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of the different members for the previous month. Notes upon captures, upon insects identified, 

 and on methods and arrangement of collections, on the rearing of larvie etc., are added by 

 each member upon blank sheets, and the number is then passed on to the next in order The 

 North-west Entomological Society, which owed its existence to the enthusiasm of Mr. Percy 

 B. Gregson, of Blackfalds, Alta., has done such good work that it drew sufficient atten- 

 tion to itself for a public meeting to be called in Calgary, where its scope was extended and 

 the name of the Society changed to the Territorial Natural Hiatorj Society, with the following 

 objects: — To instruct farmers as to the nature of beneficial and injurious insects, weeds and 

 birds, and to establish natural history museums at central points in connection with schools, 

 etc. Arrangements have already been made to establish museums of natural history at Black- 

 falds, Lacombe, Calgary and Regina. The last of these will be in the care of Mr. T. N. Wil- 

 ling, the Territorial Government Weed Inspector, who is a keen observer and enthusiastic 

 naturalist. Mr. Willing is also the secretary of the new Society. 



Literature. 



Bibliographical notes on entomology have appeared regularly as usual in entomological 

 journals and scientific magazines, and a Bibliography of Canadian Entomology is prepared 

 annually for the Royal Society of Canada by Dr. C. J. S. Bethune, and appears in its trans- 

 actions. The Canadian Entomologist (London, Ont.), Le Naturaliste Canadien, and the 

 Ottawa Naturalist are indispensible to the working entomologist. The same also must be said 

 of the American Naturalist, Entomological News, Psyche, Journal of the New York Entomolo- 

 gical Society, Transactions of the Amer. Ent'l. Soc'y and Science. In these publications every 

 book of importance is noticed, and there is no necessity here to make particular mention of 

 many works of a general nature which have appeared during the past year. 



I would, however, direct attention to " Caterpillars and their Moths " by Miss I. M. Eliot 

 and Miss Caroline G. Soule. This is a charming book, written in an attractive style, which 

 illustrates on every page the great fascination there is in rearing insects from the egg and also 

 how important discovei'ies may be made by close observers, even in the case of well known 

 insects. The clear descriptions of methods, and hints on breeding, will be found very helpful, 

 even to many who have had considerable experience in this work. 



" The Common Spiders of the United States," by J. H. Emerton. This makes accessible a 

 new field of study in a subject of great interest to everyone. The book is well illustrated and 

 each of the 200 or more species is figured and described in simple language. It is a welcome 

 addition to our literature. 



" The Book of Bugs," by Harvey Sutherland. Notwithstanding the title, which will per- 

 haps deter some from examining it, this book, which is written in a novel, racy style, will in- 

 duce all who open it to read on and on to the end, and in doing so they will obtain many 

 useful and accurate facts concerning several common insects and some bugs. It will also 

 probably commend itself to a class of readers who will be benefited by the information given 

 and who might not be reached by the ordinary works on entomology. 



Specialists. 



It is to be hoped that now this record provides a means of bringing collectors in all parts 

 of the country into correspondence, some of those, who make general collections including all 

 orders, may specialize their studies more, so that, while not giving up their general collection, 

 they may make a particular study of some one order. A few have recently signified their 

 determination to do this, and the specialists mentioned below will be glad to correspond with col- 

 lectors concerning the insects mentioned in connection with their names. Canada is so large 

 that specialists are urgently needed in every Province of the Dominion, not only of orders, but 



