30 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The Canadian Entomologist has reached its twenty -seventh year. The volume for 

 1894 contains articles from sixty one contributors — fourteen residing in Canada, forty in 

 the United States, five in England, one in Germany and one in Sweden. In its pages are 

 described no less than seven new genera and ninety five new species of ineects. The 

 magazine continues under the able management of the Rev. 0. J. S. Bethune, D C.L, 

 F.R S.C., etc.; and it is a striking proof of the courage and perseverance of its editor 

 that notwithstanding the cares and anxieties that must have thronged him, through the 

 destruction by fire of his noble school buildings and the beautiful chapel attaclied to 

 them, the Canadian Entomologist has made its appearance as regularly as ever and as 

 carefully edited. 



Hitherto the Entomological Society of Ontario has studied the life-histories of 

 insects, the methods of attack of the pests of the homestead, the storehouse, the garden, 

 the orchard, the field and the forest; the ways for circumventing these foes ; and the 

 nature and application of insecticides. Much, no doubt, remains to be learned on all 

 these subjects. But the attention of naturalists has of late been drawn to a new and 

 most important matter. It is, to use the heading of one of the papers published m the 

 Society's report that has been mentioned. The Economic Value of Parasitism. It is 

 well to know how to meet enemies ourselves, but it is belter sometimes to know how to 

 direct faithful allies against them. If the parasite [Dlplosisgrassator Fyles), which keeps 

 down the numbers of the Philloxera in this country, had been carried over to Europe, it 

 would doubtless have saved many a vineyard that has disappeared. The introducii(m of 

 the Australian Lady-bird ( Vtdalia cardinalis Mulsant), the foe of the " Fluted Scale," has 

 probably saved the orange groves of California from extinction. The predaceous beetle 

 (Glerus formicarius Linnaeus) has lately been introduced into Western Virginia by 

 Professor Hopkins, as a check upon the " Borers " that have wrought such destruction in 

 the spruce forests of that country. And this bringing about of good by the directing of 

 insect agents is only in its beginning. As our knowledge increases we shall in all 

 probability be able to gather and control forces that at present are but littleunderstood. 



Election of Officers. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : 



President — J. W. Deabnkss, London. 



Vice-President — H. H. Lyman, Montreal. 



Secretary — W. E. Saunders, London. 



Treasurer — J. A. Balkwill, London. 



Directors — Division 1. James Fletcher, F.LS., F.R.S.C, Ottawa. 

 2. Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, F.R.S.C, Port Hope. 

 " 3. Gamble Geddes, Toronto. 

 " 4. A. H. Kilman, Ridgeway. 

 " 5. R. W. Rennie, London. 



Librarian and Curator — J. Alston Moffat, London, 



Editor of the ^^ Canadian Entomologist" — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., Port 

 Hope. 



Editing Committee — J. Fletcher, Ottawa ; H. H. Lyman, Montreal ; Rev. T, W. Fyles, 

 South Quebec ; J. M. Denton, London. 



Delegate to the Royal Society — J. D. Evans, Trenton. 



Committee on Field Days — Dr. Woolverton, Messrs, Sherwood, McClement, Balkwill, 

 W. Stevenson, W. E. Saunders, Anderson, Elliott, KENNiE,|and Bowman, 

 London. 



Auditors — J. M. Denton and J.'H, Bowman, London. 



