THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 389 



SOME NEW GEOMETRID.E: EROM BRITISH COEUMBIA. 



BY GEO. \V. TAYLOR, WELLINGTON, B. C. 



The Species described below were all includea in a paper on B. C. 

 (ieometridaj, which was read by title before the Royal Society of Canada 

 last May. 



Unfortunately, it was not possible (owing to pressure of other work) 

 for me to complete the paper in time for publication in this year's volume 

 of the Transactions, and as the names have all appeared in a " Check List 

 of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia," recently published by the 

 /'rovincial Department of Agriculture, it seems better to print the 

 descriptions now in the Canadian Entomologist than to wait the 

 appearance of next year's volume of the Royal Society's Transactions. 



I. Eupithecia olivacea, new species. — Expanse of largest specimen, 

 34 mm. Palpi short, slender, drooping, black, the tip pale. Head, 

 thorax, abdomen and fore wings a uniform dark olivaceous brown ; 

 summit pale, with a dark central spot. 



Fore wings lengthened, with outer margin very oblique, scarcely 

 rounded ; all markings obscure except the discal spot (which is black 

 and conspicuous) and the scalloped white submarginal line. 



The veins, especially veins 2 to 6, are marked with black dashes, 

 indicating two or three extra-discal lines. There is a fine, faint, black 

 marginal line, followed by a pale line at base of fringe ; fringe rather paler 

 than wing, with dark spots at the ends of the veins. 



Hind wings rather broad, with a slight flattening of outer margin at 

 vein 5 ; a little paler in colour than the fore wings. 



Beneath, fore wing uniformly dusky ; discal spot obscure, veins 

 slightly marked with blackish, indicating extra-discal lines : marginal line 

 distinct. 



Hind wings as fore wings, but discal spot more distinct, and two 

 extra-discal lines showing as dots on the veins across the wings ; marginal 

 lines as above. 



This species is very close to E. lachryviosa, Hulst, as identified by 

 me, but difters in the duller and more uniform colouring, the lengthened 

 fore wings and straighter outer margins. 



Types : c^ , Wellington, 7th April, 1903 ; 9 . Wellington, 20th April, 

 1903. It is not very rare at Vancouver (R. V. Harvey) and Wellington, 

 but I have not yet received it from other parts of the Province. 



December, 1906 



