EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL KEPOKT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF 



ONTARIO. 



To the Honourable the Commissioner of Agriculture : 



Sir, — In accordance with the provisions of our Statute of Incorporation, I beg to 

 submit herewith the Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario for the 

 year 1887. 



The Report contains a record of the proceedings of our annual meeting for the 

 election of officers and the transaction of the general business of the Society, which was 

 held in the City of Ottawa, on the 26th and 27th of October, 1887 ; it includes also the 

 atidited Financial Statement of the Secretary-Treasurer, the Reports of our Council and 

 Montreal branch, the President's Annual Address, and the various papers read by 

 members at the meeting. 



I have also the honour to submit herewith several illustrated papers by our members 

 on injurious, beneficial and other insects, which have been specially prepared for the 

 information of the general public, and particularly for the assistance of the farmers and 

 fruit-growers in dealing with their insect friends or foes. 



Our monthly magazine, the Canadian Entomologist, has been regularly and punct- 

 ually issued during the past year. Its nineteenth volume is now almost completed. It 

 continues to be received with marked favour by scientific entomologists both in Europe 

 and America, and it includes amongst its contributors and correspondents the most 

 eminent specialists in this department of natural science both in the United States and 

 our own country. 



It is a matter of thankfulness that during the past year our Province has enjoyed 

 great immunity from serious damages by insects ; those that have been particularly 

 troublesome are referred to by our President in his address, or described in the papers 

 that follow. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



W. E. SAUNDERS, 



Secretary-Treasurer. 



