6 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Thrips of British Coluniljia, which added materially to the known history 

 of this important insect pest. However, he has kindly sent us a paper 

 to be read at this meeting, so that although absent in body, he will be 

 with us in spirit. Dr. Hadwen was one of our liest known members, 

 and has never missed a meeting since the Society was resuscitated in 

 1911. We shall miss his valuable contributions, which were generally 

 on Ticks and Blood-sucking Flies, which affected the health and well- 

 being of animals. I am sure that I am only endorsing the feelings of all 

 our members, in expressing our regret at the removal of these two gentle- 

 men from our midst, and to extend to them our hearty wishes for their 

 future success in their particular lines of investigation. 



I am now going to introduce our more active members to each other, 

 as we only meet once a year, and many of us only see each other at this 

 time. I think it is only right that we should know what the other fellow 

 is doing, what lines he is working on, and whether we can help him or 

 not. I do not want you to run away with the idea that I am forming a 

 mutual admiration society, but I do say this, that when we have members 

 of our Society who are doing good work, and who are spending their 

 spare time in the study of the particular order they have taken up, I think 

 some measure of recognition should be given them, and perhaps I, being 

 in closer touch with all the active members, may be a little better 

 cjualified than most to make a few remarks along these lines. 



In the Lepidoptera, Mr. G. O. Day, of Duncan, has done some very 

 valuable work in raising many of our western moths from the egg to the 

 imago, thereby giving us life histories of species that have never before 

 been recorded. Much work still remains to be done in this particular 

 field of endeavour, many knotty problems that still perplex us can only 

 be solved by working out the life-history of the species involved. I 

 should be glad to see some more (if our members take up this exceedingly 

 useful work. 



I am pleased to note that one of our old meniliers, Mr. J. W. Cockle, 

 of Kaslo, has taken up active work again, and he is now specializing in 

 the genus Eupithecia, a group of small geomterid moths. Mr. Cockle 

 has done some very valuable work during the many years he has col- 

 lected in the Kootenay district, and has added a large number of species 

 to our liritish Columbia list, including many new to science. 



Mr. M. Brinkman, of this city, is a very enthusiastic worker, and has 

 gathered together a very interesting collection containing many rare 

 and uncommon species. 



In the Coleoptera, I am sorry to say that we have only one niemljer 

 who has made any attempt to really study this very interesting and 

 important order, and that is Mr. A. W. Hanham, of Duncan. He has 

 got together what is probably the largest private collection in the Prov- 



