Proceedings, 1921. 139 



Hum ferrugineum, Plodia interpunctella, Dermestes vulpinus and 

 lardarius, Necrobia rufipes, and Tenebrioides mauritanicus were found in 

 cargoes of transpacilic vessels. Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia kuehniella. 

 Tinea granella, Pyralis farinalis, Calandra oryza, ami Tyroglyphus farinae 

 were found in local mills and warehouses. 



At this point I would like to diverge for a moment to another phase of 

 entomological progress. It has been pointed out at various times that 

 economic entomology in the Province has received its incentive for further 

 action through the medium of the British Columbia Fruit-growers' Associa- 

 tion and the Horticultural Branch of the Province. This is as much true 

 to-day as in the years gone by, and in passing I feel it only right that we 

 should mention the excellent work of Mr. R. M. Winslow, who officiated as 

 Provincial Horticulturist between the years of 1909 and 1917. The 

 establishing of known measures of insect-control as regular orchard pro- 

 cedures was very largely due to Mr. Winslow, and his sympathy for the 

 solving of measures improperly known and the force he exerted to obtain 

 results against new and imperfectly known insect pests was very great 

 indeed. British Columbia suffered a very material loss in his resignation 

 in July, 1917. 



Mr. ^I. S. Middleton succeeded \Mr. Winslow later in 191 7, and 

 through him a new series' of horticultural bulletins, of which many were 

 entomological in nature, was inaugurated. Mr. Middleton saw fit to resign 

 his position in 1918, since when the office has been vacant. 



During 1918 some changes in the organization of the entomological 

 work took place which are worthy of mention. Agassiz, on the Experimental 

 Farm, had been the headquarters of the Dominion Entomological Branch in 

 the Province since 1912 and up until the close of 1917. It has been pointed 

 out already in this paper that the Provincial headquarters had been main- 

 lained at \'ernon from 1912 until 1918, at which time Mr. Eastham moved 

 his headquarters to Vancouver. Mr. Ruhmann was left in Vernon, under- 

 taking such entomological work that required attention, but he found that 

 pressure of other duties interfered so materially with his insect-work that 

 he was unable to accomplish very much. Furthermore, the development of 

 the Federal work showed prospects of enlargement to such an extent that 

 the quarters at Agassiz would shortly become too small. Furthermore, 

 again, it happened that the greatest number of inquiries of an 

 entomological nature were emanating from the Okanagan \'alley, where 

 it appeared the most serious insect problems were pending. It was decided, 

 therefore, to transfer the Dominion headquarters from Agassiz to Vernon. 

 This was done during the spring of 1918, and although the writer had spent 

 the greater part of the two previous summers in the Okanagan \'alley, this 

 spring of 1918 was the first spring spent in the Interior. 



It may also be worthy of mention, as a matter of history, that by 

 request of the Provincial Department of Agriculture the direction of the 

 Provincial entomological activities was turned over to the writer. In this 

 way Mr. Ruhmann was relieved of a great deal of his executive work, which 

 enabled him to undertake more insect-investigation studies. 



