ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. 



The President and Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario : 



Gentlemen, — I have the honor to present the report of the Microscopical Section of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



Meetings were begun in November, officers being elected as follows, Chairman, J. 

 A. Balkwill ; Sec'vj W. E. Saunders \ Committee, Messrs. Rennie, Saunders and Balk- 

 will. 



Nine meetings were held at which five sets of papers were given, a good attendance 

 recorded and much interest manifested. A good many slides were mounted by the mem- 

 bers and a great deal of interesting and instructive discussion on microscopical subjects 

 was engaged in. 



The papers read comprised, — 



Shine moulds, by J. Dearness, London. 



Bacteria, by Dr. H. A. Stevenson, London. 



Radiolaria, by R. W. Rennie, London. 



Diatoms, by J. Dearness, London. 



Marine Algae, by R. Lees, M.A., St. Thomas. 



Submitted on behalf of the Section, 



J. A. Balkwill, 



Chairman. 



W. E. Saunders, 



Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 



To the Entomological Society of Ontario : 



The Geological Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario begs leave to present 

 the following report : 



The section continued to meet weekly throughout the year. A special study of the 

 fauna of early geological time was made through the medium of fossils from the Silurian 

 and Devonian formations as developed in south-western Ontario, assisted by charts of 

 the characteristic organic life of these periods. 



Special trips to interesting points in our western peninsula were made by various 

 members of our section, and reports of their observations were subsequently made. 

 Among other places visited were the following : — Kettle Point (Cape Ipperwash), by 

 Dr. Woolverton, the chairman of the section ; the Crystal Cave at Put-in Bay, Ohio, by 

 Mr. Percival ; the bituminous shales of Alvinston, Lambton Co., Ont., by Mr. Sangster ; 

 the new oil fields in Sarnia township, Ont. ; the Guelph formation as developed at Gait, 

 Ont., by Mr. Goodburn. The chairman of the section also visited the new oil fields at 

 Dutton. Commendable interest was manifested in the general study of geological 

 science. 



Appended are abstracts of the reports made of field observations. 



Dr. Wolverton's re jort on Kettle Point and its concretions : 



" To the lover of natural history, and especially to the geologist, there is no place in 

 our western peninsula that is of greater interest than this, 



" Kettle Point is composed of bituminous shales which overlie the Hamilton forma- 

 tion and which are here the highest member of the Devonian series. The chief feature 

 of this point is the large number of concretionary bodies strewn along the shore, washed 



