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moths and allow me to see them. The metropolis of the genus in North 

 America is evidently in the West, the eastern species being comparatively 

 few, and, as I have shown above, are far from being well understood. 



I will return specimens sent to me, determined to the best of mj^ ability 

 and will gladly give co-types of our new western species, as far as they will 

 go, to those who are good enough to help me. It should be borne in mind 

 that these small moths make much better specimens if spread while fresh. 

 They suffer more or less damage in the process of relaxing, and a rubbed 

 specimen in a genus in which species run so close together is comparatively 

 useless."— G. W. Taylor. 



The following notes on geometers have also been received : 

 3,501. t'inglis fuscata, Hulst. Goldstream, B.C.; flies freely by day on 



open hillsides, high up. May 24 to end of June. (Hanhani.) 

 3,651. Sciagraphia heliothidata, Gn. Trenton, Aug. 6, one specimen, 



(Evans). 

 Gabriola Dyari, Taylor. Oak Bay, Yictoria. I have taken this 



species here since 1901, Aug. 1 to 21, at light in close pine woods 



in one locality. (Hanham.) 

 3,782. Nepytia phantasmaria, Strk. Mr. Harvey writes that the locality 



given in last year's Ent. Record "Victoria" should have been 



Vancouver, as up to the present time he has no record of its having 



been taken on Vancouver Island. 



3.840. Selidosema excelsarium, Strk. Goldstream, B.C., at rest May 24, 



(Hanham). 



3.841. Selidosema albesdens, Hulst. Oak Bay, Victoria, Aug. 23, one 



specimen, (Hanham). 



3,876. Apocheima Rachelce, Hulst. Millarville, one male at rest, May 9, 

 (Hudson). 



3,883. Erannis defoUaria, Clem., a. vancoiivere.nsis, Hulst. Kaslo. One 

 male, Oct. 14, 1903 ; 3 males and 2 females, 1904, all taken under 

 electric light. Not previously recorded from the mainland. 

 (Cockle.) 



3,976. Synaxis pallulata, Hulst. Oak Bay, Victoria, Sept. 10 to 13, sev- 

 eral flying by day. 



Micro-Lepidoptera. 



There has been a most satisfactory and encouraging revival in the study 

 of Canadian micro-lepidoptera. This has been in the largest measure due 

 to the kindness and untiring work of Mr. W. D. Kearfott, who has examined 

 and named for Canadian collectors during the past year, an enormous num- 

 ber of specimens. Mr. August Busck, who in the past has done so much 

 for Canadians, during 1904, was specially engaged at the St. Louis Exhibi- 

 tion, but will always be willing to receive specimens of tineids for'examina- 

 tion and for deposition in the U. S. National Museum. I again take the 

 opportunity of pointing out the wisdom of Canadian collectors sending speci- 

 mens of rare species to this international depository, where every conceiv- 

 able care is taken to preserve the specimens and make them accessible for 

 the use of students from the whole world. It is to be hoped that in time 

 we may have in Canada a National Museum, where proper provision will be 

 made for the preservation of representative entomological collections ; but 

 until that is done, undoubtedly it is the duty of Canadian collectors first to 

 build up the collection of the Entomological Society of Ontario and then de- 



