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Various resolutions were passed, chief among which was a 

 tribute to the Hfe and work of the late Dr. Fletcher. It was 

 decided also to hold a semi-annual meeting of the Society at 

 Vernon during June. 



The following officers were appointed for the year 1913; — 

 Hon. President, E. Baynes Reed; President, G. O. Day, F. E. S.; 

 Vice-president, R. S. Sherman ; Secretary, R. C. Treherne; Asst. 

 Secretary, W. H. Brittain. Advisory Board. — G. O. Day, R. S. 

 Sherman, R. C. Treherne, W. H. Brittain, W. H. Lyne, A. H. 

 Bush, Tom Wilson. 



The proceedings of the Annual meetings are duly being 

 printed at the cost of 25 cents each copy and can be had on 

 application to the Secretary, Mr. R. C. Treherne, 1625 Nelson 

 Street, Vancouver, B. C. R. C. Treherne, Sec.-Treas. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Entomogical Society of 

 America was held in the Normal School, Cleveland, Ohio, Dec- 

 ember 31, 1912, January 1, 1913. The meetings were all large 

 and enthusiastically attended. 



The following list of papers was presented: 



C. Betten. — An interesting feature in the venation of Heli- 

 copsyche, the Mollannida?, and the Leptocerida?, 



T. J. Headles. — Some facts regarding the influence of tem- 

 perature and moisture changes on the rate of insect metabolism. 



Lucy Wright Smith. — Mating and egg-laying habits of Perla 

 immarginata Say, 



Alvah Peterson. — Head and mouth-parts of Cephalothrips 

 yucca. 



J. E. Wodsedalek. — Life history and habits of Trogoderma 

 tar sale, a museum pest. 



Leonard Haseman. — Life cycle and dev^elopment of the 

 Tarnished Plant-bug, Lygus pratensis Linn. 



J. F. Abbot. — The strigil in Corixidae and its probable function. 



Victor E. Shelford. — -The ontogeny of .elytral pigmentation 

 in Cicijidela. 



