The Society has noted with the greatest satisfaction the vahiable work done by Mr. 

 Fletcher, the Dominion Entomologist at Ottawa, who, by his entomological publications 

 and his public addresses in various parts of the country, is diffusing knowledge that will 

 be of the utmost importance to the community. The president of the Society has truly 

 said that " the re-^ult of his work must in course of time be the saving of hundreds of 

 thousands of dollar.-? to the farmers and fruit-growers of the Dominion." (President's 

 address, 21st annual report, p. 10). 



A paper by Mr. H. H, Lyman, of Montreal, on " Pamphila Manitoba, Scudder, and 

 its varieties," was read by the President, in the absexice of the writer. 



Various matters of interest were then brought up and discussed by the members 

 present. Among them may be mentioned a consideration of the prevalence of the des- 

 tructive Locust (or Grass-hopper) in some of the North- western States, and the proba- 

 bilities of a further attack next year. The successful use of ''Hopper-dozers" was 

 mentioned, and much credit Vv^as given to Mr. Lawrence Bruner for his valuable investiga- 

 tions. The occurrence of an imported species of Saw-dy on the Eai'opeaa alder was 

 noted ; and mention was made of the destruction of Hawthorns ICraUpguH) by the Vjeetle 

 Anthonomus quadriyibbus. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited a specimen of Vanessa Californica, t:iken by Mr. W. H. 

 Danby on Vancouver Island, September •20th, 1890, being the first recorded capture o 

 this butterfly in Canada. He also exhibited (1) a very rare and extraordinary beefele, 

 taken by Prof. John Macoun, in 1887, at Victoria, B.C.; it is a large longicorn, but with its 

 «:hort wing-covers looks more like a rove beetle (Stapht/Iini'l) ; its name is UlochceUs 

 leoninus : (2) a specimen of the mole-cricket (GnjUotalpa borealis), which was taken al 

 Leamington, in the County of Essex, by Mr, W. W. Hilborn, and gave an account of its 

 curious and interesting habits : (3) a specimen of the pupa of Clirysuphamt^ fhoe, which 

 he had raised from the egg ; he procured from a pair of the butterflies in captivity 

 twenty-four eggs, of which one hatched and went through all its larval stages to the pupa, 

 feeding on dock {Riimex) ; the remaining eggs will evidently remain dormant till next 

 spring : (4) a spscimer. of the cut-worm Agrotis ochrogaster, Guen, which is so injurious 

 in the North-VVest, and compared it with A. turris, Grote ; he stated that all grades of 

 variation between the two forms had been obtained from one brood of the caterpillars, and 

 that it was now accepted that they were all of one species, which should be known by 

 the former name, 



Mr. Fyles exhibited specimens of (I) Golias interior and C. philodice, var. Lauren' 

 tina ; (2) Lgccena Couperi, taken at Braiitford, Ontario, regarding the idenriw of which 

 with the southern form, L. Lygdamus, a discussion took place, leading to the conclusion 

 that they were local forms of the same butterfly : (3) a " hair-snake," {Gordius), ten 

 inches long, taken from the body of the larva of an Acrongcta, which was remarkable, as 

 the.se creatures are usually found infesting grass-hoppers and crickets of . the order 

 Orthoptera. 



The meeting adjourned at 5.30 p. m. 



EVENING SESSION. 



In the evening the Society held a public meeting in its rooms at Victoria Hall 

 which was largely attended by members and other friends from London and the neigh- 

 bourhood, amongst whom the following were noticed : 



Mr. Jam-is Fletcher (Vice President), and Mr. W. H. Harrington, of Ottawa ; Rev. T. 

 W. Fyles, of Sou'-h Quebec ; Captain G. Geudes, of Toronto ; Messrs. J. M. Denton, W. E. 



