TBE REPORT OF THE No. 1» 



The thirty-nintli annual meeting of the Society was held in London in October, 1902, 

 and was well attended by membars from a distance as well as by those resident iu the 

 neighborhood. It was also favoured with the presence of Prof. C. C. James, Deputy Minister 

 of Agriculture for Ontario. During the first afternoon a conference was held to discuss the 

 prevalence of the Pea Weevil in Ontario and to consider the best means of controlling its 

 ravages, which have of late years become very serious. Valuable information was given on 

 the vari')us aspects of the subject by Dr. Fletcher, Prof. Lochhead and others, and a resolution 

 was adopted calling the attention of the Superintendent of Farmer's Institutes to the matter 

 and suggesting that it should be brought prominently before all their meetings, and that object 

 lessons in fumigating peas should be given throughout the counti-y. A public meeting was 

 held in the evening at the Normal School when the presidential address was read by the 

 President, Rev. Dr. Fyles, and Prof. Lochhead gave a lantern lecture on some common 

 Butterflies and Butterfly Hunters. The remaining sessions were occupied with a series of 

 valuable papers, reports of oflicers, etc., and the examination of interesting specimens. 



The thirty thirxl Annual Report on economic and general Entomology was presented to 

 the Minister of Agriculture for Ontario in January last and was printed and distributed in 

 March. It contained 132 pages illustrated with 108 engravings in the text and photogravure 

 portraits of Messrs. E. Baynes Reed for many years an efficient officer of the Society and W. 

 E. Saunders the present energetic Secretary. Besides the account of the conference on the 

 Pea Weevil and the proceedings at the annual meeting the Report contained papers on the 

 injurious insects of the year by Messrs. Fisher, Young, Evans, Walker, Balkwill, Stevenson, 

 Mofiat, Prof. Lochhead and Dr. Fletcher; "Notes on Danais archippus " by Mr. Lyman ; 

 " The Paper-making Wasps of the Province of Quebec" by Dr. Fyles; "Some interesting 

 habits of Lepidopterous Larvfe " and " Notes on Semiophora Youngii '" by Mr. Gibson ; " The 

 Entomological Record for 1902" by Dr. Fletcher, and Mr. Harrington ; "A Key to Orchard 

 Insects," profusely illustrated, by Prof. Lochhead ; "Notes on insects injurious to Pines" by 

 Mr. Harrington ; and "A talk about Entomology " by Mr. Mofiat. The volume closed with 

 a report from the North-west (Canada) Entomological Society and biographical sketches of 

 Messrs. E. Baynes Reed and W. E. Saunders. 



The Canadian Eniomologist has been regularly issued at the beginning of each month. 

 The 34th volume was completed in December last ; it consisted of 339 pages, illustrated with 

 three full-page plates and twelve figures from original drawings. The contributors numbered 

 forty-seven and represented Canada, the United States, Germany aud Russia. Of the 35th 

 volume eight numbers have thus far been published, and the tumber for September will be 

 issued immediately. 



During the greater part of the year meetings for the study of Entomology have been held 

 on Saturday evenings, alternately with those of the Botanical and Microscopical Sections. 

 Owing to the unfavorable weather, very few collecting excursions have been made. The 

 Ornithological Section has also held regular monthly meetings, but the Council much regrets 

 that the Geological Section has suspended its operations for some months past. It is hoped, 

 however, that its session.s will be resumed during the coming winter. The reports of the 

 Branches, at Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, will bo presented at this meeting, as well as those 

 from the Sections and Oflicers, and will be published in^ due course. 



The good work of the Society has been much extended by the delivery' of lectures on 

 subjects connected with the relations of insects with the various important industries of the 

 Country. The President, Prof. Lochhead in addition to his official work" as Professor of 

 Biology at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, has delivered many lectures at Farmer's 

 Institutes and other meetings of farmers, horticulturists and fruit-growers. Dr. Fletcher has 

 ust completed two extensive series of farmers' meetings in the North West Territories and 



