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The Election of Officers then took place, resulting in the appointment of the follow- 

 ing gentlemen : — 



President, TVm. Saunders, London. 



Vice-President, Rev'd. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., Port Hope. 

 Secretary-Treasurer. Jas. H. Bowman, London. 



Council, E. Baynes Eeed, London ; Wm. Couper, Montreal ; J. Pettit, Grimsby ; 

 J. M. Denton, London ; G. J. Bowles, Montreal ; Jas. Fletcher, Ottawa, and R. Y. 

 Rogers, Kingston. 



Editoi' of Canadian Entomologist, Wm. Saunders, London. 



Editing Committee, Rev'd. C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; E. B. Reed, London ; G. J. 

 Bowles, Montreal, and Rev'd. R. Burnet, London, 

 Librarian. — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Library Committee. — E. B. Reed, J. M. Denton and H. B. Bock, all of London, with 

 the President, Librarian and Secretary-Treasurer. 



Auditors. — Messrs. Chas. Chapman and A. Puddicombe. 



Mr. E. B. Reed gave a very interesting account of his recent visit to St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, where he went to represent the Entomological Society of Ontario, at the meeting 

 of the Entomological Club of the American Association, for the Advancement of Science. 



Succeeding the business portion of the meeting, an instructive hour was spent in the 

 microscopic examination of insects and plants, with the aid of three excellent microscopes 

 belonging to Messrs. Puddicombe, Denton and Saunders. Among the objects of special 

 interest examined were mounted slides illustrative of the anatomy of insects, also egg 

 clusters of the forest tent-caterpillar, CUsisccmpa sylvatica, with mites at work destroying 

 the eggs, specimens of the new carpet bug, Anthrenus scrophnlarice, and of the parasite on 

 the cabbage butterfly Pterornaliis pwparum. 



REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF ONTARIO. 



Annual Meeting. 



The Fifth Annual General Meeting of this Branch was held at the residence of H. H. 

 Lyman, Esq., on Tuesday, 28th May, ^878, at 8 o'clock P.M. 

 The President read the following Report : — 



Your Council beg to submit to the members the Fifth Annual Report of the Society's 

 operations. , .cv^^o^ 



In doing so, your Council would record with pleasure the continued progress of the 

 Society in every respect. The meetings have been interesting, and well attended ; sev- 

 eral valuable papers have been read, and many important observations on insect life have 

 been placed on record. The cause of regret mentioned by your Council in last year's Re- 

 port, though still existing, has been to some extent removed, for during the year our mem- 

 bership has increased, and the new members, your Council believe, will prove to be valuable 

 acquisitions. 



The following papers have been read before the Society during the year : 



Original. 



1. List of some species of Geometridoe new to Montreal. H. H. Lyman. 



2. Description of larva supposed to be that of Samia Columbia. F. B. Caulfield. 



3. Notes on Deilephila Chcemenerii. H. H. Lyman. 



4. Notes on some species of Coccinellidce found on the Island of Montreal. F. B. 

 Caulfield. 



5. On the Humble Bees found at Montreal. G. J. Bowles. 



