40 The Ottawa Naturalist. [May 



esteemed . member,. Mr. Norman Griddle), Rudy and Radisson, 

 in Saskatchewan, and at Edmonton, Calgary, Banff and Laggan, 

 in Alberta. While along the line of the Canadian Northern 

 Railway thev were accompanied by Mr. T. N. Willing, of Regina, 

 an enthusiastic naturalist and member of the Club. Mr. Andrew 

 Halkett, \vhile making special collections of the fishes of the 

 Northwest for the Alberta and Saskatchewan Governments, 

 devoted some time to the collection of insects of the Beaver 

 Lake and Ou'Appelle Lakes districts. Mr. Arthur Gibson 

 spent the first three weeks of September at Rostrevor, Muskoka, 

 and, although late in the season, fair collections of the insects 

 of the immediate neighborhood were made and some records 

 added to the Canadian list. Our President. Mr. W. J. Wilson, 

 again visited the Hudson Bay Slope and. as in past years, not- 

 withstanding the pressing nature of other duties, collected some 

 insects in various orders which included several records of 

 scientific interest. Mr. Joseph Keele, of the Geological Survey 

 Department, who has again been exploring in the Yukon, along 

 parts of the Stewart and Pelly Rivers, has sent back a few 

 specimens of lepidoptera, every one of which is of scientific 

 interest, as exact data are given with regard to the dates and 

 localities. Mr. D. H. Nelles; of the Alaska Boundary Survey, 

 made a small collection of beetles and butterflies at Bartlett Bay, 

 off Glacier Bay, Alaska. 



In May last our Honorary Member, the Rev. G. W. Taylor, 

 while attending the meetings of the Royal Society of Canada, 

 identified many geometrid moths for our local collectors and 

 also attended the spring excursion of the Club to Beaver Meadow. 

 Mr. Taylor, who is the leading North American authority on the 

 Geometridae, has published the descriptions of many species 

 during the year, and has been a great help to Canadian students 

 in identifving their material. 



Mr. J. B. Wallis, one of the Winnipeg members, made large 

 collections of coleoptera and lepidoptera at Banff, Alta., and 

 Peachland, B.C. All of Mr. Wallis's collections have not, as yet, 

 been worked over, but these are now being studied and lists will 

 soon be prepared. Several very interesting captures were made 

 at the above localities which have considerably extended the 

 known distribution of some species. 



Among the more interesting insects taken during the year 

 at Ottawa, within the district as limited by the Club, the follow- 

 ing may be mentioned : — 



Lepidoptera: — 



Cinclidia Jiarrisii, Scudd. Blackburn, June 28, July 5, 

 (Young). First records for the district. 



