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CUHATOE'S EEPOET. 



During the past year, as in previous years, the curator's work has been 

 chiefly the general care and supervision of the Society's collections and the 

 recording and placing of new specimens received from members of the 

 Society. Last year lists of the species especially desired for the Society's 

 collections were prepared and sent out to some of the members. These lists 

 were long and contained many common species and gave the idea to some 

 of the members who received them that the Society's collections were far 

 from being representative of the fauna of Canada. This, however, is not 

 the case as nearly all the common species appearing in the lists are in the 

 Society's collections but many of them lack date and locality labels, and 

 some of them are old and imperfect specimens. Thus they were included 

 in the lists in the hope that in time all the common species might be 

 represented in the Society's cabinets by perfect specimens bearing date and 

 locality labels. 



Since the last report the following contributions have been received and 

 our sincerest thanks are due to the generous contributors for the same : 6 

 specimens of Coleoptera, by A. Gibson, Ottawa; 2 specimens of Lepidoptera, 

 by James Fletcher, Ottawa; over 200 specimens of Lepidoptera, by Mr. F. 

 H. Wolley Dod, of Millarville, Alberta; 50 specimens of Lepidoptera, by Mr, 

 Charles R. Ely, of Washington, D.C.; 87 specimens of Cuban Lepidoptera, 

 by Mr, Charles T. Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



In conclusion, the curator begs to remind the members of the Society 

 that specimens, especially of rare and new species, are always most accept- 

 able, and help to make the Society's collections more representative and of 

 more value to every member of the Society. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. E. Ho WITT, 



Curator. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



During the year ending August 31st, 1908, forty-nine bound volumes 

 have been added to the Library, making the total number on the register 

 1,971; also a very large number of periodicals, pamphlets and bulletins, 

 many of which will be bound during the next few months. Among the new 

 books may be mentioned the English reprint by Mr. P. Wytsman, of Brus- 

 sels, of Hubner's Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge (Lepidoptera 

 Exotica), edited by Mr. W. F. Kirby, of the British Museum; this work, 

 which has been issued in parts during the last fourteen years and is now 

 completed, forms three large quarto volumes and contains 491 hand- 

 coloured plates of Lepidoptera, carefully copied from the originals, together 

 with notes by the Editor on all the species depicted. The Farm Weeds of 

 Canada, by Dr. Fletcher^ with coloured illustrations of a large number of 

 species, is another noteworthy addition to the useful books in the library. 

 Thirty-eight volumes have been taken out by members during the year, but 

 this does not at all indicate the use that has been made of our books as they 

 are being consulted almost daily by students and members of the Society. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Chables J. S. Bethune, Librarian. 



