ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Dr. Bethune moved, seconded by the Rev. T. W. Fyles, that the Annals of the 

 Entomological Society of France, and such other volumes as may be decided upon by a 

 committee to be appointed by the President, be bound. — Carried. 



By instruction of the local members of the council, the Secretary brought up the 

 question of cataloguing the books in the Society's Library by the London Free Library 

 Board as an addendum to their reference list. After some consideration of the subject, 

 it was moved by Mr. W. E. Saunders, seconded by Mr. J. D. Evans, that this Society 

 views with favor the proposition of the Free Library Board to publish a list of the books 

 belonging to the Society in their catalogue. — Carried 



The Secretary called the attention ot the meeting to the importance of having the 

 Society represented at the meeting of the British Association, which is to be held in 

 Toronto next year, It was thereupon moved by the Rev. T. W. Fyles, seconded by Mr. 

 Evans, that the President and Editor be, and are hereby, appointed to represent the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario at the meeting of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, to be held in Toronto in 1897, and that the President be auth- 

 orized to appoint additional representatives at his discretion. — Carried. 



Mr. J. D. Evans then read his report as delegate to the Royal Society at its meet- 

 ing in Ottawa in May, 1896, as follows : 



REPORT FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO TO THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



As the representative of the Entomological Society of Ontario, I have the honor to 

 submit a brief report of its proceedings and woik during the past year. 



lb gives me much pleasure to be able to report that the membership continues to 

 increase and is now much larger than ever heretofore, and that interest in its work is 

 still unabated. 



Valuable additions have been made to the Library and Collection of Insects — the 

 number of volumes thus added being thirty-eight, making the total 1,399 volumes. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the official organ of the Society, although not number- 

 ing quite so many pages as in the year previous, is yet largely increased beyond former 

 years. 



During the year 1895 it completed its twenty-seventh volume of three hundred and 

 fifty-eight pages. There were forty six contributors, of whom twenty-nine were 'from the 

 United States, three from England, and one from Germany — and of tne remaining 

 thirteen (Canadian) it is pleasing to be able to state that five of them were from the 

 newer provinces west of Lake Superior. These contributed in the aggregate 100 articles 

 in which were described 109 new species and seven new genera. 



Among the more important papers published during the year may be mentioned the 

 following : 



The Coleoptera of Canada — Mr. H. F. Wickham, which ran through eight numbers. 



Canadian Ooccidse — Mr. T. D. A. Cockerel! 



Preliminary Studies in Siphonaptera — Mr. Carl F. Baker, which appeared in seven 

 numbers. 



Variation in Nemeophila Petrosa at Laggan in Western Alberta — Mr. Thos. E. Bean. 



Synopsis of the Dipterous Genus Phora— Mr. D. W. Coquillett. 



Mounting Insects without pressure — Mr. R. W. Rennie. 



The Coleoptera collected at Massett, Queen Charlotte Island, B.C. — Rev. J. H. Keen. 



Descriptions of the Larvae of certain Tenthredinidaa — Mr. Harrison G. Dyar. 



