LIT ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
New genera, species and varieties have been described in the Lepi- 
doptera by the late Rev. G. D. Hulst, Dr. Wm. Barnes, Rev. Dr. Fyles, 
G. M. Dodge, Miss Murtfeldt, W. Beutenmuller, Prof. J. B. Smith, 
Prof. C. H. Fernald, and G. A. Ehrman; in the Hymenoptera by Prof. 
T. D. A. Cockerell, C. Robertson, W. H. Ashmead, Dr. L. O. Howard, 
and A. D. MacGillivray; in the Diptera by D. W. Coquillett, C. ,W. 
Johnson, A. L. Melander, J. S. Hine, and Prof..G. H. French; in the 
Orthoptera by Dr. S. H. Scudder; in the Hemiptera (Homoptera) by 
J. L. Handcock, C. F. Baker, E. D. Ball, Prof. H. Osborn, Adolph 
Hempel, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, Prof. J. D. Tinsley, E. M. Ehrhorn, 
G. B. King, and E. E. Bogue; in the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) by C. 
N. Caudell; and in the Arachnida by N. Banks. Twenty-seven new 
genera are described, and 213 new species and varieties. 
Interesting and valuable life-histories of various insects are given 
by Dr. J. Fletcher,/A.:Gibson, Dr. HG. Dyar, Hl. Bird, J. O. Mariam 
E. D. Sanderson, and Dr. L. O. Howard. Papers on collecting and 
other observations of insects are contributed by W. Knaus, E. F. Heath, 
J. A. Moffatt, Rev. Dr. Fyles, H. H. Lyman, J. G. Needham, and A. J. 
Snyder. 
In economic entomology there are important papers by C. P. Louns- 
bury on “ Insect bites and their effects;” T. Pergande on “ A Plant- — 
louse injurious to violets;” Prof. F. M. Webster on “ The Purslane 
Saw-fly,’ “ Harpalus caliginosus as a strawberry pest,’ and “The 
Diptera found in wheat fields ; ” Prof. W. G. Johnson on “ The Destruc- 
tive Pea Aphis; and Prof. G. H. French on “ A Fly causing Epilepsy.” 
In addition to the foregoing publications, a General Index to the 
thirty annual reports of the society (1870 to_1890) has been prepared 
by the editor, Rev. Dr. Bethune, and published by the Ontario Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. It is very full and complete, and will prove of 
much value to all who have occasion to refer to these volumes. 
A list of the officers for the current year is appended: 
President—Rey. T. W. Fyles, D.C.L., F.L.S., South Quebec. 
Vice-President—Professor W. Lochhead, Ontario Agricultural 
College, Guelph. 
Secretary—Wilham E. Saunders, London. 
Treasurer—J. A. Balkwill, London. 
Directors—Division No. 1, C. H. Young, Ottawa; Division No. 2, 
J. D. Evans, Trenton; Division No. 3, D. G. Cox, Toronto; Division 
No. 4, James Johnston, Bartonville; Division No. 5, R. W. Rennie, 
London. 
Directors Hxz-officio (ex-Presidents of the Society)—Professor Wm. 
Saunders, LL.D., F.R.S.C., F.LS., Director of the Experimental Farms, 
Ottawa; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.C., London; James 
