XXIT ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



Ill conclusion, the societj desires to say that, to the extent of its ability, it will always be happy 

 to aid workers in the study of natural and physical science. 



II. — From The Entomological Society of Ontario, through Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, F.L.S. 



I have the honour to report that the Entomological Society of Ontario continues, with zeal and 

 success, its researches into all such subjects as naturally fall under, or iu any way have a bearing 

 upon scientific and economic entomology. 



The membership of the society during the past year has greatly increased, especially by addi- 

 tions from the province of Ontario. This fact betokens both a growing interest in the subject of 

 entomology, and also an increasing confidence in the society as a guide and helper in its pursuit. 



The society was established in 1863. Of its founders but few now remain to us. Most of them 

 have been lost to us through death or departure to distant places of residence. By the members of 

 the present day their memoiy is held in grateful respect. The society, however, still enjoys the 

 benefit of the experience and scholarship of the Rev. C. J. S. Bothune and the business talent of Mr. 

 J. M. Denton. The names of these gentlemen appeared in the first list of oflBcers published by the 

 society, and they are found also in the list published in the present year. 



The society enjoys the confidence of the many able entomologists who have been appointed to 

 positions in the colleges and experimental stations of the United States of America, and numerous 

 articles from these gentlemen have appeared in the society's publications. It also numbers among its 

 correspondents leading entomologists in England and Germany. 



It is largely due to the wise and liberal support of the Ontario Government that the society has 

 been enabled to attain its present eminent position of usefulness. 



The report of Mr. J. A. Balkwili, treasurer of the society, shows that its finances are in a highly 

 satisfactory state — all expenses having been met, important purchases for increasing the advantages 

 of the society having been made, and a suflScient balance remaining for carrying on the immediate 

 work of the society. 



Seventy volumes have been added to the society's library in the course of the year, by donation 

 and purchase. Amongst them are the tenth volume of the Proceedings and Transactions of the 

 Royal Society of Canada, the Report of the Ontario Game and Fish Commission, the Report of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the Report of the New York State Museum, the Mammals of Minnesota, the 

 Hawks and Owls of the United States, and the Seventeenth Report of the Geology and Natuial 

 History of Indiana. The number of books in the library is now 1,284. Very important additions 

 have also been made to the society's collections of natural objects. 



Valuable work has been done by the ornithological, the botanical, the microscopical and the 

 geological sections of the society ; and a report from each of them was read at the annual meeting. 

 With a view 1o bringing the knowledge and experience of the members of these sections to bear more 

 frequently for the good of the society at large, a committee on field days, consisting of Dr. Woolverton, 

 Messrs. McClement, Elliott and Stevenson, and one representative from each section, was appointed at 

 the annual meeting. 



The Montreal branch of the society held eight meetings during the year, at which interesting 

 papers were i-ead and much profitable conversation upon entomological subjects generally was held. 

 The branch numbers among its members men well acquainted with the entomology of the Montreal 

 island, Messrs. L. Gibb, A. F. Winn, F. Hansen and H. B. Gushing ; and the hospitality of Mr. H. H. 

 Lyman, the president of the branch, and the access he has aflbrded to his extensive collections of 

 Lepidoptera have made the meetings of this branch exceedingly pleasant and profitable. 



The annual report of the society, printed by order of the Legislative Assemblj' of Ontario, con- 

 tains a record of the proceedings of the annual meeting held October 11 th and 12th ; reports from 

 the council and the various officers and sections of the society; the opening address of Mr. James 

 Fletcher, given in the absence of the president, and telling of the injurious insects of the year and the 



