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Sept 28th Crioceris asparagi, Linn., (Fig. 16) made its first appearance on our asparagus, 

 when I secured six specimens. 



Oct. 10th I took a fine fresh specimen of Pyrgus tessellata, Scud. (Fig. 16). Saw another 

 the week previous but failed to secure it. 



In the discussion which followed upon the reading of the Directors repoits, Dr. Fletcher 

 referred to the little black Lady-beetle, Pentilia misella, in Canadian orchards, and said that 

 while it is an object of great interest from its habit of preying upon the San Jose scale, it cannot 

 be relied upon as of any great value for the destruction of the scale. It is still absolutely neces- 

 sary to apply practical remedies and not wait for this little insect to perform the work. 



Fig. 15. Asparagus beetle, larva and eggs. Fig. 16. Pyrgus tessellata. 



Prof. Webster said that the Pentilia was increasing in abundance in Ohio, but only late 

 in the fall did it become numerous ; the winter following reduced its numbers to such an extent 

 that it took all the next season for it to recover its numbers, and consequently it was not of 

 much help as a remedy for the scale. The Colorado potato beetle had been very bad on toma- 

 toes in Ohio this year 



Dr. Fletcher said that it had also attacked tobacco grown in gardens at Ottawa. In speak- 

 ing of the cabbage butterfly he recommended the Pyrethrum insect powder as the best means 

 for destroying the larvpe ; it would be much too dangerous to apply Paris green to a vegetable 

 that was afterwards to be brought to table. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontaiio begs to present its Annual Report for 

 the year 1900 1901. 



The thirty-seventh annual meeting was held in London in November, 1900, and was well 

 attended both by resident members and those from a distance. On the first evening a joint 

 meeting was held with the Horticultural Society in a lecture room at the Normal School. The 

 chair was taken by Prof. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, who deliv- 

 ered an interesting address on the value of horticulture in its various aspects and its intimate 

 relation with Entomology. Mr. W. E. Saunders followed with a paper on " The planting, care 

 and pruning of the trees in the parks and streets of the city," and Dr. James Fletcher gave an 

 address, illustrated with lantern pictures, on trees and their methods of growth and on srme 

 especially injurious insects. The two following days were occupied with the reading of papers 

 and reports, a discussion on the San Jose scale and the transaction of the business of the Society. 

 A full account of the proceedings has been published and distributed. 



The thirty-first Annual Report on Economic and General Entomology was presented to the 

 Minister of Agriculture for Ontario in December last and was issued from the press in the 

 following February. It contained 112 pages and was illustrated with forty-six figures in the 

 text and a photogravure portrait of Mr. J . Alston Mofi"at, who has been the eflicient curator 

 and librarian of the Society for upwards of ten years. In addition to an account of the proceed- 



