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already mentioned it included tlie following articles: "Voices of the Night," 

 by Dr. Fyles; "A Preliminary List of the Scale Insects of Otnario," by Mr. 

 T. D. Jarvis; "The Lime-Sulphur Wash," by Mr. L. Caesar; "An Unusual 

 Outbreak of Halisidota Caterpillars," by Mr. A. Gibson; "Additional Insect 

 Galls of Ontario," by Mr. T. D. Jarvis; "Injurious Insects in Ontario in 

 1907," by Dr. Bethune; "A Remarkable Outbreak of the Variegated Cut- 

 worm," by Dr. Bethune and Mr. L. Caesar; "Two-winged Flies," by Dr. 

 Fyles; "A Report of the Summer Meeting," by the Secretary; and "The 

 Entomological Record," by Dr. Fletcher and Mr. A. Gibson. 



"The Canadian Entomologist," the monthly magazine of the Society, 

 has been regularly issued at the beginning of each month. The 39th annual 

 volume was completed in December last and eleven numbers of the 40th 

 volume have already been published. 



The volume for 1907 consisted of 423 pages and was illustrated with 

 eleven full-page plates and a number of figures' from original drawings. 

 The contributors were 73 in number and included writers in Ontario, Quebec, 

 Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, the United States, Cuba, Jamaica, 

 the Hawaiian Islands and England. The articles are for the most part of a 

 scientific character and contain, among much highly valuable matter, 

 descriptions of eleven new genera and 222 new species and varieties of insects 

 belonging to various orders. There is also a series of articles by different 

 authors on subjects included under the title of "Practical and Popular Ento- 

 mology." The material contained in the volumes of our magazine is so 

 indispensible to specialists in all departments of Entomology that there is a 

 steadily increasing demand for volumes and numbers, and occasionally for 

 complete sets. 



The reports from the Branches of the Society at Montreal, Quebec, 

 Toronto and British Columbia are very satisfactory, meetings having been 

 regularly held and many papers read and discussed. The Bulletin ])ublished 

 quarterly by the British Columbia Society contains lists of local insects and 

 many notes and observations of a highly interesting character. 



From October to the third week in March meetings of the Society have 

 been held every alternate Wednesday evening in the Biological lecture-room 

 of the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. The attendance throughout 

 has been satisfactory and a gratifying amount of enthusiasm has been shown 

 by the members throughout the year. The following is a list of the papers 

 read at the meetings: "The Cynipid Galls," by Mr. W. R. Thompson; "The 

 Fight against the Brown-tail Moth in Nova Scotia," by Mr. T. Brady; 

 "Wing Classification of the Heteropterous Land Forms," by Mr. R. C. 

 Treherne; "Parasitism," by Mr. G. M. Frier; "Adaptions of Aquatic 

 Insects," by Mr. L. Caesar; "Fungi that attack Insects," by Mr. J. W. 

 Eastham; "Insects as carriers of Disease," by Mr. T. D. Jarvis; "Reminis- 

 scences of Entomologists whom I have known," by Dr. Bethune. 



It is with deep regret that the Council records the death in his 67th year 

 of Mr. John A. Balkwill, Director for the London District, and for several 

 years the efficient Treasurer of the Society, which took place at his residence 

 in London on the 10th of October, after a few weeks' illness. While much 

 interested in Entomology, he was particularly devoted to Botany and Horti- 

 culture, and was familiar with all the wild plants in the neighborhood of 

 London. He was the first President of the local Horticultural Society and 

 continued to be an active member of its directorate, taking a leading part 

 in its annual floral exhibitions and in the general improvement of the 

 parks, boulevards and gardens of the city. The members of the Council beg 



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