98 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Nov. 



The meeting was held in the large laboratory of the Ento- 

 mological Branch, Department of Agriculttire, Ottawa, thus not 

 only providing ample accommodation, but also enabling visitors 

 to inspect the large collections of insects housed there. While 

 the Society had to deplore the unavoidable absence of Dr. 

 Howard, Chief of the United States Bureau of Entomology, who 

 was to have delivered the popidar lecture, we were fortunate 

 in securing instead another distinguished American in the person 

 of Dr. H. T. Fernald, of Amherst, Mass., who delivered, on 

 Thursday evening, November 4th, a most interesting and in- 

 structive lecture, the title of which was " Life Zones in Entomo- 

 logy in relation to Crops." 



It is unnecessary to mention the names of all those present ; 

 sufficient to relate that the meetings were very largely attended. 

 There were, however, a few visitors who cannot well be passed 

 over, namely: Prof. C. P. Lounsbury, Chief of the Division of 

 Entomology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Union of 

 South Africa; Mr. A. F. Burgess, who has charge of the United 

 States gipsy and brown-tail moth work, and Di^. Hugh Glasgow, 

 of Geneva, N.Y. In addition to many prominent members of 

 the Society, there were in attendance all the scientific staff of 

 the Dominion Entomological service, as well as the following 

 well known Canadian visitors: Sir James Grant, Dr. F. S. Tor- 

 rance, Veterinary-Director General; Dr. F. T. Shutt, Dominion 

 Chemist; Mr. W. T, Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist; Dr. C. H. 

 Higgins, Pathologist, Dominion Department of Agricidture; Mr. 

 H. T. Gusrow, Dominion Botanist; Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director 

 of Forestry; Mr. W. Ide, private secretary to the Minister of 

 Agriculture; and Mr. D. Johnson, Dominion Fruit Commissioner. 



The papers read, while usually of a scientific nature, and 

 therefore of interest to a limited audience, provided, neverthe- 

 less, some noteworthy exceptions, which nuist have appealed 

 to any lover of wild life. In this connection we would mention 

 the paper of the Rev. Dr. Fyles, of Ottawa, on "Observations 

 upon some of the Predaceous and Parasitic Hymenoptera," ; 

 "The Home of Gortyna stramentosa," by Mr. A. F. Winn, of 

 Montreal; "The Founding of the Science of Cecidology," by Dr. 

 A. Cosens, of Toronto; and "Fresh Woods and Pastures New," 

 by Mr. F. J. A. Morris, of Peterboro, Ont. 



Of truly scientific papers, of which there were many not- 

 able contributions, we will mention but one : Dr. Seymore Had- 

 win's, of Agassiz, B.C., "Further Notes on the Warble Fly 

 {Hypoderma bonis)," a valuable contribution, in which the writer 

 produces conclusive evidence as to how the larvae enter the bodies 

 of cattle, the method being quite at variance with ideas pre- 

 viously held. All the papers presented at the meetings will 



