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of some recent outings, among which was a Bombus ternarius 

 impaled upon a thorn by a shrike. Dr. Fletcher described the 

 success which he and Mr. Gibson had attained in breeding the 

 "rare moth Apocheima rachelcB. Two of the hairy wingless females 

 were shown alive, and mounted examples of the delicately colored, 

 winged males, with inflated larvai in all stages. The various stages 

 oi Leucobrephos middendorfii were also shown Dr. Sinclair spoke 

 of the opportunities afforded to naturalists bj' the country sur- 

 rounding his summer residence in Muskoka, and some discussion 

 followed on the flora and fauna of that region, and on the occur- 

 rence of rattlesnakes in Canada. Dr. Fletcher briefly outlined his 

 summer lecture tour in Manitoba, the Territories and British 

 Columbia. The ascent of Mt. Cheam had been a disappointment, 

 as unusually bad weather prevented any effective collecting. A 

 couple of days were passed at Kaslo, B.C., where Dr. Dyar with 

 two assistants had spent several weeks, making large collections 

 ot lepidoptera and breeding about 200 species. The new Moth 

 Book published by Dr. Holland was examined and much admired 

 by the members. 



Sub-Excursion. — The first outing of 1904 took place on 

 Saturday, January 23rd, at the Experimental Farm, when eight, 

 including two ladies, turned out on snow shoes, to see how things 

 appeared in mid-winter. The tramp was through the arboretum 

 to the cagal, returning by a circuit again through the aboretum. 

 The great depth of snow offered little chance for collecting, as all 

 smaller forms of vegetation were buried, and the finds were 

 limited to some cocoons and galls. A very pleasant and instruc- 

 tive hour was passed, however, in examining the trees, and 

 appetites were sharpened to do justice to a good hot supper pre- 

 pared by the host and his assistant. 



Meeting No. 12 was held at Mr. Harrington's, on Jan. 

 26th, 1904 ; five present. Mr. Gibson read an interesting paper 

 entitled "A Night's Collecting at Meach Lake," descriptive of a 

 visit paid by him to Mr. Young during the summer, and mention- 

 ing some of the most important moths which had been taken at 

 sugar and light. The neighbourhood of the lake has always 



