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borough, and E. Baynes Reed, London. These gentlemen ex- 

 pressed regret at their inability to attend, and pledged themselves 

 to do all in their power to further the interests of the society. 



The following resolutions were then unanimously adopted : 



1st. That a Society be formed to be called the Entomological 

 Society of Canada, consisting of all students and lovers of Ento- 

 mology, who shall express their desire to join it and conform to 

 its regulations. 



2nd. That its officers shall consist of a President, a Secretary- 

 Treasurer, and a Curator, to be elected annually at the first gene- 

 ral meeting in each year, whose duty it shall be to manage the 

 affairs of the Society. 



3rd. That the annual contribution of members shall be two dol- 

 lars, to be paid in advance. 



4th. That application be made to the Canadian Institute for the 

 use of a room in their building for the purposes of the Society. 



5th. That two separate collections be formed, a general one to 

 be the property of the Canadian Institute, and a duplicate one to 

 be the property of the Society, and to consist of all surplus speci- 

 mens contributed to the Society by members ; and that all mem- 

 bers be at liberty to exchange species for species under the super- 

 vision of the Curator. 



6th. That meetings be held at 3 p. m., on the first Tuesday in 

 each month, and that special meetings may be called when neces- 

 sary by the Officers. 



7th. That Prof. Croft be President for the present year ; that 

 Wm, Saunders be the Secretary-Treasurer, and J. Hubbert the 

 Curator. 



8th. That the President be authorized to bring the subject be- 

 fore the Council of the Canadian Institute at its next meeting. 



The following papers were then read to the Society : — " Insect 

 Life in Canada, March and April ;" by the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, 

 and "A Synopsis of Canadian Arctiid^;;" by W. Saunders, the 

 latter illustrated by a complete series of specimens. 



A number of interesting insects were brought to the meeting 

 for inspection, chiefly from the collections of Dr. Morris and W. 

 Saunders. Among others, Canadian specimens of the following 

 were much admired. Lirnenitis Ursula, Vanessa ccenia, Melli- 

 toea nycteis, M. phoeton, Tkecla nipkon, T. mopsus, T. laeta, Ly- 

 ccena neglecta, Polyommatus dorcas, Hesperia mystic, H. wam- 

 sutta and Pamphila numitor. A specimen of Colias eurytheme 



