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Those interested in Economic Entomology will, I am sure, watch with much interest 

 the effect of such vigorous legislation, and if measures of this character can be success- 

 fully enforced there, why not elsewhere ? There seems to be a necessity for the general 

 adoption of some stringent measures which would prevent the careless and lazy from mak- 

 ing their grounds the breeding places of noxious insects which prey upon and destroy the 

 crops of their more thrifty neighbours. 



I have the honour to be. 



Yours very sincerely, 



Wm. Saunders. 



There being no further business, the meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 was then adjourned. 



The meeting then resolved itself into an informal gathering of the Entomological 

 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, then in session 

 in the city of Montreal. 



On motion, Mr. W. Saunders and Mr. E. B. Eeed were requested to act as Chairman 

 and Secretary respectively of the meeting. 



Some discussion took place respecting the Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S., 

 when it was moved by Dr. Hagen, and seconded, and duly carried : 



Resolved, — That Prof. J. A. Lintner be requested to take the necessary steps to call 

 further meetings of the Entomologists present at this session of the Association, at such 

 times and places as might be determined upon, and also to provide for similar meetings 

 for Entomological discussions at the future gatherings of the Association. 



PEA FUNGUS. 



Mr. Geo. McCloskie, of Princeton, N. J., asked for some information about a peculiar 

 fungus-like growth on pea roots, referred to in Mr. Saunders' address. The Chairman 

 gave it as his opinion that it was a fungus. 



Samples were shown exhibiting the pea as affected by this disease. 



COTTON WORMS. 



Mr. Jas. Fletcher asked if there was any further information respecting the habits of 

 the Cotton Worm Moth, Aletia argillacea, he believing that from its frequent occurrence 

 in Ontario in such a perfect condition, it must breed in Canada ; he was aware that the 

 larva had never been found here and that Prof. Eiley had in his able paper on this moth, 

 expressed his conviction that the moth did not breed in Canada. 



Prof. Eiley stated that so far as he knew from repeated observations and experiments, 

 the cotton plant, Gossyjrium, was the only food plant of this insect ; he thought that the 

 peculiar formation of close-fitting scales of the wings would account for the apparently 

 fresh condition of the moths found in Ontario, and he believed that the insect possessed 

 ample powers to fly such a distance as that from the Southern States to Canada. There 

 might be a probability that the insect bred in the Northern States, but he was still of 

 the opinion that the moth was a purely Southern species. 



Dr. Hoy stated that he had found in Wisconsin a specimen of the moth at the end of 

 August, with the fore and hind wing on one side of the body in a deformed and crippled 

 state, evidently showing that it must have very recently emerged from the chrysalis. He 

 also stated that a female moth had been captured near his residence about the middle of 

 June. He thought the insect must breed in the North sometimes. 



Prof. Comstock confirmed Dr. Hoy's statement as to the finding of the crippled moth, 

 but thought, however, that the moth generally bred in the South. 



Prof. Fernald said he had seen fresh specimens taken in September,' in Maine. 



The Chairman said that occasionaly fresh moths and butterflies might be captured in 



