ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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The thirty-third aunual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was held 

 in its rooms in Victoria Hall, London, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 27th and 

 28th, 1895. In the absence of the President, the chair was taken by the Vice-President, 

 Mr. J. W. Dearness, of London. 



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

 members being present : Rev. 0. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; Mr. J. D. Evans, Trenton ; 

 Mr. James Fletcher, Ottawa ; Mr. H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; Rev. T. W. Fyles, South 

 Quebec ; Messrs. J. A. Balkwill, J. M. Denton, E. R. Cameron, J. A. MofFat, W. E. 

 Saunders, E. W. Rennie, W. T. McOlement and others, of London. A letter of apo'ogy 

 was read from Mr. W. H. Harrington, of Ottawa, President of the Society, and a telegram 

 from Capt. Gamble Geddes, of Toronto, regretting their inability to attend the meeting. 



Mr. J. A. Moffat, the Librarian and Curator, presented and read his annual report, 

 as follows : 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR 



FOR THE Year Ending 31st of August, 1895. 



The number of volumes added to the library by gift and purchase during the year 

 was twenty-two. Ten volumes were sent to the binder, but some delay occurred in their 

 return, which prevented their being entered within the year. I considered it desirable to 

 include them in this statement, and in doing so, I had to include several others previously 

 entered, which bring the number added to date up to thirty-eight. 



The whole number on the register is 1,399. 



The number of volumes issued to local members was thirty-three. 



Mr. Fletcher has generously contributed to the library six volumes of the proceed- 

 ings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Many interesting additions have been made to the Society's collection of native lepi- 

 doptera during the year ; principally by Mr. C. G. Anderson, one of our local members. 



The specimens of NemeopMla petrosa received from Mr. Bean of Laggan, have been 

 given a drawer to themselves, arranged in order as upon the plate, with the original num- 

 bers attached. The portions of Mr. Bean's paper descriptive of the individual specimens 

 have been placed with them. 



Mr. Rennie obtained by exchange cocoons of Platysamia ceoyiothi, and Antheroea 

 mylitla, " the India Tussah silk moth," which he kindly shared with the Society. These 

 matured and gave forth their imagoes, which have been placed with the exotic collection. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. Alston Moffat, 



Librarian and Curator. 



