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 accomplished 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 Royal 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 taken 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 distributed 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 Entomologist 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

terflies of the New England States and Canada," which is now completed and bound, and the Rev. Dr. McCook's "Spiders and their Spinning-work," two volumes of which have thus far been issued.

In April last a meeting of the Society was held in London, with the president in the chair, at which plans were discussed for the formation of sections of the Society in other departments of natural science. The memorandum agreed upon at the time is herewith submitted for approval and ratification.

In consequence of the removal of Mr. E. Baynes Reed from London to British Columbia, to take charge of the Dominion Meteorological Station at Victoria, it will be necessary to make some new arrangements for the care of the library and collections, and the performance of the official work of the Society. The Council will submit a scheme for the appointment of a permanent officer in the person of Mr. J. Alston Moffat, of Hamilton, which they trust will be found to work satisfactorily, and to increase the usefulness and prosperity of the Society.

The Council desire to place on record their feeling of deep regret at the removal of Mr. Reed from this Province and the loss which the Society thereby sustains. Mr. Reed is one of the original members of the Society, and for more than a quarter of a century has been one of the most active and zealous of its officials, filling at different times the positions of vice-president, secretary-treasurer, librarian, curator and auditor. To him it is especially due that the library has grown to its present dimensions and value, and that so much progress has been made by the Society in many directions. The Council beg to thank Mr. Reed for his services in the past, and wish him all possible success and prosperity in his new and important sphere of labour.

During the month of May last arrangements were entered into for the purchase of the large collections in Coleoptera and other orders of insects made by Mr. Johnson Pettit, of Grimsby. The packing and transportation were superintended by Mr. Moffat, and the collections are now safely deposited in the rooms of the Society.

In accordance with our long-established custom, a member of the Council, Mr. Fletcher, has attended, as representative of the Society, the meeting of the Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which has just been held at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Fletcher will submit a report of its proceedings.

The report of Mr. Lyman, the delegate to the Royal Society of Canada, and the report of the Montreal Branch, are presented herewith. The accounts of the secretary-treasurer have been duly audited, and will be laid before the Society.

Tenders for printing the Canadian Entomologist have been procured from several printing offices in London and Toronto, and are now laid before the Society for consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Council.

CHARLES J. S. BETHUNE,

President.

REPORT FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

BY H. H. LYMAN, DELEGATE.

As delegate from the Entomological Society of Ontario, it is again for the third time my duty to submit a short report of the work and progress of the Society during the past year, and I have much pleasure in saying that the Society continues to prosper and to maintain its high position among the scientific institutions of the Dominion and the continent.

The monthly magazine of the Society, the Canadian Entomologist, has been regularly and promptly issued during the past year and fully maintains its well known high character. The volume for 1889, which was the twenty-first volume, contained the usual 240 pages of reading matter, and had also one plate. The contributors numbered thirty-four and the articles were quite up to the usual standard of interest. One new genus, thirteen new species and seven new varieties of various orders were described in the volume, which also contained the complete life-histories of four species and partial ones of eight others. A series of papers on popular and economic entomology were also published during the year.

The annual report of the Society for 1889 to the Minister of Agriculture for Ontario has been published and contains many interesting papers of much importance to agriculturists, besides the usual report of the annual meeting and of the finances of the Society.

The annual meeting of the Society was held in Toronto on September 3rd, during the meeting in that city of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which afforded our members the pleasure of meeting some of the distinguished entomologists of the neighbouring republic whose presence also added much interest to the meeting of our Society.

Our members also enjoyed the pleasure of attending the meetings of the Entomological Club of the American Association, presided over by our then President, Mr. Fletcher.

During the progress of these meetings it was resolved to form an “Association of Official Economic Entomologists for the United States and Canada, which was accordingly organized and officers duly elected.

This movement is likely to have a very beneficial effect in securing greater co-operation among entomologists in official positions, and the annual meetings with the interchange of members' views cannot fail to be productive of much good. The library of our Society is in excellent order and was reported at the annual meeting as containing 1,052 volumes.

On account of certain provisions of "The Agriculture and Arts Act" of Ontario, recently passed, it was found necessary to make certain changes in the council of the Society, as the Act provides that all societies which receive aid from the Ontario Government must be governed by a board of directors who are residents of the agricultural divisions which they represent, the Entomological Society being permitted to group the thirteen agricultural divisions into five with one director for each. This Act will of course prevent any member of the Society residing out of Ontario holding any of the more important positions in the gift of the Society.

