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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Council beg to submit the following report for the year 1887-1888 : 



It is with profound regret that your Council have to record the death, early in the 

 past year, of our most highly esteemed President, Mr. George J. Bowles, after a pro- 

 longed illness. 



Mr. Bowles's enthusiasm for entomology and his untiring exertions to promote the 

 welfare and success of the Branch, as well as his many amiable personal qualities are 

 well known, and his premature death threatened the very existence of our Society in this 

 city. 



Your Council, however, determined to make every effort to keep the Branch in ex- 

 istence, and have great hopes of being able to do so in spite of the great loss which has 

 been sustained. 



On account of the President's illness no meeting was held after the annual meeting 

 until July 20, when a special meeting was convened to pass resolutions upon his death. 

 After that sad event no attempt was made to hold any meetings until the winter had well 

 set in, since which three meetings have been held at which the following papers have been 

 read : — 



1. Notes on the Genus Colias. — H. H. Lyman, published in Canadian Entomologist. 



2. Canadian Diptera. — F. B. Caulfield. 



3. List of Orthoptera, taken in the Canadian North-west by Mr. James Fletcher. — 

 F. B. Caulfield. 



During the year one member of the Society, Mr. W. H. Smith, has resigned, and 

 one new member, Mr. A. F. Winn, has been elected. 



The collection left by Mr. Bowles was purchased by a friend of McGill University 

 and donated to that institution, forming a most valuable addition to its magnificent 

 museum. 



In conclusion, your Council would strongly urge all the members to renewed activity 

 in this our favorite science in which so much remains undiscovered and awaiting investi- 

 gation. The death of our late President instead of discouraging us should beget greater 

 zeal and a determination to keep up the Branch in which he took such great interest. 

 The whole is respectfully submitted. 



H. H. LYMAN, 



Vice-President. 



Papers were read by (1) the Rev. T. W. Fyles on " The Hypenidse of the Province 

 of Quebec ;" (2) Mr. J. Moffatt on " Some Curious Proceedings of the Larva? of Euchcetes 

 egle Feeding Upon the Milk-weed ;" (3) Mr. W. E. Saunders on the English Sparrow, 

 strongly recommending its extermination ; (4) Rev, T. W. Fyles on " The Sphingidse of 

 the Province of Quebec." Mr. Fletcher, in discussing this paper, remarked upon the 

 colours of Sphinx 5-Jlaculata, and said that the dark forms seem to be hardier than the 

 pale green ; he had observed also in Papilio asterias that the green pupae emerged much 

 sooner than the brown ; he had obtained no less than four broods of this insect this 

 year. (5) Rev. T. W. Fyles read " A Memoir of the Late Philip H. Gosse," and ex- 

 hibited a photograph of this eminent naturalist and his late residence. (The above papers 

 are all published below.) 



Mr. Moffatt stated that he had taken Papilio chresphontes this summer at Hamilton, 

 and that he had seen in that neighborhood a specimen of the now rare Pieris protodice. 

 Mr. Fyles mentioned that he had taken Grapta gracilis and faunus at Quebec in Septem- 

 ber : Hepialus gracilis in the Township of Dunham ; and Hepialus auratus in the Town- 

 ship of Broine. Dr. Bethune had found Grapta J. Album numerous at Port Hope in 

 September, and brought some living specimens to the meeting ; these will be taken care 

 of during their hibernation, and efforts will be made to obtain their eggs in the spring. 



