CVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



chus. Laporte {==nydroci/nus, Spinola), and iti, Kolation to the other 

 Belostoniatid Genera, '' hy Mr. R. de la Torre Bueno ; " New species of 

 Colorado Aphididae, with notes upon tlieir life-habits, " by Prof. C. P. 

 Gillette ; " Further Notes on the Occurrence of Hepialus thule, Strecker, 

 at Montreal, " by Mr. H. H. Lyman. 



Besides the above technical papers, the following appeared under 

 the heading " Practical and Popular Entomology "' : 



How insects are distributed, by Mr. L. Cœsar. 



A Homemade and Effective Insect Trap, by Mr. John D. Evans. 



The Scolytidœ or Engraver-Beetles, by Mr. J. W. Swaine. 



The Walking-Stick Insect (Diapheromera femorata), by Mr. J. B. 

 Williams. 



Fumigation with Hydrocyanic Acid Gas for Beginners, by Prof. 

 Glenn W. Herrick. 



The Society now has 185 Canadian members. The Canadian Ento- 

 mologist is sent out to 486 subscribers each month as it is issued. Be- 

 sides the subscribers there are on the Exchange List, the names of 113 

 Societies, etc., which receive the Canadian Entomologist regularly. 



The present officers of the Society are: — 



President— James Fletcher, LL.D., F.R.S.C, F.L.S., P.E.S.A., 

 Entomologist and Botanist of the Experimental Farms, Ottawa. 



Vice-President — Tennyson D. Jarvis, B.S.A., Lecturer in Ento- 

 mology and Zoology, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. 



Secretary — Lawson Caesar, B.A., 0. A. College, Guelph. 



Treasurer — S. B. McCready, B.A., Professor of Botany and Nature 

 Study, 0. A. College, and Macdonald Institute, Guelph. 



Librarian— Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.C, Pro- 

 fessor of Entomology and Zoology, 0. A. College, Guelph. 



Curator— J. Eaton Howitt, B.S.A., Lecturer in Botany, 0. A. Col- 

 lege, Guelph. 



Directors — Division No. 1 — C. H. Young Ottawa; Division No. 

 2— C. E. Grant, Orillia; Division No 3— J. B. Williams, Toronto; Divi- 

 sion No. 4 — C. W. Nash, Toronto; Division No. 5 — George E. Fisher, 

 Burlington; Division No. 6 — J. A. Balk\vill, London. 



IV. — From T]ie Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society, through 

 T. B. Flint, D.C.L. 



The council of the Ottawa Ijitcrary and Scientific Society take 

 pleasure in reporting another successful year in the operations of the 

 society. Notwithstanding the establishment of a public library and the 

 existence of many institutions of a more or less literary and educational 



