ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH. 



The second annual meeting of the Montreal Branch of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario was held on May 4th, 1875, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year : — 



G.J. Bowles, President; Alexander Gibb, Vice-President; C. W. Pearson, Secretary- 

 Treasurer ; G. B. Pearson, Curator; W. Uouper, M. Kollmar, T. B. Caulfield, Council. 



The Reports of the Council and Secretary-Treasurer were read and adopted. The Branch 

 is progres.sing steadily, and our list of membership is increasing. During the past year work- 

 ing expenses have all been paid, leaving a balance on hand ; a number of papers have been 

 read, and the exhibitions of local and exotic rarities were exceedingly good. The Branch 

 holds its meetings in the rooms of the Montreal Natural History Society, University Street. 

 All business communications to be addressed to C. W. Pearson, the Burland Desbarats Com- 

 pany, Montreal, P. Q. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF TBE MONTREAL BRANCH OF 

 THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Your Council, in presenting their second Annual Report, have great pleasure in stating 

 that the Branch has progressed steadily since its first meeting in August, 1873. During th« 

 past year eight new members were elected, making the total number of twenty, one of whom 

 has since gone to Europe. 



The papers read during the year are as follows : — 



" Notes on the Larva of Lcuamia pscudargyria Guene^," by F. B. Caulfield ; " On a 

 Dipterous Insect Destroying the Roots of Cabbage," by Wm. Couper ; " Note.'! of Some 

 Species of the Genus Grapta, found in the Vicinity of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield ; " On 

 Tineidae," by Wm. Couper; "On Tineidae," by F. B. Caulfield ; " A List of the Bomby- 

 cidof of Quebec," by G. J. Bowles ; " On the Catocalidae Occurring in the Vicinity of Mon- 

 treal," by C. W. Pearson ; "A List of the Diurnal I.epidoptera Occurring on the Island of 

 Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield ; " On the Usefulness of Spiders," by J. G. Jack ; " A List of 

 Sphingidae Occurring on the Island of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield. 



The monthly meetings were fairly attended, and the exhibitions of Entomological mate- 

 rial conspicuously illustrated the energy of the members in accumulating rare insects from 

 various localities. The Branch having decided to hold their meetings in future in the rooms 

 of the Montreal Natural History Society, it was found necessary to change the night of meet- 

 ing from the first Wednesday to the first Tuesday in each month, and in order to meet the 

 extra outlay for rental, it was decided to make the subscription twenty -five cents a month, 

 which the Council presume will suffice for present emergencies. On the 1st of last July the 

 members jiroceeded to Chateauguay Basin for a field day. The members were the guests of 

 Mr. R. Jack, of Hillside, who treated them with true hospitality. 



Your Council have ordered Psiji'he, a useful Entomological publication issued in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



A suggestion made by your Council last year, that note books should be carried by 

 members, has, in this instance, been fruitful in producing valuable lists and data of the oc- 

 currence of insects in our neighbourhool, and we trust that some of our members will devote 

 their leisure this season to the much-neglected orders of Hemiptera, Neuroptera aud Diptera. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



G. J. Bowles. 

 Wm. Cocper, Chairman. 0. W. Pe.\RSON. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PKESIDKXT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, 1875. 



To the Members of the Entivnologkal Society of Ontario: — 



Gentlemen, — For the fifth year in succes.sion I find myself called upon, as your Presi- 

 dent, to address a few words to you on the condition of our Society, and on the subject of 

 Entomology in general. 



