1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 41 



bee into New Zealand to fertilize the bloom of red clover, Trifolium pratense, yet the 

 recent success in introducing and establishing Blastophaga psenes into California to ferti- 

 lize the Smyrna fig adds a well-deserved honor to the office of United States Entomologist 

 at present so creditably filled by Dr. L. O. Howard. 



Although important from an educational rather than an economic or technical 

 standpoint, nevertheless I cannot forego calling attention to Dr. W. J. Holland's 

 " Butterfly Book " as paving the way for a better method of presenting the science of 

 entomology to the young or inexperienced. That it should be possible to place such a 

 superb book as this in the hands of our young people, and withal so entertaining, at the 

 price of $3.00, is an innovation in teaching our beloved science. 



And now, standing as we do on the threshold of a new century, it does seem as 

 though we might look back over the last with honest pride. From almost nothing we 

 have become the leaders of the world in applied entomology, and we are certainly not 

 exasperatingly far behind in the pure science. International questions of the technical 

 eort have, many of them, yet to be settled, and we may find, after all, that we are not 

 less in error than our fellows in other lands. At any rate, we have accomplished enough 

 to give us the best possible encouragement for future labors, and it is to be hoped that 

 the white-haired veterans that are still with us, and have done so much to make this 

 condition of affairs possible, will live many long years to watch and enjoy our further 

 progress. 



As to the future, it seems to me that the work of the entomologist will differ 

 somewhat from that of the past. Except in some groups mcst of the descriptive work is 

 done, and all that remains is to prove the validity of species, for we have learned one 

 other thing in the past, and that is, that the Almighty can* make a better species than 

 the entomologist, though probably nowhere near as many of them. Canada will probably 

 offer a more fruitful field for the collector, for some time to come, than the United States, 

 because it has been less worked, but you also have problems in distribution, variation, 

 development and inter-relations with other organisms, and it is in these directions that I 

 expect to see the science making the greatest progress. If we have a world conquered behind 

 us, there are others in front us to conquer. There is something and enough for everyone 

 to do, and do well. May the Entomological Society of Ontario and its members live long 

 and continue to work faithfully, for the fields are crying out for workers, and the prospects 

 encouraging, and as I have stated before, entomology knows no political lines, but is as 

 boundless as the ocean and as free as the air. So may it ever be. 



At the close of Prof. Webster's paper, which was listened to with great attention, 

 another address illustrated with lantern pictures, was given by Prof. Lochhead. 



LECTURE ON SOME COMMON INSECTS OF THE ORCHARD, GARDEN 



AND FARM. 



The speaker first dealt with the Scale insects which occur in many orchards, and do 

 a vast amount of harm. The San Jose Scale, the Oyster-shell bark-louse, the Scurfy 

 bark-louse, and the plum Lecanium were each in turn described from tne lantern illustra- 

 tions. The general adoption of spraying with whale-oil soap (2 lbs. to 1 gallon of water) 

 during the dormant season would soon keep the majority of these small scale insects in 

 check. To insure further immunity the speaker advised the use of dilute kerosene emul- 

 sion spray during June when the young forms (if any survive) are moving about. 



The Codling worm and the Bud worm were next discussed. Their habits and life 

 histories were concisely described, as well as the remedies which were used against them. 

 The insect pests which make webs or tents, viz. : the fall web-worm, and the two species 

 of tent caterpillars, were described, and remedies given, which, if applied properly, would 

 certainly diminish the damage done by these very injurious moths. The use of Paris 

 green spray is recommended while the worms are small, but much might be done by hand- 

 picking the egg-masses of the tent-caterp:llars during fall and winter. 



