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On July 7, the Station janitor brought me some larvae which he stated were eating 

 into the pods of his garden beans. These larvae were placed on a hill of beans and 

 covered with a breeding cage. On August 8, a single adult Uranotes (Thecla) melinus, 

 Hiibn, was found dead in the cage. 



On August 14, a correspondent, Mr. Fred. Ruth, Clifford, Ohio, sent two larvae 

 which he had found in the silk in the tips of the ears of corn in the field. As he had 

 found adults of Diabrotica longicornis in the same situation, Mr. Ruth supposed that they 

 were the adult insect from these larvae. As soon as they were received they were at 

 once recognized and placed upon young bean pods, upon which they at once began to 

 feed. On August 22, both pupated, and from one of these pupae an adult issued on 

 September 1, while the other has up to this date, October 4, remained undeveloped.* 



While we lost the first larva sent by Mr. Hurd, the second was recognized, and if it 

 was not of the species under consideration, it certainly belonged to a species closely 

 allied to this. Thus we have the pea as a probably new food plant, and the silk of corn 

 on the ear as an undoubted additional new food plant for the species, and certainly 

 rather a unique locality for the larvae to be found in. 



According to the article referred to in the beginning, which by the way is illustrat" 

 ed, the habitat of the species is given as Canada (rarely); and south to Indian River, 

 Florida, and quite to the Mexican border, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and the 

 Antilles. The present is the first year that my attention has ever been called to the 

 work of the larvae. 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



The meeting was called to order at 2.30 o'clock, the Vice-President, Rev. Dr. Fyles, 

 occupying the chair. After a number of papers (which are given in subsequent pages of 

 this report) had been read and discussed, the consideration of the San Jose Scale insect 

 was again taken up. The Secretary reported that the Special Committee had been unable 

 to arrange any time for a meeting. Mr. Dearness said that as the whole of the previous 

 afternoon had been spent in a conference upon this insect, it would be a pity if no action 

 were taken by the Society ; he accordingly moved that the meeting be considered as a 

 committee of the whole, which was adopted. 



At the request of the members present Mr. Dearness read a synopsis of the report of 

 the Commissioners appointed by the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture to investigate the 

 San Jose Scale last summer, and explained various points in connection with it. 



Dr. Fletcher said that one of the great difficulties in the way of carrying out the 

 recommendations of the Commissioners was the liability of the orchard owners to evade 

 the law as far as possible, and to neglect the means recommended for checking the pest. 

 The feature of the report which would probably be most objected to was the boarding of 

 the men sent by the Government to perform the work, but this might be overcome by 

 sending them to the nearest hotel for the short time that they would be in the neighbour- 

 hood. He thought that the Minister of Agriculture had acted very wisely throughout 

 this matter, and that great care had been exercised in the selection of inspectors ; if any 

 were found inefficient their services were at once dispensed with. 



After some further discussion the following resolution, moved by Dr. Fletchek and 

 seconded by Dr. Bethune, was unanimously adopted : 



" This Society has watched with keen interest and wishes to express its hearty 

 approval of the measures adopted by the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture and Arts for 

 Ontario for the suppression of the San Jose Scale, and the wise and judicious manner in 

 which he has endeavoured to carry them out." 



* From this pupa the butterfly emerged on January 4th, 1900, thus shewing that of two larvse, probably 

 from the same brood and same mother, one may develop to the adult in September, and the other go over 

 until the following spring.— F.M.W. 



