BRITISH COLUMBIA ENTOMOLiXilCAL SOCIETY 



PROCEEDINGS. 1914. 



;^T y-- '^ HE Thirteenth* Auiiual meeting of the Entomological Society of British 

 rp Pi Columbia was held in the Provincial Mnsenni, Parliament Buildings, 

 '.r.'y' 1 1] Victoria, on January 23rd and 24th, r.»14. The following members 

 , ;^2ffi£^i were present : E. il. Anderson, J. R. Anderson. E. H. Blackniore, 

 L--^^^^l J. W. Cockle, Thos. Cunningham, G. O. Day, L. A. Breun, D. Gavet. 

 Dr. S. Hadwen, A. W. Hanham, W. Hugh. W. H, Dyne, E. H. 

 liobinson, L. E. Taylor, R. C. Ti'eherne. G. E. Wilkerson, Tom Wilson, and H. II. 

 Whiting. Among the visitors were noticed : R. V. Harvey. R. Elli.s, F. Kermodc. 

 C. BlacUmore, and a few others. 



The meeting was called to order by the President. G. O. Day, F.E.S., of Duncan, 

 at 10 a.m. on Januai'y 23rd. The day was divided into morning, afternoon, and 

 evening sessions. Paiiers were also presented till noon of the following day, 

 January 24th. 



The President: I notice I am to present my few annual remarks at a later 

 stage of the programme, so, reserving what I have to say till then, I will now call 

 on our Secretary, Mr. Treherue, to present his report on the finances of the Society 

 and the correspondence of the year. 



SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT. 



CORBESPONDENCE. 



lietween forty and fifty letters have been received and answered incidental to 

 the business of the Societ.v during the past year. This does not include the mailing 

 of bulletins (Xos. 2 and 3) and the issuance of the programmes of this meeting and 

 of the Vernon meetings. Mr. W. H. Brittain officiated as Assistant Secretary during 

 the past summer. The success and manipulation of the special summer meeting at 

 Vernon last July were entirely due to him. Unfortunately we have lost him now. 

 as he has gone to the College of Agriculture. Truro. Nova Scotia. 



The proceedings of the January meeting at this time last year were arranged, 

 proof-read, and duly printed. Roughly, 1,200 copies have to date been distributed 

 of the bulletin (Xo. 2). These were sent to various parts of the States to the south 

 of us, to England, to Australia, to every member of the other Provincial branches of 

 the Ontario Entomological Society, aud. of course, to our members, as well as to the 

 members of the British Columbia Fruit-growers" Association as required them. A 

 number of copies were left in tlie hands of Mr. R. .M. Winslow, who distributed 

 copies to the last members named. 



The results of the special Vernon meeting weri^ \ery satisfactory and pleasing 

 to all. The ■ proceedings were dulj' reviewed by me and )irescuted to the printers. 

 Through the kindness of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, through our 

 amiable Minister of Agriculture, we were permitted to submit the proceedings of 

 this Veruou meeting to the hands of the King's Printer, Victoria. The issue in due 

 course appeared, 1,500 copies being printed, which have been distributed as before. 



• The last Proceedings. No. 2, N.S.. 1M12. ri'cmintiii!,' tlio propontllnKs of the annual nipet- 

 ing on .January 9th. 1913, were wrousl.v entitled " tlic' Tliiit.-i'ntli .\nnuai Meeting-." .\ccord- 

 ing to information now come to our hand, we are inl'onneii that •■ the lirst meeting of this 

 Society was called on Slarch l.'ith. 1902." Conslderathms lor the e.iiiinu-ueement of the Society 

 were hegun in 1901. This would Indicate that the pnsent I'roceedings detailing the papers 

 pre-sented before the Society on .Tnnuary 23rd and 24th, 1914. were on the occasion of the 

 Thirteenth .\nnual Meeting of the Society. 



