PEOCEEDINGS FOR 1888. XIII 



Eepoets from Affiliated Societies (^Continued.) 



The Societies which had not hitherto reported, presented the following Eeports: — 



IV. — From The Haniuton Association for the Promotion of Literature, Science and Art, through 

 Mr. AuAM Brown, M.P. : — 



Thi'oughout the pastj'ear, the work of this Association has been vigormisly carried on, and the 

 interest fully maintained. There is now an enrolled niemhei'ship of 145. During the session ii 

 closed, eight general meetings were held, at which the following pajjers were read and discusseil : — 



1. Evolution, by the President, Rev. Samuel Lyle, B.D. 



2. The Mahabarata, by H. B. Witton. 



3. Notes on the Waverley Novels, by Rev. C. ÏÏ. Mocki-idgc, D.D. 



4. Notes on Primitive Man, by Wm. Kennedy. 



5. Atmospheric Pressure, by Alex. Gaviller. 



6. The Paston Letters, by H. B. Witton. 



7. How best to study Botany, by T. J. W. Bui'gess, M.B. 



Besides these general meetings, the various sections of the Association held regular meetings, 

 and did a considerable amount of oi-iginal work. In the Biological Section, which comprises bolany, 

 ornithology and entomology, a gieat impetus was given to the pursuit of the study of the fii'st of 

 these sciences, by the connection of Dr. Burgess, one of the members of your honorable Society, with 

 the Association. His knowledge of, and enthusiasm in, the science has impelled many of our 

 members to take up this branch. In Entomology, another of our members, Mr. J. Alston Moffat, who 

 is a member of the Cmincil of the Entomological Society of Ontario, has taken a leading part, and has, 

 among other contributions, handed in a list of 145 Canadian Lepidoptcra, with notes on the same, 

 which he has added to the Canadian fauna during the period of bis collecting. The subject of 

 ornithology is well represented in Mr. Thomas Mcllwraith, who is Chairman of the Section. His 

 "Birds of Ontario," published in our last volume of Proceedings, as well as papers contributed by 

 him during the i^ast year, show that this branch of biological study is not lost sight of 



The Section meets on the first and third Fridays of each month, when one or more papers of a 

 thoroughlj^ practical, and largely original character are read and discussed. The members al.so 

 report any observations made by them since the previous meeting. 



The following papers, most of which were illustrated by specimens, were read during the jjast 

 session : — 



1. A Biography of the only Jcnown Carniverous Larva of a Butterfly : the habits of Fenesica 

 Tarquinixis, by .T. Alston Moftat. 



2. Orchids : Description of the general and local Species, with specimens of the C!anadian 

 Species, by T. J. W. Burgess, M.B. 



3. Economic Ornithology: a paper dealing principally with the English Sparrow, its productive- 

 ness and destructiveness, by Thos. Mcllwraith. 



4. The Arboreal Habits of some of our Native Snakes, by J. Alston Moffat. 



5. Field-notes of a Winter Holiday Ti'ip to Aikin, South Carolina, in .Tanuaiy 1888, by T. W. 

 Reynolds, M.D. 



6. Color in Flowei-s and Plants, and Insect Fertilization, by A. Alexander. 



7. Notes on the History of Botany, by T. J. W. Burgess, M.B. 



8. Circulation of the Sap in Ti'ees. (Di.scussion.) 



n. The Mystery in the life-history of Danais Archippus : An account of the Formation and 

 Migration of flocks of the common Millv-weed Butterfly, by J. Alston Moffat. 



