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drew special attention to the more interestl'-g" specimens and gave 

 notes upon their capture. 



The advisability of enlarging- the Ottawa district for investi- 

 gation by members of the Entomological Branch was discussed 

 and the general opinion seemed to be that the limits as shown in 

 the Geological Survey Map of Ottawa, of which a large number 

 had been purchased by the Club, were sufficient for present re- 

 quirements. 



Mr. J. VV. Baldwin, showed, among other specimens, a beau- 

 tiful form of Calloides nobilis, which he had taken at Ottawa last 

 summer, al-o some orthoplera and bees. 



Mr. Arthur Gibson showed a complete collection of the Ot- 

 tawa Halisidotas and promised a paper on them for the next 

 meeting. 



There was an interesting discussion upon the habits of 

 Gordius and Mermis, and in speai<ing on this subject Dr. Fletcher 

 mentioned I hat both were treated of as parasites of locusts in the 

 annual report of the Entomologist and Botanist to the Dominion 

 Experimental Farms, for 1896, at page 238. 



Mr. A. H.ilkett spoke o^ the parasitic worms to be found in 

 fishes, and referring to imported insects showed a specimen of the 

 large cockroach, Periplatieta americatia, which had been brought 

 to Ottawa in a bunch of bananas. 



Mr. W. Metcalfe showed a collection ofHemiptera many spe- 

 cies of which where new to the Ottawa list, and of which he had 

 recently received the names. 



Dr. Fletcher exhibited a box of specimens containing many 

 rare and interesting spicies, amjn^ others Sphinx canadensis, 

 taken at Ottawa last season at the unusually late date of Aug. 12, 

 also a fine specimen of Sesia titan, taken at Sydney. C. B., by Miss 

 Margaret Brown, of Halifax. Specimens of Termes flavipes 

 winged and apterous, from Victoria, ^.C, were examined with in- 

 terest by all present. 



Mr. Norman Criddle, of Aweme, Man., showed, among other 

 rarities Pcectes occiilatrix, which he had taken at Aweme on the 

 2oth June last. 



