The Entomological Society of Ontario 



ANNUAL MEETING 



The Forty-ninth Annual ]\Ieeting of the Society was held at Ottawa on Tues- 

 day and Wednesday, November 19th and 20th, 1912. 



Dr. E. M. Walker, President of the Society, occupied the chair during the 

 day meetings, which were held in the Lecture Boom of the Carnegie Library, and 

 at the Evening Session in the Assemlily Hall of the Xormal School, the meeting 

 was i^resided over by the Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture. 



Among those present were: Ifev. T. ^\. Eyles, Ottawa; j\Ir. W. H. Harring- 

 ton, Ottawa; Mr. H. H. Lyman, Montreal: Mr. J. D. Evans, Trenton; Dr. C. (t. 

 Hewitt, Ottawa; Mr. Arthur Gibson, Ottawa; Prof. L. Caesar, Guelph; Mr. J. 

 M. Swaine, Ottawa; Mr. A. G. Turney, Fredericton, N.B.; Mr. A. W. Baker, 

 Guelph; Mr. A. F. Winn, Montreal: Mr. F. W. L. Sladen, Ottawa; Prof. J. E. 

 Howitt, Guelph; Mr. J. A. Giiignard, Ottawa; Dr. R. Matheson, Truro, N".S. ; 

 Prof. W. Lochhead, ^facdonald College, Que.; Eev. Bro. Germain, Ottawa; Rev. 

 J. B. Mignault, St. Therese, Que.; Mr. J. I. Beaulne, Ottawa: Rev. Father Mar- 

 eotte, Sherbrooke, Que., and Messrs. J. D. Tothill. G. Beaulieu, G. E. Sanders. H. 

 F Hudson, C. E. Petch, field officers of the Division of Entomology. 



In addition to the above, man}' members of the Ottawa Field-N"aturalists' 

 Club attended the various sessions, particularly the evening meeting. Letters ex- 

 jnessing regret at their inabilitv to attend were received from: Rev. Prof. Bethiine, 

 Guelph; Dr. Wm. Saunders, London; Dr. E. P. Felt, Albany, l^.Y.: Prof. C. C. 

 James, Toronto; Rev. J. A. Jean, Montreal: Mr. H. G. Payne. Granville Ferry, 

 N'.S., and Mr. G. Chagnon, :Montreal. 



On Tuesday morning the members met at the Experimental Farm, where a 

 pleasant hour was spent in looking over the specimens exhibited by those present 

 and in examining the fine collections belonging to the Division. At eleven o'clock 

 a meeting of the Council took place, at which the report of the proceedings of the 

 society during the past year was drawn up and various questions of interest to 

 its members were discussed. In view of the fact that next year will mark the event 

 of the society's fiftieth annual meeting, it was decided that a jubilee meeting be 

 held in honour of the occasion, to which delegates from other societies be invited, 

 and that this meeting be held at Gnelph about the beginning of September, the 

 exact date to he decided upon later. 



TTie afternoon meeting was held in the Carnegie Library, the proceedings 

 commencing at 3 o'clock with the reading of the reports of the directors on the 

 insects of the year in their respective districts. 



REPORTS ON" INSECTS FOR THE YEAR. 



Division Xo. 1. Ottawa Distkict — Arthur Gibsox. Central Experimental 



Farm, Ottawa. 



The season of 1912 in the Ottawa District was a most remarkable one. With 

 the exception of the first half of the month of July, tlie weather was exceptionally 

 cool with continual falls of rain. The following notes on the prevalence of 

 injurious insects in the district are presented : — 



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