1906 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 47 



REPOET FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO TO 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



Through John D. Evans, Delegate. 



During the past year the Entomological Society of Ontario has drifted 

 along in its usual even tenor, doing good work and progressing steadily and 

 has passed the upwards of two score years of its existence. 



The forty first annual meeting was held in October last, in its new, 

 commodious and accessible quarters in the Public Library Building, Queen's 

 Ave., London, the attendance being good, and among those present were 

 four representatives of the gentler sex. From a distance may be mentioned 

 the presence of Mr. T. N. Willing, Chief Inspector of Weeds for the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Regina, N.W.T., and from among our neighbors -from 

 across the border we gladly hailed the presence of an oft contributor to ".ur 

 magazine in the person of Prof. Wickham of the University of Iowa, Iowa 

 City. 



After the usual routine of business at the morning session the President 

 opened the proceedings in the afternoon, at which the reports of the several 

 Directors on the injurious insects of the year were read. 



A feeling reference was made to recent death of the valued and faithful 

 Curator and Librarian, J. Alston Moffat. 



Mr. T. N. Willing presented a most interesting account of the methods 

 inaugurated for the eradication of the nox;ious weeds in the North-west 

 Territories, following which, Prof. Lochhead read his paper on the injur- 

 ious insects of the year in Ontario. 



The reports from the Toronto and Montreal Branches were also read. 



A very largely attended and appreciative meeting was held in the 

 evening in the Normal School presided over by Dr. Jas. Fletcher, at which 

 Prof. Lochhead read his Presidential address on "Recent Progress in En- 

 tomology," and Prof. Wickham gave a most interesting lecture illustrated 

 by a large number of beautiful lantern slides on "The Great Basin in the 

 Western States and its Entomological Features." 



The 35th annual report of the Society to the Legislature of Ontario has 

 been presented in which is given a full report of all the papers read at the 

 annual meeting. In addition to the afore-mentioned the following of the 

 most important contributions may be enumerated, viz., — 



"Insects Injurious to Ontario Crops in 1904," and "Entomological 

 Record 1904," by T)t. Fletcher. 



"Further Notes on Basswood or Linden Insects," and "Notes on the 

 Columbine borer," by Arthur Gibson. 



"Insects Collected at Light during 1904," by J. D. Evans. 



"Spining Methods of Telea Polyphemus," by J. W. Cockle. 



"Insect Names and Insect Lists," by J. W. Williams. 



"Notes on the Season of 1904 in Quebec," by C. Stevenson. 



"Insects Affecting the Oak," and "On the Food-Habits of Certain Hy- 

 menoptera," by T. W. Fyles. 



"An Elementary Study of Insects," by Wm. Lochhead. 



"The Pear Tree'Psylla and How to Deal with It," by G. E. Fisher. 



Obituary notice of the late John Alston Moffat. 



The foreeroing is termed the annual report; in addition to this is pub- 

 lished monthly the magazine, The Ca/nadian Entomologist, now in its 

 37th year. 



