F'ri)ceediX(;s, liiS:! 161 



Till' pjuropean Satin Motli is spreadin<r in the Lowei- Mainland, 

 pspccially in the disti'ict round Xew Westminster, and in this connection 

 I liave observed a sort nf change in their food liabits. An outbreak in 

 Maillardville began in 1921 on Lombardy poplar. Near these were three 

 large Russian Pojolar trees which were not affected in 1921. In 1922 (last 

 year), by the end of June, the Russian Poplars were completely stripped 

 of leaves, and the caterpillars were massed along the bare limbs, while 

 the Lombardy Poplars nearby were almost untouched. The owner cut 

 oft' all the limbs and the tops of the Russian Poplars, the caterpillars 

 then swarmed on to his house in masses, and were played upon by fire 

 hose under good jircssure, afterwards dying and drying up in thousands. 

 Plenty of them, however, pupated, and enough moths emerged to do 

 damage next season. 



I might record among niy ea]itui-es last season a lieautiful, newly 

 emerged specimen of the rare motli Aemilia roseata, on July 2nd, and 

 in September of a specimen of Papaipema insulidens. The season, on 

 the whole, however, was not particularly good for collecting. 



In conclusion, I would express the hoiie that our deliberations at 

 this annual meeting may result in much benefit to the Society. 



Yours, 



L. E. MARMONT. 



THE EUROPEAN EARWIG IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 



1>^' K. ('. ThEHERNK, ExT(_>MOL(HnCAL BRANCH, 



Dominion Department of Agriculture. 



In his book on the "Orthoptera of North-Eastern America," W. S. 

 Blatehley states that "about 400 species of earwigs have been described, 

 mostly from tropical and semi-tropical countries, where they are common 

 along the sea-coast. Many of the species are cosmopolitan in distribu- 

 tion, their form enabling them to hide readily in the crevices of ships 

 and their cargoes, and thus be borne to all parts of the earth. Inland 

 thej' are scarce, especially in temperate and cold regions. Only fifteen 

 native or established species of earwigs are at present known from 

 America, north of Mexico." 



Canada, until a few years ago, only possessed one species, Labia 

 minor Linn, an introduction from Europe originally, which had been 

 taken from several widely separated points throughout tlie Dominion. 

 This species, commonly known as the "Little Earwig" and so called from 

 its length, which is only 4-") mm., is recorded from Quebec, Ottawa, Mani- 

 toba and Salmon Arm, B. ('. 



We have now to record a second species for Canada in Forficula aur- 

 icularia Linn, the so-called European Earwig. Thus far the Coast cities 

 of Vancouver and New Westminster are the only points in Canada known 



