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Mr. Moffat called attention to the large amount of work and the great care 

 which Mr. Reed had bestowed upon the library during many years past, and of 

 the excellent position into which it was now brought. He moved that " the thanks 

 of the Society be given to Mr. Reed for his services in the library, and that the 

 Executive Committee be hereby recommended to consider the possibility of 

 shewing in some pecuniary way their recognition of his labours." 



Mr. Geddes, in seconding the resolution, which was duly carried, referred in 

 warm terms to Mr. Reed's efficiency and kindness in connection with the library. 

 It was suggested in the discussion that followed, that a catalogue of the books 

 should be prepared, and that by-laws should be framed for the proper regulation 

 of the library and the issue of books to the members of the Society. 



Mr. Denton said that there were now about eleven hundred volumes in the 

 library, many of them being very rare works on entomology and other depart- 

 ments of science. He thought it most desirable that members out of London 

 should be enabled to know what books there were and under what conditions 

 they might borrow them. 



Dr. Brodie spoke of the great importance of having a complete catalogue 

 made of all the libraries in Ontario, and said that he considered it a work that 

 might very well be undertaken by the Provincial Government. 



Mr. Reed thought that we were still in too crude a state to publish a catalogue 

 of the Society's library, but we might make a beginning by issuing lists of the 

 books in its different departments. It was finally agreed to leave the matter in 

 the hands of the librarian. 



Mr. Lyman read his report as delegate to the Royal Society of Canada, and 

 the report of the Montreal Branch of the Society. 



REPORT TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.. 



As delegate from the Entomological Society of Ontario, it is again my duty 

 to submit a brief report of the work of the Society during the past year, and I 

 have much pleasure in saying that the Society continues to prosper under the 

 fostering care of the Government of Ontario. 



The monthly journal of the Society, the Canadian Entomologist, under the 

 able editorship of the Rev. Dr. Bethune, of Port Hope, first claims attention on 

 account of the important position which it holds among the scientific publications 

 of the continent. 



The volume for 1888, which is the twentieth volume, consists of 240 pages 

 of reading matter, the contributors numbering 33, and many of the articles being 

 of much interest. In addition to those by our own Canadian members, there 

 were articles sent in from active workers in 14 States of the American Union, 

 from Florida in the south to Michigan in the north, and from Massachusetts in 

 the east to California in the west. 



Among the most important papers published in the volume were a number 

 on the preparatory stages of the various insects, including the complete life 

 histories of twelve species of lepidoptera, besides partial descriptions of those of 

 several others. 



The volume also contains the descriptions of four new genera and fifty-six 

 new species of various orders. 



