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“REPORT FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO TO 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 
BY H. H. LYMAN, DELEGATE. 
As delegate from the Entomological Society of Ontario, it is again for the 
third time my duty to submit a short report of the work and progress of the 
Society during the past year, and I have much pleasure in saying that the Society 
continues to prosper and to maintain its high position among the scientific 
institutions of the Dominion and the continent. 
The monthly magazine of the Society, the Canadian Entomologist, has been 
regularly and promptly issued during the past year and fully maintains its well 
_ known high character. The volume for 1889, which was the twenty-first volume, 
contained the usual 240 pages of reading matter, and had also one plate. The 
contributors numbered thirty-four and the articles were quite up to the usual 
standard of interest. One new genus, thirteen new species and seven new varie- 
ties of various orders were described in the volume, which also contained the 
complete life-histories of four species and partial ones of eight others. A series 
of papers on popular and economic entomology were also published during the 
year. 
The annual report of the Society for 1889 to the Minister of Agriculture for 
Ontario has been published and contains many interesting papers of much 
importance to agriculturists, besides the usual report of the annual meeting 
and of the finances of the Society. 
The annual meeting of the Society was held in Toronto on September 3rd, 
during the meeting in that city of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, which afforded our members the pleasure of meeting some of the 
distinguished entomologists of the neighbouring republic whose presence also 
added much interest to the meeting of our Society. 
Our members also enjoyed the pleasure of attending the meetings of the 
Entomological Club of the American Association, presided over by our then 
President, Mr. Fletcher. 
During the progress of these meetings it was resolved to form an “ Associa- 
tion of Official Economic Entomologists” for the United States and Canada, 
which was accordingly organized and officers duly elected. 
This movement is likely to have a very beneficial effect in securing greater 
co-operation among entomologists in official positions, and the annual meetings 
with the interchange of members’ views cannot fail to be productive of much 
good. The library of our Society is in excellent order and was reported at the 
annual meeting as containing 1,052 volumes. 
On account of certain provisions of “The Agriculture and Arts Act” of 
Ontario, recently passed, it was found necessary to make certain changes in the 
council of the Society, as the Act provides that all societies which receive aid 
from the Ontario Government must be governed by a board of directors who 
are residents of the agricultural divisions which they represent, the Entomolo- 
gical Society being permitted to group the thirteen agricultural divisions into 
five with one director for each. This Act will of course prevent any member of 
the Society residing out of Ontario holding any of the more important positions 
in the gift of the Society. 
