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In the discussion following, Mr. Webster stated that he had as yet reached no posi- 

 tive opinion as to the poisoning of bees by spraying. " '^-' 



Mr. Garman had observed in one instance a bee alight on a recently sprayed tree 

 and suck up from a leaf a drop of the liquid containing London purple. He had no doubt 

 that thirsty bees did sometimes get in this way some of the poison, but whether it was 

 suflficient to injure them or not was a question requiring investigation. 



The fifth session was held on the afternoon of the 16th August. The following 

 officers for the ensuing year were elected : 



President L. O. Howard. 



First Vice- President . J. B. Smith. 



iSecond Vice-President F. L. Harvey. 



Secretary C. P. Gillette. 



Three papers on the insects of the season in their respective localities were read by 

 Messrs. Webster, Smith and Osborn, and were discussed by Mr. Eiley. 



A paper by Mr. R. Allan Wight, of Auckland, New Zealand, was read by Mr. 

 Osborn. It was entitled '■' Icaryafurclmsi and Vedalia cardinalis in New Zealand." The 

 paper consisted of a condensed summary of the history of these two insects in New Zea- 

 land and their inter-relations. This paper was discussed by Mr. Riley. 



Mr. Smith then read a paper by Mr. F. W. Urich, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, 

 consisting of " Notes on Some Insect Pests of Trinidad, B. W. I." The paper was an in- 

 teresting summary of Mr. Urich's observations on the injurious insects of that island, and 

 referred mainly to Coccida- and their natural enemies, a leaf -cutting ant [Atta sexdens) a 

 longicorn beetle (Steirasfoma depressiim) and certain Acridiidae. Especial mention of a 

 little Cyprinodont fish was made. This fish is found commonly all through Trinidad xnd 

 feeds upon mosquito larvaj. Mr. Uricli suggests its introduction into America for use in 

 tanks and ponds. 



The Secretary then read a " Note on Slip records," by Mr. Cockerell. The author 

 suggests the use of a uniform system of notes upon slips of a uniform size by all entomolo- 

 gists and submitted samples. The question was discussed by Messrs. Hopkins, Summers 

 and Riley. 



The Association then adjourned subject to the call of the Executive Committee. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Experimental Farms : Reports for 1892. Printed by order of Parliament. 



Ottawa, 1893. 



This valuable Blue-book has been before us for some time, having been distributed 

 in April last, but various circumstances have prevented us from noticing it, arid several 

 of the publications for which we are indebted to the courtsey of the authors. Our readers 

 will, of course, be chiefly interested in the report of Mr. James Fletcher, the Kntomologist 

 and Botanist of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, which occupies twenty-four 

 pages of the volume. After mentioning the chief insect attacks of the year, Mr. Fletcher 

 gives an interesting and valuable account of the life-histories of the Hop-vine Borer 

 ( Hydrcecia immani.'<, Guhn.'), the Red Turnip-beetle (Entomoscelis adonidis, Fab. ) the 

 Western Blister-Beetle {Cantharis Nuttalli, Say.), and the Birch Bucculatrix {B. Cana- 

 densisella, Chamb.) ; in these there is much new and original matter as well as a sum- 

 mary of the previous observations of others. The identification of the Hop insect, which 

 is also called from its mode of attack the " Collar-worm of the Hop," is particularly in- 

 teresting. Its injuries have been observed for more than twenty years, but it was a long 

 time before the moth was reared from the destructive larva* and its identity established. 



