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Tussock Moth, the Cottony Maple Scale, the Pea Weevil, the San Jose 



Scale and other insects of economic importance. A paper was also read 



by Prof. Sherman on " the Entomological Conditions in North Carolina." 



In the evening a public meeting was held in the Massey Hall, and 

 was largely attended by the members, students and visitors. President 



Creelman welcomed the Society to the Ontario Agricultural College, and 

 gave an outline of the different departments of practical work in it and 

 the affiliated Macdonald Institute. Mr. Barlow, of Guelph, also welcomed 

 the Society on the part of the Wellington Field Naturalists' Club, of which 

 he is President, and described the doings of the Club in the past and the 

 investigations to be carried on in the future, the object being to make a 

 complete survey of the fauna and flora of the County of Wellington. Dr. 

 Fletcher, the Chairman, replied in happy terms, and then introduced Prof. 

 John B. Smith, who gave an admirable and most interesting address on 

 "What has been tried in New Jersey for the extermination of Mosquitoes." 

 The lecture was illustrated with a large number of lantern slides, and in 

 the course of it a very lucid explanation was given of the conveyance of 

 malarial disease by the agency of mosquitoes. At the close a very hearty 

 vote of thanks was given to Dr. Smith, proposed by Mr. C. C James and 

 seconded by Rev. Dr. Fyles. 



During the second morning, Thursday, October 19th, papers were 

 read on a variety of subjects by Dr. Fyles, Messrs. Gibson, Jarvis, Lyman, 

 Stevenson and Zavitz, and were discussed by many of those present. In 

 the afternoon the officers for the year 1905-6 were elected, and papers 

 were read and addresses given by Mr. Evans, Prof. Sherman, Mr. Lyman^ 

 Dr. Fyles, Mr. J. B. Williams, Mr. Gibson, Dr. Fletcher, Mr. J. F. Smith, 

 Prof. McCready, Prof. Lochhead, Dr. Bethune, Prof Hutt, President 

 Creelman, Mr. C. W. Nash, Mr. Clew. A cordial vote of thanks was given 

 to President Creelman and the staff of the Agricultural College for their 

 kindnsss and hospitality, and to the reporters of the Toronto Globe and 

 the Guelph Herald and Mercury for their excellent accounts of the 

 proceedings. 



During the meetings a large number of rare and interesting specimens 

 were exhibited by Prof. Sherman, Dr. Fletcher, Mr. Gibson, Dr. Fyles, 

 Mr. Lyman, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Zavitz, and a large case of most beautiful 

 Micro-Lepidoptera, about 1,500 in number, by Mr. C. H. Young. 



The following is the list of officers elected : 



