CONTENTS 



TAGK. 



Letter of Transmission 1 



IjiST OP Officers for 1896. 



Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society 3 



Report of the Librarian and Curator : J. A. Moffat 3 



Report of the Treasurer : J. A. Balkwill 4 



Report of the Council 4 



Report of the Montreal Branch : Lachlan Gibb 6 



The New Agriculture : C. C. James 7 



The Value of Entomology : James Fletches 16 



How the Forest in Bedford was Swept Away : Rev. T. W. Fyles 21 



Report of the Botanical Section : W. T. McClement 25 



Report of the Geological Section : S. Woolverton 26 



Report of the Microscopical Section : J. H, Bowman 27 



Report from the Entomological Society to the Royal Society of Canada : Rev. T, W. FrLics 28 



Election of Officers 30 



Insect Injuries of the Year 1895 : James Fletcher 31 



The Growth of the Wings of a Luna Moth : J. A. Moffat 36 



Observations on the Season of 1895 : J. A. Moffat , 38 



Variation, with special reference to Insects : J. A. Moffat 41 



Some Winter Insects from S ivamp Moss : W. H, Harrington 47 



Birds as Protectors of Orchards : E. H. Forbosh 53 



The Rocky Mountain Locust and its Allies in Canada : S. H. Scudder 62 



Seventh Annual Meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists 67 



Entomological Notes and Problems : J. B. Smith 67 



Spraying 70 



" Raupenleim " and " Dendrolene " : J. B. Smith 72 



Herbivorous Habits of Certain Dermestidae : F H.^Chittkndkn 76 



The Gypsy Moth 78 



On the Study of Forest Tree Insects : F. H. Hopkins , 80 



The Importation and Repression of Destructive Insects : F, M. Webster 88 



"William H, Edwards 87 



Book Notices 88 



Obituary of Charles V. Riley : A. S. Packard 95 



Index 101 



