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found in those pages. Six volumes of these "Proceedings" were published, but 

 are now out of print and a complete set will find a ready purchaser at a price of 

 $50, so valuable is the work considered. 



By 1867 the membership of the Society and the scope of its work had ex- 

 tended over the continent ; it was therefore decided to change its name to " The 

 American Entomological Society '^ and to issue its publications under the title of 

 "Transactions" instead of "Proceedings." Thirty-nine volumes of the new series 

 have now been published, appearing in quarterly numbers. They are a perfect 

 mine of information on insects of all orders and are of so high a scientific char- 

 acter that no systematic worker can get on without them. 



On behalf of this great and fiourishing Society and by request of its President 

 I have great pleasure in tendering to the Entomological Society of Ontario its 

 hearty congratulations on the celebration of its Jubilee, and its best wishes for 

 the continued success and prosperity of its Canadian co-worker in the vast field of 

 Entomology. 



Peof. E. M. Walker: I have the honour of extending to you the greetings 

 and congratulations of the University of Toronto on the occasion of the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the Society's foundation. 



Although Entomology has never been a prominent subject on the University 

 curriculum this deficiency must not be taken as indicative of an underestimation 

 of its value as a study or its importance to the community, for the Biological 

 Department is highly appreciative of the importance and usefulness of the work 

 that is being done by the Entomological Society of Ontario. The small place given 

 to Entomology on the curriculum is due partly to the fact that as yet there is no 

 faculty of agriculture in the University and partly because the elective system of 

 instruction is not followed in our University, and it is, therefore, very difficult 

 to provide for the teaching of special branches of zoology, such as entomology. 

 The curriculum in biology is already almost overloaded with the-more fundamental 

 subjects. 



The need of some knowledge of systematic zoology, particularly in entomology, 

 is, however, keenly felt by many of our graduates who become science teachers in 

 the high schools and collegiate institutes, and we are now offering a course in this 

 subject which, it is hoped, will meet this need to some extent. It is hoped also 

 that more of our graduates in biology may thus be stimulated to take a closer 

 interest in entomology and the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



The University of Toronto extends it best wishes for the continued growth 

 and prosperity of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



Peof. "W. Lochhead offered the felicitations of McGill University, Montreal, 

 and referred to the strong men who had been leaders in the work of the Society. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt: I have been requested by the Minister of Agri- 

 culture, the Hon. Martin Burrell to represent the Department of Agriculture and 

 to convey to the Society his hearty congratulations on this occasion. As many 

 of you know, he takes a personal interest in entomology, especially in its economic 

 aspects. In referring to the entomological work in the Canadian Department of 

 Agriculture, I should like to say under what a great obligation we are to Dr. 

 Bethune for the supply of men he has been able to give us. If it were not for 

 the Ontario Agricultural College and the splendid training which is given to stu- 



