Ottawa ; Dr. Burgess, Mr. A. Pudclicombe, Mr. H. B. Bock, Dr. Woolverton, Mr. L. B. 

 Beed, and Mr. Chas. Chapman, of London ; Mr. Macdonald, of the Farmers' Advocate, 

 London, and the Sec.-Treas. Mr. E. Baynes Reed. 



The President -welcomed the members present, and expressed the regret they felt at 

 the absence of some of those who in past years had attended the meetings, but were this 

 year unavoidably absent, referring especially to Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, of Port Hope, and 

 Mr. G. J. Bowles, of Montreal. 



The report of the Council, the audited financial statement of the Secretary -Treasurer, 

 and the report of the Librarian for the past year, were then submitted to the meeting, and 

 on motion, duly received, discussed and adopted, 



REPORT OF COUNCIL FOR 1884. 



At the close of another year it becomes again the duty of the Council to present 

 their Annual Report on the state and condition of the Society and the work it has been able 

 to accomplish during the past year. 



The report from the Montreal Branch, which will be laid before the meeting, testifies 

 afresh to the zeal and energy which are displayed in furthering the objects and designs of 

 the Society. 



The Sixteenth Annual Volume of the Canadian Entomologist, the organ of the Ento • 

 mological Society of Ontario, is now in course of publication, and as a record of original 

 observation, maintains the standard of scientific interest and researches which for so 

 many years has earned the favourable opinion of Entomologists in various parts of the 

 world. The thanks of the Society are due to those gentlemen who contribute, for our 

 information, the result of their investigations. The Council most cordially invite all the 

 members of the Society to use the pages of the Entomologist as a medium of communi- 

 cation of any Entomological matter of interest that may come under their observation. 

 The Council also desire to place on record their hearty appreciation of the services of the 

 Editor, Mr. Win. Saunders, under whose judicious management the publication of the 

 Canadian Entomologist is so well sustained. 



During the past year the Society has published, in pamphlet form, the very excellent 

 description, by Kirby, of the insects of the northern parts of British America, contained 

 in the fourth volume of Richardson's Fauna B or eali- Americana, published at Norwich in 

 1837. These descriptions were compiled, with much care and labour, by the Rev. C. J. S. 

 Bethune, M.A., the first editor of the Entomologist, in whose pages they appeared 

 from time to time. 



By the kindness of Dr. G. H. Horn, of Philadelphia, the well-known Entomologist, 

 the Synonymy of the Coleoptera, has been corrected and brought in accordance with the 

 investigations of competent authority. The publication forms a convenient little volume 

 and cannot fail to be useful to those interested. It is furnished to members at the price 

 of publication. 



The Council are gratified to be able to report that a very handsome silver medal has 

 been awarded to the Society for the valuable collection of insects exhibited by them at 

 the Fisheries Exhibition. The collection has been returned to the Society's rooms in 

 perfect safety. 



Mr. J anus Fletcher, the duly appointed delegate of the Entomological Society, 

 attended the session of the Royal Society which was held at Ottawa in May last, and 

 will present his report t<> the Society. 



The President, Mr. Win. Saunders, and Mr. G. J. Bowles, the President of the Montreal 

 Branch, were present at the session of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, at Philadelphia, in the month of September, and attended the session of the 

 Entomological Clui i. M r. Saunders' report of their proceedings will be laid before the 

 annual meeting and published in the Annual Report. 



From press of work the Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. Baynes Reed, has been unable to 

 complete the Index to the published volumes of the Entomologist which he had been 



