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esting specimens were taken and fair success was obtained by all. At midday they 

 reassembled for lunch, which was kindly provided by the London members, and 

 after it had been duly discussed and enjoyed, another sally was made upon the in- 

 sects in the neighborhood until the time of departure arrived. A photograph of the 

 members of the group was taken by Mr. Griffiths as a memento of this first pleasant 

 gathering of the Society under its new constitution." — (The Canadian Entomologist, 

 Volume I., No. 1. Page 8, August, 1868). In the accompanying photograph may 

 be seen sitting upright on the fence, Mr. Wm. Osier, now Sir Wm. Osier, Baronet, 

 Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford. Reclining on the fence 

 is Mr. Edmund Baynes Reed, one of the original and most active members of the 



Entomologioal Picnic at London, Ont., July 8, 1868. 



Society. He is now in charge of the Meteorological Station at Victoria, British 

 Columbia. Reading from left to right, the boy was Mr. Symonds, afterwards a 

 druggist in London; second C. Chapman, bookbinder, London; third, Mr. J. M. 

 Denton, for many years a very active member; 4th, the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune; 5th, 

 Wm. Saunders, and, standing in front of him, his son, W. E. Saunders, now well 

 known as one of the best ornithologists in Ontario; 6th, Dr. Sangster; 7th, his son; 

 Sbh, Professor Croft, first President of the Society; 9th, the Rev. R. H. Starr. 

 Sitting on the ground are Mr. J. Watterman and Mr. C. Symonds. Several of those 

 represented were not greatly interested in entomology, and after some few years 

 ceased to be connected with the Society. This is the only photograph of Professor 

 Croft that is possessed by the Society, and is therefore of considerable interest. 



