ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The twenty-fifth annual report on Economic and general Entomology was presented 

 to the Minister of Agriculture for Ontario in November last, and was printed and dis- 

 tributed at the beginning of January. It contained one hundred and twenty-six pages, 

 a larger number than hitherto, and was illustrated with no less than sixty wood cuts, 

 and two full page portraits, one of Prof. William Saunders, one of the founders and 

 for many years President of the Society and editor of The Canadian Entomologist, and 

 the other of Mr. A. R. Grote, of Hildesheim, Germany, one of our honorary members 

 and a constant contributor to our publications. In addition to an account of the pro- 

 ceedings at the annual meeting, the volume contains the annual address of Mr. Harring- 

 ton, the President, and the following interesting and important papers : " Insects collected 

 in Bermuda " by Capt. Geddes ; " Common names for Butterflies — Shall we have 

 them 1 " by Mr. Lyman ; " The Butterflies of the Eastern Provinces of Canada," by Dr. 

 Bethune; "The Pitcher-plant Moth," The Gypsy Moth," "The San Jose Scale," and 

 " Injurious Insects of the yaar 1894," by Mr. Fletcher; "Foods, Feeders and Fed," by 

 Mr. Fyles; "The economic value of Parasitism," by Mr. F. M. Webster; " The struc- 

 ture of the undeveloped wings of the Saturniadte " and " A reappearance of Pieris pro- 

 todice," by Mr, MoSat ; also a report of the sixth annual meeting of the Association 

 of Economic Entomologists together with a few of the most interesting papers. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the monthly magazine published by the Society, com- 

 pleted its twenty-sixth volume in Decembar last. The numbers of the twenty-seventh 

 volume have been regularly issued at the beginning of each month during the current 

 year ; the closing number for December is now in type and will be distributed next 

 week. The volume when completed will consist of about 360 pages, and is illustrated 

 by no less than six full page plates and twenty-three wood cuts Among the contribu- 

 tors to its pages are most of the leading Entomologists in North America as well as 

 several in Europe. It is now the oldest monthly pablicatioa on insects published in 

 America, and continues to maintain the high reputation that it has so long enjoyed. 



A noteworthy event in the history of the Society is the republication, through the 

 kindness of the Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, of the first annual report of our 

 Society, which was prepared by Messrs. Bethune, Saunders and Reed in the year 1870, 

 and published early in 1871. It contains articles on the insects injurious to the apple, 

 grape and plum, and has been for some time out of print. Nothwithstanding that 

 almost a quarter of a century has gone by since it was first issued, the volume is still in 

 demand for public libraries and private collections. 



The cabinets of the Society have been carefully looked after by the Curator, Mr. J. 

 Alston Moflfat, during the past year, and many valuable additions have been made. 

 The collections owe many of these additions to the zealous work of Mr. C. G. Anderson, 

 who has devoted much time and energy to the lepidoptera in the neighborhood of Lon- 

 don. Mr. Bean, of Laggan, has presented a set of the specimens of Nemeophila petrosa 

 which were illustrated in the April number of The Canadian Entomoloqist. Mr. Ken- 

 nie has presented specimens of some interestrng silk moths, of which he had obtained 

 the cocoons ; and Mr. Rowland Hill a beautiful case of Australian insects. 



Mr. E. Firmstone Heath, of Cartwright, Manitoba, has sent through Mr. Fletcher, 

 some interesting and rare lepidoptei^a captured in his own neighborhood ; and Mr. Green, of 

 Osoyoos, British Columbia, has also sent some very valuable and typical representative 

 specimens of butterflies from the Okanagan valley. 



The library is steadily growing and now numbers 1,400 volumes, many of them 

 being rare and extremely valuable works. 



The report of the Treasurer shows that our finances are in a satisfactory con 

 dition. The balance on hand at the close of the financial year is about the same as 

 in his statement at our last annual meeting, and will all be absorbed by the expenses 

 attending the remaining portion of the year. The question of rooms for the Society 

 will have to be dealt with very soon, as the present quarters are too small for the 

 library and collections and the meetings of the sections. It is to be hoped that the new 

 council will be able to settle the matter to the general satisfaction. 



