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MEETING OF THE SOCIETY IN APRIL. 
A meeting of the London members of the Entomological Society of Ontario 
was held in the rooms, Victoria Hall, London, on Friday evening, Apri] 11th, 
1890: the president, Rev. C. J.S. Bethune in the chair. The following resolutions 
_ were adopted - 
That with a view of increasing the usefulness of the Society and furthering 
the study of Natural History and the kindred sciences it is desirable to follow 
the method of the Canadian Institute and the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, and permit sections to be formed for the various branches 
of Botany, Ornithology and Oology, Microscopy, Geology, and such others as may 
from time to time appear to be desirable. The basis proposed is as follows: 
1, All members of the sections shall be members of the Entomological Society and be governed by its 
rules and regulations and entitled to all its privileges. 
five members may, with the permission of the Council, form themselves into a Section devoted 
to some special branch, and organize the same, appoint officers and make rules for the meetings, etc., the 
same not being contrary to the rules of the Society. 
3. One-half of the annual fee of each member of a section shall be refunded by the Entomological 
Society to the Treasurer of that section for the use and benefit of the section. 
4, All members of the Society shall be free to attend any meeting of a section and take part in its 
discussions, but only those shall be entitled to vote who shall have signed the roll of that particular section. 
A member may elect to be member of one or more sections, but the one-half of the fees returned 
by the Society can only be paid to one section. 
That it is desirable in the interests of the Society that some one should be 
found who would keep the rooms open daily and be in charge thereof. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
ORGANIZATION OF SECTIONS. 
The following report is taken from the London Free Press, of May 5th, 1890 * 
A most enthusiastic meetiog of Naturalists was held in the rooms of the Entomological Society on 
Saturday evening, for the purpose of organizing sections of the Society for the purpose of active work in the 
kindred branches of natural history. Sections were formed in Botany, Ornithology, Geology and Microscopy, 
with the following chairmen pro tem :—Botany, John Dearness ; Ornithology, William Saunders ; Geology, 
Dr. Woolverton ; Microscopy, Prof. J. W. Bowman. Evenings were selected for organizing the sections 
and the meeting then adjourned. The Botanical section met at once and elected officers as follows :— 
chairman, John Dearness; vice-chairman, Prof. J. H. Bowman; secretary, Dr. Susannah Carson. The 
following persons signified their intention of joining the section :—Dr. Jennie Carson, Mrs. W. E. Saunders, 
Miss Edith McMechan, Miss Fowler, Drs. Hodge and Woolverton, Messrs. E, B. Reed, A. McQueen, A. 
O. Jeffery, 5. H. Craig, Saunders, J. Balkwill, Kelley, A. Craig, R. Elliott and R. A. Gray. 
The next meeting will be held on Saturday evening, 10th inst., at 8 o’clock, in the Entomological 
rooms at which it is expected there will be a large attendance of ladies as well as gentlemen. Mr. Vearness 
will give suggestions as to collecting and preserving plants, while the identification of plants collected dur- 
ing the week will be an item of special interest. The Ornithological section meets to-night in the Entomo- 
logical rooms and a general invitation is extended to all interested in the study of Ornithology and Oology 
to attend so as to make the organization complete at once and ready for the season’s study. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE.A, A. A.S. 
The Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, assembled in the State House at Indianapolis, Ind., on Wednesday, 
August 20th, 1890, and began its regular sessions at 9 o'clock a.m., the President, 
Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich., in the chair. 
There were present during the meetings: W. B, Alwood, Blacksburgh, Va; 
Geo. F. Atkinson, Columbia, 8. C.; W. 8S. Blachley ; P. Carter; Prof. E. W. Clay- 
ole, and K. B. Claypole, Akron, Ohio; F. 8. Earle, Ocean Springs, Michigan ; 
. G, Evans, Evansville, Ind.; James Fletcher, Ottawa, Ont.; H. Garman, Lexington, 
_Ky.; Mrs. O. Hanney ; C. W. Hargitt, Oxford, Ohio; Thos. Hunt; John Marten, 
