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Classification of the Suborder Prostigmata of the Order Acrina," H. E. Ewing, 

 United States National Museum; "The Syrphid Genera Hammerschmidtia and 

 Brachyopa in Canada," C. Howard Curran, Orillia, Ontario; "Taxonomic Results 

 From a Study of the Genitalia of Male Syrphidse," C. L. Metcalf, University 

 of Illinois; "Report of the Lepidoptera of the Cornell Expedition of 1919-1920," 

 Wm. T. M. Forbes, Cornell University; "An Extreme Case of Delayed Fall 

 Emergence of Hessian Fly (Phytophaga destructor)," W. H. Larrimer, United 

 States Bureau of Entomology; "Importance of Insects in the Food of the Brook 

 Trout," W. A. Clemens, University of Toronto; "The effects of Vitamines on 

 the||Growth of Ephestia Kuehniella in Wheat Flour," Charles H. Richardson, 

 United States Bureau of Entomology. 



|§ On Friday afternoon the society met with the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists when the following programme was delivered: 



"One Year of the Crop Protection Institute," W. C. O'Kane, Durham, 

 N. H.; "Poisoned Molasses for the Destruction of Noctuid Moths," E. C. Strick- 

 land, Ottawa, Canada; "The Western Wheat .Stem Sawfiy in Canada," Norman 

 Criddle, Treesbank, Manitoba; "Progress in Hessian Fly Control," H. A. Gossard, 

 Wooster, Ohio, and T. H. Parks, Columbus, Ohio; "European Corn Borer- 

 Life History in Ontario," H. G. Crawford, Ottawa, Canada; "European Corn 

 Borer — Present Distribution in Ontario," L. S. McLaine, Ottawa, Canada; 

 "European Corn Borer; Control Under Ontario Conditions," G. J. Spencer, 

 Guelph, Ontario; "The Corn Borer Problem in New York State," E. P. Felt, 

 Albany, N.Y.; "Chemotropism of Chinch Bug," H. Yuasa, Urbana, 111; "Obser- 

 vations on Insects Attacking Sorghums," Wm. P. Hayes, Manhattan, Kansas; 

 "The Onion Maggot in British Columbia Under Irrigated Conditions," R. C. 

 Treherne, Ottawa; "The Cabbage Root Maggot," L. Caesar, Guelph, Canada; 

 "A Forest Insect Survey From the Air," J. M. Swaine, Ottawa, Canada; "Forest 

 Sample Plot Studies in a Spruce Budworm Outbreak," F. C. Craighead, Ottawa, 

 Canada; "The Life History, Habits and Injuries of the Maple Case-bearer," 

 Glenn W. Herrick, Ithaca, N.Y. 



On Friday evening, an Entomologists' Dinner was held at the Prince George 

 Hotel under the auspices of the American Association of Economic Entomologists. 

 Many members of our society accepted the kind invitation of this society to 

 be present. 



The Canadian Entomologist, the official organ of the society completed its 

 fifty-third volume in December last. The volume contained 342 pages, illu- 

 strated by seventeen full page plates and nineteen original figures. The contri- 

 butors to these pages numbered fifty-three and included writers in Ontario, 

 British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, sixteen of the United States, South 

 Africa and New Zealand. Six papers were published during the year on popular 

 and practical entomology. 



REPORT OF THE MARITIME BRANCH 



The Eighth- Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society was held 

 in Amherst, N.S., on Thursday, December 14th, 1922. In the absence of the 

 President, the Vice-President, Dr. Brittain, occupied the chair. A short business 

 meeting was held and last year's officers were all re-elected as follows: 



Honorary President Dr. A. H. McKay, Halifax, N.S. 



President Mr. Wm. McIntosh, St. John, N.B. 



Vice-President ■ Dr. W. H. Brittain, Truro, N.S. 



Secretary-Treasurer Mr. A. B. Baird, Fredericton, N.B. 



Assistant Secretary Mr. W. E. Whitehead, Truro, N.S. 



Member of Council Dr. Edna Mosher, Kempt Shore, N.S. 



