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It is with deep regret that the Counci] has to record the death of Dr. Samuel 

 Hiibhard Scudder;, who died at his residence, in Cambridge, Mass., on the 17th 

 of May, 1911, aged 74 years. Dr. Scudder was one of the most distinguished en- 

 tomologists that America has ever produced, having been the greatest authority of 

 his time on the Orthoptera and on Fossil Insects, and no less eminent as a student 

 of the Diurnal Lepidoptera. He was also a man of the highest culture and re- 

 finement of mind, and his lovable, unselfish character attracted to him a great 

 many friends among the leaders of science, art and literature. The high 

 scientific reputation which he enjoyed is abundantly evident from his 

 election to hodorary membership in important societies in many European as 

 well as American cities. He was one of the first honorary members of the En- 

 tomological Society of Ontario, and a frequent contributor to the pages of the 

 Canadian Entomologist, as well as occasionally to our Annual Reports. 



The Council also has to record with sorrow the loss of another distinguished 

 entomologist, Daniel William Coquillett, who died at Atlantic City, on July 8. 

 He was one of our most eminent authorities on the Diptera and in economic en- 

 tomology held the distinction of having been the first to discover and demonstrate 

 the value of hydrocyanic gas as an insecticide. He was a frequent contributor to 

 the pages of our magazine, and his loss will be keenly felt by all students of Dip- 

 tera in North America. 



Eespectfully submitted, 



E. M. Walker, 



President. 



ANNUAL EEPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH. 



The 320th regular and 38th annual meeting were held at the residence of 

 Mr. Henry H. Lyman, 74 McTavish Street, on May 13th, ten members being in 

 attendance. 



The Secretary read the following report for the season : 



Thirty-eighth Annual Report of the Council. 



Nine regular meetings have been held during the season of 1910-11, the average 

 attendance being eight. One council meeting was held in October to plan a pro- 

 gramme for the year. 



At the June meeting, we had the pleasure of meeting Miss Hutchinson, of 

 Leominster, England, who gave an interesting account, and showed a brood of 

 larvse of a European Geometrid moth which have been inbred for 36 years; Prof. 

 Lochhead, of Macdonald College, attended our February meeting and presented a 

 paper on Adaptations between Plants and Insects ; and' Mr. Arthur Gibson, of Ot- 

 tawa, was present at the March one, reading a pape-r on some of the Ceruras, 

 or Puss Moths. We should be glad to have visiting entomologists at our little 

 gatherings even more frequently. 



The following list of papers shows in diversity of Branch subjects and in num- 

 bers one of the best programmes the Branch has had. It is a pleasure to note 

 that'two of these papers are on botanical subjects. Entomology and botany are so 

 closely bound together that we hope for a continuation of references to plants. 



