British Columbia Entomological Society 



PROCEEDINGS. 1915 



The Second niidsunimer semi-annual meeting of the British Colum- 

 bia Eiuomological Society was held in the Board of Trade Hall, Ke- 

 lovvna, li. C, on Thursday, August 20th, 1914. Between forty-five and 

 fifty individuals were present, from the Lower Mainland. Salmon Arm. 

 Kodtenay. X'ancouver Island, and Okanagan districts. The 1st Vice- 

 President, Air. I^ionel E. Taylor. F.Z.S., M.B.O.L'.. was in the Chair, 

 and the members were called to order at 10 a.m. dh .Vugust 20th. 1'.'14. 



The meeting was divided into morning, afternoon and evening ses- 

 sions, and many useful papers were read. The papers ])resented will 

 appear in the Proceedings of the Society at later dates. 



The Fourteentli Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 British Columbia was held on January 16th. in the Auditorium of the 

 Aberdeen School. Vancouver. B. C. The President, Mr. G. O. Day, 

 F.E.,S., was in the Chair and the members were called to order at 10 a.m. 

 on the morning of January 16th. The meeting was divided into morn- 

 ing, afternoon and evening sessions, and eleven papers of systematic 

 interest were read and several of economic importance. A lantern slide 

 lecture on the Oestridae was given to the members in the evening by Dr. 

 Seymour Pladwen. of the Experimental Farm, .\gassiz. The papers 

 presented will appear in this bulletin and other later bulletins of the 

 Society. 



SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT. 



Correspondence. 



The number of letters received and answered by the Secretary has 

 exceeded all records of past years. It is gratifying to regard the pro- 

 gress the Society is making in creating an ever-increasing sphere of 

 interest, both in this Province and elsewhere. Bulletin No. 4 h;is iust 



