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Mr. Fletcher corroborated this statement, and wished to enjoin on members the import- 

 ance of keeping as full a record as possible of every insect that they captured. 



Mr. Saunders stated that Mr. W. H. Edwards, of Virginia, wished to ascertain if any 

 member had noticed the larvse of Papilio Turnus feeding on willow. 



No member present had observed it. 



A communication was received from Mr. W. H. Ashmead, of Jacksonville, Florida, 

 -enclosing a partial list of North American Hemiptera, and desiring to exchange with Can- 

 adian collectors. 



Mr. Ashmead has nearly ready for publication a catalogue of the described N. A 

 Hemiptera, numbering now 4,000 species. 



At one o'clock the society adjourned to 3 p.m. 



At 3 p.m. the Society reassembled, the Vice-President, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, in the 

 ehair. 



Paper No. 6. — On butterflies, by Rev. T. W. Fyles. This will be found at length in a 

 subsequent part of this report. 



Paper No. 7. — Note on Oryssusi Say, by W. H. Harrington, Ottawa. This will be 

 published in the Entomologist. 



This rare insect was captured at Ottawa, running up and down on a telegraph pole. 



Paper No. 8. — Notes on Euchoetes Egle, by Mr. G. H. Bowles, Montreal. 



Mr. Bowles exhibited specimens of E. Egle and collaris, with an albino form of the 

 former. His notes illustrated the distinctions between the two species. 



Paper No. 9. — Note on Xiphydria olbicornis, by Mr. \V. H. Harrington. 



This insect was observed infesting the maples near Ottawa. The notes will be 

 published in the Entomologist. 



At 6 o'clock the Society adjourned to meet at 8 p.m. 



8 o'clock p. m., the President in the chair. 



Paper No. 10. — Tenthredo (?) delta. Prov., by Mr. W. H. Harrington, will also appear 

 in the Entomologist. 



Mr. Jas. Fletcher, at the request of the President, gave an account of part of his trip 

 to British Columbia, in which he gave a most graphic and interesting description of the 

 trees, plant-;, and insects found at Victoria in the month of June, and on Mount Finlay- 

 son, the locality where the original specimens of that rare butterfly Chionobas gigas were 

 taken. 



Discussion then took place on the forms of labels for insects. It was suggested that a 

 label should be printed with blank spaces to contain the name of the collector, the locality 

 of capture and date. 



It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the Council. 



The preparation of the annual report was discussed, and after some further examina- 

 tion of the cabinets, this most pleasant and successful meeting was brought to a close, and 

 the Society adjourned at 10.15 p.m. 



