1903 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE QUEBEC BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 



ONTARIO. 



The annual meeting of the Quebec Branch" Vas held on the 11th November, 1903, the 



President Rev. Dr. Fyles, occupying the chair. 

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 The President read his report as follows ; 



Pke8ident\s Report. 



The season of lfl03 has not been a favorable one for Entomological pursuits. It began 

 early at L"vis : on April the 1 1th, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the thermometer stood at 82° 

 in the shade, and Fleris rupee, L was to be seen at Dandelion heads. On Easter Day I saw a 

 specimen of Vane.'<sa Atalanta, L. on the wing. In May and the early part of June, the weather 

 was intensely cold and dry ; and forest fires raged in many places around us. A lumbering 

 establishment belonging to one of our members was burned at this time. 



On the 3rd of June, I went to Bergerville, hoping to secure some female specimens of 

 Chionobas jntta, Hubner, for my friend Mr. New3omb of Boston, and to see what the prospects 

 were for an agreeable outing for the members of our Branch. I found that the ' Gomin" was 

 not a swamp, but an arid waste of withered sphagnum, over which one walked as upon a 

 Brussels carpet. There were no flowers, except a very few straggling bloss mis of Kalmia and 

 Ledum. To add to the strangeness of the scene, the air was thick with smoke through which 

 the sun appeared like a copper disk. At length it was completely obscured ; and the gloom was 

 like that of nightfall on a foggy day. Not a solitary Jutta was to be seen. 



I walkeii down to the warf at Sillery, and found that the boat could not run on account 

 of the smoke ; so I turned and trudged along under the clifl' till I came to Wolfe's Cove, 

 where I climbed the ascent. I then crossed the Plains to the Street-car limits. My experi- 

 ences on this occa.sion did not encourage me to ask the members of our Branch to hold a field- 

 day. 



The dry time was followed by a cold, wet, miserable spell during which out-door Entomo- 

 logical work was impossible. 



Then a gloom was thrown over all our members bj' the death of that most excellent lady 

 the wife of our kind Secretary-Treasurer Col. Lindsay. We grieve in sympathy with him and 

 his family in their great loss. 



The illness of Mr. George Addie obliged him and his family to leave Levis ; and; in conse- 

 ijuence, we have lost from our members Miss Kate Addie, who was her father's faithful nurse. 

 Mr. Addie died at Mirbleton on the 3rd instant. 



Concerning insects that have come under my observation during the season, the following 

 l)articulars may be interesting :— • 



Cassida viridi.s, Linmeus. 



This species first appeared, this year, on the 29th of May, and continued in evidence till 

 Pctober the 21st. References to it will be found in the October number of the Canadian 

 Entomologist for 1902, and in the January number of the same Magazine for the present year. 

 The description I gave in the number for October, 1902 was correct. To it I would add, — - 

 the wings are somewhat smoky and have dark brown veins. The black abdomen has a yellow 

 border on the upper side. 



Concerning tliis species Dr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist to the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture , has kindly- given me valuable information. He says : — 



" Any leaf-feeder which has as wide a I'ange of food plants as indicated by the burdock 

 and thistle cannot be relied upon to be at all dainty in its diet, and may vt*ry readily become 



