248 • THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Entomological Society has held its regular meetings, as far as 

 possible, every alternate week during the College year. The first meeting 

 of the fall term was held on October i6th, and the last meeting of the 

 spring term on March i8th. 



As the headquarters of the Society are now at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph, a majority of the regular attendants are, as would be 

 expected^ college students who are interested in some form of insect study. 

 This fact has naturally had considerable influence upon the choice of the 

 subjects for the different meetings. It has been found that by careful 

 selection of desirable subjects and by encouraging the students to take an 

 active pait in the preparation of such subjects and in the discussions that 

 follow the reading of each paper, the meetings become of great value to 

 them and supplement the regular class-room work. A gratifying amount 

 of enthusiasm has been shown by the members of the Society throughout 

 the year, and prospects are bright for still better work next year. 



The following is a list of the papers read : 



"The Cynipid Galls," by W, R. Thompson (3rd-year student). 



''The Fight Against the Brown-tail Moth in Nova Scotia," by T. 

 Brady (3rd-year student). 



"Wing Classification of the Heteropterous Land Forms," by R. C. 

 Treherne (3rd-year student). 



"Parasitism," by G. M. Frier (4th-year student). 



"Adaptations of Aquatic Insecis," by L. Caesar (4th-year student). 



"Fungi that Attack Insects," by J.W.Eastham (Demonstrator in Botany) 



"Insects as Carriers of Disease," by T. D. Jarvis (Lecturer in 

 Entomology). 



"Reminiscences of Entomologists Whom I Have Known," by C. J. 

 S. Bethune (Professor of Entomology). 



In regard to the above papers, it should be said that Mr. Brady's 

 account of the "Fight Against the Brown-tail Moth of Nova Scotia" was 

 given from his own experience in the Annapolis Valley in the summer of 

 1907. He was one of a number of men employed by the Government of 

 the Province to combat this new pest, which had spread from the New 

 England States and was rapidly becoming alarmingly abundant in the 

 Annapolis Valley district. 



Dr. Bethune's paper on "Reminiscences of Entomologists Whom I 

 Have Known," was given in response to the request of the Society, On 

 account of the doctor's wide and long-continued acquaintanceship with 

 numerous famous entomologists, the members felt that an address of this 

 kind would be very valuable in making them more intimate with the lead- 

 ing men in entomology and the work that was being done by them both 

 in England and America to-day. The paper, though dealing with such a 

 broad field, was full of the pleasure and profit that had been expected. — 

 [L. C^SAR, Secretary. 



Mailed July 2nd, 1908. 



