176 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The President gave his annual address, which was a very able review 

 of the progress of Entomology, as shown in publications which have 

 appeared since the last meeting. 



Prof Lintner also alluded to the absence of some who were usually 

 attendant at the Club meetings, referring especially to Prof C. V. Riley, 

 who was then in Europe for the benefit of his health. 



Dr. D. S. Kellicott, on behalf of the Buffalo Society of Natural His- 

 tory, placed the rooms at the disposal of the members of the Club. 



The President paid a high compliment to the contributions to Ento- 

 mology that had emanated from the rooms where they were meeting. 



Prof. Comstock explained a new method of arranging collections by 

 which loss of time is avoided in transferring specimens so as to make 

 room for additional species, or making necessary changes in their arrange- 

 ment. The main feature of this plan consists in having movable blocks on 

 which the insects are pinned, but made in sections to fit the cases. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : — 



President - Prof J- H. Comstock - Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Vice-do - - Prof S. A. Forbes - - Champaigne, 111. 

 Secretary - Mr. E. Baynes Reed - London, Ont. 



The following is a summary of papers read before the meeting during 

 the session : — 



Prof S. A. Forbes — Notes of the Past Year's Work : The Hessian 

 Fly, Cecidomyia destructor, has been found to hibernate in Southern 

 Illinois as a naked white grub, not forming puparium until May following, 

 and emerging before harvest ; these are probably the offspring of a mid- 

 summer brood, which develop in volunteer wheat. The Clover Seed 

 Midge, C. legutnhiico/a, was observed first in 1879 in Illinois. A new 

 Chalcid parasite, Tetrastichus, has been reported, but its worst enemy so 

 far observed was Triphleps insidiostis. The young of this species are 

 often so abundant on the clover heads as to be mistaken for the injurious 

 midge, but a little observation will show their beneficial character. The 

 Wheat-stem Maggot, Mcromyza Americana, is shown to have three broods 

 instead of two only. Eggs and half-grown larvas were found in abund- 

 ance, August 4th. Two species of Melanotus, coimnimis and cribulosns, 

 were bred to maturity, and a third Elaterid not yet determined, of which 

 figures and precise descriptions have been prepared. Larvje of these, and 

 of Agriotcs mancus, and of a Cardiophorus, were reported as injurious to 



