrs. O. S. Westcott, Chicago ; L. O. Howard, Washington ; J. Mackenzie, 

 Toronto; A. B. Mackay, Agricultural College, Miss. ; D. A. Robertson, 

 St. Paul ; S. H. Peabody, Champaign, 111. ; Dr. C. V. Riley, Washing- 

 ton ; S. B. McMillan, Signal, Ohio ; Rev. L. C. Wurtele and Miss Wurtele , 

 Acton Vale, P.Q., and others. 



The Entomological Society of Ontario was represented by its Presi- 

 dent, Mr. J. Fletcher, of Ottawa, and the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, of Port 

 Hope. 



On Thursday, August 16th, the Club met at i p.m., and entered upon 

 the consideration of the President's address ; this naturally led to a 

 discussion upon the best materials for boxes, &c, in which to preserve 

 collections. Mr. Howard stated that the boxes in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass., had their bottoms made of 

 Italian poplar. Mr. Fletcher asked for the experience of members with 

 poplar, tulip-tree and other woods as regards cracking and splitting. 

 Dr. Riley said that there was no wood that would not split, warp or 

 crack ; the only remedy was to have the materials kiln-dried and then 

 soaked in shellac and alcohol. He adopted the form of boxes used in 

 Washington for the sake of convenience rather than otherwise. The 

 cabinets in Europe were not subjected to the same dry heat as in 

 America, and were consequently not a guide to us in this respect. 



Mr. Fletcher stated that there are only two noteworthy collections of 

 insects in Canada: (i) that of the Entomological Society of Ontario at 

 London. It is not very large, but is very good as representative of the 



