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There are apparently two broods of this insect in the Niagara district. Adults 

 of what I took to be the first generation were very abundant during early June, but 

 by June 28th they had all disappeared. Second brood " flies " emerged late in 

 July and were found on the asparagus plants until the latter part of August. 

 This generation was much smaller in number than the first. 



EEPOET OF THE BEITISH COLUMBIA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Teeherne : As Secretary of the British Columbia Entomological Society, 

 a branch of this Society, I may say that our membership stands at about seventy at 

 the present time. About thirty of these can be considered active members, those 

 that are engaged in recording insects from different parts of the province, and who 

 are anxious to receive information of a more technical character, such as is re- 

 corded in The Canadian Entomologist. The remainder are mostly farmers and 

 fruitgrowers of a better type who are interested in the control of insect pests. 

 We have an interesting development that occurred during the past year in the 

 formation of sub-branches, Victoria and Vancouver. The Vancouver sub-branch 

 are holding monthly meetings during the winter, turning in their reports to what 

 they call the parent Society, that is to say, the Entomological Society of British 

 Columbia. The membership has been affected on account of the war, several of 

 our men having gone overseas, and our Society has decided to continue their pay- 

 ments out of their own funds. We have published up to date seven bulletins 

 during the past three and one-half years. At the present time many recent 

 members, members that are not particularly interested in the Society, are dropping 

 out, and the result is that with those that are members we are getting on a more 

 level basis in that we have men that are more keenly interested in the Society, and 

 I think that in a year or two the Entomological Society of Ontario will find a very 

 active, strong Society in the West. 



Dr. Hewitt: The Society has listened with much interest to Mr. Treherne. 

 We all know that the formation of the Branch out there is entirely due to Mr. 

 Treheme's personal efforts and the support he has received from men like Mr. 

 Wilson, who is with us to-day, Mr. Day, and others, and it is very satisfactory to 

 think of the strong branch the Society has out there. We will now have the report 

 of the Montreal Branch. 



EEPOET OP THE MONTEEAL BEANCH. 



The 42nd annual meeting of the Montreal Branch was held at 32 Springfield 

 Ave., Westpaount, on Saturday evening, May 15th, 1915. 



The Secretary read the report of the Council as follows: 



The Branch has held, during the season of 1914-15, nine monthly meetings, 

 the average attendance being over six. 



We record, with deep regret, the death of our late member Mr. Henry H. 

 Lyman, who had been an active member since 1875, and had occupied all the 

 executive offices of our Society at one time or another. By his will, his large and 

 valuable collection of Lepidoptera and other insects, and his fine entomological 

 library, are now housed in the Eedpath Museum' of McGWll University. This is 



