12 THE REPORT OF THE No. 36 



The business and discussion upon it occupied nearly the whole of the morning 

 session, the subjects being: — The continuance of the Entomological Record; The 

 Society's Cup offered for school competition ; The by-laws revised for incorpora- 

 tion, and the proposed increase in subscriptions to the parent society. 



The following motion was passed relative to the last subject ''That this Society 

 thinks a subscription of $1 to the Ontario Entomological Society is sufficient, in 

 view of the decrease in prices." 



The following papers were read: — 



The use of Spreaders in Poison Sprays A. iL. Lovett. 



Hemisarcoptes mains and its relation to Oyster shell scale E. P. Venables. 

 Economic Insects of the Year in the Lower Fraser Valley. R. Glendenning. 



A talk on the Chilcoten country and its Orthoptera E. R. Buckell. 



(illustrated with lantern slides). 



The Teaching of Entomology in the public schools .T. W. Gibson. 



Aerial Surveys as an aid to Entomological Investigation . . E. Heable. 



The life of the ipoplar sawfiy W. Downes. 



The European earwig in B.C R. C. Tbehekne. 



Incidental observations regarding certain insects W. H. Lyne. 



Election of officers resulted as follows: — 



Honorary-President F. Kermode, 



President L. E. Marmont. 



Vice-Presidents R. S. Sherman (Coast) . 



M. H. Rtjhmann (Interior). 

 Advisory Board. — The above and E. H. Blackmore, W. H. Robertson, J. W. Gibson, 



W. H. Lyne. E. Hearle. 

 Hon. Secretary-Treasurer R. Glendenning, Agassiz, B.C. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. W. Downes, the retiring Secre- 

 tary, for his valuable services. 



It was decided that the next meeting would be held in Vancouver. 



R. Glendenning. 

 Hon. Secretary-Treasurer. 



REPORTS ON INSECTS OF THE YEAR. 

 Division No. 3. Toronto District — A. Cosens. . 



The promise of the warm weather of April was not fulfilled in an early spring. 

 There were no insects of any kind plentiful until June. On May 28th, the 

 Toronto Entomologists held a field 'day at Lawrence Park, north of the city. 

 Although the day was warm and sunny only a few captures were made. Two 

 butterflies were taken : — the Meadow Eritillary. Brentliis bellona, and the Common 

 Blue, Lycaena ladon. A few Cabbage butterflies and Common Sulphurs were 

 seen, also two or three Tiger Swallowtails, Papilio turnus. 



Again this season as in 19.20 and 1919, the Monarch butterflies were rare. 

 They became more plentiful later in the season as the following dates on which 

 specimens were seen show: — Sept. 21st, 22nd, 26th, 29th, Oct. 1st and 3rd. 



Early in June, from about the 10th to the 14th, large beetles were reported 

 to be emerging from a lawn in the northern part of the city. The question con- 

 cerning whether they were harmful or not led to the examination of a couple of 

 specimens. They were foun'd to be Stag Beetles, Lucanus dama. The group 

 owes its name to the peculiar mandibles of the male, w r hicli are very long, sharply 

 pointed, sickle-shaped and bear in this species a small tooth on their inner edge 

 near the centre. The head is correspondingly large in the male, being much 



