the efforts which have been made to present our readers who are not deeply versed in the 

 science of Entomology with such matter as will interest and instruct them. 



Our branches in London, Montreal, and Kingston, are still carrying on the good 

 work in their respective spheres ; we hope that the coming year will witness a large acces- 

 sion to the number of their members. 



Submitted, on behalf of the Council, by 



J. H. McMechan, 



Secreta/ry-TrcoLsurer. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



The annual meeting of the London Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 was held on the 18th day of Januar}', 1876, at the Society's rooms. 



The minutes of the last meeting having been read and approved, and the usual routine 

 business transacted, the following gentlemen were elected as officers for the year 1876 : — 

 President, G. Geddes ; Vice-President, H. B. Bock ; Secretary-Treasurer, J. M. Denton ; 

 Curator, Chas. Chapman ; Auditors, J. H. McMechan and J. H. Griffiths. 



The annual report of the Secretary-Treasurer, which had been duly audited, was 

 then read, conveying the pleasing intelligence that there was a balance to the credit of 

 the Branch, after all the current expenses of the year had been defrayed. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BRANCH. 



The Council of the London Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario feel 

 gratified at the continued interest manifested in Entomological matters by our members. 

 This interest and zeal was especially apparent during the earlier months in the year, when 

 the collection of the Parent Society was being prepared for exhibition at Philadelphia. 

 Then meetings were frequently held, and labours in connection with this undertaking 

 assiduously follo\ved day after day, and we believe that to the efforts of the members of 

 the London branch may be attributed a large measure of the success which has attended 

 the preparation of this collection ; the pledge given last year that our members would do 

 their utmost has certainly been fully redeemed. Following the completion and shipment 

 of this collection. Centennial engagements and the approach of the collecting season inter- 

 fered for a time with the regularity of our meetings. 



Some interesting additions have been made to the collections of our members during 

 the summer by captures at sugar, and otherwise, further establishing the favourable posi- 

 tion of London and its surroundings as a collecting ground. We hope that with the in- 

 creased facilities for naming insects which will be afforded by the return of the Society's 

 collection from Philadelphia, that many will be attracted to our ranks, and thus the in- 

 terests of Entomology be still further subserved. 



On behalf of the Council, 



John M. Denton, 

 Secretary-Treasurer. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH. 



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

 Ontario was held on the 2nd of May, 1876, when the following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year : — President, G. J. Bowles ; Vice-President, F. B. Caulfield ; Secretary- 



