TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, 



1898. 



To the Honorable John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture. 



Sir, — I have the loner to present herewith the twenty-ninth annual report of 

 the Tntcmclegical Society of Ontario. It contains an account of the proceedings at 

 our annual meeting, -which -was held in the City of Montreal, on the 8th and 9th of 

 November last. The change from London, the usual place of meeting and. the head- 

 quarters of the society, was made in order that the members generally might join in 

 the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the Montreal 

 Branch. The report includes the financial statement of the Treasurer and the reports 

 of the various sections, branches and officers of tie society, as well as tie papers 

 and addresses delivered during the course of the meeting. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the monthly magazine published by the society, has 

 now completed its thirtieth volume and begun tie issue of the thirty first. The 

 volume contains a large number of vale able original papers contributed by the most 

 eminent writers in this department of science in Canada and elsewhere. Great 

 attenticn, it rray be observed, has been raid to scale insects ard a great many new 

 sjecics frcm different paits of North America have been described. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



CHARLES J. S. BETHUNE, 



Editor. 

 Trinity College School, 



Port Hope. 



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