PROCEEDINGS 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



The meetinii was called to onler by the Chairman, Mr. Tom Wilson, 

 at 2:30 p.m., on December 9th, 1911, in the Auditorium of the Aber- 

 deen School, Vancouver, with 17 re;zular members in attendance. 



CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS (Mr. Wilson). 



Gentlemen : — The iluty falls upon me on this occasion to occupy the 

 chair, in lieu of the Rev. G. W. Taylor, who has been and is now the 

 President of this Society. At the last meeting of the Society I had the 

 honor of occupying the position of Vice-President, with Mr. R. V. 

 Harvey as Secretary of the Societ\ . 



I regret very much to have to inform you that our President has 

 been, during the last few years, far from well and he finds it impossible 

 to be present with us to-day, and in fact impossible to take a very active 

 part in the work of the Society at the present time. No one regrets the 

 illness of our President more than myself, for he was elected President 

 at the inception of the Society in 1901, and as he still retains the position, 

 1 feel very sorry he is not here to-day, at the first meeting of the Society 

 after a period of four or five years. In \iew of the fact that the Society 

 has been in a state of suspended animation for the past few vears, perhaps 

 it would be well for me to address my remarks towards a brief review 

 of the history of the Society. 



In 1901, the late Dr. Fletcher had occasion to visit British Columbia 

 in connection with the work of his Department. During his stay in 

 Vancouver I had the opportunity- of introducing him to Mr. R. \'. 

 Harvey of the city, who was then Principal of Queen's School. In 

 discussing matters in connection with the Entomological work in B. C, 



