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Elliott and J. Dearness ; " A bit of history " and " Kandom recollections in Natural 

 History," by J. A, Moffat ; " The Noctuidse occuring at Toronto," and " Muskoka as a 

 collecting ground," by Mr. Arthur Gibson ; " Notes on Papilio brevicauda," by Mr. A. F. 

 Winn ; " The Gypsy Moth," by Mr. E. H. Forbush ; '• The preparation of specimens for the 

 exhibition of life histories in the cabinet," by Mr. Dwight Brainerd ; "The brown-tail 

 Moth " and " Injurious Insects in 1898," by Dr. Fletcher ; and " Notes on Insects of the 

 Year," by Messrs, Harrington, Evans, Kilman, Rennie, Hutt and Moffat. In the excel- 

 lence of the papers and their generally practical character, the volume has well maintained 

 its high standard of usefulness. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the monthly magazine published by the Society, com- 

 pleted its thirtieth volume in December last. It consisted of 335 pages and was illustrated 

 with six plates and twenty one original wood-cuts ; the contributors numbered fifty-three. 

 It was filled with original papers of a high order of merit, and may justly be considered 

 one of the most valuable and interesting volumes since the inauguration of the magazine. 

 Of the thirty-first volume ten numbers have now been issued, containing 304 pages, five 

 plates and thirty-six wood cuts. Among the large number of valuable papers may be men- 

 tioned a series of articles on the " Classification of the Eatomophilous Wasps," by Mr. 

 William H. Ashmead ; and numerous papers on Coccidse, by Profs. Cocker ell,, 

 and Tinsley, Messrs. King, Fowler, Parrott and others ; a List of Manitoba Moths, 

 by Mr. A. W. Hanham ; a continuation of a series of papers by Prof. Wickham,. 

 on the Coleoptera of Canada, and Mr. E. M. Walker, on the Acridiidse of Ontario ; life 

 histories of T epidoptera, by Dr. Dyar ; Descriptions of new genera and species in various 

 orders by Messrs. Scudder, Qaaintance, Coquillett. Skianer, Smith, Banks and others; 

 and papers on a great variety of subjects of a techincaJ orpractical character by leading 

 Entomologists of America and several distant countries. 



The council have learned with much satisfaction that an Entomological Society has 

 been successfully organized in the North- West Territories of Canada, under the presi- 

 dency of Mr. Percy B. Gregson, of Waghorn, Alberta. They desire to express their 

 heartiest wishes for its success and prosperity and to assure its members of their readi- 

 ness to co-operate with them in any way in their power. The field is a vast one and its. 

 scientific resources are as yet unexplored and almost unknown. 



At the meetings of the Association of Economic Entomologists and "the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Columbus, Ohio, in August last, the 

 Society was represented by Dr. William Saunders, Director of the Experimental Farms 

 of the Dominion. 



The Council has watched with interest the vigorous efforts made by the Government 

 of Ontario to prevent the spread of that dread pest of the fruit-grower, the San Jose Scale, 

 and is pleased to learn of the success which has attained the experiments made by Prof. 

 Lochhead in fumigating with hydrocyanic acid gas. It was gratified to learn that one of 

 its members, Mr. J. Dearness, formerly President of the Society, was appointed by the 

 Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, one of the Commissioners for the investigation of the 

 ravages of the Scale in Ontario. 



The members of the council are pleased to note the appointment of Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson, President of the Toronto Branch of the Society, to the position of assistant in 

 the Division of Entomology of the Dominion Experimental Farms. 



As will be seen from the report of the Librarian and Curator some valuable additions 

 have been made to the collections both of books and specimens. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



Henry H. Lyman, President. 



