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Special arrangements have been made with the Department of Biology, 

 University of Toronto, in regard to filing and shelving space, and by which 

 members of the Department may have access to the literature. Good progress has 

 been made in re-arranging and cataloguing. 



The publications received since the last meeting were presented. 



The election of officers was then proceeded with, and the results were as 

 follows : 



President Dr. W. A. Clemens. 



Vice-President Mr. H. V. Andrews. 



Secretary-Treasurer S. Logier. 



Librarian Miss Norma Ford. 



Council Dr. E. IM. Walker, Dr. A. Cosens, Messrs. 



T. B. KuRATA, J. Hannibal, C. K. Brobst. 



The business of the evening finished, the meeting was then left open for 

 short talks by members .and for discussion. The following members spoke : 

 C. K. Brobst on the Tussock Moth work in Toronto in summer of 1918. 

 Dr. A. Cosens, on " Observations on the Monarch Butterfly." 

 Mr. H, V. Andrews, on " A trip to Go Home Bay for Oeneis chryxus, var. 

 Calais." 



Dr. E. M. Walker on " Oeneis chryxus, var. calais." 

 Mr. S. Logier, on " Observations on parasitized caterpillars." 

 Those present at the meeting were : President Dr. W, A. Clemens, Dr. Cosens, 

 Dr. Walker, Miss N. Ford, Messrs. Kurata, Andrews, Harris, Reid, Wright, 

 Hannibal, Blakely, Broderick, Brobst, Logier, and five visitors, in all, 19 persons. 



, Respectfully submitted, 



i • Shelley Logier, Sec.-Treas. 



REPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA BRANCH. 



The 17th Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Branch was held in the 

 City of Victoria, B.C., Saturday, February 23rd, 1918. The morning session was 

 called to order by President E. H. Blackmore. Secretary William Hugh handed 

 in his financial statement and read a report of the Society's work during the 

 past year. 



The following papers were read and discussed : — 



President's Address E. H. Blackmore. 



Notes on the Classification and Bionomics of the Hemiptera "Wm. Downes. 



Collecting in the Lillooet District — A trip to Mount McLean ..A. W. Phair. 



Life History of Perigrapha praeses Grt Geo. O. Day. 



On Parthenogenesis in the Honey Bee William Hugh. 



Insect Notes ofthe Year R. C Treherne. 



Afternoon Session. 



Notes on the Mycetophilidae of B. C: 



A Revision of the B. C. species of the genus Hydriomena 



based on the character of the male genitalia E. H. Blackmore. 



Notes on the Aeolothripidae R. C. Treherne. 



Natural Control Investigations in B. C: 



Life History of the Leaf-Eating Crane Fly, Cylindrotoma 



spendens, Doane (Diptera, Tipulidae) Dr. A. E. Cameron. 



