ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Report op the Librarian and Curator for the Year Ending 31st August, 1898 



The bound volumes received in exchange from Government and public institutions 

 during the year were 9 : By gift — From Miss Ormerod, through Dr. Fletcher, Kollar's 

 "Treatise on Insects Injurious to Gardeners and Farmers," and from Rev. Dr. Bethune, 

 " The Life and Adventures of Audubon." By purchase — " A Systematic Arrangement 

 of British Plants," and Grote's "Illustrated Essay of 1882." The number of volumes 

 bound was 34. The number of volumes added to the library during the year was 47. 

 The full number now on the register is 1,553. The number of volumes issued to local 

 members was 19. 



Several valuable additions have been made to the collection of native lepidoptera 

 during the year by Mr. J. W. Bice, from his captures at electric light. 



An important extension was made in the exotic collection by the receipt of a large 

 number of attractive Japanese butterflies and moths in excellent condition from the Rev. 

 H. Loomis, Yokohama, Japan. 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. Alston Moffat, 



Librarian and Curator. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION. 



The President and Council of the Entomological Society : 



Gentlemen, — During the season just past, the meetings of the Botanical Section 

 have been held with good regularity, beginning with April 20, and continuing every 

 second week until midsummer was over. The members have been actively engaged in 

 the study of the various departments and three plants new to the district of London 

 have been found and exhibited to the meetings, namely, Linaria minor, Galium cinereum, 

 Fraxinus quadriangulatus ; and others of particular rarity have been noted : — Asclepias 

 similar to Purpurea but whose species was not satisfactorily determined, Melissia offici- 

 nalis and Ranunculus bullosa, Fleshy Fungi have been the recipients of considerable 

 attention on the part of some of the members and a more general interest has been awak- 

 ened in this branch. 



Some points brought out at the meetings which are of sufficient interest to be men- 

 mentioned in our report are as follows : — Lactuca scaevola is reported from various quar- 

 ters and is said to be spreading throughout the County of Middlesex and others adjoin- 

 ing, It is said to be a pernicious weed and some farmers complain very much of its 

 abundance and troublesomeness. > 



Guscuta epithymum, a dodder which has been found flourishing only on clover, and 

 of which there were several reports last year, was found again in the same localities this 

 year. 



The lateness of the present summer season is also worthy of note. At the time of 

 writing (Oct. 22), wild specimens of Liatris cylindracea are in bloom, and in the garden 

 Anemone Japonica is full of buds and flowers, while the Phloxes, annual and perennial, 

 and also roses and carnations are still yielding flowers ; apple, pear and peach trees in 

 the gardens, maples, elms, and even the ash trees are still in almost full leaf, many of 

 them, particularly the three former, being quite green. Local records show that not for 

 17 years has there been so late and open a season. 



Respectfully submitted for the Botanical Section, 



I. Bond, 



Chairman. 



"W. E. Saunders, 

 Secretary. 



