Six original papers have been read during the year, as follows : — 



1. Notes on some Species of Hymenoptera occurring at Montreal, by F. iJ. Caulfield, 



2. On Instinct in Insects, by G. J. Bowles. 



3. The Pickled Fruit Fly (Drosophila ampelophila), Loew, by G. J. Bowles. 



4. On the Genera Hepialus and Sthenopis in Canada, by G. J. Bowles. 



5. Notes on the Genus Callimorpha in the Museums of Boston, by H. H. Lyman. 



6. List oi Lepidoptera collected by Dr. Bell, of the Geological Survey, in 1881, at 

 Sault Ste. Marie, etc., by H. H. Lyman. 



Also a selected paper by H. H. Lyman, entitled "Insects as Medicine." 

 Our library ias been increased by a valuable donation of books, repoi'ts, etc., from 

 the parent Society in London, Ontario, for which the cordial thanks of this Branch are 

 justly due. We have also received " Psyche " for the current year, but have not ex- 

 pended any of the funds in books. 



The whole respectfully submitted, 



H. H, Lyman, 



President. 

 Montreal, 16th May, 1882. 



The following were then elected to office for the ensuing year : — 

 H. H. Lyman, President (re-elected) ; W. Couper, Vice-President (re-elected) ; G, 

 J. Bowles, Secretary and Curator (re-elected). Council — F. B. Caulfield, J. G. Jack, 

 andE. D. Win tie. 

 Adjourned. 



• Geo. Jno. Bowles, 



Secretary. 



The election of officers then took place, when the folio wing J gentlemen were duly 

 elected : 



President, Wm. Saunders, London ; Vice-President, G. J. Bowles, Montreal ; 

 Secretary-Treasurer and Librarian, E. Baynes Eeed, London. Council — Rev. C. J. S. 

 Bethune, Port Hope ; J. Fletcher, Ottawa ; Rev. F. W. Fyles, Cowansville ; W. Couper, 

 Montreal ; J. M. Denton, Loudon ; J. Alston Moffatt, Hamilton ; W. H. Harrington, 

 Ottawa. Editor of Canadian Entomologist, Wm. Saunders. Editing Committee — Rev. C. 

 J. S. Bethune, J. M. Denton, E. B. Reed. Auditors — H. B. Bock and C. Chapman, 

 London. 



The President then delivered his annual address, for which he was unanimously 

 tendered a vote of thanks, together with a request to publish it in the Canadian 

 Entoviologist. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Gentlemen, — For the first time in the history of our Society, we meet within the 

 limits of the province of Quebec. Although belonging to Ontario, and sustained in our 

 work mainly by the liberal aid granted us by the Government of Ontario, our sphere of 

 usefulness extends throughout the length and breadth of this great Dominion, and also 

 across the lines into the IJnited States. We have long had an active Branch of our 

 Society in Montreal, comprising members who have materially aided in the advance- 

 ment of Entomological Science, and now at this particular juncture, when so large a 

 body of distinguished scientists were to honour Montreal with their presence, and among 

 them many noted Entomologists, no time, it was thought, could be more opportune 

 than this in which to hold the Annual Meeting of our Society, and by the kind permis- 

 sion of the Hon. S. C. Wood, Commissioner of Agriculture for the Province of Ontario, 

 we are pr.vileged to meet here on this occasion. 



During the past season that dreaded pest, the Hessian Fly, has prevailed to a con- 



