ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 17 



THURSDAY— MORNING SESSION. 



The meeting was called to order by the Vice-President at 10 o'clock a.m. 



A paper by Mr. A. H. Kilman, of Ridgeway, was read on a supplementary list of 

 Coleoptera not previously recorded as taken in Canada This paper, being of a technical 

 character, will be published in the Canadian Entomologist. 



Dr. Bethune read an extract from a newspaper, which stated that farmers in En<^- 

 land were much alarmed because dead insects, especially grasshoppers, had been found in 

 numbers in the recent large importations of hay from Canada. The purchasers feared 

 that the animals fed upon the hay might receive injury from consuming the insects, and 

 the farmers were afraid that through the importation of the bodies of the insects the eo'as 

 of the locust might be introduced into England, and a locust plague be occasioned in the 

 country. The despatch went on to state that " Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, the oreat insect 

 authority of England, the consulting entomologist of the Royal Agricultural Society of 

 England, and special lecturer on economic entomology at the Royal Agricultural College 

 of Cirencester, and who is also the English corresponding member of the Eatomolo^ical 

 Society of Ontario, has published very reassuring statements, which are calculated to 

 allay all alarm. She says that it is unlikely that locusts will propagate in Great Britain 

 owing to the comparatively moist and cool climate. She also declares that there is no 

 evidence whatever that locusts are at all prejudicial to the health of cattle that eat them." 

 Dr. Bethune gave it as his opinion that the fears of the English farmers respectin^^ the 

 importation of our locusts were perfectly groundless, and there was no likelihood of e<^<»s 

 being hatched and colonies established from the dead insects carried over in bales of 

 pressed hay. 



The remainder of the morning was spent in the examination and determination of 

 specimens, many rare and interesting forms having been brought to the meeting by Mr. 

 Fyles, Dr. Bethune and some of the local members. After comparing notes on various 

 matters of entomological interest, the meeting, which was greatly enjoyed by those who 

 were present, was brought to a close. Much regret was expressed by all at the absence 

 of the President, whose address will be found in the following pages. The members from 

 a distance were much gratified at the kindness and hospitality rendered them and desire 

 to record their hearty thanks to their kind entertainers. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 

 By W. Hague Harrington, Ottawa. 



While the earlier incumbents of an office, such as I have had this year the honor to 

 bold, are fortunate in finding new lands through which to wander and from which to 

 garner fresh crops, those who come in later years have, at least, well laid-out fields to till 

 and good plain paths to follow. As the President's address is published in the Annual 

 Report which our Society prepares for the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and as 

 the address is often his only contribution to the Report, it becomes almost imperative 

 that it should be of as economic and practical a character as possible, and at the same 

 time be worded, in such a clear and simple manner, that it may be readily understood not 

 only by the members of our own society, but by the larger audience reached by the' Re- 

 port. Instead, therefore, of endeavoring to treat technically, or elaborately, of any of the 

 many special branches of Entomology, I shall keep in the well defined paths which my 

 predecessors in office have laid out. 



A city residence and official duties, which for several weeks in midsummer prevent 

 any observations, combine to cause my work in Entomology to lack the continuity which 

 is necessary for a thorough investigation into the life-histories of our insect foes and 

 friends. The assistance of fellow-workers enables me, however, to say a few words about 

 some of the more noticeable insects of the past season. Of these I shall first mention 

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