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The next event of importance took place in 1870, when we were asked to 

 prepare a report on injurious insects. This was undertaken by Dr. Saunders, 

 Mr. E. Baynes-Reed (one of our original members), and myself. Three articles 

 were prepared: Insects Affecting the Grape, the Plum, and the Apple-tree. 

 The report was published by the Department of Agriculture early in the following 

 year, and was widely distributed. So useful was it considered that it was 

 reprinted twenty-five years later. This was the beginning of the issue of the 

 Annual Reports of the Society which have regularly appeared for more than 

 fifty years. 



One good result of the first report was a grant of $400 to the society from 

 the Department. Soon afterwards, as the result of a report on the Colorado 

 potato-beetle, by Dr. Saunders and Mr. Reed, the grant was increased to $1,000, 

 and has been continued ever since. A further result was the incorporation of 

 the society by the Legislature of Ontario, and the change of its name to its 

 present designation, though it was by no means restricted in its operations to 

 this province. 



For nine years the society was kindly permitted to use the rooms of the 

 Canadian Institute in Toronto for its meetings, and the housing of its library 

 and collections. The headquarters were then removed to London where a 

 flourishing branch had been established. In 1906 the removal was made to the 

 Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph. 



To many this brief record is an old story, but I trust that it may be of 

 interest to our younger members to learn of our days of small things, and to 

 realize how our operations have extended over the whole Dominion, with active 

 branches in Montreal and Toronto, the Maritime Provinces, and British 

 Columbia. 



Ten years ago a delightful celebration of the jubilee of the society was held 

 at Guelph. It is sad to recall the losses that we have sustained by death since 

 then. Dr. Saunders, who, however, was not able to be present at the meeting, 

 died a few months afterwards. We have to deplore also the deaths of Dr. Fyles, 

 Dr. Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lyman, and Mr. Sladen; and amongst our 

 visitors, Prof. Webster and Mr. Meade-Waldo, of the British Museum. 



I regret very much that, owing to the infirmities of old age, I am unable to 

 be present at the Diamond Jubilee of the society. May it continue to grow and 

 flourish, and to extend, as the years go by, the knowledge and application of 

 systematic and economic entomology. 



THE ROSE CURCULIO IN MANITOBA— WITH NOTES ON OTHER 

 INSECTS AFFECTING ROSES 



H. Alex. Robertson, Entomological Laboratory, Treesbank, Man. 



The destructiveness of the Rose Curculio, Rhynchites bicolor Fab., has been 

 brought forcibly to our attention on many occasions in Manitoba, particularly 

 during the past few summers. The characteristic puncturing of the young 

 rosebuds and the failure of the petals to open are now familiar to most people 

 who take an intelligent interest in rose-growing. The injury caused has given 

 rise to frequent inquiries, and it is as a result of these that a brief preliminary 

 study of the insect has been undertaken. 



This beetle, which is widespread in North America, has sometimes been 

 confused with the Rose Chafer (Macrodactylus subspinosns Fab.) because of the 



