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1906 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 37 



Islands. Eleven new genera of insects are described, and one hundred and 

 forty-two new species. Articles on new species and varieties of Lepidoptera, 

 by Dr. J. B. Smith, Dr. Wm. Barnes, Dr. H. G. Dvar, Prof. Fernald, Miss 

 Murtfeldt, Messrs. H. H. Lyman, F. H. Wolley-Dod, A. Gibson, W. D. 

 Kearfott. 



Coleoptera, by Prof. H. F. Wickham, Major T. L. Casey, Messrs. Fred- 

 erick Knab and Wm. Knaus; Orthoptera, by Messrs. E. M. Walker, and W. 

 T. Davis; Hemiptera, by Messrs. J. E. de la Torre Bueno, E. D. Ball, D. 

 Lange, and G. W. Kirkaldy; Hymenoptera, by Dr. W. H. Asbmead and J. 

 H. Lovell; Diptera, by Mr. W. D. Coquillett, Miss C. S. Ludlow and Dr. 

 Grabham. Life histories are given more or less completely of Eupithcecia 

 interrupto fasciata, Apantesis virgo, parthenice and rectilinea, by Mr. A. 

 Gibson; Apantesis proxima, by Dr. 0. Siefert; Gortyna thalictri, by Mr. 

 H. H. Hyman; Delphastus pusillus, by Mr. W. E. Britton. 



A series of articles on Practical and Popular Entomology consists of the 

 following : 



"The Pear-tree Psylla and how to deal with it," by Mr. George E. 

 Fisher; "Entomology in Schools," by Mr. H. S. Saunders; "How do In- 

 sects pass the Winter?" by Dr. James Fletcher; "Notes on Collecting 

 Aquatic Hemiptera," by Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno; "Canadian Three- 

 color Process Illustration," by Dr. James Fletcher; "The Struggle with the 

 Codling Moth," by Prof. W. Lochhead; "Granary Insects,' by Mr. A. Gib- 

 son; "A Method for Measuring Insects," by Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno; 

 "The Buffalo Carpet Beetle," by Dr. James Fletcher. 



Articles on Classification include a catalogue of the Aphidse, by Mr. G. 

 W. Kirkaldy; "The Bees of Oregon," by H. L. Yiereck and others; "The 

 Three Eanatras of the Eastern United States," by Mr. J. R. de la Torre 

 Bueno; "Mosquito Notes," by Miss C. S. Ludlow. 



Among the miscellaneous papers may be mentioned: "Observations on 

 Lampyridse," by Mr. Frederick Knab; "Notes on Types in the British 

 Museum," by Mr. H. H. Lyman; "Remarkable Flight of Corisa (Water- 

 boatmen)," by Mr. D. Lange; "Spiders of Rockport Cave, Mo.," by Mr. C. 

 R. Crosby; "Influence of the Apidse upon Geographical Distribution of cer- 

 tain Floral Types," by Mr. J. A. Harris; "Oviposition of Bibio Femorata," 

 by Mr. A. H. Girault. 



Book notices have appeared promptly of new entomological works. 



The forty-second annual meeting was held in October at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, with an attendance at some of the meetings of 

 over one hundred, and the Society was favored with the presence of Prof. 

 John B. Smith, State Entomologist of New Jersey. Reports were presented 

 on the injurious and other insects of the various districts in Ontario, from 

 the difi:erent Branches and Sections of the Society, and addresses and papers 

 were given on a variety of subjects. The thirty-sixth Annual Report of the 

 Society to the Ontario Government has been published, comprising one hun- 

 dred and forty-four pages, and, as usual, contains a full account of the work 

 of the previous year, and the papers read at the annual meeting, as well as 

 numerous articles of an economic nature, giving to fruit-growers and agri- 

 culturists an account of injurious insects along with the best methods of at- 

 tacking them. 



Among these may be mentioned: "A Review of the Mosquito Work in 

 New Jersey," by Dr. J. B. Smith; "Experiments Against the San Jose 

 Scale," by Prof. Lochhead; "Entomological Conditions in North Carolina," 

 by Prof. F. Sherman; "Reports on Insects of the Season 1905," by Prof. 

 Lochhead, Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Fyles, Dr. Bethune, and Mr. C. Stevenson: 



