PROCEEDINGS"FOR 1883. XLIIT. 
work; and during its existence it has been the means of disseminating a vast amount of scientific 
knowledge, which has been of benefit not only to Canada, but to the world at large. In this con- 
nection it may not be out of place to quote the opinion of one of the leading American entomologists, 
Prof. Grote, of New York, who, in his late work on the Noctuidæ, when enumerating the sources of 
information of value to entomological students, speaks of the organ of our Society in the following 
complimentary terms: 
“The treatise of Dr. Harris, which has become classical on its subject, did much towards creating 
a general interest in entomology. But the publication of the Canadian Entomologist, a journal aided 
pecuniarily by the Ontario Government, and owing its success chiefly to the unselfish labours of Mr. 
William Saunders, has assisted the progress of entomology in America probably more than any one 
other similar undertaking.” 
The work of our Society has also been favourably commented upon abroad, and a regular system 
of exchange of publications has been established with many of the important learned societies of 
Europe. In addition to the good work done by the issue of the Canadian Entomologist, collectors have 
been materially aided in their studies by the classified lists of the different orders of Canadian insects, 
which have been published as the material for the purpose was gathered together. 
The extensive collection exhibited by the Society at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 
attracted much notice, and was admitted by all who saw it to be most creditable to Canada, At the 
request of the Dominion Government a similar collection has been sent to England as part of 
Canada’s contribution to the International Fisheries Exhibition. 
Beyond this purely scientific work, the Society has, in a series of thirteen annual reports on 
insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, given to the farming community a large amount of 
useful information. 
The Government of Ontario, recognizing the good work thus accomplished, incorporated the 
Society as the Entomological Society of Ontario, under the “Agriculture and Arts Act,” in 1870; 
and at the same time gave material aid by allowing a liberal annual grant from the public funds. 
In view of the necessity for the constant interchange of specimens, between students in every 
department of Natural History, in order that by comparison of other forms their studies may be 
thorough, the Entomological Society of Ontario respectfully suggest that the Royal Society of 
Canada should use its influence to secure a more liberal interpretation of the postal regulations, with 
reference to the exchange of specimens between students in Canada and those in the United States 
and Europe, particularly in the closely allied sciences of Entomology and Botany, 
And it would also further suggest that a representation be made to the Government to the end 
that arrangements be made whereby scientific bodies may be permitted to import, free of duty, any 
engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, electrotypes, or other illustrations which they may require for 
their publications. 
The members of the Entomological Society of Ontario have learned with much pleasure that the 
Royal Society has already taken some steps towards the establishment of a National Museum, and 
believing that such an institution would very appreciably assist the whole cause of Science in 
Canada, they take this opportunity of assuring the Royal Society that they will be pleased to help 
in every way in their power by collecting specimens or otherwise. 

Mr. A. D. DeCeLzess, representing the Institut Canadien of Ottawa, presented the following report :— 
J'ai l'honneur de représenter dans votre illustre Société, l’Institut Canadien d'Ottawa. Fondé en 
1852, alors que la future capitale du Canada comptait pour peu parmi les villes de notre pays, l’In: 
stitut Canadien eut des commencements bien humbles et devant lui une voie hérissée d'obstacles qui 
auraient paru insurmontables à des hommes moins énergiques que ses fondateurs, Ils n'étaient qu'une 
poignée, mais ils avait cette foi qui ne compte les difficultés que pour les vaincre. Les yeux fixés sur 
