Entomological Society of Ontario 



ANNUAL MEETING 



The Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Society was held at Macdouald 

 College;, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que., on Thursday and Friday, Nov, 8th and 9th. 

 The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. A. F. Winn. 



The following members were present : Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt and Messrs. 

 Arthur Gibson, J. M. Swaine and J. I. Beaulne, Ottawa; Messrs, A. F, Winn 

 and G. A. Moore and Dr. J. A. Corcoran, Montreal; Prof. Wm. Lochhead and 

 Mr. E. M. du Porte, Macdouald College; Mr. Geo. Maheux, Quebec; Mr. J. C. 

 Chapais, St. Denis-en-bas, Quo. ; Father Leopold and Mr. F. Letourneau, La 

 Trappe, Que. ; Mr. E. F. Cummings, Maissoneuve, Que. ; Mr. J. D. Evans, Trenton, 

 Ont.; Prof. L. Caesar and Mr. A. W. Baker, 0. A. College, Guelph; Mr. F. J. A. 

 Morris, Peterborough; Mr. W. A. Ross, Vineland Station, Ont.; Mr. H. F. 

 Hudson, Strathroy, Ont.; Prof, W. H, Brittain, Truro, N,S.; and Messrs. A. L. 

 McLaine and C. E. Fetch. Fredericton, IST.B. 



Others present were Prof. Arthur Willey, Montreal ; Dr. F. C. Harrison, 

 Professors T. G. Bunting and Jas; Murray, and Mr. W. P. Eraser, Macdouald 

 College ; Mr. J. H. Emerton, Boston, Mass, ; Dr, T. J. Headlee, New Brunswick, 

 ISr.J. ; Mr, A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, Mass.; and Prof. W. C. OTvane, 

 Durham, N.H. 



On Thursday morning a meeting of the Council was held in the office of 

 Prof. Lochhead, at which the report of the proceedings during the past year and 

 ihe financial statement were received and adopted. It was decided that all pay- 

 ments for articles contributed to the Annual Eeport be discontinued. The Council 

 also decided that the next Annual Meeting be held at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, Guelph. 



In the afternoon the Society met in the Biology Building, and the meeting 

 was called to order by the President, After the reading of the reports of the 

 Council, Treasurer, Librarian and Curator and of the various branches of the 

 Society, the local Secretary, Prof. Lochhead, read a letter from Dr. Hewitt express- 

 ing regret at his inability to attend all the meetings. Letters of regret were 

 also read from a number of entomologists from the United States. 



At the close of the afternoon session telegrams were sent to Dr. Bethune 

 and Dr. Fyles, conveying to them the Society's greetings and good wishes and 

 expressing regret at their absence from the meeting. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario begs to present, its 

 report for the year 1916-1917. 



The Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Society was held at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, on Thursday and Friday, November 2nd and 3rd, 

 1916. The President of the Society, Mr. A. F, Winn, Westmount, P.Q.. occupied 

 the chair. There was a verv satisfactorv attendance of members and students; 

 among the visitors from a distance may be mentioned Dr, L. 0. Howard, Chief 



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