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an officer in the British Army, and has left a son and two daughters. His large entomo- 

 logical cabinet representing all orders of insects, has been transferred to the museum of 

 the McGill University. 



Mr. Bowles was inclined to be quiet and unassuming in his habits and manners ; he 

 was always a diligent student and an honest observer. In a letter to the writer he said : 

 " My life has been so uneventful that there is but little of interest in it. It has been 

 filled, however, with steady, quiet work." 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OE THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION EOE THE ADYANCEMENT OE SCIENCE. 



Eor the first time in its history the American Association held its annual meeting 

 in this Province, and assembled in the University Buildings, Toronto, on the 28th of 

 August, 1889. The Entomological Club began its regular sessions in the afternoon of 

 that day in the rooms of the new Biological Department of the Toronto University. There 

 were present during the meetings : — Rev. 0. J. S. Bethune, Port Hope ; W. A. Bowman, 

 Dr. T. J. B. Burgess, Hamilton ; Prof. A. -J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich. ; B. E. 

 Eernow, Washington, D.C. ; J. Fletcher, Ottawa; H. Garman, Lexington, Ky. ; C. W. 

 Hargill, Oxford, Ohio ; L. 0. Howard, Washington, D.O.; Dr. Hoy, Racine, Wis.; H. H. 

 Lyman, Montreal ; J. J. Mackenzie, Toronto ; Prof. W. Saunders, Ottawa ; Prof. J. B. 

 Smith, New Brunswick, N.J. ! E. P. Thompson, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Clarence M. Weed, 

 Columbus, Ohio; Rev. L. C. Wurtele, Acton Yale, P.Q. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Mr. James Fletcher, who then 

 delivered the following annual address : — 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 CLUB OF THE A. A. A. S., 1889. 



Gentlemen. — Another year has rolled by since we held our last pleasant meeting 

 in the city of Cleveland. It is with much pleasure that I recognise here to-day the 

 faces of several of those who helped to make that meeting so successful, and, as gratitude 

 has been satirically described as " a keen appreciation of further favours to come," I feel 

 grateful to such of you for being present at this meeting, the success of which, to a 

 certain extent, your presence assures ; but for which I, as presiding officer, shall be held 

 largely responsible. With the help of our Secretary I have endeavored to arrange the 

 papers to be read so as to save as much time as possible, and at the same time to make 

 the most of the papers. It is a time-honoured custom that the President should give 

 an address at the opening of the annual session, I therefore bow to the decree of fate, 

 and shall endeavor for a short time to lay before you some subjects which it has occurred 

 to me are worthy of consideration by the members of the club. Inaugural addresses 

 generally take the form either of a prospective or retrospective view of the matters with 

 which the society before which they are delivered particularly concerns itself ; or, on 

 the other hand, they are devoted to the elaboration of some one special subject. I 

 purpose following the former of these courses to-day, and shall briefly remind you of 

 some of the most remarkable occurrences affecting entomologists which have taken place 

 during the period which has elapsed since we last met, and I shall also endeavor to direct 

 your attention to one special matter connected with the future of the science which it 

 seems to me can be discussed to advantage during the present meeting. 



When last year you conferred upon me what I felt was the too great honour of 

 electing me, the first Canadian, to fill the chair of the Entomologists' Club, I accepted that 

 position as tendered to the President of the Entomological Society of Ontario, in recog- 

 nition of the good work which has been done by that Society, which I, on that occasion, 

 together with Dr. Bethune, had the honour of representing as delegate. 



