B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROCEEDLXGS, 1911. II 



Moult 3. Length a little over 7mm but stouter than before. 

 Color of skin bluish black clothed with fine diverging black hairs. 

 Markings as before, except that the dorsal tubercles are duller. 

 Larvae do not spin so much silk, but are gregarious. 



The larvae refused the food plant at this stage and were evidently 

 wanting to hibernate. I was unable to bring them through the winter. 



Owing to want of time many details of the life history were not 

 noted, but perhaps some of our members will have the opportunity of 

 completing in a more extended manner what I have begun. 



As I am leaving this country in a few weeks and shall be in England 

 when this paper appears, I shall, I am afraid, not be able to take any part 

 in the meeting, but I most sincerely hope that the B. C. Society will 

 take on a new lease of life and not be allowed to lose foothold, now that 

 the members have got together again. I also hope that this short, and I 

 am afraid uninteresting paper, will be the beginning of a regular series 

 of reports and addresses by the members, and that its dull character will 

 not deter others from doing something far better and more detailed, and 

 that our new secretary will arouse interest, as did our old secretary, Mr. 

 R. \'. Harvey. 



E. P. \'en'ables, 



\'ernon. B.C. 



Mr. Chairman — If there is any discussion on this paper we should 

 be glad to hear it. 



Mr. Cunningham — I believe the Prune Twig Borer mentioned in 

 the paper is in reality the Peach Twig Borer, Anarsia lineatella. 



Mr. Treherne — The fly described as depositing eggs in the head of 

 the clergyman resembles the "screw worm fly" LucUia of the Southern 

 United States. 



Mr. Wallace stated he had once been attacked by a fl> in the same 

 wa\'. 



]\Ir. Chairman — We will now proceed with the programme and I 

 will call on Mr. Bush to give his paper. Mr. Cockle has written saying 

 he will not be able to be with us to-day, so I will ask the Secretary to 

 read his report from the Kootenay when Mr. Bush has presented his. 



REPORT FROM VANCOUVER DISTRICT. 



During the season of 1911 I have not been able to do much collecting, 

 but I will endeavour to give a short account of some of the insects 

 I have noticed on the lower Mainland of British Columbia. 



