io6 The Ottawa Naturalist. [August 



beetles. Mr. Harrington exhibited beetles belonging to the 

 Lucanidae, Scarab^eidae and Cerambycidae. 



Meeting No. 17, held at Dr. Fletcher's, April 14th, 1904 ; ten 

 present. Dr. Fletcher suggested that a portion of the time be 

 devoted to considering the work to be done during the season 

 then commencing, and made some useful suggestions as to the 

 labelling, etc., of specimens, so as to make them really of value 

 in subsequent studies. Mr. Gibson read a paper on Abbotana 

 clemataria, the Clematis Looper, in rearing which different food 

 plants had been tried ; elm leaves having been preferred. Dr. 

 Fletcher exhibited samples of boxes, labels, electric pocket-lantern, 

 etc.. Lord Walsingham's beautifully illustrated " Pterophoridae or 

 Plume Moths," and Bulletins of the Agricultural College of Tokio, 

 Japan, with fine plates of silk-moths, etc. Mr. Metcalfe exhibited 

 some rare homoptera and Mr. Harrington some Ottawa coleoptera 

 and some hymenoptera from France. 



Meeting No. 18, held at Mr. Gibson's, on May 4th ; five 

 present. 



Mr. Metcalfe showed 17 species of Hemiptera taken at Ottawa 

 early the present season. He also showed a collection of Hemi- 

 ptera, Diptera and Coleoptera collected at Brockville in the sum- 

 mer of 1903. 



Mr. Baldwin showed some common larvae which he had 

 gathered, viz., Nociua c-nigrum, Mamestni lorea and Ctenucha 

 virginica. 



Dr. Fletcher gave an interesting account of the habits of 



Erebia vidleri, nnd showed some young larvae which had recently 



hatched. This rare butterfly, as far as is known, only flies on the 



summits of Mount Cheam in British Columbia. Dr. Fletcher also 



spoke of the moths of the genus Xylina and showed examples of 



those species which occur at Ottawa. A new species which has 



just been named Xylina Jletchcri -was of special interest. 



Mr. Gibson showed a number of living caterpillars which he 

 had collected and spoke of certain traps which he used in order to 

 get specimens for breeding. The breeding of insects is a fascin- 

 ating part of the study and one in which there is a wide field for 

 original research. 



