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collections have also been materially increased by valuable donations from several cor- 

 respondents, amongst whom the following may be mentioned : — 



Thos. Baird, High Riv'er, Alta.— Several specimens of rare western lepidoptera. 



A. H. Bush, Vancouver, B.C. — A pair of Lepisesia ulalume. 



J. W. Cockle, Kaslo, B.C. — Various insects in different orders, including many 

 rare species. 



Norman Criddle, Treesbank, Man. — Many specimens of rare Manitoban insects. 



J. D. Evans, Trenton, Ont. — A pair of Dytiscus circumcinctus. These are inter- 

 esting as coming from the type locality, Winnipeg. 



Paul Hahn, Toronto, Ont. — ^A specimen of Autographa surena taken at Quebec. 



C. Garrett, Calgary, Alberta. — Six specimens of Erehia discoidalis. 



E. F. Heath, Cartwright, Man. — A large collection of ^fanitoban moths in papers. 



E. V. Harvey, Vancouver, B.C. — British Columbian insects. 



Wm. Mcintosh, St. John, N.B. — Local lepidoptera from St. John, N.B. 



L. E. Marmont, Rounthwaite, Man. — Several rare insects from Manitoba. 



W. Metcalfe, Ottawa. — A large collection of flies taken at Ottawa. 



J. Perrin, MacNab's Island, Halifax, N.S. — Rare lepidoptera from Nova Scotia. 



T. W. Ramm, Ross Mount, Ont. — Two perfect specimens of Basilona imperialis 

 taken at Ross Mount. 



J. Russell, Digby, N.S. — Several rare lepidoptera from Nova Scotia including 

 Erora Iceta, Incisalia irus, var. arsace, and Hadena minuscula. 



Rev. G. W. Taylor, Wellington, B.C. — Some named specimens of British Colum- 

 bian geometridse and several noctuids. 



E. P. Venables, Vernon, B.C. — Specimens of desirable species from the Okana- 

 gan valley, B.C. 



E. S. Wilmot, Vernon, B.C. — Apantesis superha. 



J. B. Williams, Toronto. — Larva of Ecpanthcria deflorata. 



T. N. Willing, Regina, Sask. — Lepidoptera and other insects from Saskatchewan. 



E. H. Wolley-Dod, Millarville, Alberta. — Northwest insects. 



C. H. Young, Ottawa. — Microlepidoptera and some noctuids. 



The botanical collections have also been very much increased by mounting up 

 specimens of species poorly represented or shown only from a single locality. These 

 have been mostly from collections of previous years which had been stored away in 

 the Division. The collections of weeds and weed seeds have been largely increased and 

 the index of the Herbarium is now finished. The following donations for the Herb- 

 arium, have been received : — 



J. R. Anderson, Victoria, B.C. — Several rare British Columbian plants. 



Norman Criddle, Treesbank, Man. — Seeds and botanical specimens of several 

 desirable Manitoban plants. 



W. M. Crawford, Millerton, N.B. — A fine series of the rare aquatics Loplioto- 

 carpus spongiosus and Limosella aquaiica from New Brunswick. 



J. M. Dickson, Hamilton, Ont. — Specimens of Eryihronium albidum from Cale- 

 donia, Ont. 



George Eraser, Ucluelet, B.C. — Rare plants from Vancouver Island, living roots 

 and botanical specimens. 



D. Gellatly, Gellatly, B.C. — Fungi collected as food by squirrels. 

 D. W. Hamilton, Kingston, N.B. — Desirable specimens of plants. 

 Miss I. Hargrave. — Rare plants from the interior of British Columbia. 



J. J. Freeborn, Dundas, Ont. — Seeds and other natural history specimens from 

 Dundas. 



F. J. A. Morris, Port Hope, Ont. — A fine series of specimens of BotrycJiium sim- 

 plex from Newtonville, Ont. 



Mrs. D. W. Stewart, Renfrew, Ont. — Medicago falcata and other botanical speci- 

 mens. 



Geo. E. Sanders, Guelph, Ont. — Seeds of Canadian weeds. 



