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Two specimens of a Chrysojrfianus taken by Mr. W. Macoun at Nipigon. 



Specimens of A gratis Jennica, and other rare Lepidoptera taken during the past 

 season. 



Rev. T. W. Fyles exhibited specimens of mud wasps nests, taken at Compton, from 

 which he had obtained grabs that produced a species of Ptinus. 



Mr. J. M. Denton shewed some Philadelphia raspberry canes which were badly in- 

 jured by some borer not determined. 



The President exhibited two boxes of insects which had been lately received from Miss 

 P. M. Pierce, of Moose Mountain, Assinaboia, who had sent the specimens as a first col- 

 lection. The boxes proved of great interest to the members present. 



The Secretary exhibited the beautiful silver medal which had been awarded to the 

 Society by the International Fisheries Exhibition. The medal was much admired. 



In presenting a collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Bev. G. W. Taylor, of Victoria, 

 Vancouver Island, Mr. Fletcher stated that he considered one of the chief advantages of 

 having the annual meeting at London was, that the members could see in what species the 

 Society's reference collection was deficient, and he was sure that they all felt the necessity 

 of making the collection as complete as possible ; for his own part he would much prefer 

 giving any unique specimens he might take, to the Society, rather than have them hidden 

 away in his collection where only a few could see them. He had now very much pleasure 

 in presenting a small but valuable collection of specimens to the Society from his friend 

 Mr. G. W. Taylor, of Victoria, B.C. Mr. Taylor, although one of our new members, had 

 already done good work. Mr. Fletcher also distributed among the members a packet of 

 duplicates sent for that purpose by Mr. Taylor, among which were specimens of a Melifcea, 

 provisionally named rubicunda, but which were not considered typical by Mr. W. H. Ed- 

 wards. Of this species, however, Mr. Fletcher had received larva;, some of which were in 

 his own hands, and some had been forwarded to Mr. W. H. Edwards. 



The President expressed the pleasure Mr. Taylor's liberality had given him, and the 

 gratification he felt that the Society'u collections were so much appreciated. A vote of 

 thanks was given to Mr. Taylor for his donation. 



Mr. Harrington stated that Oberea tripunctata had been found very abundant at 

 Ottawa. He remembered it also as being general in 1878. 



Mr. Reed called attention to an extract from a newspaper shewing that railroad cars 

 may often be the vehicles of carrying destructive moths from one part of the country to 

 another; the extract statfd that the writer was often struck by the number of aletice on 

 the tz-ains, and that he had observed that there was a sort of coincidence last season between 

 3ines of railroad and abundance of cotton worms. 



Mr. RiM'd said that he had noticed fewer specimens of aletice this year than for some 

 seasons past, although a few had within a few days been caught in his residence, 



Mr. Reed also said that jEgeria acerni had been very prevalent in the neighbourhood 

 of London this season. 



Rev. Mr. Fyles reported that JEgeria tricincta had been taken at Como, P.Q., and also 

 that lie had taken two larvae of P. satellitia. 



Mr. Fletcher shewed a specimen of Notodenta americana, bred from larva found 

 on basswood that had emerged from the pupa in autumn instead of spring ; he also re- 

 ported the capture at Ottawa of Ellema Harrisii. 



An interesting discussion then took place on the transmission of insects through the 

 mail and che best method of relaxing specimens. 



In answer to Rev. Mr. Fyles, Mr. Fletcher said that we had not in Canada any plant 



which eon Id be used as a substitute for the Laurel so extensively used by European ento- 



lot only for killing the insects but for keeping them for a long time in a relaxed 



lion without spoiling. He had tried the young leaves of some of the different species 



Id che.rry which contain prussic acid, but had found that although it killed the insects 

 it soon became mouldy. 



Mr. Reed had found moist sand an excellent means of relaxing lepidoptera and boiling 

 water for coleoptera. 



The meeting finally passed a resolution requesting Mr. J. Fletcher to prepare for the 



