ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH. 



Mr. H. H. Lyman read the following report : 



The twenty-third annual meeting of the Montreal Branch ww held in the library of 

 the Natural History Sosiety, on Tuesday evening, 19bh May, at 8.15 o'clock. 



Members present: Messrs. H. H. Lymaa, Presileat; A.. F. Witia, Vice-Pre?id^nt ; 

 G. Kearley, G. C. Dualop, Dr. Wyatt Johnston, E A. Norm, J. B. William*, E. T. 

 Chambers, T. D. Brainerd, H. Brainerd, G. H. Moore, and Lichlan Gibb, Secy.-Treas. 



The President presented the following report of the Council : 



Report of Council. 



In presenting their twenty-third annual report the Council have mush pleasure in 

 referring to the increased prosperity of the Branch, especially in regard to the large 

 number of new members who have joined during the year. 



Since our last annual meeting eleven new members have been added to our roll, but 

 we have to deplore the loss by death of Mr. E. M. Gibb, who had only joined the Society 

 during the previous year. 



During the year eight meetings have been held, and the following papers and com- 

 munications were read : — 



The Life history of Pamphila Manitoba — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



Note on the occurrence of ^Ellopo3 Titan — A.. F. Wynn. 



Notes on the season of 1895 — H. H. Lyman. 



Notes on the life history of Oolia3 Interior — H. H. Lyman. 



Description of the egg and young larva of Cerura Boreili3 — H. H. Lyman. 



Notes on Trychous Tunicula-rubra — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



Notes on the preparatory states of Erebia Epip3odea — H. H. Lyman. 



The Importance of E a topological Studies to our Agricultural and Fruit Growing 

 communities — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



Prairie and Mountain Plants — James Fletcher. 



The larger Species of Argynnis and the Mystery of their Life History — H. H. 

 Lyman. 



Daring the season a course of short lectures to young people was inaugurated by the 

 Natural History Society with the active assistance of oar Branch. The lectures were 

 delivered in the Society's lecture hall on Saturday afternoons and it is hoped that they 

 will have some beneficial effect in interesting some of the young people in natural history 

 studies. 



The Branch is under great obligations to the Natural History Society for the recog- 

 nition extended to it as an affiliated society or section, such recognition carrying with it 

 the valuable privilege of the free use of their rooms for our meetings when desired, while 

 we retain unimpaired our connection with the parent Society in London. 



The Council would recommend that all books belonging to the Branch should be in- 

 scribed with our name and placed in the Natural History Society's library on the under- 

 standing that we remain the owners of them, and that our members have free access to 

 them. 



The Treasurer's report shews that the finances of the Branch are in a healthy con- 

 dition, and the Council would recommend to the new Council the advisability of consider- 

 ing how the surplus may be expended for the interest of the Branch. 



Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Council. 



H. H. Lyman, 



President. 



