THE KEPORT OF THE No. Se 



By the kindness of Dr. Creelman, all those in attendance who came from a 

 distance, were entertained in the College Eesidence during their stay in Guelph. 

 This arrangement added much to their pleasure and comfort by affording many 

 opportunities for social converse and by saving the time usually spent in travelling, 

 to and from the town. This hospitality was greatly appreciated by all present, ana 

 a hearty vote of thanks was accorded at the close of the meeting to President 

 Creelman and to the Matron and the Superintendent of the Dining Hall. 



At a meeting of the Council, held on Wednesday morning, it was decided to 

 enlarge the pages of The Canadian Entomologist in order to be uniform with the 

 standard size of bulletins, and also to issue ten instead of twelve numbers per 

 annum, but at the same time to make no reduction in the amount of reading matter. 



During the afternoon of Wednesday and on Thursday, a number of interesting 

 and valuable papers were read and discussed, of which the following is a list: — 

 Reports on insects of the year in their respective districts by Directors, Dr. A. 

 Cosens, Toronto, Mr. P. J. A. Morris, Peterborough and Mr. J. W. Noble, 

 Essex. Insects of the season in Ontario, by Mr. W. A. Ross, Vineland, and of 

 Quebec by Mr. G. Maheux, Quebec ; " Aphids ; their human interest," by Dr. A. 

 C. Baker, Washington, D.C. ; " Insect problems in the Prairie Provinces," by Mr. 

 Norman Criddle, Treesbank, Man. ; " The recovery in Canada of the Brown-tail 

 Moth Parasite, Compsilura concinnata," by Messrs. J. D. Tothill and L. S. 

 McLaine ; " The Life-history of a Hobby Horse " by Mr. F. J. A. Morris ; " Present 

 day problems in Entomology," by Mr. J. J. Davis; ''Insects as agents in the 

 dissemination of Plant Diseases^"' by Prof. Caesar ; " The Cabbage-root Maggot,'^ 

 by H. C. Huckett ; " Some chapters of the early history of Entomology," by Prof. 

 Lochhead; "The Pear Psylla in Ontario," by Mr. W. A. Ross; "Our Garden 

 Slugs," by Mr. G. Maheux; and ''The Entomological Record for 1918," by Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson. The reports of the Montreal, Toronto, Nova Scotia, and British 

 Columbia Branches and of the Librarian and Curator were also presented and 

 read. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the official organ of the Society, completed its 

 fiftieth volume in December last; the event was commemorated by a poem from 

 the pen of Mr. F. J. A. Morris, which opened the fifty-first volume. This volume 

 will be completed by the issue of the forthcoming November and December num- 

 bers. The semi-centennial volume contained 433 pages, illustrated by 12 full 

 page plates and 21 figures in the text. The contributors to its pages numbered \ 

 57 and included writers in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta and 

 British Columbia, and also in twelve of the United States. In the systematic 

 articles there were described five new genera, 103 new species and four new varieties 

 of insects. The series of papers published each month on " Popular and Practical 

 Entomology " has continued to form an attractive as well as an instructive feature 

 for the benefit of the general reader. 



The number of members of the Society continues to be much the same from 

 year to year. At the end of 1918 there were 179 on the list, including those on 

 military service overseas. During the current year 26 have left us owing to deaths 

 and withdrawals, while the same number of new members has been added to the 

 roll. 



It is again the sad duty of the Council to record the loss of one of our ablest 

 and most active Entomologists, Mr. Frederic Hova Wolley Dod, of Midnapore,. 

 Alberta, who died of Enteric Fever on the 24th of July, at 49 Hospital, Chanak, 

 His rank was Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Light Infantrv attached to the' 



