1901 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 41 



The afteniuoa of the following day was chiefly taken up with a discussion on the San Jose 

 scale in Ontario. Mr. G. E. Fisher, Provincial Inspector, who was present by direction of the 

 Minister of Agriculture, gave a full account of the prevalence of this most pernicious insect in 

 several localities, and of the experiments which had been undertaken in order to procure, if 

 possible, a practical remedy. Whale oil soap and crude petroleum were the principal applica- 

 tior.s employed, and while the former was not entirely efiective, the latter was regarded by 

 many as too dangerous a remedy for general use. Dr. Fletcher, Prof. Webster and others took 

 part in the discussion. The attack is believed by all to be a most serious one, and to require 

 prompt and eft'ective measui*es for its repression. 



The 31 8t annual report of the Society to the Legislature of Ontario was presented at the 

 opening of the last Session and published in February. It consists of 112 pages, illustrated with 

 forty-six engravings in the text and a photogravue portrait of Mr. J. Alston Moffat, for many 

 years past the devoted Curator and Librarian of the Society. The volume contains reports 

 from the various officers and sections, and from the flourishing Branches at Montreal, Quebtc 

 and Toronto. There is appended a'so an account of the second annual meeting of the Nortli- 

 west (Canada) Entomological Society, which has its headquarters in Alberta. 



During the winter and spring fortnightly meetings for the study of Entomologj' were held 

 on Friday evenings, and alternately .with them the iVIicrosco2:)ical Section held its sessions ; 

 much serious work was done in both departments and great interest was shown by the members. 

 The Geological Section met weekly on Tuesdays under the guidance of Dr. Woolverton. and 

 the Ornithological Section once a month at the r^-sidence of Mr. W. E. Saunders, one of the 

 most devoted and we 1-informed bird lovers in the Province of Ontario. The Botanical Section 

 has been in abeyance for a time, but is now being revived with every prospect of success. 

 From this brief account it will be seen how wide a range of country the Society's operations 

 cover and how many departments of natural science are included in its work. 



In the report to the Legislature there are published the papers read at the annual meeting, 

 among which may be mentioned the Presideutial address of the Rev. Dr. Fyles, who took for his 

 subject the offices served by insects in the promotion of the fertilization and improvement of 

 jilants. He gave an interesting and instructive account of a large number of plants and their 

 attendant insects, and illustrated his remarks with a seiies of beautiful diagrams of the structure 

 nf numerous flowers, the work of his own hand. 



Professor Lochhea-l, of the Ontario Agricultural College, read papers on '■ The systematic 

 and econt mic study of forest insects in Ontario," setting forth the necessity of endeavouring to 

 diminish the ravages of insects in addition to the work of protection against fire already under- 

 riken by the Provincial Government ; '• The silk worm industry in Ontario," which has been 

 begun on a small sca'e in the County of Essex, but which the Professor contends cannot be 

 made a lucrative occupation in thi.^ country; "The present status of the San Jose scale in 

 ( hitario ;" " Xaiure-study lessons on the S(iuash bug," intended for the use of school teacheis ; 

 ^uid an account of the "Insects of the season of 1900," which had proved especially injurious 

 ia the south-western peninsula of Ontario. 



Mr. J. Alston Moffat contributed papers on " Anosia Archippus yet again," in which lie 

 discussed the various theories set forth regarding the migrations of this remarkable butterfly ; 

 "Parasites in the eggs of Chrysopa ;" and "Notes on the season of 1900,'' enumerating some 

 interesting occurrences, among which may be mentioned the capture in London of si)ecimens of 

 the curious Myriapod, Cennatin force/iff, a southern creature which lias been gradually working 

 its way to the north. 



Professor F. M. Webster, of Ohio, one of our honorary members who takes an ac ive 



Miiterest in the Society and attends its annual meetings, read papers of much practical value on 



" Results of experiments in protecting ai)ple« from the Codling moth," referring especially to 



