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aided in the field work. Dr. White did practical field work with the 

 class in physical geography. Mr. Putnian delivered illustrated lectures 

 and conducted experimental work in botany, ]\Ir. Attwood delivered 

 lectures on minerals and did a great deal of field work, Dr. Fletcher 

 gave two lectures on birds and two on insects, Prof. Prince lectured on 

 Fish Life, Dr. Ami on Ferns,, Dr. Saunders on Evergreens, Mr. E. B. 

 Whyte on the Pleasures of gardening and other members on various other 

 subjects. 



Ei'ports showing the work done throughout the year by the various 

 branches have been read before the club. The report oï the geological 

 branch has been printed in The Ottawa Naturalist, and the other reports 

 will appear at an early date. Most of the branches are now holding fort- 

 nightly or monthly meetings at the homes of the members for the pur- 

 pose of discussing subjects of especial interest to the respective branches. 



The members of the Entomological Branch have made some notable 

 additions to the local lists during the past summer. Mr. Arthur G-ibson 

 made, on July 6, the catch of the year, a perfect specimen of the very 

 rare and local moth Hepiulus thule, Strkr. Up to the present time 

 this is the only specimen which is known with certainty to have been 

 taken at any other place than ^l^ontreal, from which locality the species 

 was originally described and where a few specimens are taken yearly. 

 ]\lr. C. H. Young has continued his studies of the micro-lepidoptera and 

 has added many new species to the Canadian fauna. All of these have 

 been described by Mr. W. D. Kearfott, of Montclair, ^J., who is 

 making a specialty of these beautiful insects. Mr. W. Metcalfe has 

 continued liis studies of the local hemiptera and has added many new 

 records. Mr. J. W. Baldwin made a very remarkable capture of the 

 West Indian moth, Melipotis fasciolaris, Hbn. It can only be sur' 

 rnised that tflie chrysalis of this handsome moth ma}' have been intro- 

 duced, as has been the case with many other insects, in a bunch of 

 bananas. The , Ottawa Fruit Exchange building is close to Mr. Bald- 

 win's house, where the insect was taken in the garden. Six specimens 

 o( the handsome elater, Pityohius anguinus, Lee, figured in the first 

 transactions of the club under the name of Fiiyobius hiUingsii, were 

 taken l^y Messrs. Baldwin and Gibson at Hhe electric li;Lght on the 28th 

 June. A month later a fine female was taken by Dr. Fletcher, floating 

 on the surface of the water, into which it had fallen. Many other in- 

 sects of more or less interest were taken during the summer and the in- 

 terest in this branch of work has been kept up steadil3^ Good work has 

 been done by the leaders in working out life-histories of beneficial and 

 injurious insects. 



