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In the course of the summer a number of rare and interesting specimens were taken, 

 and these were afterwards exhibited and identified. Among them were some the names 

 of which were new to the Quebec lists. 



The thanks of the members are due to the authorities of Morrin College for the 

 countenance and encouragement they have given to the association. 



The Branch was represented by its President at the annual meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario held in London, Ont, on the 12th of October. On this occa- 

 sion many hearty good wishes for the prosperity of the Branch were expressed. 



The parent society has reached the 35th year of its existence. Its 28th annual 

 report is now in the press. Its monthly organ, The Canadian Entomologist, which has 

 now reached its 30 th volume, ranks as one of the leading Entomological publications of 

 the day, and has an extensive circulation, not only in Canada and the United States, but 

 in Europe and other parts of the world. Flourishing branches of the Society exist in 

 Toronto and Montreal. The Quebec branch will, we trust, be no less prosperous than 

 thess. 



The Society has experienced a great loss by the death of its Vice-President, J. Hoyes 

 Panton, M. A , F. G S., Professor of Natural History and Geology, in the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph. He was the author of a useful handbook entitled " Our 

 Insect Foes and How to Destroy Them." His valuable article on " Entomology for 

 Rural Schools," which appeared in last year's report of the Society, is, no doubt, fresh in 

 the minds of many of you. His useful career was cut short while he wbs yet in his 

 prime. The American Entomological Society has also sustained a great loss by the death 

 of its President, Dr. George H. Horn. The Entomological News, of Philadelphia, thus 

 ■ speaks of him : 



" The entomological world has lost a shining light and American Coleopterology its 

 greatest votary. As a systematic coleopterist he probably did not have a superior in the 

 world. His large collection of beetles was considered the finest extant in the field he 

 cultivated. It, with his library, and five thousand dollars for the care of the former, he 

 willed to the American Entomological Society." 



Entomology in the United States has made great strides. The Division of Entom 

 ology in the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0., has been of vast benefit to 

 the agriculturists and horticulturists of this continent. Its present able director, Mr. L. 

 0. Howard, and his efficient staff, are not merely supporting, but raising more and more 

 the high character that its services have won for it. Among the valuable bulletins that 

 it has lately issued are : 



" The Gypsy Moth in America," by L. 0. Howard. 



" Revision of the Tachinidse," by D. L. Ooquillet. 



" Some Little Known Insects Affecting Stored Vegetable Products," by F. H„ 

 Chittenden. 



" Insects Affecting Domestic Animals," by Herbert Osborn. 



The insects that are causing the greatest alarm in America at the present time are 

 the Gypsy Moth (Porthetria dispar) and the San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus) 

 Comstock. Specimens of the former species escaped in 1869 from the residence of Professor 

 Trouvelot, at Medford, near Boston ; and for eight years the insects increased in 

 numbers without exciting much attention. The species has now extended its ravages 

 through a district of 220 square miles, and the State of Massachusetts has expended 

 $775,000 in the effort to exterminate it. 



The pernicious scale insect was first noticed in the San Josp Valley, California. It 

 has now located itself in spots from Florida to Canada, and from Washington to New 

 Jersey. Its wide and rapid spread is owing to the fact that it has been ' shipped ' with 

 fruit and with nursery stock in all directions, It infests deciduous fruit trees, and, 

 unless prompt measures are taken, an orchard attacked by it will be completely destroyed 



