ENTOMOLOG'OAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



Bafely and conveniently installed without los3 or irjjury under the carfful management of 

 the curator, Mr. J. Alaton Moffat In the new rooms the Council believe that the valu- 

 able property of the Society will be safer from fire and more easily reached by the mem- 

 bers and the public. (See Plate 2 which shows a part of the Library.) 



The Librarian's report will show that a large number of volumes of scientific Societies' 

 publications and pamphlets have been bound and placed for consultation on the shelves. 

 The '' Canadian Entomologist " is exchanged for the proceedings of various scientific and 

 learned societies in all parts of the world. The number of such exchanges at present on 

 the list is 74. 



The Council desires to express its entire satisfaction with the efficient manner in 

 which the curator, Mr. J. Alston Moffat continues to discharge his duties 



The Treasurer's report shows that the finances of the Society are in a very satis- 

 factory condition. While the expenses have been necessarily increased, owing to the 

 change of rooms and the cost of removal, the balance ou hand will no doubt be sufficient 

 to provide for the expenditure that will be required during the remainder of the year. 



The reports of the Secretaries of the several scientific sections of the Society, printed 

 elsewhere, show that they continue to hold regular meetings and to accomplish much 

 useful work. 



The Society was represented at the meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, held at 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the month of June last, by Mr. J. D. Evans, of Trenton, whose 

 report is publifhed herewith. At the meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, held in Toronto in August, the Society was represented by the presi- 

 dent, Mr. J. Dearness, and the editor, Dr. Bethune, and was attended by several other of 

 the members. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



London, October 12, 1897. John Dearness, 



President. 



REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH. 



The 207th regular and 24th annual meeting of the Montreal Branch of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario was held in the rooms of the Natural Hifetory Society of 

 Montreal on 25th May. 



The following members were present : Messrs. H. H. Lyman, President ; A. F. 

 Winn, Vice-President ; G. C. Dunlop, T. Dwight Brainard, A. Griffio, J. B. Williams, 

 E. A. Norris, H. T. Pye, L. Reford, C. Stevenson, G. A. Moore and L. Gibb, Sec. Treas. 



The chair was taken by the President and the minutes of the previous regular meet- 

 ing were read and confirmed, and the minuses of the last annual meeting were also read. 



The President then submitted the following repirfc of the CjuuciI for the p*st year : 



Report op Council. 



In presenting their twenty-fourth annual report the Council have much pleasure in- 

 referring to the continued prosperity of the Branch. 



Since our last annual meeting two new members have been added to our roll, but 

 two others have resigned and we have also to deplore the loss by death of Mr. George 

 Kearley, whose genial disposition and interest in the Branch and its work had won our 

 high esteem. 



During the year eight meetings have been held, at one of which we had the pleasure 

 of the attendance of the Rev, Dr. Bethune, whom our members had thus the pleasure of 

 meeting for the first time, and the following papers and communications were read : 



Annual address by the President. H. H. Lyman. 



