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The following Members were appointed on the standing Committees for the 

 Insect Classes, etc. : 



On Coleoptera— Mr. Billings, Prof. Croft, and Mr, Saunders. 



On Lepidoptera — Dr, Morris, Mr. Bethune, and Mr. Reed. 



On Orthoptera and Neuroptera— Prof. Hincks, Mr. Billings, and Dr. Cowdry. 



On Diptera — Mr. Hubbert, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Billings. 



On Hymenoptera — Mr Saunders, Mr. Hubbert, Mr. Becket. 



On Insect Architecture — Mr. Oouper, Mr. Hubbert, Dr. Sangster. 



These Committees to pay special attention to the insects injurious to vegetation, 

 and to the works of man. Reports to be presented at the next annual meeting 

 of the society. 



A committee, on the silk-producing moths of Canada, was also appointed, with 

 instructions to collect information, make observations, and, if possible, conduct 

 experiments on the different species of Attacus, &c., and the possibility of utilizing 

 their silk. The committee to consist of Prof. Croft, Mr. Hubbert, and Mr. Saunders. 

 Reports to be given in at the next annual meeting, or earlier, if convenient. The 

 attention of the members was called to the Canada Farmer, as a suitable medium 

 for collecting and circulating information on the insect tribes, either injurious 

 or beneficial to man, their habits, and the best means of counteracting and pre- 

 venting the ravages of destructive species. 



Donations of insects were voted to the Quebec Branch, and to the museum of 

 University College, Toronto. 



Prof. Croft drew the attention of the members to some pecularities in the flight 

 of Deiopeia bella, and to the ravagesjduring the past summer of Clytus flexuosus 

 many of the acacia trees of Toronto, and the vicinity, having fallen victims to 

 the boring of the larvae. 



Dr. Morris exhibited and made some remarks on a rare Curculio (Hylobius) 

 pinicola, from Quebec. 



Mr, Saunders exhibited specimens of Cyanobius bella, and a rare Hesperia, pre- 

 sented by Dr. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass. 



The following Papers were laid before the Society. 



On the structure and habits of Gastropacha velleda, by Prof. Croft. 



On insect phenomena observed in Peterborough and the vicinity, by the Rev. 

 V. Clementi, B.A. 



Observations among the Lepidoptera, during the summer of 1863, by W. 

 Saunders, Esq. 



On the geographical distribution of the Dipterous faunas of Europe and North 

 America, with the causes which influence it, by Jas. Hubbert, Esq., M.A. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



