FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Entomological Society of Ontario 



1916 



To the Honourable Williajn H. Hearst, Minister of Agriculture: 



Sir, — I have the honour to present herewith the Forty-seventh Annual Eeport 

 of the Entomological Society of Ontario, containing the proceedings of the Fifty- 

 third Annual meeting, which was held at Guelph on the 2nd and 3rd of Novem- 

 ber, 1916. 



The meeting was well attended and the interest shown by those present in 

 the papers and addresses presented was evident from the lengthy discussions by 

 which they were followed. A full report of these papers and discussions is 

 contained in the following pages, together with the reports of the various officers 

 and branches of the Society. 



The work of the Society continues to ex-pand and has been much increased 

 by the activities of the British Columbia and Nova Scotia Branches. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the Society's monthly organ, continues to main- 

 tain a wide circulation and a high standard of scientific value. In the forty- 

 eighth volume now completed the series of articles on Popular and Practical 

 Entomology, begun in the preceding volume, has been continued regularly and has 

 done much to widen its usefulness and interest to the general reader. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Edmund M. Walker, 



Bditor. 

 Biological Department, 



University of Toronto. 



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