THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 45n 



front by a furrow, and with a more or less distinct median groove ; head 

 and thorax covered with a fine, ahiiost colourless pile ; the saw-guides 

 straight on the upper margin, and gradually, obliquely, convexly rounded 

 to a blunt point at apex above. Length, 9 mm. 



Described from a number of individuals received from Dr. L. O. 

 Howard and Mr. W. D. Hunter, bred from larv?e collected on Cissus 

 iiicisa by Mr. E. S. Tucker at Dallas, Texas. Hunter, No. 16 19. Type 

 and paratypes in the collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and paratypes in the Entomological collections of Cornell University. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The first regular meeting for the season of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario was held at Guelph on Wednesday evening, November i8th, 

 1908; the following resolution was unanimously adopted : 



"The members of the Entomological Society of Ontario have heard 

 with profound regret of the death of their esteemed and beloved Presi- 

 dent, Dr. James Fletcher. They one and all feel that they have lost a 

 personal friend whose place in their affection and regard can never be 

 filled, and that the Science of Entomology in Canada has been deprived of 

 its leader and most able exponent. Those who have had the privilege of 

 knowing Dr. Fletcher must share our grief, and will, with us, treasure in 

 their hearts a grateful recollection of his unbounded kindness and 

 geniality, his generous assistance freely given to all who applied to him, 

 and the enthusiasm in the study of nature which he everywhere inspired. 



" On behalf of the Society, in which he took so active an interest 

 during a great many years, we beg to offer to Mrs. Fletcher and her 

 daughters this expression of sympathy with them in their sore bereave- 

 ment, and to assure them that their grief is shared by a large circle 

 of friends in all parts of the country." 



The following papers were read : 



The Classification of the Muscoidean Flies, by Mr. W. R. Thompson. 



Rearing Pomace Flies (Drosophilidse), by Mr. E. Stafford. 



The former paper, which was illustrated with diagrams and figures on 

 the blackboard, furnished a general classification of the superfamily, and 

 then dealt more particularly with the parasitic Tachinid^. The latter 

 paper gave the results of some careful observations made on the life- 

 history of these minute Dipterous Flies which are to be found in cider 



