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Provincia, Muspum Report. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
In Cont. Lept. No. Amer., Vol. TV., No. 2, p. 187, May, 1918, Messrs. Barnes and MeDunnough 
describe a new geometrid under the name of Hustroma fasciata, from Ketchikan, Alaska, and 
_ Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. The types are one male and three females, one of the 
females being taken in June at Cowichan Lake. This new species is closely allied to 2. nubilata 
_ Pack, which is fairly common throughout the Province, especially the second brood in the early 
fall. The chief distinguishing features are that in fascita the antemedian white band has much 
_ more regular edges and is less bent in at the costa, also that there is no trace of any yellow 
shading. 
“ Hydriomena macdunnouyhi Swett is described in the Can. Ent., Vol. L., No. 9, p. 296, 
_ September, 1918, from specimens taken at Atlin, B.C., on June 11th, 1914, by Mr. E. M. Anderson. 
his new species bears a close superficial resemblance to H. ruberata Frey., but differs materially 
in the male genitalia. In the 1906 Check-list of British Columbia Lepidoptera, ruberata was 
erroneously listed as occurring at Kaslo; we have no authentic records of the occurrence of this 
“Species in any part of British Columbia. 
MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Tn the Can. Ent., Vol. L., No. 7, p. 231 et seqg., Annette F. Brown describes several new species 
of Microlepidoptera, two of which are described from Field, B.C. One of them belongs to the 
family Yponomeutide and is named Sivcammerdamia cuprescens, Four species were bred from 
larye feeding from birch; they are gregarious and live in webs, pupating in August and appear- 
ing the following May. Larve were also taken at Glacier, B.C., feeding on alder, but for some 
reason or other failed to reach maturity. It is a close ally of the European SN. heroldella, which 
is also a birch-feeder. The other one belongs to the family Gracilariide and is ealled Ornir 
spireifolicila. This species is a leaf-miner and feeds on the under-side of the leaves of Spirea 
sp.; this also pupates in the fall and emerges in the following spring. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XXXII., No. 4, p. 71, October 1918, contains a key to the species 
of the genus Vespa, occurring in Canada, by F. W. L. Sladen. In the course of his paper he 
describes four new forms, three of which occur in Canada and one in Alaska. The three 
oecurring in Canada also occur in British Columbia and are as follows :— 
= (1.) Vespa norvegicoides, which has a range from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. It is 
 ¢losely related to diabolica Saus., which is our commonest wasp, and differs from it, amongst 
other minor details, by the yellow band on segment, one being narrower and uninterrupted; by 
the male antenne being black beneath instead of testaceous; and by the hairs being longer and 
less dense. 
(2.) Vespa acadica, recorded from Noya Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and British 
Columbia; the specific localities for British Columbia-being given as Kaslo and Victoria. This 
species makes an aerial nest and is near to vidua Saus., which oceurs only in Ontario, as far 
as Canada is concerned. 
(3.) Vespa atropilosa, described from one female and many workers. The female was taken 
at Lethbridge, Alta., while the workers or neuters were all taken in British Columbia, specific 
localities recorded being Vernon, Okanagan Landing, and Keremeos. 
It is interesting to note that, out of eleven species of wasps known to occur in Canada, as 
many as eight of them are taken in British Columbia; these are enumerated in the following 
 jist:— 
Vespa maculata Linn. This is the well-known “black hornet,” which makes an aerial nest. 
Y. diabolica Saus. This species is found in Southern British Columbia up to an altitude of 
. 5,000 feet. 
V. norvegicoides Sladen. 
Y. arctica Rohw. (= borealis Lewis). Parasitic in nests of V. diabolica. 
V. occidentalis Cr. . 
V. austriwa Pz. This a parasitic species and so far has only been recorded in this Provinee 
from Kaslo, in mid-July. 
V. acadia Sladen. 
V. atropilosa Sladen. 
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