The following officers for the ensuing year were duly elected :
President-Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., Port Hope.
Vice-President-E. Baynes Reed, London.
Secretary-Treasurer-W. E. Saunders, London.
Librarian E. Baynes Reed, London.
Curator-Rowland Hill, London.

Directors, Division 1-W. H. Harrington, Ottawa.

Editor of the Canadian Entomologist-Rev. Dr. Bethune, Port Hope.
Editing Committee-James Fletcher, Ottawa; J. M. Denton, London;
Rev. T. W. Fyles, South Quebec; Dr. Brodie, Toronto.

Delegate to the Royal Society of Canada-H. H. Lyman, Montreal.
Auditors J. M. Denton and E. B. Reed, London.

Early last month our Society, on the suggestion of the President, resolved to extend its field of operations by permitting the formation of sections for the study of other branches of Natural History, and sections have already been formed in Botany, Ornithology, Geology, and Microscopy, and joint field meetings of all the sections will be held regularly during the summer. This movement will, it is anticipated, strengthen the Society by bringing in many additional members. It is also hoped that arrangements may be effected to keep the rooms of the Society open daily.

The Montreal Branch, of which I have the honour to be President, continues I am happy to say in a prosperous condition. A number of new members have joined during the past year, and the monthly meetings have been regularly held and have been usually well attended.

Mr. Scudder's magnificent work on the Butterflies of New England, to which reference was made last year, was completed last October, and its issue marks an epoch in the history of North American Entomology.

The placing by Parliament during the past session, of books which have been published for twenty or more years upon the free list, is a measure of great importance to entomologists, as it removes a very burdensome tax upon men whose studies are seldom remunerative in a pecuniary sense, and will tend to encourage the bringing into the country of many valuable works upon this science which would not otherwise have been done.

REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH.

The seventeenth annual meeting of the Montreal Branch was held at the residence of Mr. Lyman on May 23rd, 1890, at 8 o'clock, p.m.

The following report of the Council was then submitted by the President:

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO.

The Council in presenting their report for the year 1889-90, can state with pleasure that the past year has been one of progress for the Branch, no less than six new members having been elected during the year.

The names of those added to our roll are Messrs. Chas. Jackson, P. M. Dawson, E. F. Baynes, Alfred Griffin, G. M. Edwards, and W. C. Adams; but of these Mr. Dawson has recently left Montreal to pursue his studies elsewhere.

During the year ten meetings have heen held, one of which, viz.: that in June, held at the residence of Mr. Trenholme, in Cote St. Antoine, was primarily devoted to collecting nocturnal lepidoptera. The following papers were read during the year :

1. The North American Callimorphas; A Reply to Critics. H. H. Lyman.

2. Some Insects injurious to the Oak; F. B. Caulfield.

3. Notes on the Lepidoptera of Little Metis, P. Que. A. F. Winn.

3. A Trip to Mount Mansfield. H. H. Lyman.

5. Note on the Occurrence of Erebia Discoidalis at Sudbury, Ont. H. H. Lyman.

6. Notes on some species of Coccinellidae found at Montreal. F. B. Caulfield.

7. Entomology of Pittsfield, Mass. P. M. Dawson.

8. Note on the occurrence of Lepisesia flavofasciata at Ormstown, P. Que. H. H. Lyman.

9. Various notes on Coleoptera. J. F. Hausen.

Comparatively little field work was done during the collecting season of 1889, owing to the unusual scarcity of insects of those orders studied by the members, and though the prospects for this season are not as yet very encouraging, we may hope that more will be done, especially with the increased membership of the Branch; and it must also be remembered that even in an unfavourable season good work may be done in discovering the preparatory stages and foodplants of insects where these are unknown, or only partially known, as was the case last season in regard to Grapta J. album, which was bred by two of our members.

Submitted on behalf of the Council.

(Signed)

H. H. LYMAN, President.

The Secretary-Treasurer then submitted the financial statement, shewing a balance on hand of $8.77.

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The reports having been adopted, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, H. H. Lyman; Vice-President, F. B. Caulfield; Secretary-Treasurer, A. F. Winn; Council, E. C. Trenholme and J. F. Hausen. The President then read an interesting paper, "Notes on Argynnis freya A. Chariclea, and H. Montinus," dealing with the differences between these species and illustrating them by specimens.