THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF 



ONTARIO, 



INCLUDING REPORTS ON SOME OF THE NOXIOUS, BENEFICIAL . 

 AND OTHER INSECTS OF THE PROVINCE. 



PREPARED FOR THE HONOURABLE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE 

 BY THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 



1882. 



To the Honourable the Commissioner of Agriculture : 



S IR) — I beg to submit to you, herewith, the Annual Report of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario, prepared in compliance with the provisions of our Act of Incorpora- 

 tion. 



The audited Financial Statement is submitted, as well as the transactions of the 

 annual meeting, which was held this year in the City of Montreal, on August 24th. The 

 Society is greatly indebted to your courtesy in enabling them to meet in Montreal, as an 

 opportunity was thus afforded of obtaining the presence of a large number of scientists, 

 who were attending the session there being held, of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



I have, also, the honour to submit, herewith, for your approval, illustrated reports of 

 various insects, which have been prepared by members of the Society. 



In order to make these reports more useful and their information more accessible to 

 those interested in them, the Society has thought it advisable to prepare an index of the 

 whole series that have been issued by the Department, and I trust that it will meet with 



