Council. — W. H. Harrington. Ottawa ; Rev. T. W Fyles, Quebec ; J. Alston 

 Moffat, Hamilton, Ont. ; G. J. Bowles, Montreal ; J. M. Denton, London, Ont. 



Editor " Canadian Entomologist." — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope. 



Editing Committee. — Wm. Saunders, Ottawa ; J. M. Denton, E. Baynes Reed, 

 London, Ont. ; Capt. Gamble Geddes and Dr. White, Toronto. 



Auditors. — W. E. Saunders, H. P. Bock, London. 



Delegate to Royal Society. — W. H. Harrington, Ottawa. 



On motion of Mr. E. B. Reed, seconded by Mr. A. W. Hanham, the Society resolved 

 that all ex-Presidents of the Society be ex-officio members of the Council. 



Rev. Mr. Bethune, and the Sec.-Treas., gave a report of the meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Club of the A. A. A. S., at Buffalo, which they had attended. 



Dr. "White introduced the question as to whether the interests of the Society would 

 be better served by making its headquarters at Toronto, where possibly a larger work 

 might be carried on than in London ; his idea being that by lectures on economic ento- 

 mology in the different educational institutions the science might be brought forward more 

 prominently, and thus attract greater attention from students. 



Capt. Geddes, also of Toronto, while agreeing in the main with the previous speaker, 

 suggested that Toronto should first form a branch society, and thus manifest an interest 

 in entomology, which would bring its claims more prominently before the people and 

 scientific gentlemen. 



Mr. Fyles thought, without drawing any comparison between the two cities, Toronto 

 and London, that London, as the centre of one of the most important farming sections of 

 the Province, was a more appropriate locality for the headquarters of the Society than 

 Toronto. 



Mr. Reed was glad when any subject was discussed that would tend to widen the 

 usefulness of the Society. The main object of the formation of the Society was to 

 promote the knowledge of practical entomology among the farming community, while at 

 the same time the Society was gradually doing good work in the prosecution of the more 

 scientific portion of the study. He thought the above-named object was better served by 

 keeping the Society in its present condition than it would be by any alteration in its 

 scheme of working in a more purely dry scientific direction. 



Rev. C. J. S. Bethune felt that the right nail was struck on the head by Capt. Geddes 

 in proposing that a branch be formed in Toronto. He suggested that Capt. Geddes and 

 Dr. White endeavour to form a branch there. He thought the removal hardly practicable, 

 and the Society would never consent to be merged into any other society. He understood 

 that many gentlemen in Toronto were willing to help on the scheme of lectures, which 

 should, he thought, aim rather at interesting the outside public than at the instruction of 

 advanced students. The matter might be left in the hands of the Editing Committee and 

 the Council to make an effort to start them. 



Mr. E. B. Reed thought that the Government might be induced to give a grant in 

 addition to the one already received to assist these lectures. 



Dr. White was in favour of getting the study introduced in the educational system 

 of the Province. 



Dr. Wolverton spoke in favour of keeping the headquarters in London until Toronto 

 had as large or a larger society. While Toronto was the seat of learning there were too 

 many other institutions there, and amongst them the Entomological Society would dwindle 

 down to almost nothing. 



Mr. J.. ,M. Denton reminded the meeting that the London people had made the collec- 

 tion, and the library, such as it was, and so far this city was the leading centre in this, 

 respect. 



On motion of Mr. Denton, seconded by Dr. Wolverton, Dr. White and Capt. 

 Geddes were requested to obtain all necessary information respecting public lectures on 

 entomology under the auspices of the society, and to report to the Editing Committee at 

 their earliest convenience. 



