12 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



In the adjoining Province of Quebec we find the work of the Ottawa members 

 naturally extending across the Ottawa river to a country which within a few miles is 

 diversified by outlying spurs of the Laurentians, with some consequent change in the 

 flora and fauna. A strong branch of our society is located in Montreal where much 

 eflective work has been done by the resident entomologists. It is only a few years 

 since the branch sustained a great loss in the death of their former President, Mr. Bowles, 

 who had made a t-tudy of the lepidoptera of the Island of Montreal, and had written 

 frequent papers on the species collected. Mr. Lyman, who I am glad to see with us to- 

 day, has for several years been the President and has shown great interest in its success, 

 and in the continuance of its meetings. He has made a careful study of the lepidoptera, 

 and has accumulated a splendid collection, while his contributions to the Entoviologist 

 have been numerous and of unusual interest. The late Mr. Caulfield was an industrious 

 collector, and careful observer, who contributed severable valuable lists and other papers, 

 relating chit fly to the insects of the Island of .Montreal. Another member who 

 resided there was the late Mr. W. Oouper (also of Quebec and Ottawa) a frequent con- 

 tributor to our earlier volumes Among other Montreal workers may be mentioned 

 Mtssrs, Jack, Winn, Hansen, Gibb, Wintle, etc. Tlie Natural History Society has 

 always taken some interest in entomology, and on its annual field-day encourages by 

 suitable prizes the collection of insects by the young people. The Canadian jVaturali>il 

 and Geologist and its successor the Canadian Record of Science have from time to time 

 published entomological papers, such as the late Mr. Ritchie's list of local coleoptera, 

 Mr. OauJfield's paper on Canadian orthoptera, and Mr. Hansen's list of coleoptera col- 

 lected at St. Jerome. 



Going down the St. Lawrence we reach Quebec, the scene for many years of the 

 labors of the late Abbe Provancher, whose Fauna Entomologique is a monument to his 

 industry and persevei'ance in the collection and study of our insects, under more than 

 usual difliculties and discouragements. Mr. Bowles and Mr. Hanham also formerly 

 resided in Quebec, and at present we are well represented there by the Rev. T. W. Fyles, 

 a very industrious observer, who has frequently charmed us by the scholarly papers read 

 at these meetings, to be present at which he does not hesitate to take the long journey 

 from the Ancient Capital. The late Mr. Couper made collecting trips to Anticosti and 

 the shores of the Lowtr St. Lawrence, the results of which appeared in our earlier 

 volumes. 



In the Maritime Provinces our only contributors appear to have been Mrs. Caroiinef 

 E. Heustis of St. John, N.B., and Mr. J. Matthew Jones of Halifax, N.S. The catalogues 

 of the British Museum and other scattered entomological literature show that consider- 

 able collections have been made in those provinces, chiefly by officers of the army and 

 nav\% and it is matter of regret that there are no resident entomologists, to make a closer 

 study of the insect life, which my own occasional observations prove to be very interest- 

 ing in many particulars. 



Turning westward again to that immense country which stretches from our fair 

 province to the far Pacific, the localities which have been investigated are almost lost in 

 the vast expanse of yet unexplored territory. Mr. Hanham, who formerly collected in 

 Ottawa, Hamilton, Paris and Quebec, has recently removed to Winnipeg, and intends to 

 devote every opportunit}^ to making known its insect life. Capt. Geddes a few years ago 

 made most valuable collecting trips across the prairies and to the Rocky Mountains, and 

 at Laggan, Alta., Mr. Bean is industriously collecting, and adding to our knowledge of 

 the mountain fauna. Both of these gentlemen have, however, devoted themselves chiefly 

 to the study of the lepidoptera, and we have yet to wait for resident entomologists, 

 stationed at moderate distances apart, to gain an adequate idea of the general distribu- 

 tion of the insects of all orders. 



On the Pacific coast the Canadian gleaners are also few, although a rich and abund-^ 

 ant insect life rewards the labors of the collector. Our chief worker has been the 

 Rev. G. W. Taylor, who has made large collections of lepidoptera, hymenoptera and 

 coleoptera, including many species new to science. These collections were chiefly made 

 in the vicinity of Victoria, V.I., but Mr. Taylor has recently removed to Nanaimo, and 



