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MEETING OF THE SOCIETY IN APRIL. 



A meeting of the London members of the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 was held in the rooms, Victoria Hall, London, on Friday evening, April 11th, 

 1890 : the president. Rev. C. J. S. Bethune in the chair. The following resolutions 

 were adopted • 



That with a view of increasing the usefulness of the Society and furthering 

 the study of Natural History and the kindred sciences it is desirable to follow 

 the method of the Canadian Institute and the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, and permit sections to be formed for the various branches 

 of Botany, Ornithology and Oology, Microscopy, Geology, and such others as may 

 from time to time appear to be desirable. The basis proposed is as follows : 



1. All members of the sections shall be members of the Entomological Society and be governed by its 

 rules and regulations and entitled to all its privileges. 



2. Any five members may, with the permission of the Council, form themselves into a Section devoted 

 to some special branch, and organize the same, appoint ofiicers and make rules for the meetings, etc.,' the 

 same not being contrary to the rules of the Society. 



3. One-half of the annual fee of each member of a section shall be refunded by the Entomological 

 Society to the Treasurer of that section for the use and benefit of the section. 



4. All members of the Society shall be free to attend any meeting of a section and take part in its 

 discussions, but only those shall be entitled to vote who shall have signed the roll of that particular section. 



5. A member may elect to be member of one or more sections, but the one-half of the fees returned 

 by the Society can only be paid to one section. 



That it is desirable in the interests of the Society that some one should be 

 found who would keep the rooms open daily and be in charge thereof. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



ORGANIZATION OF SECTIONS. 

 The following report is taken from the London Free Press, of May 5th, 1890 • 



A most enthusiastic meeting of Naturalists was held in the rooms of the Entomological Society on 

 Saturday evening, for the purpose of organizing sections of the Society for the purpose of active work in the 

 kindred branches of natural history. Section.-: were formed in Botany, Ornithology, Geology and Microscopy, 

 with the following chairmen ^ro ^em :— Botatiy, John Dearness ; Ornithology, William Saunders ; Geology, 

 Dr. Woolverton ; Microscopy, Prof. J. W. Bowman. Evenings were selected for organizing the sections 

 and the meeting then adjourned. The Botanical section met at once and elected officers as follows : — 

 chairman, John Dearness ; vice-chairman. Prof. J. H. Bowman; secretary. Dr. Susannah Carson. The 

 following persons signified their intention of joining the section : — Dr. Jennie Carson, Mrs, W, E. Saunders, 

 Miss Edith McMechan, Miss Fowler, Drs. Hodge and Woolverton, Messrs. E. B. Reed, A. McQueen, A. 

 0. Jeflfery, S. H. Craig, Saunders, J. BalkwilJ, Kelley, A. Craig, R. Elliott and R. A. Gray. 



The next meeting will be held on Saturday evening, 10th inst., at 8 o'clock, in the Entomological 

 rooms at which it is expected there will be a large attendance of ladies as well as gentlemen. Mr. Dearness 

 will give suggestions as to collecting and preserving plants, wiwie the identification of plant* collected dur- 

 ing the week will be an item of special interest. The Ornithological section meets to-night in the Entomo- 

 logical rooms and a general invitation is extended to all interested in the study of Ornithology and Oology 

 to attend so as to make the organization complete at once and ready for the seasoa's stiidy. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE A. A. A. S. 



The Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, assembled in the State House at Indianapolis, Ind., on Wednesday, 

 August 20th, 1890, and began its regular sessions at 9 o'clock a.m., the President, 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich., in the chair. 



There were present during the meetings : W. B, Alwood, Blacksburgh, Va ; 

 Geo. F. Atkinson, Columbia, S. C; W. S. Blachley ; P. Carter ; Prof. E. W. Clay- 

 pole, and K. B. Claypole, Akron, Ohio ; F. S. Earle, Ocean Springs, Michigan; 

 S. G. Evans, Evansville, Ind.: James Fletcher, Ottawa, Ont.; H. Garman, Lexington, 

 Ky.; Mrs. 0. Hanney ; C. W. Hargitt, Oxford, Ohio ; Thos. Hunt ; John Marten, 



