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pushed forward, and during the present winter I hope to have all the collections ren- 

 dered much more complete than has been heretofore possible. The herbarium 

 is in charge of the Assistant Entomologist and Botanist, Mr. J. A. Guignard. The 

 Division is indebted to several correspondents for valuable donations of specimens. 

 Every specimen in the collection is labelled with the name of the collector, the date 

 when collected and the locality. Large collections of rare specimens have been gen- 

 erously given by the following : — 



Rev. G. W. Taylor, Wellington, B.C. — Vancouver Island Lepidoptera and Co- 

 leoptera. 



Mr. J. W. Cockle, Kaslo, B.C. — Many specimens of moths, butterflies and a few 

 specimens of other orders, taken at Kaslo, on Kootcnay lake, also the eggs of Lepi- 

 doptera for rearing. 



Mr. W. C. Sandercock, Lauder, Man. — Manitoban insects. 



Mr. A. J. Dennis, Beulah, Man. — Manitoban moths. 



Mr. T. N. Willing, Regina, Assa. — North-west insects of several orders from 

 Assiniboia and Alberta. 



Mr. W. Mcintosh, St. John, N.B. — Moths and butterflies from St. John. 



Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod, Calgary, Alta. — Some rare butterflies from Alberta. 



Mr. N. Criddle, Awcme, Man. — Botanical specimens and paintings of Manitoban 

 plants and insects. 



Mr. J. M. Macoun, Ottawa. — A collection of Canadian violets. 



Mr. J. R. Anderson, Victoria, B.C. — Many rare British Columbian plants not 

 previously represented in the hei barium. 



Mr. John Tolmie, Victoria, B.C. — Rare British Columbian plants. 



Mr. Beverley McLaughlin, White Horse, Y.T. — A small collection of rare and 

 well prepared plants from Yukon Territory. 



Miss E. Blackman, Kaslo, B.C. — Rare plants from Kaslo, including one species, 

 Ucmieva violacea, never previously collected in Canada. 



Mr. W. Herriott, Gait, Ont. — Specimens of Canadian grasses, many of them not 

 previously represented in the collections. 



Mr. Percy J. Shaw, Berwick, N.S.— A collection of Nova Scotia weeds made in 

 Pictou county. 



Mr. Henry Bird, Rye, N.Y. — Living caterpillars of Hydrcecia moths sent for 

 study. 



During the year 1901, as heretofore, many entomologists and botanists in various 

 parts of the Dominion have availed themselves of the services of the officers of the 

 Division in identifying specimens of insects and plants. A large number of collec- 

 tions have been received for this purpose and by means of this work much valuable 

 information as to the distribution of native insects, plants, and weeds of cultivated 

 lands, has been recorded and many desirable specimens have been acquired for the 

 museum. 



Acknowledgments. — My thanks are gratefully tendered to the following for fre- 

 quent and valuable assistance in the identification of specimens : Prof. John Macoun 

 and Mr. W. H. Harrington, Ottawa ; Mr. E. M. Walker, Toronto ; Prof. J. B. Smith, 

 New Brunswick, N.J. ; Dr. Howard and his able assistants, in the United States 

 Division of Entomology ; Mr. W. H. Ashmead, Dr. If. G. Dyar, of the United States 

 National Museum ; Messrs. B. T. Galloway, A. F. Woods and F. II. Chestnut, of 

 Washington, D.C. ; Prof. F. M. Webster, of Wooster, Ohio ; Prof. L. R. Jones, of 

 Burlington, Vermont ; and Mr. G. B. King, of Lawrence, Mass., all of whom are 



