112 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



"Insects of the Year," by F. M. Webster, Wooster, Ohio. Mr. Webster's paper 

 had particular reference to the occurrence of the larvie of Fulia vkicida, Walsh, in vine- 

 yards, which was the important insect manifestation of the year in Ohio. It also covered 

 the raspberry Agrilus, the strawberry Weevil, the pear tree Blister-beetle, joint worms, 

 the Bean Leaf-beetle, and other garden and small fruit pests, such as the Grain Louse, 

 Corn Bill-bug, and a Thrips, which is proving very destructive to onion crops. Other 

 insects were also mentioned briefly. 



"Notes from New Mexico,' by T. D. A. Cockeiell, Las duces, N.M. This paper 

 covered numerous short notes on various insects observed in New Mexico, with a descrip- 

 tion of the climatic and other conditions characteristic of the more important natural 

 districts of the State, and the bearing of these on the insect fauna. 



" Home Experience with Mosquitoes," by Howard Evarts Weed, Agricultural 

 College, Miss. This communication covered the result of certain experiments in the use 

 of kerosene as a means of preventing the breeding of mosquitoes in water reservoirs on 

 the college campus. The use of kerosene was very satisfactory, and resulted in a very 

 marked subsidence o" the mosquito trouble. The author also reports that kerosene is a 

 very good preventive to apply to the hands or face in the case of mosquito outbreaks. 



The report of the committee on nominations was presented by Mr. Lintner as follows : 



PrpskhuL—J. B. Smith. 



Vice-Pr^'aidfint — C. H. Fernald. 



Secretary — C. L. Marlatt. 



The report was unanimously adopted and the officers named duly elected. (By inad- 

 vertence no second vice-president was nominated or elected.) It was decided to folio w 

 the usual custom for the next meeting, ani hold it on the two days preceding th^' meeting 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and at the place decided 

 upon for the next meeting of that Association. On motion, it was requested that the 

 minutes be printed in full in " Insect Life." 



After the reading and approval of the minutes of the entire session, Mr. Southwick 

 moved that the thanks of the Association be tendered to the Piesident and Secretary for 

 the able and satisfactory mann(rr in which they had discharged their respfc^ive duties,- 

 The resolutioji was adopted. 



The A.ssociation was then declared adjourned by the President for one yt-ar. 



PROFESSOR C. V. RILEY. 



Every entomologist in North America will, we are confident, join with us in the 

 expression of the deepest regret, that Professor C. Y. Riley has felt compelled, owing to 

 the impaired state of his health, to resign his position as Entomologist of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. The admirable -w^ork that Dr. Riley and his staff 

 have accomplished, both in s^cientitic and economic entomology, during the many years 

 that he was Director of the Division, is so well and widely kuown that it is unnecessary 

 to enter into any details here. There are few who possess, in so eminent a degree as Dr. 

 Riley, scientific ability, accurate knowledge, painstaking industry, and acute powers of 

 observation; the&e gifts and attainments have been abundantly manifested in the immense 

 additions that he has made to the knowledge of insect life in all its various phases, and 

 1 would be a calamity indeed if they were withdrawn from active exercise. It is gratify- 

 mi.', then, to know that Dr. Riley will retain the honorary Curatorship of the Department 

 of Insects in the United States National Museum at Washington, and that he will now 

 devote himself to some long contemplated work of a purely scientific character. We 

 earnestly trust that the relief from the cares and anxieties of administrative work in a 

 Government office will speedily restore his health and strength, and that we shall see the 

 fruits of his labors during many a year to come. 



