1914] The Ottawa Naturalist. 12 7 



usual characteristic style and read in a manner which many of 

 our vounger generation might imitate to advantage. Prof. 

 Comstock, fittingly described bv our President as the father 

 of modern entomology, delivered the public lecture, his subject 

 being ''The Habits of Spiders," and delighted his listeners 

 bv a magnificent collection of lantern slides displaying the 

 web-spinning characters of various genera and species. 



Prof. Lochhead, another old friend to all who have read 

 the Annual Reports of the Society, enlivened the meetings 

 hv many a cheery remark, besides presenting tis with matter 

 ■of a more serious nature. An address that will long be remembered 

 was his light touches and extracts from the works of the famous 

 French naturalist Fabre. Professor Csesar provided both 

 papers and spontaneous material characteristic of the man 

 and of undoubted value to the farming community. Among 

 his contributions may be mentioned "An Imported Red Spider 

 Attacking Fruit Trees" and "Cherry Fruit Flies" 



Nor must I leave out my colleagues in the Entomo- 

 logical Branch, Messrs. Gibson andSwaine. The former's paper, 

 entitled "Outbreak of the Armv Worm in Canada in 1914", 

 in which the writer def)icted the insect's habits and showed 

 that its depredation amounted to a loss approximating 

 .■isSOO.OOO, wa.Clistened to with nmch interest, and in company 

 with a paper by Mr. A. W. Baker, of the Ontario Agriculttiral 

 College, entitled "The Armv Worm in Ontario, " was the nrelude 

 of a lively discussion. 



Another paper by Mr. Gibson, entitled "Locust Control 

 in Eastern Canada," was also of special interest to the writer 

 of these' notes. 



Mr. Swaine's contribution on "Forest and Shade Tree 

 Insects on the Farm," contained a special warning to 

 citizens to be on the watch for pests now making their way 

 towards our borders. He also gave an interesting talk iipon 

 Forest Insect Conditions in British Columbia. 



In the discussion that followed the reading of all these papers, 

 most of the members took part, and in this connection I would 

 specially mention Prof. Crosby, of Cornell University, Prof.- 

 Brittain, of Truro, N.S., Father Leopold of Oka, and 

 Messrs. Chapais, Dearness, Ross, King, and Hudson. The 

 remarks of whom, together with the various papers, will appear in 

 due course in the Annual Report of the Society, which should 

 be in the hands of all interested in entomology. 



Lastly, there was the smoker at our headquarters, of which 

 only those who were present could form an adequate idea of 

 its interest. Nor must I forget the hospitality of the Toronto 

 branch who, headed by Dr. Walker, did much towards making 

 the meetings a success. N.C. 



