2i8 The Ottawa Naturalist. | March 



Coccinellidce; Mr. Metcalfe instancing the occurrence of Megilla 

 macjilata, at Grimsby, upon dandehons in such numbers as to give 

 the flowers a pink appearance. Dr. Fletcher said the beetle had 

 been abundant in 1902 upon corn in his garden. He then read a 

 letter from Mr. J. VV. Cockle, of Kalso, B.C , enclosing a list of 

 over 600 species of moths collected by him at that point, and in- 

 cluding many new and rare species. An interesting paper was 

 received from Mr. Wickham, entitled "The Beetles of an Oregon 

 Sea-beach." 



Meeting No. 7 was held at Mr. Harrington's on April gth, 

 ic,o3 : six members present. Mr. Metcalfe exhibited a box of 

 coleoptera from Grimsby, Toronto and Port Hope, including many 

 interesting species, such as Carahus syivosus, Notiophibis ceneiis, 

 HisterniUitaris, Ryssodes exaratiis, Phymatora pulchella, Coiymbites 

 virens, etc. Dr. Fletcher read a paper, newly received from Dr. 

 Scudder, on " Hunting for Fossil Insects," the account of a trip 

 to the celebrated Florissant beds. After some discussion of the 

 occurrence of fossil insects in Canada, and on some of the insects 

 which had been already noted this spring, Dr. Fletcher gave, inci- 

 dentally, the description of a visit to a heronry in the Moose Mts., 

 Man., the herons being locally known as fish-ducks. The ques- 

 tion was considered of special lines of work for the collecting 

 season and the members selected as follows : Halkett, aquatic 

 insects; Gibson, basswood insects and arctians ; Metcalfe, hemip- 

 tera ; Richard, butterflies ; Harrington, spruce insects and saw- 

 flies ; Fletcher, Geometridae, Plusiidce and dragon-flies, with 

 special attention to the life-histories of insects. Mr. Harrington 

 showed 65 species of insects which he had obtained from a little 

 moss collected in the swamp on the Experimental Farm near the 

 canal. 



Meeting No. 8 was held at Mr. Halkett's on April 23rd, 1903; 

 six members present. Mr. Gibson and Mr. Halkett exhibited in- 

 sects taken at the Club excursion to Blueberry Point, Aylmer, on 

 the previous Saturday ; among these were Cychrus Lecontei and 

 Aphorisfa vittata. Mr. Halkett also spoke of the mosquito larvae 

 he had there collected. Mr. Richard showed some beetles recently 

 captured, including three specimens of an undetermined elater. 



