ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



REPORT FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY TO THE ROYAL 



SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, F. L. S., Delegate. 



I have the honor to report that the Entomological Society of Ontario continues, with 

 zeal and success, its researches into all such subjects as naturall)' fall under, or in any- 

 way have a bearing upon Scientific and Economic Entomology. 



The membership of the Society du-ing the past year has greatly increased, especially 

 by additions from the Province of Ontario. This fact betokens both a growing interest 

 in the subject of entomology, and also an increasing confidence in the Society as a guide 

 and helper in its pursuit. 



The Society was established in 1883. Of its founders but few now remain ; most of 

 them have been lost to us through death, or departure to distant places of residence. By 

 the ix-embers of the present day their memory is held in grateful respect. The Society, 

 however, still enjoys the benefit of the experience and scholarship of the Rev. U. J. S. 

 Bethune, and the business talent of Mr. J. M. Denton The names of these gentlemen 

 appeared in the first list of ofiicers published by the Society, and they are found also in 

 the list published for the present year. 



The Society enjoys the confidence of the many able entomologists who have been 

 appointed to positions in the colleges and experimental stations of the United States of 

 America ; and numerous articles from these gentlemen have appeared in the Society's pub- 

 lications. It also numbers among its correspondents leading entomologists in England 

 and Gei-many. 



It is largely due to the wise and liberal support of the Ontario Government that the 

 Society has been enabled to attain its present eminent position of usefulness. 



The report of Mr. J. A. Balk will, Treasurer of the Society, shows that its finances 

 are in a highly satisfactory state — all expenses having been met, important purchases for 

 increasing the advantages of the Society having been made, and a sutficient balance re- 

 maining for carrying on the immediate work of the Society. 



Seventy volumes have bden added to the Society's library in the course of the year, 

 by do:iation and purchase. Among them are : the "Tenth Volume of the Proceedings 

 and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada," " The Report of the Ontario Game and 

 Fish Commission," " The Report of the Smithsonian Institution," " The Report of the 

 New York State Museum," " The Mammals of Minnesota," " The Hawks and Owls of the 

 L^nited States," " The Seventeenth Report of the Geology and Natural History of Indiana." 

 The number of books in the library is now 1,284. Very important additions have also 

 been made to the Society's collections of natural objects. 



Valuable work has been done by the Ornithological, the Botanical, the Microscopical 

 and the Geological Sections of the Society, and a report from each of them was read at 

 the annual meeting. With a view to bringing the knowledge and experience of tlie mem- 

 bers of these sections to bear more frequently for the good of the Society at large, 

 a Committee on Field Days, consisting of Dr. Woolverton, Messrs. McClement, Elliott and 

 Stevenson, and one representative from eacti section, was appointed at the annual 

 meeting. 



The Montreal Branch of the Society held eight meetings during the year, at which 

 interesting papers were read, and much profitable conversation upon entomological subjects 

 generally was held. The branch numbers among its members men well acquainted with 

 the entomology of the Montreal Island : Messrs. L. Gibb, A. F. Winn, F. Hansen and 

 H. B. Cashing ; and the hospitality of Mr. H. H. Lyman, the president of the branch, 

 and the access he has aftorded to his extensive collections of lepiloptera have made the 

 meetings of the branch exceedingly pleasant and profitable. 



The Annual Report of the Society, printed by order of the Legislative Assembly of 

 Ontario, contains : a record of the proceedings of the annual meeting held October 1 Ith 



