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surprising that a book of this character, so technical and, for the period, 

 costly, should have found a sale. The remainder of the "Petite Faune 

 Entomologique" was published in the form of supplements to the Natur- 

 aliste. This method was slow, but it seemed to be the only possible way, 

 for it reduced the cost of publication to a minimum. The three volumes 

 would doubtless never have figured among our scientific literature today 

 had it not been possible to bring them out in this way. 



Volume II, which comprised Orthoptera, Neuropttra, and Hymenop- 

 tera, was published in 1883, and was of octavo siz?, 832 pages. In 1889 

 there appeared "Additions and Corrections to Volume II," which contained 

 476 pages, octavo. 



Volume III, dealing with Hemiptera, is dated 1886 and contains 354 

 pages, octavo. 



Abbe Provancher died in 1892, leaving his great work incomplete 

 inasmuch as he was unable to finish the volumes on Diptera and Lepi- 

 doptera. 



With Provancher ended, for a time at least, the period of entomological 

 bibliography of the Province of Quebec, which had been filled entirely by 

 his own effort. Since the death of our Canadian Linnaeus entomological 

 literature in the province has not been greatly increased by any work of 

 notable value or scientific merit. As a work of pure science one might 

 mention the "List of Coleoptera of Canada" by Joseph I. Beaulne, pub- 

 lished in the Naturaliste Canadien these years, and the "Lists of Insects of 

 the Province of Quebec" published by the Society for the Protection of 

 Plants as supplements to their annual reports. The List of Lepidoptera, 

 prepared by A. F. Winn, appeared in 1912, and the List of Diptera by A. F. 

 Winn and G. Beaulieu in 1915. These two lists are important and useful 

 in that they help to complete, provisionally at least, the great work of 

 entomology begun by Provancher. Both in applied and economic entomo- 

 logy Provancher was the pioneer, for he also treated of insects in his "Verger 

 Canadien," the third edition of which was published in 1874. 



Our Society for the Protection of Plants has published in its annual 

 reports a number of illustrated articles on insect enemies of forests and 

 crops. These articles, written by specialists on the subject, are of great 

 value to everyone interested in the great work of agriculture. 



I published myself last year a study of our chief injurious insects. 



The most elaborate work on applied entomology which has appeared 

 in the province comes from the pen of Professor W. Lochhead, entitled "A 

 Synopsis of Economic Entomology" which was published in 1914. This 



