SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EEPORT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCLETY. 



To the Honourable the Commissioner of Aqriculture : 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit herewith for your consideration the Seventeenth 

 Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, prepared in accordance with the 

 provisions of our Act of Incorporation. 



The Society held its annual meeting in the City of London on Wednesday, October 

 10th, 1886, when the officers for the ensuing year were elected, and the ordinary business of 

 the Society transacted. 



I also submit herewith the minutes of the annual meeting and the audited annual 

 financial statement of the Society. 



The publication of the Canadian Entomologist, now in its nineteenth year, is regularly 

 maintained. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



EDMUND BAYNES REED, 



Secretary-Treasurer. 



ANNUAL MEETING OE THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held pursuant to notice in the Society's rooms, 

 London, Ontario, on Wednesday, October 20th, 1886, at 8 o'clock. 



The Vice-President, Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., of Port Hope, in the chair. 



Present : Mr. James Fletcher, Ottawa ; Mr. J. Alston Moffatt, Hamilton ■ Rev. Thos. 

 W. Fyles, South Quebec; Mr. A. W. Hanham, Hamilton ; Capt. Gamble Geddes, Toronto; 

 Dr. J. R. White, Toronto ; Mr. J. M. Denton, Mr. J. Bowman, Dr. Burgess, Dr. Arnott, 

 Dr. Woolverton, Mr. H. P. Bock, Mr. Laurence Reed, Mr. Werner, Dr. Wishart, Dr. 

 Mitchell, of London, and the Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. Baynes Rt^ecl. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been printed and circulated among the 

 members, their reading was dispensed with, and they were duly confirmed. 



