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In accordance witlitbe lines laid down at its ince]3tion, this journal lias 

 been devoted mainly to subjects of general interest totbe collector and 

 student of insect life, and in particular to short articles and notes, news 

 iteiDS, doings of societies, etc. It is to be hoped that the new depart- 

 ment will be a valuable and permanent one. Under the general head- 

 ing, "Notes on Economic Entomology," abstracts are given on the fol- 

 lowing topics of economic interest : Mr. Bruner's remarks on the corn- 

 meal remedy for Cabbage Worms, as published in Bulletin No. 27 of this 

 Division; potassium iodide for bee stings; soapsuds for Cabbage Lice; 

 a curculio remedy ; and a short note contributed by Mr. Wm. J. Fox on the 

 occurrence of Calandra remofepnnctafa in stored Barley. Mr. Fox is in 

 error, however, in assuming that this species has not heretofore been 

 noticed as attacking grain, as we have in mind several published records 

 of this habit. B. D. Walsh (Journal Ills. State Agr. Soc, January, 1862) 

 remarks on the occurrence of this species in Wheat. W. E. Saunders 

 (Can. Ent., vol. xv, p. 81) cites an instance of the larvae feeding on Pearl 

 Barley. Dr. John Hamilton (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. xvi, p. 158) states 

 that the species depredates on grain. Walsh's article was also reprinted 

 in 1863 (Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. ix, p. 311). 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario was held at London, Ontario, August 31, 1892. President C. 

 J. S. Bethune gave the oi^ening address, and, in speaking of the prin- 

 cipal insect damage of the year, made special mention of the following 

 species: Eye-spotted Bud Moth, Zebra Caterpillar, Cabbage Eoot 

 Maggot, Pear-leaf Blister Mite, Fall Web-worm, Grape-vine Flea-beetle, 

 Clover Root-borer, Wheat-stem Maggot, the Horn Fly, besides cut- 

 worms, canker-worms, and grasshoppers. The Horn Fly has probably 

 been the most formidable of all the pests mentioned. The following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, W. H. Harring- 

 ton; vice-president, J. M. Denton; secretary, W. E. Saunders; treas- 

 urer, J. A. Balkwell; librarian and curator, J. A. Moftat. Eev. C. J. 

 S. Bethune was reelected editor of the Canadian Entomologist. 



