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I feel now that I have trespassed quite long enough upon your patience, 

 -and must bring my remarks to a close. The prospects of our Society are bright 

 and cheering ; we may well congratulate ourselves upon what has been accom- 

 plished in the past, and look forward with pleasant anticipations to the future. 

 Let each member work honestly and faithfully in his own special department, 

 and let us all unite in upholding the interests of the Society, and doing all that 

 we can to increase its usefulness, maintain its reputation and ensure its success. 



After a cordial vote of thanks to the President for his interesting address 

 had been duly moved and seconded, Mr. Fletcher was called upon to give an 

 account of the meeting at Indianapolis of the Entomological Club of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, to which he had been 

 sent as delegate by the Society, and from attending which he had just returned. 

 Mr. Fletcher stated that it had been an exceptionally good meeting, attended by 

 a larger number than usual of eminent entomologists and botanists, and that its 

 discussions were remarkably interesting and useful. The full account of its 

 proceedings will be found in a subsequent part of this report. 



The Rev. T. W. Fyles read a scholarly paper, entitled, " A Day in the 

 Woods," which was highly appreciated by the audience. 



The reports of the Council, the Montreal Branch, and the delegate to the 

 Boyal Society were read by the President. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario beg to present the 

 following report of their proceedings during the past year : — 



The Society, they are happy to say, continues to prosper and maintain its 

 usefulness. The membership is satisfactory and increased interest is being takea 

 in its work. 



The twentieth annual report on Economic and General Entomology was 

 sent to the Minister of Agriculture in December last, and was printed and distri- 

 buted in the following May. As it has been for some time in the hands of the 

 members of the Society, it is unnecessary to refer particularly to it. It consisted 

 of 104 pages, with 50 wood cuts in illustration, and was quite up to the average 

 in the papers which it contained. 



The Canadian Entomologist has been regularly issued at the beginning of each 

 month, and is now approaching the completion of its 22nd volume. It continues 

 to receive valuable contributions from all the leading entomologists in North 

 America, as well as from some in Europe, and is regarded by scientists as a 

 highly important magazine in the department which it occupies. The editor has 

 found it necessary on two occasions recently to enlarge the number of pages 

 from 20 to 24 in May and 28 in August, owing to the pressure upon his space. 



After the disastrous fire at the University of Toronto in February last, the 

 Council decided to present to the library a complete set of the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist and the annual reports. 



^ Several valuable additions have been made to the library of the Society 

 during the past year, among which may be mentioned Mr. S. H. Scudder's " But- 



