20 PROTECTION OF PLANTS, 1916-17 



the reading of papers and the election of officers, a list of whom you 

 will find in the annual report of the Entomological Society. Let me state 

 that Mr. Winn was elected to occupy the Presidential chair for a second 

 term, ' 



The open meeting was held on Thursday evening in the auditorium 

 of the Massey Hall, and we were particularly fortunate in having, as lecturer 

 for the occasion, Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 

 of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Howard has made a special 

 study of the "Carriage of Disease by Insects" for many years and he gave us 

 in a very interesting lecture, the summary of his knowledge on this subject, 

 dealing with the diseases carried by flies, etc., which cause fevers, etc. The 

 evening was greatly enjoyed by the members present, besides many of the 

 staff and students of the College and Macdonald Institute. Lantern slides 

 permitted us to follow more closely this interesting lecture. Dr. Howard 

 was warmly welcomed and a hearty vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. C. 

 G.Hewitt and seconded by Prof. W. Lochhead for his kindness in coming 

 so far to attend the meeting and giving us such an interesting evening. 



After the lecture the members were entertained at a smoker given in 

 the students' parlor. Main Building. A students' vocal quartette contributed 

 to the enjoyment of the members. Mr. Eric Hearle, a graduate of the College, 

 who had recently returned from active service in France, gave us an inter- 

 esting account of the problems arising from the prevalence of Pediculi and 

 other parasites and vermin in the trenches and the means taken to alleviate 

 the terrible sufferings caused by these pests. 



Among the papers read at the meeting during the two days of the 

 convention, let me cite here the following: 



"The Naturalist in the City" by our friend the Rev. Dr. T. W. Fyles; 

 "Dusting Fruit-trees and Grapes for the Control of Biting Insects and 

 Diseases" by Prof. L. Caesar; "General Notes on Aphids which occur on 

 Apple trees" by Mr. W. A. Ross; "Further Experiments with the Green 

 Apple Bug" by Prof. W. H. Brittain; "Notes on Physonota unipuncta, 

 the Sun-flower Tortoise beetle," by Mr. A. F. Winn; "Preliminary notes on 

 the use of Repellants for Horn-flies and Stableflies on Cattle" by Mr. A. W. 

 Baker; the very literary and interesting paper of Mr. F. J. A. Morris, 

 "The Wood of Desire," a description of a few trips of his which we can 

 compare to the beautiful pages of the regretted Mr. H. Fabre; "Insects as 

 Material for Studies in Heredity" by Prof. W. Lochhead; "The Migratory 

 Tendency of Dragon-Flies" by Prof. E. M. Walker; "The History of the 

 Forest Tent Caterpillar and Fall W^eb-worm in North America" by Mr. A. 

 B. Baird; "Three important Greenhouse Pests recently introduced in 



