48 THE REPORT OF THE No. 19 



The 36tli volume (being for 1904) consists of 367 pages, has four full- 

 page plates and a number of cuts from original drawings. The contributors 

 ■iire 63 in number, embracing thirteen Canadian, thirty-nine in the neighbor- 

 ing Republic and one in England. 



The papers cover all the important orders of insects, such as Lepi'doptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, and Neuroptera, 

 throughout which are described 217 new species and varieties and 11 new 

 genera. 



The papers being too numerous (being upwards of one hundred, besides 

 numerous short paragraphs, book reviews and obituary notices,) to desig- 

 nate all by title; a few of the more important may be mentioned such as, — 

 "Classification of the Fossorial, Predaceous and Parasitic Wasps, or the 

 Super-family Vespoidea," by Wm. H. Ashmead; "Several New Diptera 

 from North America," by D. W. Coquillett; "Notes on North American 

 StratiomyidiB," by A. L. Melander; "New Noctuidae from British Colum- 

 bia," by Harrison C. Dyar; "Synopsis of Anthopila," by Charles Robert- 

 son; "The Diptera of British Columbia," by James »S. Hine and Raymond 

 C. Osburn; "Synopsis of Bees of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and 

 Vancouver," by H'y. L. Viereck, et ah; "New Tortricids from Kaslo, B.C., 

 and the Northwest," by W. D. Kearfott; "Descriptions of Some New Species 

 and Varieties of Canadian Butterflies," by Dr. Fletcher; "The Crickets of 

 Ontario," also "Notes on the Locustidse of Ontario," by E. M. Walker; 

 "New Noctuidse for 1904," bv Prof. John B. Smith; "New Species of North 

 American Lepidoptera," by Dr. Wm. Barnes; "Synopsis of Prosopis and 

 Colletes with Supplementary, Notes and Descriptions," by Charles Robert- 

 son; "New Species of North American Asilidee," by E. A. Back; "On Some 

 New Coleoptera, Including Five New Genera," by Thos. L. Casey; "A 

 Review of Our Geometrid Classification," by Richard F. Pearsall. 



"The British Columbia Entomological Society" has recently become 

 affiliated with us and is now the B. C. Branch of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario. Thus are we "lengthening our cords and strengthening our 

 stakes." 



During the winter months regular classes have been held fortnightly in 

 London for the study of entomology under the direction of Mr. S. B. 

 McCready, Science Master of the London Collegiate Institute and now 

 Nature Study Professor at the Macdonald Institute, Guelph, assisted by Dr. 

 Bethune. 



These meetings have been well attended, chiefly by teachers in the 

 public schools of the city. 



Similar instruction has been begun in botany and -will be carried on 

 during the summer, excursions being made for specimens to different parts 

 of the surrounding country. 



A number of lectures illustrated with lantern pictures on noxious, ben- 

 eficial and interesting insects have been given by Dr. Bethune in London and 

 a few places in the neighborhood. 



Prof. Lochhead of Guelph has given lectures on similar subjects in Ham- 

 ilton and elsewhere. 



The Library and collections of the Society are open to the public on 

 three afternoons in each week and attract a fair number of visitors. 



