ANNUAL REPOKT 



OF THK 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, 



FOR THE YEAR 1874.. 



INCLUDING REPORTS ON SOME OF THE NOXIOUS AND BENEFICIAL 

 INSECTS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



PREPARED FOR THE HONOURABLE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE ON 



BEHALF OP THE SOCIETY. 



BY 



THE REV. C. J. S. BETHUNE, M.A. 



head- Muster of Trinity College Sclmol, Port Hope ; President of the Entomological Society of 



Ontario ; 



WILLIAM SAUNDERS, 



Editor of the Entomologist ; 



EDMUND BAYNES REED, 



Fice-President of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO FOR THE 



YEAR 1874. 



To the Honourable tlie Commissions of Agriculture, — 



Sir, — 1 have the honour to suhmit for your consideration the Report of the Entomolo- 

 gical Society of Ontario for the year 1874, embracing a detailed statement of receipts and 

 expenditures during the year, which accounts have been duly audited, also a list of the oflSoe- 

 bearers elected for the year 1875. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held at the City of Toronto, at the same time as 

 tJie Exhibition of the Agrioultunil and Arts Association in accordance with the provisions of 

 the statute, when the various reports were then presented and approved of 

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