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With the aid of the electric lantern, I hope to make quite real both the persons and the 

 insects about which I shall speak. I regret that, througrh oversight on my part, lantern slides 

 of some of our prominent collectors were not prepared. 



The first face shown on the screen is one quite familiar to a London audience. The name 

 of Dr. Bethune is well known in scientific circles throughout Canada, the United States, and 

 Europe. He has been Editor of the " Canadian Entomologist" for upwards of 22 years, and 

 the credit of its present high standing is due almost entirely to his brilliant work. Dr. Bethune 

 was ft contributor of valuable papers on insect-life nearly 40 years agt. He is one of the tew 

 surviving charter members of the Entomological Society which was organized in 1863. From 

 1865 to 1873, Dr. Bethune was E-litor of the Entomological department of the Hon. Geo. 

 Brown's " Canada Farmer", and for nearly 40 years he has contributed articles to the 

 agricultural papers on subjects of economic importance. 



The second face is also familiar to Londoners. Dr. Saunders and Di'. Bethune were a fine 

 team of workers. He, too, is a charter member of the Entomological Society of Ontario, and 

 until he became Director of the Dominion Experimental Farms was one of the leading 

 authorities on Entomological subjects. His work '• Insects Injurious to Fruits," published in 

 1883, is still the best thumbed book on the shelves of the working Economic Entomologist. 



The third face is-also familiar to Londoners. Mr. J. M. Denton was one of the most 

 earnest collectors of our Society. Readers oi the Annual Reports of the Entomological Society 

 recognize how much he helped to make tho^e Reports so valuable. 



The fourth face is that of our worthy President,— Rev. Dr. Fyles of Quebec. He and 

 Mr. Lyman of Montreal whose picture follows have done much in stirring up the enthusiasm 

 •of Iwers of insects in our sister province, and both have done work of real scientific merit. 



Our sixth face is that of Mr. Harrington of Ottawa, and is probably not so well known as 

 the preceding, since his duties at Ottawa have prevented his attendance at our annual 

 meetings for four or five years, Mr. Harrington is one of the leading authorities in America 

 •on Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. He is one of our younger men, so that much may yet be 

 •expected of him. 



The seventh face is one well known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. I do not care to say 

 much about Dr. Fletcher in his presence, suflice it to say th'^t his heart and head are as largo 

 as his body, and that is saying a great deal. Long may he live to fill the position which he 



now adorns ! 



The last Canadian to whom I shall refer is the Abbe Provancher of Laval University, 

 Quebec. In 1869, this indefatigable worker, without the aid of reference libraries or access to 

 reference collections, began the " Naturaliste Canadien " and continued this magazine up to 

 1891, completing 20 volumes. In the meantime, in 1874, he began his "Faune Entomologique 

 du Canada," a series of volumes devoted to descriptions of Canadian Insects. The first volume, 

 completed in 1877, is devoted to Coleoptera. In 1878-79-80, he issued supplements to this 

 volume. In 1883, he completed a second volume which was devoted to the Orthoptera, 

 Neuroptera and Hymenoptera ; and a little later he published additions to his Hymenoptera. 

 In 1890, he completed his third volume devoted to the Hemiptera. He died in 1892. I 

 regret that I am unable to present a likeness of this able French Canadian JSaturalist. 



Now, I turn to our co-workers in the United States. The first is T. Wm. Harris, who 

 lived from 1795 to 1856. This man was the first paid American Entomologist, and his publi- 

 cations date from 1823. These were followed by a long succession of interesting and original 

 articles dealing chiefly with the injurious Insects of New England. He published a Report 

 entitled " Insects Injurious to Vegetation " in 1841, this being known now as "A Treatise 

 Upon Insects Injurious to "Vegetation." As Dr. Howard remarks : "This book is to-day as 

 valuable as when first written, more than 50 years ago." In the early part of his life, Harris 



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