CONTENTS 



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Letter of Transmission 1 



List of Officers and Committees for 1897 2 



Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society 3 



Report of the Council : J. W. Dearness . , , 3 



Report of the Secretary : W. E. Saunders 5 



Report of the Treasurer : J, A. Balkwill 6 



Report of the Librarian and Curator : J. A. Moffat . 6 



Report from the Entomological Society of Ontario to the Royal Society of Canada : J. D. Evans 7 



Report of the Montreal Branch : Lachlan Gibb .... 9 



Notes on the Season of 1896 : Rev. Thos. W. Fyles 12 



Some Insectivorous Mammals : Robert Elliott 16 



Annual Address of the President : J. W. Dearness '. 22 



Entomology for Rural Schools : Prof. J. EL Panton 30 



The Importance of Entomological Studies to an Agricultural and Fruit Growing Country : 



Rev. Thos. W. Fyles 37 



Report of the Microscopical Section : J. H. Bowman . 43 



Two Insect Pests of 1896 : Prof. J . H. Panton '..,. 44 



Notes on Insects for the year 1896 : Rev. C. J. S.' Bethune 55 



Insect Injuries to Ontario Crops in 1896 : James Fletcher . 58 



Some Beetles Occurring upon Beech : W. H. Harrington. 69 



Notes on the Season of 1896 : J . A. Moffat 76 



Warning Colors, Protective Mimicry and Protective Coloration: F. M. Webstkr 80 



The San Jose Scale : F. M. Webster 86 



Lepidopterous Pests of the Meadow and the Lawn : Rev. T. W. Fyles 97 



Rare Captures during the Season of 1896 : Arthur Gibson 104 



The Butterflies of the Eastern Provinces of Canada : Rev. C. J. Si Bethune . 106 



Obituary , ; 110 



Entomological Literature 113 



Rev. Thomas W. FyJes 124 



Index 125 



