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The report of the Montreal branch of the Society was next submitted. 



MONTREAL BRANCH, ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Tenth Annual Meeting of this branch was held at the residence of the Presi- 

 dent, H. H. Lyman, Esq., M.A., Montreal, on Tuesday, 8th May, 1883, at 8 o'clock, 

 p.m. 



President read the following report of the operations of the Society for the year : — 



REPORT. 



Your Council beg to submit the Tenth Annual Report of the Branch. 



Five regular meetings have been held during the year, and in addition to these, the 

 members have had the pleasure of attending the Annual Meeting of the parent Society, 

 which was held in the rooms of the Natural History Society, on the 24th August last, 

 during the session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The 

 opportunity of meeting with many of the entomologists of the United States, and the 

 President and other officers of our Canadian Society, was highly appreciated by our mem- 

 bers. 



The following original papers have contributed to the interest of our meetings during 

 the year : — 



1. Description of a Dipterous parasite on Phylloxera vastatrix^ by the Rev. T. W. 

 Fyles. 



2. Sir John Lubbock on Ants, by G. J. Bowles. 



3. Notes on the Genus Callimorpha^ by H. H. Lyman. 



4. Preliminary list of the Geometridce of Quebec and Montreal, by G. J. Bowles. 



5. Notes on some diurnal Lepidoptera occurring in Canada, by F. B. Caulfield. 



6. Causes of rarity in ssme species of insects, by G. J. Bowles. 

 The whole respectfully submitted. 



H. H. Lyman, 



President. 



The Report having been adopted, the election of officers took place, with the follow- 

 ing result : — 



G. J. Bowles, President; W. Cooper, Vice-President; F. B. Caulfield, Secretary-Treas- 

 urer ; J. G. Jack, H. H. Lyman, W. Shaw, H. Graves, Council. 



A very pleasant hour was then spent in examining the President's collection of 

 Lepidoptera and the scarce and valuable illustrated entomological works in his library. 



Geo. John Bowles, 



Secretary. 



The President then delivered his annual j address, for which he was unanimously ac- 

 corded a vote of thanks and requested to publish it in the Canadian Entomologist. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



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Gentlemen, — Twenty years ago, on the afternoon of the 16th of April, 1863, there 

 met at the rooms of the Canadian Institute in Toronto nine gentlemen interested in en- 

 tomology, for the purpose of organizing a society having for its object the advancement 

 of entomology in Canada. These gentlemen had been called by special invitation of the 

 Rev. C. J. S. Bethune and myself, and in addition to the nine who responded by their 

 presence, letters of apology were received from five others expressing regret at their being 

 unable to attend ; these fourteen comprised all who at that time took an active interest 

 in entomology in Canada. 



