FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



Entomological Society of Ontario 



1909. 



To the Honourable James S. Duff, Minister of Agriculture. 



Sir, — I have the honour to present herewith the Fortieth Annual Eeport of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario, which contains the proceedings of the forty- 

 sixth annual meeting of the Society, which was held at the Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, on the 4th and 5th November, 1909. The report includes the papers read 

 and the reports submitted by the various officers and branches of the Society. 



" The Canadian Entomologist," the monthly organ of the Society, has been 

 regularly issued during the past year, and has now completed its forty-first volume, 

 which has maintained the high scientific standard of its long series of predecessors. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Charles J. S. Bethune, 



Editor. 

 Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Guelph. 



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