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sixty species of locusts and has obtained ecological notes and life-history 

 data on the majority of these. Diplotaxis tenebrosus Fall was noted 

 this spring injuring young apricot seedlings at Osoyoos. 



This review has taken longer than I intended it should, and on 

 reading it over it appears as though it were a diatribe on the features 

 of professional entomologists and a history of the Branch development. 

 I really do not intend that it should be such and must apologize if it 

 appears so. I have not touched upon the very excellent systematic work 

 that has been accomplished during the past few years by professional 

 and private members of our Society, and the non-inclusion of these 

 records in this paper is no reflection. I had intended only dealing with 

 the economic history, and in order to do this effectively I must of 

 necessity mention personal data. In closing, I merely wish to say that 

 it is my hope that the same progress be shown in the next few years 

 as I am sure you will all agree has been the history of the past few years. 



A TALK ON INSECTS IMPORTED FROM THE ORIENT. 



Bv \V. H. I.YNE. Inspector of Imp(jrted Frtit and Nursery Stock. 



It is not my intention to discuss the point as to whether or not the 

 San Jose scale was first introduced to this continent on nursery stock 

 imported from Japan. The fact that it was discovered on shrubbery 

 imported from Japan to San Jose, Santa Clara County. Cal.. and thus 

 established its name, I have no wish to dispute. 



What I do know is that on more than one occasion San Jose 

 scale has been found on nursery stock imported from Japan to British 

 Columbia, and that within the last month several apple, pear, and peach 

 trees from Japan were condemned here in Vancouver owing to their 

 being infested with that particular pest. 



The San Jose scale ( Aspidiotus perniciosus ) is not the only scale- 

 insect imported from Japan. AVe occasionally come in contact with 

 other species, such as the cherry-scale (Aspidiotus forbesi, A. nerii, and 

 A. hedera), infesting ornamental trees and shrubs. There are often 

 otiier subfamilies of Coccidse, such as Chionaspis, Mytilaspis, Diaspis, 

 and Lecanium, represented by several of their relative species. 



On one occasion .several egg-masses of the gipsy moth ( Porthetria 

 dispar) were found on the bark of Arbor vitae trees. 



Other interesting species of insects imported are the larvae of several 

 beetles, boring into the heart-wood or feeding on the roots of trees or 

 plants. The giant borer, a species of the Prioninae, has occasionally 

 been found in roots or just above the crown of Wistaria, walnut, and 

 other trees from Japan. 



Probably the beetle attracting the most attention at the present 

 time is the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica, owing to its having become 

 established in certain sections of the Eastern United States. It is 

 supposed to have been imported in iris-roots from Japan. On a few 

 occasions and verv recentlv we have found several larvse closely resem- 



