104 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 

 We have great pleasure in announcing that a branch of our Society 

 has recently been formed in the City of Quebec, with the following officers : 

 President — Rev. T. W. Fyles, F. L. S., Professor of Biology in Morrin 



College. 

 Vice-President — Miss Macdonald, Principal of the Girls' High School. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — Col. Crawford Lindsay. 



Council — Messrs. D. H. Greggie, Richard Turner, J. E. Treffry, Miss 

 Bickell, Miss Winfield. 

 With such an enthusiastic and experienced entomologist as the 

 President, and such an able corps of officers, the Branch will no doubt do 

 excellent work, and serve to unite together all those interested in this 

 department of natural science in the neighbourhood of Quebec. We trust 

 that the new Branch may have a long and useful career. 



The Toronto Branch of the Society held its first annual meeting on 

 Friday, April 2nd, in its room, 451 Parliament street. The election of 

 officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : 



President — Mr. E. V. Rippon. 



Vice-President — Mr. R. J. Crew. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Mr, Arthur Gibson. 



Librarian-Curator — Mr. T. G. Priddey. 



Council— Messrs. C. T. Hill and C. H. Tyris. 

 The reports of the Secretary-Treasurer and the Librarian-Curator for 

 the past year were read and adopted. They stated that twenty-four 

 regular meetings had been held, at which papers relating to the study of 

 insects were contributed by the members. The number of volumes in 

 the library, including bulletins, pamphlets, etc., is 98, all relating to 

 entomology, and all gifts to the Society. A fair collection of insects has 

 already been formed through the kindness of members in presenting 

 specimens, and will no doubt be largely increased during the coming 

 season. The finances of the Society were shown by the Treasurer's 

 report to be in a satisfactory condition. 



The President, in his address, congratulated the members on the good 

 work done during the year, and on the success which had attended the 

 Society's operations. He hoped that during the coming season each 

 member would take a special interest in some particular species of insect, 

 and would endeavour to work out its life history ; he also trusted that 

 much attention would be paid to the study of those species which are 

 beneficial or injurious to mankind. 



