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appointment, and we as entomologists, holding the entomological inter- 

 ests of the Province in our minds, feel safe and satisfied that the economic 

 phase of our study is well placed in the hands of Mr. Brittain. 



Together with this recent appointment we have another to mention. 

 The Dominion Government is establishing a field station for entomo- 

 logical research work in British Columbia under the authorization of 

 Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, Mr. R. C. Treherne, 

 Field Officer of the Dominion Division of Entomology, who has recently 

 come to us from Ottawa and who has now been with us for rather more 

 than a year, will in all probability build a small station at Agassiz on 

 the Dominion Experimental Farm in the Lower Eraser Valley. During 

 the past summer, pending definite arrangei'^ents with the Department, he 

 has been engaged in the study of the Strawberry Root Weevil, an insect 

 which is causing considerable annoyance to the strawberry growers of 

 the valley, and therefore offering itself as an immediate cause for study. 



The work of Mr. Cunningham, Provincial Inspector of Fruit 

 Pests, and his stafi of inspectors continues of much use and benefit to 

 the Province, and we all hope this may long continue. 



But while sounding these notes of satisfaction, 1 grieve very much 

 to have to inform you of the death of one of our most able and influential 

 entomologists in the Province. I refer to the late Rev. G. W. Taylor, of 

 Departure Bay. He for many years encouraged entomological thought 

 in this Province, fathered this Society in its early years, contributed many 

 useful articles to eastern periodicals, particularly, I believe, to the 

 "Canadian Entomologist," and, in short, was an entomologist with a 

 widely known reputation of a high standard. At the time of his death 

 he was Honorary President of this Society and I feel, as we all feel, a 

 deep feeling of loss at his untimely death. 



Gentlemen, I hope that this year will be a successful one to you all 

 in your private business as well as in your entomological interests. I 

 wish to draw your attention to the importance of noting the distribution 

 of plants in relation to and affecting insects and their habits. For 

 instance Anosia plexipus feeds on the Milkweed and this plant occurs in 

 the Interior of the Province in arid or semi-arid regions. Consequently, 

 with such universal and common insects, by knowing their food plant 

 we obtain the distribution of both. Similarly so with Milltaea feeding 

 on the Scrofularieae and the White Admiral, Basilarchia, frequenting 

 poplars. That very widespread plant, the Thistle, is invariably 

 accompanied by its butterfly, Pyrariieis cardui. Again, as has been 

 reported this past summer, Vanessa californica attacks Ceanothus 

 thrsiflorus and C. laevigatus, thus we determine by observation the areas 

 common to both. Neophasia menapia attacks conifers, sometimes doing 



