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Numerous insects taken by Miss Freeman at her country place at Lor- 

 ette, P.Q., were also shown. Among them Tropcea Luna, L., Autographa 

 rectangula, Kirby, Catocala Briseis, Edwards, and the handsome beetle, Chal- 

 cophora Virginiensis, Drury. 



Miss Freeman discovered in an unoccupied room — one of the windows of 

 which had been left partly open for ventilation — about a dozen specimens 

 of the beautiful butterfly, Eugonia j album, Bois and Le Conte. They had 

 evidently flocked to the room as to a safe refuge from winter storms. 



The President exhibited seed of the larger Lady's slipper, Cypripedium 

 pubescens, which had come to perfection in his garden. They were con- 

 tained in a ribbed fusiform pod. To the naked eye they resembled brown 

 dust, but under the microscope they presented a very interesting appearance. 

 Each minute brown seed was attached to the inside of a finely reticulated 

 transparent spindle-shaped capsule, which could be readily carried by the 

 wind, and by this provision the seeds on escaping from the pod are widely 

 scattered. 



Lt. -Colonel Lindsay then gave a most interesting account of the Caddis 

 fly frequenting lakes and streams. These flies are very abundant in August 

 and not only the trout are eager to make them their prey, but insectivorous 

 birds gather them with the same intent, so that between the crop of the bird 

 and the maw of the fish — its Scylla and Charybdis — the unlucky insect finds 

 it difficult to steer its course. 



The officers for the coming year were then elected as follows : President, 

 the Pev. Dr. Fyles, F.L.S.; Vice-President, Mrs. Richard Turner; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Lt. -Colonel Crawford Lindsay; Council, Hon. Richard Turner, 

 J. H. Simmons, Esq., Miss Bickell, Miss Freeman, Miss Hedge. 



A vote of thanks to the officers, to the hostess of the occasion, and to the 

 authorities of Morrin College for allowing the Society the use of its rooms 

 for its meetings, proposed by Mr. J. H. Simmons, and carried unanimously, 

 brought the proceedings of a very pleasant meeting to a close. 



Crawford Lindsay, 



Sec. -Treasurer. 



Report of the Council. 



The Branch now numbers 29 members. 



The Secretary-Treasurer's report will be submitted to you and will no 

 doubt be found satisfactory. 



In the course of the year, four napers on Ants and one on Aphides were 

 read by the Rev. W. W. McCuaig, and papers on the Tussock and Gypsy 

 moths, European butterflies. Paper-making wasps, the Death's Head moth, 

 and the Arctiadee of the Province of Quebec, by the President. 



The Council regret the departure of Rev. Mr. McCuaig from this part of 

 the country. A vote to that effect was adopted by the Branch. 



Our thanks are due to the authorities of Morrin College for having con- 

 tinued to allow us the use of their rooms for our meetings. 



Crawford Lindsay, 



Sec. -Treasurer. 



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