1917 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 15 



Entomologist and ex-President of the Society, Dr. Hewitt; the President of the 

 current year, Mr, Winn, of ]\[ontreal; Messrs Caesar and Baker, of Guelph; Dr. 

 Cosens, of Toronto; Messrs. Gibson, Swaine and Sladen, of Ottawa; Messrs. Wol- 

 ley Dod and Strickland of Alberta; Messrs. Griddle and Wallis, of Manitoba; 

 and Mr. Sanders, of Nova Scotia. 



"We have noticed also in the pages of the magazine since last report, reference 

 to the insect fauna of Chile, Guatemala, British Guiana, the Philippines, Australia, 

 India, Sweden and Finland. 



Among personalia may be mentioned a delightful sketch of the late Prof. 

 Croft, of Toronto University, from the pen of our esteemed Dr. Bethune, an ap- 

 preciation of the great Jean Henri Fabre, and aa obituary notice of our late hon- 

 orary member Francis Marion ^^'ebster, both written by Dr. Gordon Hewitt. 



The interest of the Society's periodical has greatly broadened under the cap- 

 able hands of its editor, not only by the inclusion of two new sections, one of 

 Popular Entomology, the other of Notes and Queries, but still more by systematic 

 insertions from authoritative centres of activity, selected with wise judgment from 

 diverse points of the United States and Canada. 



The annual meeting held in Ottawa last Noveml)er was one of the most suc- 

 cessful in the whole history of the Society, representing practically all its interests 

 over the whole wide area of its membership. The papers and articles there present- 

 ed are now in the press and will shortly appear as the 46th Annual Report of the 

 Society. They include a very large amount of research work of the greatest 

 practical value and of a high order of scientific merit. 



The titles and authors' names (see 46th Annual Eeport, Table of Contents) 

 may be left to speak for themselves and for the full significance of that November 

 meeting; with perhaps a single exception, which I crave leave to make more ex- 

 plicit; to wit. the supreme importance of work done on the spot by field laboratories, 

 no fcAver than nine of which have now been established in various parts of the 

 Dominion, under the auspices of the Entomological Braneli of tlie Dominion De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



EEPORTS ON INSECTS OF THE YEAR. 



Division No. 1, Ottawa District — Arthur Gibsox, Extomological 



Branch, Ottawa. 



Attacking Field Crops. 



Fortunately there were no serious outbreaks of field crop insects in the dis- 

 trict of eastern Ontario which I have the honor to represent. The dull, rainy 

 weather of spring and early summer undoubtedly interfered in the development 

 of many species. 



Locusts. Early in the season a few reports were received which indicated 

 that young hoppers were appearing in numbers, but on investigation later we learn- 

 ed that the insects disappeared suddenly, owing to adverse weather conditions. 

 AVe had arranged to conduct further experiments in the control of these insects 

 with poisoned baits, but no fields sufficiently infested with locusts could be located 

 in the Ottawa district. 



Cutworms. Reports of damage by these caterpillars received early in June 

 referred particularly to injury to cucumbers, beans, peas and other vegetables in 



