C|e (ffiatiaiimi Entomologist, 



VOL. XXI. LONDON, OCTOBER, 1889. No. 10. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the lecture room of 

 the new Biological Building of the University of Toronto, on Tues- 

 day, September 3rd, 18S9. The President, Mr. James Fletcher, of 

 Ottawa, took the chair at 1 1 o'clock a.m. The following members were 

 present : — Mr. E. Baynes Reed and Mr. J. M. Denton, London ; Mr. J. 

 Alston Moffat, Hamilton ; Dr. Brodie, Dr. White, Masters O. and W. 

 White, Mr. Gamble Geddes, Mr. A. Blue (Department of Agriculture), 

 Toronto ; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; Mr. W. H. Harrington 

 and Mr. R. Bell, Ottawa ; Mr. H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; Rev. T. W. 

 Fyles, Quebec ; Rev. W. A. Burman, Winnipeg ; Mr. L. O. Howard, 

 Assistant Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Washington. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been printed and circu- 

 lated among the members, reading of them was dispensed with, and they 

 were duly confirmed. 



The President then delivered his annual address, in which he referred 

 especially to the chief insect attacks of the year. It will be printed in 

 full in the Annual Report of the Society. A cordial vote of thanks for his 

 able and interesting address was unanimously voted to the President on 

 motion of Dr. Bethune, seconded by Mr. Reed. 



In the discussion which followed Dr. Brodie stated that he had found 

 several cereals injured by Thrips ; he discovered what were probably the 

 larvae of Thrips feeding under the sheath on culms of grass, but when 

 kept over night no specimens would be found in the morning. He 

 and Professor Wright had examined the insects and came to the con- 

 clusion that they were Thrips. The larv^ were exceedingly difficult to 

 mount for the microscope ; if preserved in balsam they soon faded out 

 and became useless, but better results followed the use of glycerine. He 

 was satisfied that there are two broods in the year, the first being early in 

 the. season. This year, owing to dry weather, they were very abundant 



