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The Spruce Bud-Worm continues to devastate the spruces of the 

 lower St. Lawrence, and it is to be hcped that its parasites will soon 

 bring relief. 



New Provincial Entomologist & Publications. 



It is a pleasure for me to refer to .in important step in advance that 

 has been taken by the Minister of Agriculture for the Province of \^ue- 

 bec since our last meeting. The Rev. Abbe Huard, Curator of the Provi.i^- 

 ial Museum at Quebec, has been appointed Provincial Entomologist. 1 

 regret that his absence in Washington and New York at this time ppre- 

 vents his attendance at this meeting. I am sure the Society joins me in 

 congratulating the Minister on the creation of the new^ office of Provincial 

 Entomologist, and the Rev. Abbe Huard on receiving the appoint- 

 ment to this responsible position. 



I would also call the atitention of the vSociety to the recent^ ap- 

 pearance of a new^ publication entitled "The Review of Applied Entomo- 

 logy," issued by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology, L-ondon, Eng. This 

 Review forms a sort of Clearing House foi all work done in Entomology 

 throughout the world for the use of workers in the British Empire. 



I should not omit mentioning nere tw^o ne^v American entomological 

 publications of the nature of text books, viz. "Elementary Entomology" 

 by Sanderson and Jackson, published by Ginn & Co.; and "Injurious In- 

 sects" by W.C. O'Kane, published by the Macmillan Co. Both books 

 will serve a useful purpose, the former as an introduction to the science 

 and the latter as a reference guide to the insects that are injurious. 



