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Surface Caterpillars (the cutworms of this country) did much damage in 1896. 

 The chief point of interest is a trial of a mixture of nitrate of soda and salt (proportions 

 not given) hand sown after hoeing between the rows and between the roots — at the 

 rate of about 3 cwt. per acre. The results of the trial seem to justify a further test of 

 this remedy which at any rate would invigorate and help the remaining plants to make 

 a vigorous growth. 



Caddib Worms were troublesome in beds of watercress and did considerable damage. 

 This plant is cultivated in shallow canals with running water and is grown in large 

 quantities to supply the city markets. The foliage is destroyed by the encased larvae of 

 several species of water flies which crawl nimbly about the plants. The most suc- 

 cessful remedy was found to be to flood the beds deeply and then disturb the Caddis 

 worms by passing the backs of wooden rakes very thoroughly over the plants. The 

 worms let go their hold of the plants and rise to the top of the water and are carried off 

 down the stream past the beds. 



The above brief references are merely to those articles in this valuable report which are 

 thought to be of direct interest to us; but there are many other subjects treated which 

 may at any time demand our attention. The great charm of Miss Ormerod's reports is 

 that she does not theorize and when reading them there is always an overwhelming feel- 

 ing of confidence that any observation or investigation recorded is put down absolutely 

 as she saw it. 



J. Fletcher. 



The Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, F.L.S. 



We have much pleasure in presenting to our readers the excellent portrait of our 

 colleague, the Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, who has been for many years an active member of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario. Though living at South Quebec, he has regularly 

 attended the annual meetings at London, travelling many hundreds of miles in order to do 

 so, and has invariably delighted those present with his excellent papers. He was a member 

 of the Council from 1882 to 1888, when the change in the Act of Incorporation required 

 the directors to be resident within certain districts of the Province of Ontario. Three 

 times he has represented the Society as their delegate to the Royal Society of Canada at 

 Ottawa, and he has been a member of the Editing Committee of the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist since 1889. 



While filling the arduous position of Chaplain to the immigrants landing in Canada, 

 under the auspices of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, he devotes any 

 spare moments that he can get to the study of entomology. He has succeeded, with an 

 energy and enthusiasm worthy of admiration, in forming an extensive collection of insects 

 and acquiring a knowledge of the science beyond what is ordinarily met with. That he 

 may long continue to carry on his excellent work, both in his official position and in his 

 scientific pursuits, is the hearty wish of all his friends. 



