The Biological Review 

 of Ontario. 



vol. i. Toronto, January, 1894. No. t. 



The journalistic field in Canada is a well cultivated one ; 

 nearly every profession and calling is represented within its 

 bounds. 



There is, however, one important department of science 

 unrepresented in Ontario, and that is General Biology, the 

 science of life forms ; and it is with a view of supplying this 

 desideratum that the Biological Review of Ontario is 

 launched. 



Speaking in more particular terms, the objects of the pub- 

 lishers of The Review are, the collection and publication of 

 important original observations relating to the fauna and flora, 

 existing and extinct, of the Province of Ontario ; to determine 

 the life histories of all native specific life forms, and from time 

 to time publish monographs of the same ; and to compile and 

 publish a bibliography of all literature relating to native life 

 forms from Canadian publications. 



While the main purpose of The Review is the furtherance of 

 Biological science in general, in our Province, there are many 

 practical applications of the science to which we purpose 

 devoting special attention. 



One of these is the relation of insect and other life forms, 

 injurious or beneficial, to forest trees, cultivated crops, and to 



