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reside in London, or who may visit us from a distance. The collection 

 shown, at the request of the Government, at the Centennial Exposition in 

 Philadelphia in 1876, attracted much attention, and was admitted by all 

 to be the most complete exhibit of North American insects ever brought 

 together ; the Society was awarded a gold medal on that occasion. Last 

 year a request was made by the Minister of Fisheries for the Dominion of 

 Canada that our Society would prepare and exhibit a collection of such 

 insects as were injurious to fishes as well as those which served as food 

 for fishes, to be sent with the Canadian exhibit to the Great Liternational 

 Fisheries Exhibition, now being held in London, England. The arrange- 

 ment of this collection was undertaken by our worthy Secretary, Mr. E. 

 Baynes Reed, who completed the work, and sent forward in due season 

 forty cases of Canadian insects. 



The large collection of carefully detennined specimens in the cabinets 

 in the Society's rooms in London, has also served a valuable purpose as a 

 collection of reference, where collectors from all parts of our country can 

 name their collections, and where all the books and appliances which can 

 aid this work are ready at hand. As our knowledge of the insect forms 

 found in our country increases, classified lists of their names are published 

 by the Society for the purpose of aiding students in arranging their collec- 

 tions, and also indicating the work which has been accomplished. 



During the past year a most complete and systematic index has been 

 prepared by our Secretary, Mr. E. 13aynes Reed, to the full series of our 

 thirteen annual reports, by means of which the information they contain, 

 in reference to any insect or subject, may be referred to with little trouble 

 or delay. This has greatly enhanced the value of these reports, and 

 opened the eyes of all to the vast fund of information they contain ; the 

 results amply repay the attendant labor and outlay of this compilation, 

 and nothing would do more to add to the value of the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist than the publication of a similar general index to the fifteen 

 volumes of our monthly, now nearly completed. I trust our esteemed 

 Secretary may be induced to continue the good work in this direction. 



We have not been afflicted with any very formidable invasion of insect 

 enemies during the past year. At the opening of the season the apple-tree 

 aphis, which is generally common, was, in some districts,, unusually 

 abundant, and attracted some attention. The injury inflicted by them on 

 the apple buds was not serious, and in a few days the buds expanded, 



