478 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. X. 



Mr. Wm. Muir then presented the 



REPORT OF THE CABINET KEEPER AND OF THE 

 LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 



1st. Work on the Buildiug. — The museum and library ruom 

 have been cleaned, the ceilings and walls tinted and the library 

 floor carpeted. In the lecture room and halls the ceilings have 

 been tinted and the walls blocked in imitation of stone. 



The old furnace has been replaced by a very superior one 

 capable of heatins; the whole build in i;. 



2nd. Work in the Museum. — W. F. Ferrier, Esq., has de- 

 voted much time to arranging the mineralogical specimens, 

 cleaniog the cases and improving the appearance of the specimens 

 by placing them in suitable boxes. The Society is indebted to 

 Mr. Ferrier for his valuable services. Mr. F. B. Caulfield has 

 also devoted much time to the care and improvement of the insect 

 collection, he reports as follows : 



" The specimens of Canadian Lepidoptera purchased by the 

 Society from me are one hundred in number, viz. : 



Butterflies 2, SpMngidae 1, Bo^nhycidcc 11, N'octnidce 52, 

 Geometridce 34. 



During the session the specimens have been taken out and 

 cleaned, the drawers repapered and the specimens replaced, 

 leaving room in the drawers containing Canadian insects, for the 

 reception of species wanting in the collection. 



The cabinet contains a fair series of Canadian insects, arranged 

 in the following order : 



Canadian Coleoptera (beetles) 4 cases. 



British Columbian Coleoptera (beetles) 1 " 

 Canadian Lepidoptera (butterflies k moths) 8 " 

 British Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths) 3 " 

 British Coleoptera (beetles) 1 " 



The remaining cases fcontain exotic insects, principally Coleo- 

 ptera, from South America, Africa, India, &c. 



The orders Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera and Xeuroptera, 

 being almost entirely wanting in the cabinet, I have reserved two 

 drawers for such specimens as may be procured from time to 

 time. 



With the exception of the exotic species, on which I am work- 

 ing at present, the work is finished, and the collections are clean 

 and free from insects pests." 



