292 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Proceedings jof the Entomological Society of Nova Scotia 

 FOR 1916. No. 2, January, 1917. • 



The Entomological Society of Nova Scotia deserves great 

 credit for the admirable work it has already accomplished in the 

 short period since it came into being. We have recently received 

 a copy -of vol. II of the Proceedings of the Society, containing the 

 papers and addresses presented at the Annual Meeting, which 

 was held at Truro on August 4, 1916. This is a publication of 64 

 pages, and contains in addition to excellent addresses by the 

 President, Mr. E. C. Allen, and the Superintendent of Education, 

 Dr. A. H. MacKay, thirteen papers on entomological subjects 

 by various members of the Society. Of these papers no less than 

 five are contributions from the Society's indefatigable. Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Prof. W. H. Brittain, the Provincial Entomologist, 

 while two more are by the same author in collaboration with others. 

 Mr. G. E. Sanders, of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory, 

 Annapolis Royal, contributes "-four papers, including one in 

 collaboration with Prof. Brittain. 



The list of papers in addition to official reports and addresses 

 is as follows: 



"Some Results From a Few Combination Sprays," (W. H. 

 Brittain); "How to Collect and Preserve Insects," (L. A. De 

 Wolfe); "The Nova Scotia Division of Entomology," (W. H. 

 Brittain); "The Effect of Certain Combinations of Spraying Ma- 

 terials on the Set of Apples," (G. E. Sanders); "The Acrididae of 

 Nova Scotia," (C. B. Gooderham) ; "The Apple Seed Chalcis," 

 (W. H. Brittain); "Biting Insects Injuring the Fruit of the Apple 

 in Nova Scotia," (G. E. Sanders); "Notes on two Species of Tree- 

 hoppers," (W. H. Brittain); "Arsenate of Lead \s. Arsenate of 

 Lime," (G. E. Sanders); "The Dock Sawfly," (A. G. Dunstan and 

 F. C. Gilliatt); "Notes on the Rose Leaf-hopper," (W. H. Brittain 

 and L. G. Saunders) ; "Notes on the Rosy Aphis," (W. H. Brittain) ; 

 "The Toxic Value of Some Common Poisons," (G. E. Sanders and 

 W. H. Brittain). 



Mailed August 1st, 1917. 



