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EEPOKT OF THE MONTEEA.L BRANCH. 



The 43rd annual meeting of the Montreal Branch was held at 794 St, Urbain 

 St., Montreal, Que., on Saturday evening, JMay 13th, 1916. 



The Secretary read the report of the Council as follows: 



The Branch has held, during the season 1915-1916, eight monthly meetings, 

 the average attendance being nearly seven. 



We record with pleasure three new members added to our roll during the 

 year. 



During the year the following papers were .read: 



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



2. Notes on the Natural History at the Toronto Fair Geo. A. Moore. 



3. Collecting Hemiptera at Bondville, Que., August 1-13, 1915 . . Geo. A. Moore. 



4. Lepidoptera taken by Geo. A. Moore at Bondville, Que A. F. Winn. 



5. The Home of Gortyna Stramentosa, Guenee A. F. Winn. 



6. Notes on Hemiptera taken at Bondville, Que Geo. A. Moore. 



7. The Reduviidae and Allied Families taken at Bondville, Que Geo. A. Moore. 



8. A Few Remarks About the Genus Plagodis A. F. Winn. 



9. Colias Alexandra, Edwards A. F. Winn. 



10. Talk on the Entomology of British Columbia fi. C. Treherne. 



ll! Talk on Insect Behaviour E. M. Du Porte. 



12. Membracids taken at Bondville, 1915 Geo. A. Moore. 



13. Variation A. F. Winn. 



H. Talk on the Making of Microscope Sections of Insects' Eggs. Dr. J. A. Corcoran. 

 15. Talk on Making Slides of Genitalia G. Chagnon. 



Our meetings were held at the residences of members except the February 

 meeting which was held in the " Lyman Entomological Room," Redpath Museum, 

 McGill University. This meeting was of particular interest. Fifteen were present, 

 amongst whom were Prof. Lochhead with four others from Macdonald College 

 and Mr. Treherne, Secretary of the British Columbia Branch. A pleasing event 

 of this meeting was a presentation to our President, Mr. Winn, of an engraved 

 silver plate from Lord Rothschild in recognition of his work in entomology. The 

 presentation was made by Mr. Gibb who was in Canada on a visit. 



One outing was held to St. Hilaire on May 24th. 



The report of the Librarian showed our library in good order. 



The report of the Treasurer showed a good balance in hand. 



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 G. A. Southee, E. C. Babwick, H. M, Simms, 



Dr. Corcoran. 



Geo. A. Moore, 



8ec.-Treas. 



REPORT OF THE TORONTO BRANCH. 



The Toronto Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario begs to report 

 as follows on the work of the Branch for the year 1915-1916. 



The twentieth annual meeting was held in the Biological Building on Thurs- 

 day, October 26th, 1916, the President, Dr. Walker, in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and approved the 

 reports of the Council and the Treasurer were presented and adopted. 



