40 THE REPORT OF THE No. 36 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 

 TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, D.C.L., Hull, Que. 



I have the honour to present the following report from the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario : — 



This Society held its forty-sixth annual meeting in the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Gudph, on the 4th and otih days of November last. There was a large 

 attendance — members from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Port Hope, Trenton, 

 Grimsby and Guelph being present. Important subjects were brought before the 

 meeting by the district directors and discussed: The destruction of cut-leaf birch 

 trees by the Red-necked Borer : attempts to control the Tussock Moth ; the extension 

 of the San Jose Scale to Prince Edward County ; the work of the Blackben-y Saw- 

 fly; that of the Spruce Gall-louse; the importation of Brown-tail Moth larvae on 

 Frendh nursery stock ; and other matters of interest to fruit-growers and foresters. 



In the evening a public meeting was held in the Massey Hall auditorium, which 

 was well filled with students of the College, both male and female, and a number of 

 visitors from the town, together with members of the Society gathered in session. 

 "Dr. C. Gordon Hewett, the newly-appointed Entomologist at the Experimental 

 Farms of the Dominion, gave a highly interesting and instructive address, illus- 

 trated by a series of admirable lantern pictures, on 'House Flies and Their Allies.* 

 The College orchestra added much to the enjoyment of the evening by the musical 

 selections they rendered." {Can. Ent., vol. xli., p. 429.) 



In the forthcoming Annual Report of the Society, the papers read before the 

 meeting will be found in full. The titles of them denote their interest to naturalists 

 and to the agricultural community. They are : — 



Observations on Insects of the Season, L. Caesar. 



Injurious Insects of Ontario, C. J. S. Bethune. 



Injurious Insects of Ottawa, A. Gibson. 



Injurious Insects of Quebec, W. Lochhead. 



The Origin and Diffusion of Entomological Errors, H. H. Lyman. 



Some Guests at the Banquet of Blossoms, F. J. A. Morris. 



Nests of the Brown-tail Moth, A. Gibson. 



Nursery Inspection Work in Ontario, R. C. Treherne. 



House-flies and their Allies, C. G. Hewitt. 



The Larch Saw-fly, C. G. Hewitt. 



Conflicts between Two Species of Ants, G. E. Sanders. 



Snowy White Linden Moth, A. F. Winn. 



Adaptations of Insect Structure, T. W. Fyles. 



The Life-history of Anisota virginiensis, T. W. Fyles. 



The Acarina found in Ontario, T. D. Jarvis. 



Notes on Fruit-tree Scolytids, J. M. Swaine. 



Entomological Record for 1909, A. Gibson. 



The Spruce Bud-Worm Tortrix, A. Gibson. 



Memoir of Dr. Brodie, F. J. A. Morris. 



The Report is illustrated with a portrait of the late Dr. Brodie and with five 

 half-tone plates. There are also thirty-nine illustrations in the text. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the monthly organ of the Society, maintains its, 

 well-earned reputation. From its mail list for last month it appears that the 

 magazine is not only circulated in Canada, but is taken in the United States, in 

 fourteen countries of Europe, in India, Japan, the Philippine Islands, Egypt, Cape 

 Colony, Natal, Portuguese E, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Brazil, 

 the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Haw^aii, and in five of the West Indian Islands. 



