ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The thirty-second annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held 

 in itH rooms in Victoria Hall, London, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 7th and 

 8th, 1894, the President, Mr. VV. H. HAftRiNGTON, F.R.S.C., of Ottawa, occupying the 

 chair. 



The meeting was called to order at 3 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, when the following 

 members were present : Rev. T. W. Fyles, South Quebec ; Mr. H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; 

 Mr. Jan-.es Fletcher, Ottawa ; Rev. 0. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; Capt. Gamble Geddes, 

 Toronto ] Messrs. J. M. Denton, J. A. Balkwill, W. E. Saunders, J. A. MotFat, J. W. 

 Dearness, W. Stevenson and H. P. Bock, Loudon, A letter of apology was read from 

 Mr. J. D. Evans, of Trenton, regretting his inability to attend the meeting. 



After discussing the question of obtaining more suitable and commodious rooms for 

 the society, which was also considered at the evening session, the lirst paper on the list 

 was read by Capt. Geddes on " Some of the Insects of Bermuda collected during the 

 Winter of 1893-4." The writer brought a number of interesting specimens to illustrate 

 his remarks. Observations were made upon the paper by Dr. Bethune, who had visited 

 the islands during the two previous winters and had found very few insects of any kind ; 

 the only butterflies he saw were Danais Arcldppus and Junonia Ccenia, a few Geometer 

 moths and Plusias flying about the lantana blossoms at dusk, and some beetles of the 

 family Scarabaeida^ As Capt. Geddes's visit had extended over four months his oppor- 

 tunities wei'e very much greater and he had succeeded in making a very interesting col- 

 lection. 



Capt. Geddes gave an account of a remarkably late brjod of the Camber well Beauty 

 butterfly, Vanessa Antiopa. He found the larva^ feeding on the yellow and partly faded 

 leaves of a young elm tree lu his garden, which they nearly stripped of its foliage ; many 

 of the caterpillars fell to the ground with the falling leaves on which they fed. The 

 butterflies from this brood came out in the house on the 6th and 7th of November. 



Mr. Lyman gave an account of his observations of the various broods of Vanessa 

 Milberti. Hibernated specimens of the butterfly appear in early spring ; the first brood 

 from these was flying on the first of July, and colonies of larvte were found feeding on 

 nettles early in the month. Very young larva' were found again on the mountain at Mon- 

 treal on the 20th of August ; these became full grown on the 13th of September and 

 changed to pupa; on the 18th. Late in October the full colors of the butterfly were 

 showing through the chrysalis case, but when he left home on the 5th of November, the 

 butterflies had not emerged. Mr. Scudder, in his work on butterflies, states that this 

 species has three broods in the New England States. Mr. Lyman thought that those now 

 in the pupa state were the third brood at Montreal. 



Dr. Bethune exhibited some specimens of rare Lepidoptera that he had taken this 

 summer. Among them were Limenitis Proserpina, captured at Roach's Point. Lake 

 Simcoe, on the 22nd of August ; Sphinx luscitiosa, attracted by light at Port Hope, in 

 June ; a variety of Catocala ilia taken at sugar in July ; Plusia venusta, Walk, {striatella 

 Grote), attracted by light ; an immaculate specimen of Pieris rapce, etc. Mr. Fletcher 

 stated that L. Proserpina, though excessively rare, had been taken at Rideau Hall, 

 Ottawa. 



Mr, Lyman read an interesting paper on '* Common Names for Butterflies, Shall We 

 Use Them 1 " In the discussion that followed Mr. Fletcher stated that common names 

 would be given for all the Canadian species of butterflies in the handboak that he and 

 Dr. Bethune were preparing for publication. The general opinion of those present was 

 that it is highly desirable that ordinary English names should be used as far as practicable 

 in order to promote the study and observation of insects. 



