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Vol. XXX. LONDON, DECEMBER, 1898. No. 12. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Society was held in Montreal 

 on the Sth and 9th of November, in order that the members might join in 

 the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the 

 Montreal Branch. A full account of the. business transacted and the 

 papers read will be published in the annual report of the Society. A 

 very enjoyable conversazione was held in the rooms of the Natural 

 History Museum in the evening of the 8th. Short addresses on the 

 history and progress of the Society were made by Mr. Lyman (the 

 President), Dr. Fletcher, and the Rev. Drs. Bethune and Fyles. A large 

 number of microscopes, with slides of an entomological character, were 

 furnished by the Microscopical Society, and a splendid display of speci- 

 mens, chiefly Lepidoptera, was made by the members of the Montreal 

 Branch. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year : 



President. — Henry H. Lyman, M. A., Montreal. 



Vice-President.— ^tv. T. W. Fyles, D. C. L., F. L. S., South Quebec. 



Secretary. — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Treasurer. — J. A Balk will, London. 



Directors. — Division No. i— W. H. Harrington, F. R. S. C, Ottawa ; 

 Division No. 2 — J. D. Evans, Trenton ; Division No. 3 — Arthur Gibson, 

 Toronto ; Division No. 4 — A. H. Kilman, Ridgeway ; Division No. 5 — 

 R. W. Rennie, London. 



Directors Ex-ojficio (ex-Presidents of the Society). — Professor Wm. 

 Saunders, LL. D., F. R. S. C., F. L. S., Director of the Experimental 

 Farms, Ottawa; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M. A., D. C. L., F. R. S. C, 

 Headmaster of Trinity College School, Port Hope ; James Fletcher, 

 LL. D., F. R. S. C, F. L, S , Entomologist and Botanist, Experimental 

 Farms, Ottawa; John Dearness, I P. S., London. 



Director Ex-officio (Ontario Agricultural College). — Professor Wm. 

 Lochhead, Guelph. 



Librarian and Curator. — [. Alston Moffat, London, 



