1904 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. '21 



REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION FOR 1904. 



The Botanical Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario met for 

 organization on the 7th of May, 1904, when the following officers were 

 elected for the coming year: Mr. S, B. McCready, Chairman; Prof. Bow- 

 man, Vice-Chairman ; Master H. C. Rennie, Secretary, 



Nine fortnightly meetings were held during the season, at nearly all 

 of which there was a satisfactory attendance, the average number present 

 being about seven. Two very successful field-days were held, the first at 

 'Dorchester and the second at Komoka. 



An interesting paper was read by Mr. Dearness on June 18th, on "Plant 

 Societies", and many interesting talks on Botanical subjects were given 

 during the year. A great variety of plants were brought to the meetings 

 for examination and identification. The last evening of the season was 

 devoted to fungi, of which an account was given by Profs. Bowman and 

 Dearness. 



S. B. McCready, 

 Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. 



The Microscopical Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario has 

 much pleasure in presenting its fourteenth annual report. The meeting for 

 reorganzaticn after the summer recess was held on the 3rd of October, 1903, 

 and the following officers were elected: Prof. J. H. Bowman, Chairman; 

 Mr. R. W. Rennie, Vice-Chairman; Mr. C. E. Parsons, Secretary. 



Prof. J. Dearness and the officers were appointed the Executive Com- 

 mittee for the year^ 



Thirteen meetings were held during the winter season, with an average 

 attendance of nine members, besides a number of visitors. Papers were 

 read or addresses given on the following subjects : 



Aphids, Ants and Honey-dew: Rev. Dr. Bethune; Ferns, their Spores 

 and Modes of Growth: Mr. S. B. McCready; The Inhabitants of an old 

 Basswood Limb : Prof. Dearness ; Barnacles Found on some Pine Logs : 

 Prof. Bowman; Platino-Cyanide Crystals of Barium: Prof. Bowman; Col- 

 lembola : Mr. F. A. Stuart; Sea-weeds from Santa Monica Bay, California: 

 Mr. M. Westland; Algse : Prof. Dearness. 



These papers were illustrated by specimens and slides for the micro- 

 scope. At nearly all the meetings a number of objects of interest and 

 beauty were also exhibited and discussed. 



J. H. Bowman, 



Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN AND CURATOR. 



The following is the report for the year ending August 31st, 1904 : 

 The number of bound volumes added to the library during the year 

 was twenty-eight, making the number on the register 1,832. Among the 

 new acquisitions there have been received volumes VIII and IX of the 

 Harriman Alaska Expedition, being the two parts devoted tp insects; Dr. 

 Holland's Moth-Book, presented by the late librarian, Mr. J, Alston Mof- 

 fat, to the Society as "an acknowledgment of its generosity in his declin- 

 ing years"; Sir George Hampson's Catalogue of the Noctuidse in the British 

 Museum, being volume IV of his "Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalsense"; 

 and Rothschild and Jordan's "Revision of the Sphingidse". 



