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work, over 100 pages in length, is a systematic treatise, although abridged, 

 on our injurious insects. If it were developed our scientific literature would 

 be enriched by the addition of a complete and valuable work on injurious 

 insects. I most sincerely hope that Professor Lochhead will undertake a 

 work of this nature. 



An event of great importance in the history of entomology in the 

 province of Quebec took place in January, 1913, when the Provincial Minister 

 of Agriculture decided to appoint an entomologist. I had the honor of 

 being selected for this position, which I occupied until 1916. This was the 

 first official recognition accorded to entomology in our province. Mr. 

 George Maheux, who has made a special study of entomology, now holds 

 this position. 



Another notable event was the appointment of the first professor of 

 entomology among the French-Canadian people. This was inaugurated at 

 the Oka Agricultural Institute, where Mr. F. Letourneau was appointed a 

 year or two ago. Mr. Letourneau took a course in entomology at Guelph, 

 and is well known through his articles on insects published in the Natnraliste 

 Canadien and by a bulletin published in 1916 on insects injurious to apple 

 trees. 



Mention should be made in this memoir, I think, of the chief insect 

 collections which add to the entomological richness of the Province of 

 Quebec. In 1887 the N&turaliste Canadien took a census of the museums, 

 etc., in the Province of Quebec. In the report published they enumerated 

 thirteen collections of insects in possession of various institutions and private 

 individuals. The number of such collections at the present time must be 

 much greater. The Universities of Laval and McGill have today the most 

 valuable collections of any in the province. Next come College St. Laurent, 

 near Montreal, which secured some years ago Mr. G. Beaulieu's collection 

 of Coleoptera; Levis College and Sherbrooke Seminary, where Abbes Elias 

 Roy and P. A. Begin respectively were employed; St. Hyacinthe Seminary, 

 which owns the collection assembled by Abbe F. X. Burque; the St. Law- 

 rence Convent, near Montreal; Mr. C. E. Dionne, the famous ornithologist 

 of Quebec; G. Chagnon, Montreal; and St. Alexander College, Ironside. 

 This list is incomplete and without my knowledge there may be several 

 other insect collections in the Province of Quebec. 



But, one may ask, what became of the entomological collections made 

 by Abbe Provancher during his long life? At a date which I do not exactly 

 know Provancher handed his collection to Levis College, and this was the 

 foundation of the important collection in the possession of this institution 

 today. In 1877, before this sale to Levis College, Abbe Provancher had 



