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appear in the spring and is often to be seen before the snow has all melted 

 from the hillsides. Some few years ago in early spring after a warm 

 period, during which this insect was observed flying along the warm 

 slopes round Long Lake, which locality is the usual one for most of the 

 early species to first appear and this often long before the snow further 

 inland has begun to melt. After a few bright days during which Mil- 

 berti was often seen, there came a lowering of the temperature with 

 two or three inches of snow which lasted several days. I was anxious to 

 observe Milberti under these conditions. After a good deal of searching 

 among the piles of loose rock lying on the lake shore, I found two 

 individuals beneath a projecting flat stone in the shelter of which they 

 had taken refuge. They were hanging with their wings folded together 

 and were quite dormant, but on bringing them to the warmth they 

 began in a short time to move about. 



Gryllus pcnnsylvanicus I have found under a log in February. 

 Some ten or a dozen individuals were closely packed together in a 

 small excavation in the soil. These crickets were quite coated with 

 frost, but soon showed signs of life when placed near the fire. The 

 common Wasp, Polistes bellicosus, is commonly found, frequently as 

 many as 50 or 60 individuals together underneath the bark of decaying 

 pine trees in the depth of winter. On one occasion I discovered a large 

 gathering of these insects under the bark of a pine and among them a 

 large number of adult Lace Wing Flies (Chrysopa sp). Evidently these 

 flies had taken refuge among the wasps in the autumn and had been 

 allowed to settle down unmolested by Polistes in their winter quarters. 

 The flies and wasps were mixed up in some confusion. 



Some of these notes may be common knowledge to some of us but 

 they may, on the other hand, be of interest to others who have not 

 paid attention to this phase of insect life. 



I regret not being present at the meeting as I have no doubt there 

 will be interesting discussion on the part of the members over some of 

 the subjects on the programme. 



E. P. Venables, 



Vernon. 



It might interest some of the members to hear of some few of the 

 insects noted in the Okanagan during the past season and not men- 

 tioned, I believe, by Mr. Venables in his report. 



Budworm (Tmeiocera ocellana) — Both broods very common at 

 Victoria, rare in the Okanagan. Capable of doing considerable damage 

 and apt to become one of our most serious pests. 



