PROCEEDINGS 



OK THE 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



1912 



The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Entomo- 

 logical Society was held in the Botanical Room, Parliament Buildings, 

 Victoria, B. C, on January 9th, 1913. 



The meeting was called to order by the President. Mr. Tom 

 Wilson, at 10:00 a. m., with 22 members present. The day was divided 

 into morning, afternoon and evening sessions. At the evening session 27 

 members were present. 



Mr. Chairman — We will commence proceedings by receiving 

 reports from the various districts. I notice that I am first on the pro- 

 gramme with a report from the Lower Mainland, so without further 

 delay I will present it. 



REPORT FROM VANCOUVER DISTRICT. 



On account of the unusually wet season which has not been con- 

 ducive to the propagation and spread of many of our pests throughout 

 the Eraser Valley and surrounding districts, we were not very greatly 

 troubled with many injurious insects during the summer of 1912. The 

 attack of the caterpillar Malacosoma erosa seemed to be confined to the 

 west and southwest of the mainland, comprising part of the Municipality 

 of Surrey and part of the Delta, as far as Blaine on the American 

 boundary, and the immigration laws with regard to pests seemed not to 

 have been put in force, so the insect exchanged visits to both sides of the 

 International line in a perfect spirit of reciprocity. In the town of 

 Blaine they were not only a nuisance, but were positively loathsome, 

 crawling over fences and into open doors and windows. All along the 

 shore of Simiamhoo Bay the few orchards and all the diciduous trees 



