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ton; Dr. J. B. Smith, of New Brunswick, N.J.; Mr. W. Beutenmueller, of 

 New York; Dr. Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia; Mr. E. P. Vanduzee, of Buf- 

 falo; Prof. H. F. Wickham, of Iowa City, Iowa; Prof. J. S. Hine, of Col- 

 umbus, Ohio, and Mr. W. H. Harrington, of Ottawa, Ont, ; have examined 

 and named numerous collections during the past year, and, although the 

 thanks of the individual collectors have been expressed to them, I take plea- 

 sure in publicly acknowledging here their help to the general cause of 

 Canadian entomology. 



Collections of insects have been made in various parts of Canada this 

 year by visitors, perhaps the most important of these being by Mrs. Nicholl, 

 of Merthyr Mawr. Bridgend, South Wales, who spent the summer in the 

 Rocky Mountains and made extensive collections. Possibly the most inter- 

 esting result of Mrs. Nicholl's work was the discovery of Erebia Vidleri in 

 considerable numbers in the Okanagan valley. The original locality where 

 the types were collected by Mr. Vidler, thirty years ago is somewhat in 

 doubt. Nothing had been seen or heard of the species after it was first 

 taken, until in 1898, when I rediscovered it on Mount Cheam near the mouth 

 of the Eraser River in British Columbia. Mrs. Nicholl also took during the 

 summer several specimens of that Rocky Mountain Greyhound, Brenthis 

 astarte, and many other rarities seldom seen in Canadian collections. 



Mr. C. W. Leng, of New York, tells me that Mr- W. S. Genung spent 

 three months this year, collecting beetles in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and 

 Newfoundland, and sent him 11,000 specimens containing some great rar- 

 ities. 



A few small collections were brought back by the officers of the Geolo- 

 gical Survey of Canada, but a great deal more good work might be done 

 by these gentlemen, with their exceptional opportunities, in adding to the 

 large collection of insects already in the museum of that Department. 

 Specimens from any little visited locality are of great scientific value if the 

 date of collection and exact locality are noted — even a single specimen may 

 be of the greatest interest. A few specimens well preserved are of far more 

 value than a large number in poor condition or without data. Mr. Jos. 

 Keele secured some specimens o:^ special interest in the valley of the Mayo 

 River, Yukon Territory. Mr. E. R- Faribault collected in Nova Scotia, 

 and Mr. Andrew Halkett, who was the naturalist on the "Neptune" in her 

 explorations under Mr. A. P. Low, in Hudson Bay in 1903-04, brought back 

 some very interesting specimens. 



Literature. 



Among the works which have dealt with Canadian insects and which 

 liave appeared during the past year, mention may be made of the following : 



Dyar, Harrison G. Lepidoptera of the Kootenai District of British 

 Columbia, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, vol. XXVII. , pp. 779-938. — One of 

 the most important publications of 1904 for Canadian entomologists is Dr. 

 Dyar's annotated list of the lepidoptera taken by him and Messrs. Currie 

 and Caudell during a three months' visit to Kaslo on Kootenai Lake in the 

 summer of 1903. This list also includes mention of the species found in 

 the rich local collection of Mr. J. W. Cockle. Thq, great value of this list 

 will be found in the critical and comparative notes on the species mentioned, 

 with their near allies. 653 species are mentioned, with more or less com- 

 plete larval notes of 167. There have been many collectors in the Rocky 



