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contain nmeli liigbly valuable matter. No less than 33 new genera were described, 

 282 new species and 9 varieties or subspecies of insects belonging to various orders. 



The reports from the branches of the Society, at Montreal, Quebec, and To- 

 ronto, are highly satisfactory, meetings having been regularly held and many 

 papers read and discussed. Owing to the absence of the Secretary in England no 

 report was received from the British Columbia Branch. 



Meetings of the Society were held from October to March at the Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College, Guelph, on alternate Wednesday evenings. The attendance in- 

 cluded a number of the more advanced students and a gratifying .amount of interest 

 was shown by all who attended. The following papers were read during the 

 season: "The Sorghum Midge in Louisiana," by E. C. Treherne (4th year stu- 

 dent) ; "A Classification of Muscoidean Flies," by W. E. Thompson (4th year 

 student) ; " Eearing Pomace Flies," by E. W. Stafford (4th year student) ; " Sug- 

 gestions for Field Inspection," by E. C. Treherne (4th year student) ; " Notes on 

 Eriophydse," by J. Tothill (3rd year student) ; " Memoir of the late Dr. Fletcher," 

 by Dr. C. J. S. Bethune (Professor of Entomology) ; " Some Notes on Mites," by 

 T. D. Jarvis (Lecturer in Entomology) ; " The Chalcidid Subfamily Encyrtineae," 

 by Alfred Eastham (4th year student) ; '' Eemarks on the External Anatomy of 

 Chalcids," by A. C. Baker (2nd year student); "The Genus Tetranychus," by 

 R. C. Treherne ; " The Entomological Department at Macdonald College," by A. G. 

 Cutler (4th year student) ; " Spiders," by Dr. C. J. S. Bethune; " Injurious Insects 

 of the Season," by L. Caesar (Demonstrator in Entomology). 



It is with deep regret that the Council have to record the death of Dr. William 

 Brodie, of Toronto, who died on the 6th of August last, in his seventy-eighth year. 

 He had recently been contributing a series of papers on Gall insects to the pages 

 of the " Canadian Entomologist," and was occupied with the duty of looking after 

 the collections in the Museum of the Department of Education. One of the oldest 

 honorary members of the Society, Mr. William H. Edwards, died in the early part 

 of the year. He had been one of the most regular contributors to the pages of the 

 "Canadian Entomologist" during a long series of years and was known to the 

 scientific world as the author of three most beautifully illustrated volumes on 

 " The Butterflies of North America." We have also to deplore the loss of another 

 contributor in the person of Prof. M. V. Slingerland, of Cornell University. 

 Obituary notices of these gentlemen have already been published in the pages of the 

 " Canadian Entomologist." 



Efforts are now being made to hold an International Congress of Entomologists 

 at Brussels, in August of next year. A large Committee has been formed to repre- 

 sent the Dominion of Canada, including members of our Society in all the different 

 provinces. It is much to be hoped that we may be represented by one or more 

 delegates, and that the forthoming meeting may be a precursor of a long series 

 in years to come. 



It is with much regret that the Council has learned that the Eev. Dr. Fyles, 

 for so many years the active President of the Quebec Branch, has resigned his 

 position as Chaplain to the Immigrants and removed to Hull, P.Q. The rest and 

 retirement which he has so well earned by many years of laborious work will, it is 

 hoped, be long enjoyed by this veteran entomologist. Mr. A. E. M. Boulton has 

 been elected President of the Quebec Branch, which will, no doubt, continue as 

 active and enthusiastic as heretofore. 



The Council has great pleasure in welcoming Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, the 

 newly-appointed Dominion Entomologist for the Experimental Farms. It is a 



