88 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Oct. 



THE JUBILEE MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



One of the most important gatherings of entomologists 

 which has ever taken place in Canada was that which met at 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on August 26th, 2 7th 

 and 28th, 1913, to celebrate the Jubilee Meeting of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario. Among the distinguished ento- 

 mologists from outside of Canada who were in attendance were: 

 Professor J. H. and Mrs. Comstock, of Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N.Y. ; Dr. E. P. Felt, Albany, N.Y. ; Prof. T. J. Headlee, 

 New Brunswick, N.J.; Prof. P. J. Parrott, Geneva, N.Y. ; Dr. 

 A. D. MacGillivray, Urbana, 111.; Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall, 

 Edinburgh, Scotland; Mr. Geoffrey Meade-Waldo, London, 

 England; Prof. F. M. Webster, Washington, D.C., and Dr. W. 

 M. Wheeler, Boston, Mass. The following entomologists from 

 Canada were present: Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, Guelph, Ont. ; 

 Rev. Dr. T. W. Fyles, Ottawa; Mr. H. H. Lyman, Montreal; 

 Prof. W. Lochhead, Macdonald College, Que.; Dr. C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, Messrs. Arthur Gibson, F. W. L. Sladen, Ottawa; Dr. 



E. M. Walker, Dr. A. Cosens, Mr. J. B. Williams, Toronto; Prof. 

 T. D. Jarvis, Messrs. L. Caesar, A. W. Baker, G. J. Spencer, 

 Guelph; Prof. John Dearness, W. E. Saunders, London, Ont.; John 

 D. Evans, Trenton, Ont.; F. J. A. Morris, Peterboro, Orit. ; 

 R. S. Hamilton, Gait, Ont.; R. C. Treherne, Agassiz, B.C.; 

 J. D. Tothill, L. S. McLaine, Fredericton, N.B.; G. E. Sanders, 

 Bridgetown, N.S.; C. E. Petch, Covey Hill, Que.; J. C. Chapais, 

 St. Denis (En bas), Que.; W. A. Ross, Vineland Station, Ont.; 

 H. F. Hudson, Strathroy, Ont. 



In the afternoon of August 2 7th, President Creelman, of 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, welcomed the entomologists 

 to the College and in a bright, happy speech, spoke of the value 

 of the practical side of the study of insects to the agriculturist 

 and the community at large. Addresses to the Society on its 

 having attained fifty years of service were presented by delegates, 

 representing a large number of Universities, Colleges of Agri- 

 culture, Societies, etc., the world over. Greetings from the 

 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club were presented by Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson. 



During the two days' session at Guelph important papers 

 were presented by Rev. Dr. Fyles, Rev. Dr. Bethune, Dr. A. D. 

 MacGillivray, Dr. A. Cosens, Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall, Prof. 



F. M- Webster and Mr. F. J. A. Morris. 



On the evening of August 27th the delegates and members 

 were entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Creelman, and on the following 



