02 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



for the care of the Library and collections and the performance of the 

 official work of the Society .... The Cuuncil desire to ]>lace on record 

 their feelings of deep regret at the removal of Mr. Reed from this Province 

 and the loss which the Society thereby sustains. Mr. Reed is one of the 

 original members of the Society, and for more than a quarter of a century 

 has been one of the most active and zealous of its officials, filling at differ- 

 ent times the positions of Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Librarian, 

 Curator, and Auditor. To him it is especially due that the Library has 

 grown to its present dimensions and value and that so much progress has 

 been made by the Society in many directions. The Council beg to thank 

 Mr. Reed for his services in the past, and wish him all possible success 

 and prosperity in his new and important sphere of labour." 



Mr. Reed was a constant contributor to the pages of the Canadian 

 Entomologist from the very first volume, in which appeared five articles 

 from his pen. His papers, largely collecting notes, records of rare cap- 

 tures, etc., were always interesting and valuable ; he also furnished de- 

 scriptive articles on larvns, an Accentuated List of Canadian I^epidoptera, a 

 report to the Ontario Department of Agriculture (jointly with Dr. Saun- 

 ders) on the Colorado Potato-Beetle, which had then invaded Western 

 Ontario from the neighbouring State of Michigan, and popular papers on 

 common insects. 



Li the preparation of the early Annual Reports of the Society he took 

 a large share, and contributed elaborate and valuable papers, as follows : 

 Insects affecting the Plum, Report i. (1870), pages 53-63, and Report ii. 

 (1871), pp. 22-26 ; Insects injurious to the Potato, ibid, pp. 65-81 ; In- 

 sects attacking the Cucumber, Melon, Pumpkin and Squash, ibid, pp. 

 8Q-92 ; Insects affecting the Maple Trees, Report iii. (1872), pp. 35-43 ; 

 Insects affecting the Peach, ibid, pp. 44-47 ; Insects affecting the Potat^, 

 ibid, pp. 48-50 ; Some common Insects which affect the Horse, Ox and 

 Sheep, Report iv. (1873), pp. 34-41 ; Entomological Contributions, Re- 

 port V. (1874), pp. 11-16; Sphingidae — Hawk-Moths, Report xii. (1881), 

 pp. 48-70 ; Diptera — Two-winged Flies, Report xiii. (1882), pp. 45-53, 

 and short articles in several of the volumes. From the above list it will 

 be seen that Mr. Reed gave much attention to Economic Entomology, 

 and did some very excellent work in that department. It was quite 

 fitting, therefore, that he should have been one of the company who, in 

 August, 1889, formed the Association of Economic Entomologists, and 

 signed its original Constitution. 



