184 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



These reports will appear as usual in the Society's Annual Report to 

 the Ontario Government. 



The report of the Montreal Branch was read by the Secretary, and 

 was ordered to be printed in the Annual Report. 



In the absence of the President, his annual address was read by the 

 Secretary. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Gentlemen, — 



It is seldom that a season passes in Canada with so little to record in 

 reference to the injuries caused by destructive insects. Not only have we 

 been favored by a kind Providence with a bountiful harvest, but our 

 farmers have been free in great measure from the losses which usually 

 occur from insect pests. 



The Colorado Potato Beetle, Dorypho7-a decem-lmeata, has proved 

 destructive to potato vines in a few localities, and where the application 

 of the usual remedies has been neglected or too long delayed, they have 

 destroyed the foliage to such an extent as to injure the crop ; but where 

 the use of Paris green has been promptly resorted to, no difficulty has 

 been experienced in keeping this pernicious insect within due limits. 



The Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, has been far less pre- 

 valent than usual, so that in many instances good crops of plums have 

 been secured even where no efforts have been made to keep the insect in 

 subjection. The plum crop generally has been a good one, and plum 

 culture has consequently received a considerable impetus. 



The worm of the Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapce, although still plenti- 

 ful, is no longer the terror to cabbage growers it formerly was, its 

 natural enemies having multiplied to an extent sufficient to keep it within 

 some reasonable degree of subjection. The general immunity which has 

 of late prevailed regarding the Pea Weevil, Bruchus pisi, still continues, 

 and pea culture has become more general. Even the Codling Worm, that 

 perennial plague to the apple grower, has been less injurious than usual, 

 so that our apple and pear crops have been freer than common from this 

 obnoxious insect. Indeed there seems to have been a general scarcity of 

 insect life during the past season of which collectors in this department 

 of natural history in Canada generally complain. 



