44 THE REPOJRT OF THE No. 36 



In 1907, by arrangement with the authorities of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, the headquarters of the Society were taken up in that institution. The 

 most important gain in the removal was that the influence of the Society was 

 brought to bear upon the farm-students and teachers-in-training in the College. 

 A like advantage is enjoyed by the Society for the Protection of Plants, at Ste. 

 Anne's, which has both English-speaking and French-Canadian members. 



When I moved to South Quebec in 1883, the Abbe Provancher was living at 

 Cap Eouge, and I had some correspondence with him respecting a saw-fly which 

 proved to be a new species. Provancher may be regarded as the father of French- 

 Canadian Entomology. He originated, and edited for twenty years, that useful 

 magazine, Le Naturaliste Canadien, which is still ably carried on by the Eev. 

 V. Huard, Director of the Quebec Provincial Museums, etc. 



Provancher also published three volumes of "Faune Entomologique du Canada," 

 the excellence of which is shown by the demand for them. 



Now, there are good men in many of the French-Canadian parishes and institu- 

 tions giving attention to Entomology — notably the Eev. Abbe Eoy, of Levis, and 

 the Eev, Abbe Begin, of Sherbrooke. 



Of the great and far-reaching influence that American Entomology has had in 

 Canada a ready token will be found in our reports and other literary productions. 

 I speak of the elegant little monogram formed of the letters C.V.E., standing 

 for Charles Valentine Eiley. 



You will find this monogram in the cut of Agrotis ypsilo7i in Winn's list just 

 published; you will find it in that of the Clover Leaf Borer, in the last report of 

 the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants; you will find it in that of the 

 Diamond-back Moth, in the last report of our own Society. It appears also in 

 Saunders' "Insects Injurious to Fruits," in the cut of the Codling Moth on page 

 127, and again in the cut of the Eotky Mountain Locust, on page 158. All these, 

 and many other illustrations we meet with, have been printed from electrotypes 

 from Eiley's drawings. 



Charles Valentine Eiley, the marvellous boy, who, a poor English immigrant, 

 went to work on an Illinois farm, and then, as time passed on, by his untiring 

 perseverance, his powers of observation, his careful studies, his love of Nature, 

 his wonderful skill as a draughtsman, raised himself step by step, till he became 

 the chief of the Bureau of Entomology in the Department of Agriculture at 

 Washington, and was honoured with the degrees of M.A. and Ph.D. — how much 

 he did in the cause of Entomology, and how greatly his labours have benefited 

 us here ! 



Alas, Dr. Eiley was cut off, "in the midst of his days," by an accident — as 

 some one has said, "he rode to his death on a bicycle." Speaking to me on this 

 sad event. Dr. Bethune said: "Among Entomologists, Eiley was facile princeps." 

 The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine of London, England, had previously spoken 

 of Eiley as "the foremost economic entomologist of the day." Eiley was worthy 

 of much praise. But this can be truly said: Never was better work done in the 

 Bureau of Entomology at Washington than is done at this day, by Dr. L. 0. 

 Howard and his staff of zealous assistants. The pamphlets under the heads of 

 Technical Series, Circulars, and Farmers' Bulletins are excellent and are scattered 

 broadcast. They must have a wonderful effect upon the community at large. 



A glance through our own publications will convince one that we are under 

 great obligations to American scientists. 



