262 OBITUARY. 



From the Quebec Beanch; — The Annual Report, President's Address, By- 

 laws, etc. of the Branch. 

 To the Cabinet, 



From F. Walker, Esq., British Museum, London, Eng. : — A box of British and 

 Exotic Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and a few other insects, received through the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.O. 



The Secretary stated that he had procured, by purchase, for the Library of 

 the Society, the first five volumes of the Proceedings of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of Philadelphia, and that as soon as they came from the binder's hands, 

 they would be placed in the rooms of the Society ; he also stated that Mr. Saun- 

 ders, Curator of the London Branch, has preparing, and expected shortly to have 

 published for the Society, a list of Canadian Coleoptera, containing about 800 

 species. 



The announcement of the death, by typhoid fever, of Dr. Brackenridge Clem- 

 ens, of Eastern Penn., on the llth of January last, was received with much 

 regret. Dr. Clemeas was one of the best American Entomologists of the day, 

 and had attained a wide reputation beyond the limits of his own country ; he 

 was the author of a most beautiful Monograph of North American Sphingidse, 

 many " contributions of American Lepidopterology," &c., and was the only au- 

 thority on the Micro-Lepidoptera on this continent. 



Mr. Bethune mentioned a few rare Lepidoptera, new to Canada, that had been 

 captured by members during the past year ; among others Thecla strigosa, Har- 

 ris, and LyccBna pembina, Edw. by Mr. Saunders; Erebus odora, lines, by Dr. 

 Sangster; and Philampelus sattelitia, lines, by the Rev. Clements. The meeting 

 then proceeded to the examination and discussion of Sphingidaj, the appointed 

 subject for the evening. The Rev. Prof. Hincks made some interesting remarks 

 upon their classification and that of insects in general, based upon a " quinary 

 system ; " Dr. Sangster exhibited a large number of rare and beautiful specimens 

 and Mr. Bethune, a specimen of an- undetermined Sphinx, captured by Mr. Pettit, 

 at Grimsby, C. W. Twenty-eight species of this family are now known to in- 

 habit this country. 



Before the close of the meeting, it was resolved that for the future ordinary 

 meetings of the Society be held on the First Friday in each month, from Septem- 

 ber to May inclusive, at 7 p.m. ; and that from May to August inclusive. Field 

 meetings be held at 9, a.m., on each second and last Saturday of the month ; 

 notice of the place of meeting to be duly announced beforohand. The next 

 meeting will be held at Professor Croft's, Yorkville, on Friday, April 5th, at 

 7, p.m. 



After partaking of Dr. Sangster's kind hospitality, the meeting adjourned. 



C. J. S. B. 



OBITTJAET. 



THE REV. EDWARD HINCKS, D.D. 

 The influential positions occupied in Canada by more than one member of the 



