The Entomological Society of Ontario 



ANNUAL MEETING 



The Fifty-first Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario was 

 held at Toronto on Thursday and Friday, November 5 and 6, 1914, Dr. C. 

 Gordon Hewitt^ President of the Society, occupying the chair throughout 

 the sessions. Among the members present were : Prof. J. H. Comstock, 



Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; Eev. T. W. Fyles, Ottawa; Dr. C. 0. 

 Hewitt and Messrs. A. Gibson and J. M. Swaine, Entomological Branch, Ottawa; 

 Messrs. N. Griddle, W. A. Eoss, E. H. Strickland and H. F. Hudson, Field 

 Officers of the Branch; Eev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, Prof. L. Caesar and Mr. A. 

 W. Baker, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph; Prof. Wm. Lochhead, Macdonald 

 College, Que. ; Prof. J. Dearness, London ; Dr. A. Cosens, Prof. E. M. Walker and 

 Messrs. J. B. Williams, A. Smith, C. Snazelle, E. H. Craigie, Geo. Duff and S. 

 Logier, Toronto; Mr. F. J. A. Morris, Peterborough; Mr. J. D. Evans, Trenton; 

 Prof. W. H. Brittain, Truro, N.S.; and Mr. Yernon King, Charleston, Mo. 



Among the visitors were Prof. C. E. Crosby, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. ; 

 Mr. J. C. Chapais, St. Denis-en-bas, Que.; Eev. Father Leopold, La Trappe, Que., 

 and Messrs. A. B. Baird and S. H. Lord, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. 



On Thursday morning a meeting of the Council was held in the Biological 

 Building of the University of Toronto. Various matters of business were brought 

 up and discussed and the report of the proceedings of the Society during the past 

 year was drawn up. Much satisfaction was expressed regarding the vigorous con- 

 dition of the Society, particularly in the rapid development of the British 'Columbia 

 Branch, and in the Society's excellent financial position. A suggestion that the 

 next Annual Meeting be held at Ottawa was afterwards put before the general 

 meeting and adopted. 



In the afternoon the Society met in the Lecture Room of the Royal Canadian 

 Institute, the proceedings commencing at two o'clock. The chair was taken by 

 Dr. Hewitt, the President, and the first order of business was the reading of the 

 reports of the Directors on the insects- of the season in their respective divisions. 



REPORTS ON" INSECTS OF THE YEAR. 



Division No. 1, Ottawa District — Arthur Gibson, Entomological Branch, 



Ottawa. 



During the growing season of 1914 serious outbreaks of certain well-known 

 insects occurred in the Ottawa District. Weather conditions were very favourable 

 for insect increase and many letters relating to injurious species were received 

 from farmers and others. The following are the pests chiefly complained of: 



Insects Attacking Field Crops. 



The Army- worm (Leucania unipuncta). Immediately following the out- 

 break of the Army-worm in Brant County, western Ontario, considerable anxiety 

 among farmers was experienced when infestations were discovered at Carp, Kin- 

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