16 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROCEEDINGS, 1912. 



Cabbage Aphis {Aphis brassicac) — Common. 



Cabbage Worm {Pontia rapae) — Common. 



False Wire Worm (Rhodes obscura var sulcipennis and E. puniel- 

 eodcs) — ^Adults of these two species were very numerous. Damage 

 was done to potatoes in several districts bj' Eleodes larvae, probably 

 belonging to these two species. 



Rose Weevil {Rhynchites hkolor) — Common. 



Cottony Grass Scale (Eriopcltis fcstucae) — Reported. 



The following records were made during the past summer : 



Among the Buprcstidae — 



Chalcophora angulkoltis, Lee, Larkin, B. C. 

 Buprestis confluenta. Say, Swan Lake, B. C. 

 Cypriacis brevis, Casey, Swan Lake, B. C. 

 Dicerca prolongata, Lee, Vernon, B. C. 

 Dicerca divar'icita. Say, Vernon, B. C. 

 Melanophila drummondi. Kirby, Larkin, B. C. 

 Anthaxia aaieogaster, L. & G., Fintry, B. C. 

 Chrysobothris dentipes. Germ, Larkin, B. C. 

 Chrysobothris trinervia, Kirby, Larkin, B. C. 



Among the Etateridae — 



Alaits melanops, Lee, Vernon, B. C. 

 Among the Melo'uiae — 



Epicauta maculaia, Fab, Vernon, B. C. 

 The Following Ipidae are Recorded — 



Pithyogener carinulatus. 



Ips perttirbans and other species undescribed. 



A number of insect enemies of the Douglas fir and the bull pine 

 were taken during the summer belonging chiefly to the families Buprcs- 

 tidae and Cerambycidae. A few Ipidae were also captured and among 

 them I am informed by Mr. Swaine, Dominion Forest Entomologist, 

 were some new to science. 



W. H. Brittain, 



Vernon, B. C. 



