120 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



remarkably good account of the genus Coccus, and establishes hesperiduin 

 as the type, it being the only species named, giving coloured illustrations 

 of this species on Plate xii, figs. 8i, i,-o, with coloured figures of the 

 upj:)er and under side of the female, natural size and enlarged; the 

 under side of a mature female, enlarged, showing the eggs ; a male and 

 female mating, enlarged, and a twig of an orange tree with the females on 

 the leaves. I cannot find that any work appeared between 1758, when 

 Linnaeus published his genus Or^/^i', and 1761, when Sulzer established 

 the type of Coccus as hespe7'idum^ that would in any way affect the type of 

 this genus. As this work of Sulzer antedates that of Geoffroy by one 

 year, 1 think that hesperidum^ Linn., must be regarded as the type of 

 Coccus, according to Article 30, of the Inlernational Rules of Zoological 

 Nomenclature (1905). 



I am greatly obliged to Mr. Kirkaldy for calling my attention to 

 errors and omissions in my Catalogue of the Coccidre, and these will be 

 noted in a Supplement which will be published later. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 

 British Columbia Branch. 



The Fifth Annual Meeting was held at the Queen'.s School, Van- 

 couver, on Friday, January 19th, 1906. 



Present : Messrs. Dashwood-Jones, Bush, Sherman, Harvey, Marrion, 

 Towler, Draper, and Foster. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and passed, also the 

 balance sheet, showing a balance of 40c. cash, and supplies valued at 

 $15.10. 



Messrs. J. Anderson (Victoria) and Fred Foster (Vancouver) were 

 elected members of the Society. 



It was suggested that the spring meeting should be held at Duncan's, 

 if possible, on or about April 17th. 



The retiring officers for 1Q05 were re-elected for the ensuing year, 

 viz: President, Rev. G. W. Taylor; Vice-President, Mr. T. Wilson; 

 Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. R. V. Harvey. 



The Secretary announced that he had approached the Department 



of Agriculture with a view to obtaining assistance towards printing a 



small periodical giving an account of the proceedings and work of the 

 Society, new records, lists of B. C. insects, and articles on systematic 

 and economic entomology. He read a letter from Mr. Tatlow, promising 

 definite assistance. 



