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The motion was seconded by the Rev. T. W. Fyles, who expressed the pleasure he 

 had derived from listening to the address. In the course of his remarks he referred to the 

 injuries caused by the Onion fly, and stated that it could be prevented by the use of soot, 

 which drove away the fly, and the affected onion was then enabled to revive and complete 

 its growth. 



Mr. Denton gave an account of some experiences in England where a fly had caused 

 the death of a newly born calf and also attacked sheep. 



Mr. Fletcher stated that soot was not always an available remedy in this country 

 in consequence of the prevalent use of hard coal. He found nothing better than the 

 application of a kerosene emulsion for the destruction of this and a great variety of other 

 insects. He proceeded to describe the ease with which an emulsion could be made and 

 the mode of its application, as well as its effectiveness as an insecticide. 



EEPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The following report was then read and adopted : 



The Council of the Entomological Society^of Ontario beg to present the following 

 report of their proceedings during the past year. 



The ordinary membership of the Society has been satisfactorily ftaintained, while 

 the number of associate members has been considerably increased during the year. Con- 

 tinued interest has been taken in the various departments of the Society, and much good 

 work has been accomplished. 



The Twenty-second Annual Report on practical and genertil entomology was pre- 

 sented to the Minister of Agriculture in December last, and was printed and distributed 

 early in February. It consisted of one hundred pages and was illustrated with eighteen 

 wood-cuts. The report contained, among other interesting matter, a full report of the 

 proceedings at the annual meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists, and a 

 valuable list of the birds of Middlesex County. 



The Council are pleased to gratefully acknowledge the promptitude with which 

 the report was printed and distributed by the Department, and also the advantage the 

 Society has received from having the reports distributed from Toro.^to. 



The Canadian Entomologist has been regularly issued at the beginning of each month, 

 and completed its twenty-third volume in December last. It consisted of 292 pages, an 

 increase of fifty over the usual number. Of the current volume eight numbers have so 

 far been published, and the ninth (for September) is almost ready for distribution, the 

 numbers have averaged over twenty-four pages each, and will make the volume at the 

 close of the year larger than any of its predecessors. There is still a steady demand for 

 the back volumes, which involves the occasional reprinting of a number. 



Some valuable additions have been made to the Library during the past year, among 

 -which may be mentioned a set of Miss Georgiana E. Ormerod's coloured diagrams of 

 insects injurious to vegetation, which will be found most useful for illustrating popular 

 lectures and addresses to farmers' meetings. The Society's collections of specimens have 

 been carefully looked after by the Curator, Mr. Moffat, many additions have been made 

 to the Lepidoptera, and good progress has been made in the arrangement of the European 

 Coleoptera. The Council would here express their continued satisfaction with the careful 

 and conscientious manner in which Mr. Moffat discharges his duties towards the Society. 



The Sections of the Society in the departments of Botany, Geology, Microscopy 

 and Ornithology have been in active operation during the past year. The reports of their 

 proceedings are submitted herewith. It is earnestly to be hoped that the interest 

 awakened in these V)ranches of Natural Science will not be allowed to flag, and that the 

 number of their adherents will steadily increase. 



