ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Notes upon the North American Saturniaa, with List of the Species — A. Radcliffe 

 Grote, A.M. 



Butterflies of Southern Manitoba— Mr. E. F. Heath. 



The Larvje of the North Americin Saw-flies — Mr. Harrison G. Dyar. 



The Life-history of Paraphilia Manitoba, Scud — Rev. Thos. W. Fyles. 



To the aforementioned articles should be added also the numerous book notices of 

 current publications of entomological literature, correspondence, obituary notices, etc, 



In addition to the Monthly Magazine the Society publishes an Annual Report to the 

 Department of Agriculture of the Province of Ontario, the twenty-sixth of which was 

 issued in 1895, which consisted of 102 pages with numerous illustrations ; in this is given 

 a very full report of the thirty-third annual meeting of the Society, which wa3 held in 

 their rooms in Loudon, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 27th and 28ih of November, 

 1895. An important feature of the annual meeting was an open meeting on the evening 

 of Wednesday, in the City Hall, at which His Worship the Mayor presided and Prof. C. 

 O James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Ontario, delivered a very exhaustive and 

 interesting address on " The New Agriculture," which was followed by Mr. James 

 Fletcher with a very instructive address on " The Value of Entomology." 



The annual report also contains the following papers : 



How the forest in the District of Bedford was swept away — Rev. Thos. W. Fyles. 



Insect Injuries of the year 1895 — Mr. James Fletcher. 



The growth of the wings of the Luna Moth — Mr. J. A. Moffat. 



Observations on the season of 1895 — by the same author. 



Variation with special reference to Insects — also by the same author. 



Some winter insects from swamp moss — Mr. W. Hague Harrington. 



Birds as protectors of orchards — Prof. E. H. Forbu3h, Ornithologist of the Massa- 

 chusetts Board of Agriculture. 



The Rocky Mountain Locust and its allies in Canada — Mr. Samuel H. Scudder. 



The reports of the Botanical, Geological and Microscopical Sections of the Society. 



The report of the Montreal Branch. 



The report from the Entomological Society of Ontario to the Royal Society of 

 Canada. 



And also a very full report of the proceedings of the seventh annual meeting of the 

 Association of Ejonomic Entomologists. 



The Botanical Section reported that regular weekly meetings 'had been held during 

 several months, at which the attendance was much in advance of previous years. Several 

 papers had been read at the different meetings. One public field day was held at which 

 much enthusiasm was manifested. 



The Geological Section reported as having had a most prosperous year. The member- 

 ship had increas d, and average attendance at meetings was greater. A number of valuable 

 papers have been contributed, and several very successful trips made to places of geolo- 

 gical interest. 



The Microscopical Section reported as having a number of very successful meetings 

 at which a number of interesting subjects were presented. 



The Montreal Branch presented their twenty-second annual report shewing a num- 

 ber ol meetings held at which excellent papers were read, and the membership increased. 



J. D. Evans, 



Delegate. 



