ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF 



ONTARIO, 



FOR THE YEAR 1879. 



INCLUDING REPORTS ON SOME OF THE NOXIOUS, BENEFICIAL, 

 AND OTHER INSECTS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 



PREPARED FOR THE HONOURABLE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE 



ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIETY. 



BY 



WILLIAM SAUNDEES, 



President of the Entomological Society ; Editor of the Canadian Entomologist, London. 



JAMES ELETCHEE, 



Vice-President of the Entomological Society, Ottawa. 



KEV. C. J. S. BETHUNE, M.A., 



Head Master of Trinity College School, Port Hope. 



G. J. BOWLES, 



President of the Montreal Branch, Montreal. 



W. H. HARRINGTON, 



Ottawa. 



AND 



B . GOTT, 



Arkona. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO, FOR THE 



YEAR 1879. 



Tv the Honourable the Commisioner of Agriculture: 



Sir, — In accordance with the provisions of the Statute, I have the honour to sub- 

 mit for your consideration the Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 



