PROCEEDINGS, 1921 H 



There are a large number of past and present members who have 

 contributed in a greater or lesser degree to this knowledge of our lepi- 

 dopterous fauna. Some of them have passed away, others have given 

 up active collecting through various reasons, but the majority, I am 

 pleased to say, are still with us. Their names in alphabetical order are: 

 E. M. Anderson, W. B. Anderson, T. Bryant, the late A. H. Bush, W. R. 

 Carter, J. W. Cockle, A. J. Croker, G. O. Day, W. Downes, A W. 

 Hanham, the late Capt. R. V. Harvey, L. E. Marmont, A. W. Phair, 

 R. Sherman, the late Rev. G. W. Taylor, R. C. Treherne, the late Tom 

 Wilson, and I suppose that I may also add my own name, as I have 

 done a little towards discovering some new species, especially amongst 

 the Geometridae. 



Turning to the other orders, I would like to acknowledge the great 

 amount of good work ac9omplished in the order Diptera by Mr. R. 

 Sherman, who has proved himself a worthy successor to the late Capt. 

 R. V. Harvey. In recent years Mr. Sherman has made a special study 

 of the family Mycetophilidae or Fungus gnats, and the result of his 

 labours is shown in the magnificent list of species given in No. 14 of 

 our Proceedings, which has recently come to hand ; 139 different species 

 are listed, 35 -of which are new to science, and are being described by 

 him. I am especially pleased to see this, and I sincerely hope that we 

 shall have similar lists in various other orders in the near future. 



In the other two large orders, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, appar- 

 ently very little work has been recorded. Mr. A. W. Hanham still 

 keeps adding to his large collection of B. C. Coleoptera, and I am sure 

 that a list of the specimens in his cabinets, together with the new species 

 that have been described in recent years, would make a fairly complete 

 record of our coleopterous fauna. 



The order Hymenoptera seems to have been altogether neglected 

 of late years, which is to be regretted, as T am confident that we have 

 a large and practically untouched field in which to work, especially in 

 that section known as Parasitic Hymenoptera. Mr. W. B. Anderson, 

 whose duties takehim to all parts of the Province, has, however, col- 

 lected considerable material in this as well as in other orders of insects. 

 This material is now being worked over in Ottawa, and I shall be very 

 much surprised if many species new to science are not amongst it. 



During the last three seasons Mr. W. Downes has been applying 

 himself very diligently to the study of that hitherto much neglected 

 order Hemiptera and with most satisfactory results. This order is 

 divided into two sections, the Heteroptera and the Homoptera. In the 

 former group 129 species new to B. C, including six. species new to 

 science, have been added to our former somewhat meagre list; in the 

 latter group (the Homoptera) 42 species new to B. C. have been 

 recorded. These additions bring the total of known Heteroptera in this 

 Province to some 206 species and the Homoptera to about 70. 



