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Who amongst us has not known Professor Smith by his works? It is 

 good, now, to look upon his face, and listen to his voice, and feel the warm 

 grasp of his hand. 



I made the acquaintance of the mosquito years ago, off Anticosti. I 

 saw the little brute alight upon my hand, and I watched it swell and change 

 color from grey to crimson, with some amusement; but the results taught 

 me that such pleasures could not be indulged in with impunity. Neverthe- 

 less, as I listened to Professor Smith last night, I almost longed to be wad- 

 ing knee-deep in those delightful swamps he showed us, and assisting those 

 worthy fellows who were bagging the peddlers of malaria and yellow fever. 



Lastly, what advantages the modern student has in the number of ad- 

 mirable works, upon every branch of entomology, that have appeared of late 

 years. Among them are Harris's Insects Injurious to Vegetation, Packard's 

 Guide, Saunders' Insects Injurious to Fruits, Smith's Insects of New Jer- 

 sey, Ashmead's Proctotrypidae, Holland's Butterfly and Moth Books, How- 

 ard's Insect Book, Edwards' and Scudder's respective works, the valuable 

 series of Bulletins issued from "Washington, Albany, and other points of ob- 

 servation, not omitting Ottawa. 



May the Entomological Society of Ontario flourish ! May its new 

 Branch, the Guelph Branch, bourgeon, and blossom, and bring forth fruit 

 to the benefit of the general community, and for many a day ! 



ORTHOPTEEA AND ODONATA EEOM ALGONQUIN PARK, ONT. 

 By E. M. Walker, B.A., M.B., Toronto. 



The following list of Orthoptera and Odonata is based chiefly upon col- 

 lections made by the writer during two canoe trips in Algonquin Park, and 

 the vicinity of Dwight, a few miles to the south-west of the Park limits. 

 The first trip was made during the second and third weeks of August, 1902, 

 while the second occupied the latter half of the same month in 1903. To 

 the list of Odonata are added the names of a number of species taken by 

 Prof. John Macoun in July, 1900, and also those of many specimens, especi- 

 ally nymph exuviae, collected by Mr. Paul Hahn during August, 1904. 



I wish to express my thanks to Prof. J. G. Needham for his kindness in 

 determining some of the more difficult species of Odonata. 



As August is rather late for most Dragonflies, although it is the height 

 of the season for Orthoptera, the list of the former is by no means a repre- 

 sentative one, but will give some idea of the dragonfly fauna of the region. 

 It probably contains less than two-thirds of the number of species native to 

 the district, whereas the list of Orthoptera doubtless includes more than 

 three-fourths of the total number of species to be found there. 



The country traversed is an ideal one for dragonflies, abounding in lakes 

 and streams, which vary in their course from the most placid weed-grown 

 reaches to the swiftest rapid. The north branch of the Muskoka Eiver, 

 which was our chief highway in both trips, is a very characteristic stream. 

 In some parts of its course its surface is perfectly smooth for miles at a 

 stretch, the shore low and fringed with alders, with a background of 



