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now being carefully put into order and when funds become available it should 

 rapidly become one of the most important insect collections in Canada, and of great 

 assistance to students of insect life^ By the terms of Mr. Lyman's will the Pres- 

 ident and Secretary of this Branch are desired to be associated with the Professor 

 of Zoology of McGill University, as members of a committee to manage the bequest. 

 The papers read at the meetings during the year were as follows : 



1. Annual Address of the President A. F. Winn. 



2. Electrical Fuses Attacked by Larvae of Dermestes lardarius Geo. A. Moore. 



3. The American Tortoise Shell Butterfly, Vanessa milberti 



Godard A. F. Winn. 



4. Saldidae, or Shore Bugs Geo. A. Moore. 



5. Studies in the Genus Phaeocyma G. Chagnon. 



6. The Geometrid Genus Nyctobia Hulst A. F. Winn. 



7. The Coloration of Insects A. F. Winn. 



8. The Coloration of Exotic Butterflies G. C. Clayson. 



9. The Colors Seen in Hemiptera Geo. A. Moore. 



10. Address on Annual Meeting Prof. Lochhead. 



11. Illustrated Talk on " Work of Entomological Division A. Gibson. 



12. Notes on the Cause of the Blue Coloration of the Blue 



Lycaenids H. M. Simms. 



13. Report of the Annual Meeting of the Quebec Society for the 



Protection of Plants Geo. A. Moore. 



Besides the regular papers read Mr. Winn exhibited the list of Quebec Diptera 

 which had been compiled with the assistance of Mr. Beaulieu, and had been edited 

 by Mr, Johnson of Boston. 



Our January meeting was honored by a visit from Prof. Lochhead, of 

 Macdonald College, with threiC students. 



Wr also had a visit from Mr. Arthur Gibson, Assistant Dominion Ento- 

 mologist, at our February meeting. He gave a lantern-illustrated talk upon the 

 work being done at the different entomological laboratories in Canada. 



At this latter meeting Mr. Simms illustrated the blue coloration of the 

 Lycaenids, by means of a spectroscope. 



Our March meeting was made more interesting by a series of microscope 

 slides being shown. 



The report of the Treasurer showed a balance of $82.34 on hand. 



Mr. H. M. Simms, one of our members, has enlisted for Overseas service in the 

 great European war. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President A. F. Winn. 



Vice-President G. Chagnon. 



Secretary-Treasurer Geo. A. Moore. 



Librarian G. Chagnon. 



Council Messrs. G. A. Southee, G. H. Clayson, E. C. 



Babwick, H. M. Simms. 



Geo. a. Moore, 



Sec.-Treas. 



EEPOET OF THE TORONTO BEANCH. 



The nineteenth annual meeting of the Toronto Branch was held in the 

 Biological Building on Thursday, October 14th, 1915, the chair being occupied by 

 the President, Dr. Cosens. 

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