CVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



. III. — From The Entomological Society of Ontario, through 

 Mr. Authur Gibson. 



As delegate from tlie J'^ntomological Society of Ontario, I have the 

 honour of presenting the following report of the work of the Society 

 during the past year. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held on October 31st and 

 November 1st last, at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, the 

 headquarters of the Society. This meeting was a most successful one, 

 and a large number of prominent entomologists and others were in at- 

 tendance during tlie two days' session. A feature of the annual meeting 

 of this Society is the reception and discussion of the reports of the 

 directors of the six districts m Ontario, into which the economic work 

 of the Society is divided. In these reports mention is made of the in- 

 sects which have been particularly destructive during the season. The 

 annual report of the Society appeared in March last, and in this an ac- 

 count of tlie proceedings of the above meeting are given, as well as most 

 of the papers which were presented at the sessions. Among these latter 

 the following may be mentioned : — 



"The Entomological Outlook" (Presidential Address), by Dr. J. 

 Fletfcher. 



" The Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths in Massachusetts," by Mr. A. 

 H. Kirkland. 



" Voices of the Night, " by Eev. Thos. Fyles. 



" Collecting and Rearing Dragon-flies at the Georgian Bay Bio- 

 logical Station, " by Dr. E. M. Walker. 



" A Preliminary List of the Scale Insects of Ontario," by Mr. T. 

 D. Jarvis. 



" The Lime-Sulphur Wash," by Mr. L. Caesar. 



" An Unusual Outbreak of Halisidota Caterpillars," by Mr. Artliur 

 Gibson. 



" Additional Insect Galls of Ontario," by Mr. T. D. Jarvis. 



"Injurious Insects in Ontario in 1907," by Eev. Prof. Bethune. 



" Entomological Record, 1907," by Dr. James Fletcher, and Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson. 



During the year the Society also held a summer meeting at the 

 Ontario Agricultural College, on July 4 and 5, when interesting papers 

 were presented by Mr. H. H. Lyman on " Thecla calanus and edwardsii" ; 

 Mr. C. W. Nash, on " Balance in Nature '' ; Dr. Henry Skinner on " In- 

 sects as Carriers of Diseases " ; Dr. J. Fletcher, on " Nature Study as a 

 means of Education " ; Dr. W. Brodie, on " The life History of a Colony 

 of the Tenij Caterpillar " and Mr. C. W. Nash, on " Instinct vs. Edu- 



