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-use of the members a short circular giving instructions for relaxing specimens, and also the 

 best plan of packing them for transmission through the mail. 



This Mr. Fletcher undertook to do, remarking that he himself had found the process 

 -of nature-printing a very useful mode of sending lepidoptera for identification. 



The Rev. Mr. Fyles read a paper describing the habits of an insect forming galls upon 

 Vaccinium Canadense, and exhibited specimens and microscopic drawings of the insect. 



Mr. Harrington read an abstract of a paper on the Tenthredinidce, or saw-flies. 



Mr. Fletcher gave an abstract of a paper he had prepared, detailing some experiments 

 he had made in breeding some Coliads from the egg. He said he thought that the thanks 

 of the Society were especially due to Mr. W. H. Edwards for his most valuable papers 

 published in the Canadian Entomologist daring the past year, and he was of opinion that 

 -they could not fail to have important results. 



Having been induced himself by these articles to take up this fascinating branch of 

 entomology, the results had been such that he considered them worthy to bring before the 

 members at this meeting. He had been fortunate enough to secure a very much worn female 

 of Colias Eurytheme, summer form Eurytherne, from which he had succeeded in breeding a 

 lovely female specimen of the autumn form Keewaydin. 



Thinking it would be interesting to compare the larvss, stage by stage, with G. philodice, 

 he had obtained 1 2 eggs of that species from a typically marked yellow female, on the 

 same day as the eggs of C. eurytheme were laid, and he gave a short account of the differ- 

 ences noted between these larvae at the different moults, and exhibited a beautiful series of 

 specimens of C. philodice, drawing attention to the different variations in the markings. 

 The brood of 12 bred at the same time as C. etirytheme were very interesting, consisting 

 of three males, four ordinary yellow females, three albino females and one yellow female 

 with very dull markings ; one larva was destroyed by the larva of a Tachina fly. 



Rev. Mr. Fyles read an interesting paper on the Neuropiera and their relation to the 

 fishing interests. 



Also, a paper on the occurrence in the Province of Quebec of the Croton bug, Ectobia 

 'G&mianica. 



The President then read an interesting paper from Mr. G. J. Bowles on ants. 



The meeting decided that these papers should be submitted for insertion in the 

 Annual Pveport. 



Mr. W. A. Macdonald, agricultural editor of the Fanner's Advocate, took the oppor- 

 tunity of expressing the pleasure he had derived from listening to the interesting discus- 

 sions which had taken place during the meetings, and to the vast amount of information 

 thus given. He had found these meetings so profitable that he hoped to have the pleasure 

 of attending them another year. The Entomological Society of Ontario, he said, was 

 doing a good work in gathering and distributing information in reference to the many 

 insect pests which our farmers and f ruit-growers have to fight with, and he should be glad 

 ■to render it any assistance in his power. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



