APPENDIX D XCIII 



Papers on Classification and Systematic Entomolog)' ; Notes on 

 Lepidoptera by Mr. H. H. Lyman, Dr. H. G. Dyer, Professors Grote 

 and J. B. Smitli, and on the genus Catocala by Prof. G. H. Frendh ; the 

 Wasps of the Super-family Vespoidea by Mr. W. H. Ashmead; Ontario 

 Acrididœ by Mr. E. M. Walker; Cocidœ by Mrs. Fernald; Bombidœ by 

 Prof. Cockerell; Halictinae by Mr. C. Kobertson; Orthoptera by Mr. J. 

 A. G. Rehn; and an article on the scientific name of the Cherry Fruit- 

 fly by Prof. M. V. Slingerland. 



Life histories are given with more or less completeness of the 

 following insects : The Variable Cut-worm {Mamestra Atlantica), by 

 Dr. Fletcher and Mr. A. Gibson; Ardia virgo and phalerata and Pen- 

 thina hehcsana by Mr. Gibson; several species of Hydrcecia, illustrated 

 by a beautiful coloured plate, by Mr. Henry Bird; Lycœna Scudderii 

 by Mr. H. H. Lyman; C urethra BrakeUyi by Prof. J. B. Smith; Lyda 

 fasciata by Mr. R. F. Pearsall; the egg of the Water-scorpion (Ranatra), 

 by Mr. R. H. Pettit; and the larva of a Datana by Dr. Kunzc. Collect- 

 ing notes, containing observations of much interest, are given by Mr. E. 

 F. Heath on Manitoban Lepidoptera; Mr. W. H. Harrington on Coleop- 

 tera; Mr. E. D. Harris on Cincindelidge ; Mr. Geo. B. King, on Coccidœ 

 and the Rev. Dr. Fyles records the capture near Quebec of a Tortoise 

 beetle new to Canada. 



Among the miscellaneous papers may be mentioned a discussion on 

 Labels for specimens; ''What is a genus?" by Mr. H. H. Lyman; 

 " The Formation of Generic Names,'' by Prof. J. M. Aldrich ; " The 

 Ecolog}^ of Insect Sounds,'' by Mr. Frank E. Lutz; and an account of 

 the changes in the Insect Fauna of Northern Illinois, by Prof. F. M. 

 Webster. 



The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Society was held in Lon- 

 don at the end of October last. Its proceedings were opened by a con- 

 ference on the Destructive Pea-weevil which has caused an immense 

 amount of loss in the Province of Ontario during the last few years. 

 The discussion was opened by Dr. Fletcher, who gave a full description 

 of the insect and the ravages it commits, its distribution and the best 

 methods of controlling it; other speakers were Prof. Lochhead, Mr. 

 Pearce, Mr. Fisher, and Prof. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture 

 for Ontario. Resolutions were adopted regarding the diffusion of infor- 

 mation among the community and requesting the Provincial Govern- 

 ment to send a competent staff of men to the rural districts of the 

 country whose duty it should be to give the farmers practical lessons in 

 the best methods of eradicating the pest. 



Mr. George E. Fisher, the Provincial Inspector of Scale Insects, 

 gave a report on the insects of the year in the Niagara and Hamilton 



