ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



1873, 



INCLUDING A REPORT ON SOME OF THE NOXIOUS, BENEFICIAL AND 

 COMMON INSECTS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



PREPARED FOR THE HONOURABLE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE ON 



BEHALF OF THE SOCIETY. 



BY 



THE REV. C. J. S. BETHUNE, M, A. 



Head Master of Trinity College School, Port Hope ; President of the Entomological Society of 



Ontario ; 



WILLIAM SAUNDEES, 



Editor of the Canadian Entomologist ; 



EDMUND BAYNES REED, 



Vice-President of the Entomological Society of Ontario ; and 



JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 



Secretary-Treasurer of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PROVINCE 

 OF ONTARIO, FOR THE YEAR 1873. 



To the HonouraUe the Commissioner of Agriculture, — 



Sir, — I have the honour to submit for your consideration the report of the Entomologi- 

 cal Society of Ontario for the year 1873. 



The accounts for the past year duly audited, and the list of officers elected for 1874 are 

 also forwarded herewith. To carry out the design of the Department in promoting the 

 knowledge of practical Entomology, the members of the Entomological Society again submit 

 the Annual Report on some of the noxious, beneficial and common insects of this Province, 

 which has been undertaken and prepared by the Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, Mr. Wm. Saunders, 

 Mr. Edmund Baynes Reed, and myself. 



