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thorough testuig of the efficiency of such remedies as have been or may 

 be devised for their destruction, and to report progress from time to time. 

 A liberal appropriation to defray the expense of this work has been made, 

 and the laborers are now actively engaged in the field. 



Early in the year your President was requested by the Chief of this 

 Commission, Prof C. V. Riley, to bring this important matter before our 

 Government and ask their influence towards furthering the objects in 

 view. Accordingly, at a meeting of the Council of Agriculture, held in 

 June last, tlie writer introduced a resolution urging the co-operation of our 

 Government with that of the United States in this undertaking, which was 

 unanimously adopted by the Board and transmitted to the proper 

 authorities. I am pleased to be able tp state that the Minister of Agri- 

 culture, in his reply, assured us that this subject had already engaged their 

 serious attention, and that every effort would be made to aid the Com- 

 mission in its work. This season is being spent by these savans in 

 especially studying the habits and breeding places of the destructive 

 Locust of the West, and already they have made extended observations, 

 not only in the western territories of the United States, but also in some 

 of the adjoining portions of our Dominion. 



The Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science held its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn., commencing 

 on the 30th of August, when many interesting subjects were discussed. 

 An important paper was read by A. R. Grote, Esq., of Buffalo, N. Y., on 

 a new insect destructive to the red and white pine trees, the sources of our 

 valuable lumber trade. From the details given of the work of this insect 

 we fear it may prove a formidable foe to the future growth of our pine 

 forests. Our Society has usually been represented at these annual gather- - 

 ings, but on this occasion, owing to other pressing and unavoidable 

 engagements, those of us who have usually attended were prevented from 

 being present. 



We cannot better illustrate the recent progress made in Entomological 

 science than by referring to one department, namely, that of the study 

 of our night-flying moths. This has been greatly stimulated by the 

 general practice of sugaring, by which immense numbers of these insects 

 have been attracted, and their capture in good condition made an easy 

 matter. This practice in America was but little followed until 1874, when 

 an English Entomologist, Mr. George Norman, visited Canada, and, after 

 having faithfully carried on the process of sugaring for a season, he pub- 



