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meet this need the Entomological Club of the Association has been reorganized, several 

 interesting meetings were held, the proceedings of which have been reported for the 

 Entomologist and Annual Keport. 



We have had occasion to mourn the loss by death during the past year of several 

 well known entomologists, some of whom were active members and valued contributors 

 to our Journal. The names of Zeller, Glover, and Chambers are familiar to you all ; these 

 have passed away. Our list also includes the names of Dr. Bailey, of Albany, N.Y. ; 

 Professor Croft, late of Toronto, and Charles Arnold, of Paris, Ont. Prof. P. C. Zeller, 

 the eminent German lepidopterist, whose labours in the micro-lepidoptera have given him 

 a world-wide reputation, died at his home near Stettin at the ripe age of seventy-seven 

 years. Dr. Jas. S. Bailey, of Albany, N.Y., a zealous worker among the lepidoptera, 

 and an occasional contributor to the Entomologist, passed away on the 1st of July. Prof. 

 Townend Glover, who for so many years held the position of Entomologist to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in Washington, died on the 8th of September. Probably no man 

 ever worked more persistently and continuously than he. A good draughtsman and an 

 exciellent engraver, it was his delight to make figures of every native insect brought under 

 his notice. Our library has been enriched by his beautiful works, and the wonder is how 

 any man in one short life could have done so much. His health having failed, he retired 

 several years ago from his official position and active work, and spent his last days in a 

 quiet home in Baltimore. V. T. Chambers, of Covington, Kentucky, one of our most 

 regular and valued contributors, died on the 7th of August, his fifty-second birthday. To 

 him we are largely indebted for the knowledge we possess of our micro-lepidoptera, a 

 field in which he ardently laboured, and in which he was a worthy successor to the late 

 Dr. Clemens ; his loss will be much felt and sincerely deplored. Charles Arnold, of Paris, 

 Ont., although not an active worker in the entomological field, was a close observer of the 

 habits of insects, especially such as are injurious to agriculture or horticulture. He had 

 long been a member of our Society, was with us at our annual meeting held here two 

 years ago, and took part in our discussions. He died on the 15th of April, in his sixty- 

 sixth year. Prof. Croft, long well known throughout Canada as an eminent chemist, 

 always took an active interest in entomology, he took a prominent part in the organiza- 

 tion of our Society, was its first president, and always manifested the greatest interest in 

 its prosperity. He died at Hermanitas, Texas, on the 28th of April, at the residence of 

 his son, after a brief illness, aged sixty-four years. 



Who will press to the front and fill the vacant places in our ranks 1 One by one our 

 busy workers pass away, but our favourite branch of natural science still lives, and will 

 continue to assert its increasing importance, and to confer its benefits on all succeeding 

 generations. 



I have the honour to be. 



Yours very sincerely, 



Wm. Saunders, 



Mr. James Fletcher, of Ottawa, then read the 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO TO THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



To the President and Members of the Royal Society of Canada. 



Gentlemen, — In response to the invitation received by the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario to send a delegate to the meetings of the Royal Society of Canada, the Council 

 of Management gladly avail themselves of the privilege so accorded them of being repre- 

 sented on this occasion. 



As their delegate, I shall endeavour to submit for your information, in as brief a 

 manner as possible, some of the main features relating to the origin, and progress, of the 

 Society, now so well known as the Entomological Society of Ontario. It was organized 



