150 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



grounds the breeding places of noxious insects which prey upon and 

 destroy the crops of their more thrifty neighbors. 



I have the honor to be, 



Yours very sincerely, 



Wm. Saunders. 



There being no further business, the meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario was then adjourned. 



The meeting then resolved itself into an informal gathering of the 

 Entomological members of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, then in session in the city of Montreal. 



On motion, Mr. VV. Saunders and Mr. E. B. Reed were requested to 

 act as Chairman and Secretary respectively of the meeting. 



Some discussion took, place respecting the Entomological Club of the 

 A. A. A. S., when it was moved by Dr. Hagen and seconded and duly 

 carried : 



Resolved, — That Prof. J. A. Lintner be requested to take the necessary 

 steps to call further meetings of the Entomologists present at this session 

 of the Association, at such times and places as might be determined on, 

 and also to provide for similar meetings for Entomological discussions at 

 the future annual gatherings of the Association. 



PEA FUNGUS. 



Mr. Geo. McCloskie, of Princeton, N. J., asked for some information 

 about a peculiar fungus-like growth on pea roots, referred to in Mr. Saunders' 

 address. The Chairman gave it as his opinion that it was a fungus. 



Samples were shown exhibiting the pea as affected by this disease. 



COTTON WORMS. 



Mr. Jas. Fletcher asked if there was any further information respecting 

 the habits of the Cotton Worm Moth, Aletia argillacea, he believing that 

 from its frequent occurrence in Ontario in such a perfect condition, it must 

 breed in Canada ; he was aware that the larva had never been found here 

 and that Prof Riley had in his able paper on this moth, expressed his 

 conviction that the moth did not breed in Canada. 



Prof. Riley stated that so far as he knew from repeated observations 

 and experiments, the cotton plant, Gossyphun, was the only food plant of 

 this insect ; he thought that the peculiar formation of close-fitting scales 



