In addition to the monthly magazine, the Society presents an annual report to the 

 Legislature of Ontario. The 22nd was published by the Department of Agriculture in 

 January last. This report for 1891 contains an account of the |)roceedings at the annual 

 meeting of the Society, the President's annual address and the reports of the officers, the 

 IVlontreal Branch and the Sections, and the papers read on the occasion. 



The President in his address drew the attention of the Society to the most serious 

 insect attacks of the year, and gave an account of the ravages of " the Eye spotted bud 

 moth" (Tine/ocera ocetlana), "the Lesser Apple-Leaf Folder" (leras rainuta), "the 

 Oblique-banded Leaf-roller" (Caco'sia rosaceana), " the Canker-worms " {Anisopteryx 

 vernata and pometaria), "Cutworms," the " Pea-weevil" [Bruchus phi), "the turnip flea- 

 beetle," " the Striped Cucumber Beetle " (Diabrotica vifJaia), and other more or less 

 injurious insects. Among the papers published in the annual report may be njentioned 

 the following: "Can Insects Survive Freezing?" and " Pamphila Manitoba and its 

 Varieties," by Mr. H. H. Lyman; ^^ Nematus Ei-ichsojiii," the Jjarch Saw-fly, whose de- 

 structive ravages among the tamarac swamps of the Province of Quebec are fully related 

 by the Rev. T. W. Fyles ; " a Microscopical Examination of an Unexpanded Wing of 

 Callosamia promethea" by Mr. J. A. MofFatt ; "an Account of some of the Collections of 

 Insects in England and Germany," by Cipt. Gamble Geddes ; "the Northern Mole 

 Cricket," by Mr. J. Fletcher ; "Notes on Japanese Insects," by Mr. W. H. Harrington ; 

 " The Moose Fly," by Prof. W. A. Snow. 



The various Sections of the Society, which were organized about two years ago, report 

 very satisfactory progress. The Ornithological Section state that their " membership 

 while not large is enthusiastic ; " they have prepared a list, which is published in the 

 annual report, of 97 birds known to breed in the county of Middlesex, Ontario, and of 20 

 other species observed in the same neighborhood and which will probably be found breed- 

 ing there. The species are distinguished into those which are decidedly beneficial on 

 account of their feeding habits, those which are neutral, and those which are open to 

 doubt as being possibly injurious. 



The Microscopical Section have held numerous regular meetings and several popular 

 exhibitions ; the subjects to which their attention was chiefly devoted were the manipu- 

 lation of the microscope and the preparation of objects, and the examination of algoe, fungi, 

 including the destructive Black-knot on fruit trees, ferns, etc. 



The Botanical Section held weekly meetings throughout the greater part of the year, 

 and have begun the formation of a collection of native plants, which is deposited in the 

 rooms of the Society ; a floral calendar has been kept ; two mosses new to Canada have 

 been discovered, and seventy species of fungi have been added to the North American 

 list. 



The members of the Geological Section have held evening meetings every week, at 

 which they applied themselves to the serious and methodical study of the science, and 

 when the season admitted, frequent field-excursions were made for practical work, During 

 these they covered a large area of country and gathered many rare and valuable speci- 

 mens of fossils. 



The formation of these Sections of the Entomological Society for the encouragement 

 of work in other departments of science, has thus been amply justified. The results iiave 

 been most satisfactory, and the cheerful assistance given by the member.s of one section 

 to those of another has been most useful. While occupying widely difierent fields of 

 study they are constantly brought into contact with one another and find the benefit of 

 co-operation as members of one Society, as well as the advantage to be derived from its 

 library and rooms, and complete organization. The result is to make London, the head- 

 quarters of the Society, a centre of scientific work for the peninsula of Ontario, and to 

 attract its residents, especially the young, into the delight-giving paths of Natural 

 Science. 



The annual report of the Society contains also a full record of the very important 

 meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists held in Washington in August last 

 under the presidency of our colleague, Mr. James Fletcher, of Ottawa. This Society was 



