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The first afternoon was occupied with the reading of the reports of the 

 Directors on the insects of note in their respective districts, and a conference was 

 held on the chief insect pests of the season, which was participated in by many 

 of those present. In the evening a public meeting was held in Massey Hall, and 

 a popular lecture was delivered by Dr. E. P. Felt, of Albany, State Entomologist 

 of New York, on "The Interpretation of Nature," illustrated by lantern pictures. 

 A paper was also read by Prof. Lochhead, of the Macdonald College, St. Anne de 

 Bellevue, P.Q., on "Entomology in the Graduate School of Agriculture at Cornell 

 University." 



The morning and afternoon of the second day were occupied with the reading 

 of the reports of the various branches and officers of the Society. Papers were also 

 read on a variety of subjects, both scientific and practical. All of these'have been 

 published in the annual volume. This volume, the " Thirty-ninth Annual Eeport 

 to the Legislature of Ontario," was published in March last, and contained 153 

 pages and 18 half-tone plates of gall insects, also a portrait of the late Dr. James 

 Fletcher. The papers were further illustrated by over 40 figures in the text. 

 Besides those already mentioned, it included the folloAving articles : " What 

 Entomology the Farmer and Fruitgrower should know," "The Strawberry 

 Weevil," and "Injurious Insects of Quebec in 1908," by Prof. Lochhead; "A 

 Catalogue of the Gall Insects of Ontario," "Apparatus for Collecting small 

 Arthropods," and " Notes on the Coccidse of Ontario," by Mr. T. D. Jarvis, Presi- 

 dent of the Society. Among the popular papers were, " Beetle Haunts," by F. J. A. 

 Morris ; " A Farmer's Wood Lot," by Dr. Fyles ; " The Importation of Parasites 

 of the Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths," by Dr. L. 0. Howard, Chief of the Bureau 

 of Entomology, Washington. The remaining papers were of a more or less scien- 

 tific character, viz: "Hydroecia Micacea in Canada," and "The Entomological 

 Record," by Mr. Arthur Gibson ; " The Life History of Euchffitias Oregonensis," by 

 Mr. H. H. Lyman; "Observations on the Sorghum Midge," by Mr. E. C. Treherne; 

 "Enemies of Ontario Coccidse," by Mr. A. Eastham; "Two Butterflies added ta 

 the Montreal List," by Mr. A. F. Winn ; " Collecting with a Lantern Trap," and 

 " Notes on Lachnosternas," by Mr. J. D. Evans ; " The Tussock Moth in Toronto," 

 by Mr. P. Hahn ; " The Economic Importance and Food Habits of American Gall 

 Midges," by Dr. E. P. Felt; "Injurious Insects of the Year," by Dr. Bethune 

 and Mr. Gibson. 



A few days after the close of the meeting the members of the Society and a 

 host of friends all over the continent were shocked and deeply grieved at the sad 

 tidings that our much loved President, Dr. James Fletcher, was no more. His 

 death took place at Montreal, on Sunday, November 8th, 1908, after an operation 

 from which he had not the strength to rally. A great man, a master mind, an 

 enthusiastic student of nature, a most lovable personality has been taken from us. 

 In our last report a full obituary notice was given. It is therefore unnecessary 

 to enter into any further account of the work of our lamented friend. 



" The Canadian Entomologist," the monthly magazine of the Society, has 

 been regularly issued at the beginning of each month. The fortieth volume was 

 completed in December last, and eleven numbers of the forty-first volume have 

 already been published. The volume for 1908 consisted of 471 pages, and was 

 illustrated by 11 full-page plates and 20 figures from original drawings. The 

 contributors numbered 69 and included writers from Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, 

 Alberta, British Columbia, England, the United States, Brazil, Norway, and the 

 Hawaiian Islands. The articles are, as usual, largely of a scientific character, and 



