On the 16th of October the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : — Wil- 

 liam Couper, President; M. Kollniar, Vice-President; F. B. Caulfiold, Secretary-Treasurer; 

 Council — G. J. Bowles, P. Knetzing and C. W. Pearson ; Curator, William Hibbins. 



By-Laws were framed for the guidance of the Branch, which were approved by the parent 

 Society. Our monthly meetings have been regularly held and well attended, and your Coun- 

 cil congratulate the Society on benefits derived. During the eight meeting.s which have been 

 held, independent of the production of original communications on Entomology, there were 

 remarkably good exhibitions of insects, which also tended to give additional information to 

 members. 



The first meeting of the Branch in August, 1873, consisted of seven members, and 

 since then five additional members have been elected. 



The following papers were read during the winter months : — 



" A Dissertation on Northern Butterflies," by William Couper ; '• On the Cicindelidae 

 Occurring on the Island of Montreal," by F. B. Caulfield ; "On Some of the Benefits De- 

 rived from Insects," by F. B. Caulfield. 



The following works have been donated during the year: — 



" On Some Remarkable Forms of Animal Life from the Great Deeps of the Norwegian 

 Coast," by G. 0. Sars, 1 Vol. ; " On Norwegian Crustaceans," by G. 0. Sars, 2 Vol. ; 

 " Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America," by Cyrus Thomas, 1 Vol. 



Your Council would suggest that the Curator procure store boxes for the preservation of 

 the specimens obtained for the Society during the approaching season. In this way the 

 nucleus of a collection can be formed prior to the purchase of a cabinet, which your Council 

 trusts the Society will be possessed of before next winter. 



Your Council would also suggest that members carry note-books wherein to record En- 

 tomological observations, especially relative to insects injurious to the crops ; also, of such 

 species as are considered beneficial in checking the progress of destructive insects. As this 

 is one of the princijial objects of the Society, field notes of tliis nature are always valuable, 

 and should form subjects of investigation and discussion at our meetings^ Attention should 

 be given to the larval forms of insects, as this is a specialty of blntomology from which much 

 knowledge is yet to be obtained. 



Your Council strongly impress on the members to use their influence in promoting a 

 knowledge of the importance of the study of Entomology, more especially with Agriculturists 

 and horticulturists, in order to enable them to check the ravages of the numerous insects 

 injurious to vegetation. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



C. W. Pearson, 

 Geo. Jno. Bowles. 

 Wm. Couper, Chairman. 



ANNUAL ADDKESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SO- 

 CIETY OF ONTARIO, 1874. 



To the Members of ilie Entomological Society of Ontario : — ' 



Gentlemen, — I beg to offer you again, after the lapse of a year, my hearty congratu 

 lations upon the continued prosperity of our Society. As you have already learnt from the 

 Report of our Secretary-Treasurer, we have been favoured with a slight increase in our list of 

 membership — as large, indeed, as can fairly be expected in a Society which confines itself to 

 the study of a particular branch of Natural Science, and which cannot therefore attract into 

 its ranks many who are not specially engaged, to some extent at least, in this limited field of 

 investigation. 



It is especially pleasing to find that our number of branches continues to increase — a 

 highly successful one, with its headquarters in Montreal, having been organized since our last 

 annual meeting. Its first annual report has been already presented to us in the pages of our 

 journal. 



The Canadian Entomologist, upon whose success the well-being and fair fame of our 

 Society so largely depends, has — I am sure you will agree with me — been more ably sustained 



