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1900, from two males and two females taken by F. H. Wooley Dod at Calgary, Alta. It is very 
closely allied to segregata Sm. and gussata Sm., Dr. MeDunnough being of the opinion that they 
are probably forms of ene species. 
P. segregata was described from Laggan, Alta., and is recorded from Kaslo, B.C. I have a 
specimen of it from Sicamous, B.C. It is also a mountain form and evidently very uncommon. 
These two species are very much alike in maculation, negussa being more reddish-brown in colour 
and lacking the black markings of segregata. 
1702. Polia variolata Sm. This specimen was described from Washington Territory by 
Smith in 1887, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., X., p. 467, from one male and one female. We have a 
specimen in the Museum Collection labelled “ Victoria, B.C.,” and presumably taken about 1902. 
There is no other record of its occurrence in British Columbia that I know of until the capture 
of the specimen figured in the plate, on July, 1918. It must be exceedingly rare when a period 
of sixteen years elapses without its capture being recorded, especially in a district which is 
continually and regularly worked over. 
2646. Gortyna pallescens Sm. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at 
Alberni, B.C., in August, 1915; one was also taken by Mr. Downes at Armstrong, B.C., on 
August 28th. It was also recorded in the 1906 Check-list of B.C. Lepidoptera, under the name 
of medialis Sm., as occurring at Kaslo. 
In Bulletin 52, U.S. Nat. Mus., Dr. Dyar places pailesnona as a synonym of medialis Sm.. 
but in Barnes and MecDonnough’s new Check-list they are treated as separate, although closely 
allied species. In the British Columbia Check-list the name medialis should be eliminated, and 
pallescens substituted for it. It is interesting to note that this uncommon insect has been taken 
in two districts whose climatic conditions are the exact opposite of each other. Alberni being 
an extremely wet district, while Armstrong is in the hot dry belt. 
2524. Andropolia @don Grt. One specimen without date taken by the late E. M. Skinner at 
Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, presumably in 1896. This has not hitherto been recorded from 
British Columbia. Its habitat is Colorado, Nevada, and Washington. One of the types is in 
the British Museum. 
2725. Ipimorpha nanaimo Barnes. This delicate ochre-coloured moth is very uncommon in 
this district. There is a specimen in the Museum collection taken in Victoria on August 2nd, 
1898. I have no other record from here until the one I took at rest on a fence on August 18th, 
1918, just twenty years later. The one in the Museum collection was determined many years 
ago by Dr. Smith as pleonectusa Grt., which, although agreeing in maculation, is decidedly 
smaller and darker in coloration, being of a very dark fawn colour on both primaries and 
secondaries. The latter occurs throughout the Atlantic States, Colorado, and Utah. Mr. A. W. 
Hanham, of Duncan, B.C., took this latter species in Victoria many years ago, and I was fortunate 
enough to take one specimen in perfect condition at light on August 25th, 1916. 
2784. Arzama obliqua Wik. This species is new to British Columbia and was taken by the 
late E. M. Skinner at Quamichan Lake on June 26th, 1906. This is a very interesting record, 
as it is rather surprising to find it on the Pacifie Coast; it is distributed over a wide area on the 
American Continent, from Eastern Canada south to Florida, and thence west to the Mississippi. 
It is a reed-feeder, the larva feeding from the top downwards until the whole of the reed is 
eaten out, then returning to the top and forming its pupa there. Bellura gortynoides Wk. is 
yery closely allied, and is reported from Wellington and Vancouver, although I have not as yet 
seen the species. . 
3245. Autographa V-alba Ottol. Taken by Mr. W. H. Danby at Rossland about the year 
1900, but without specific date. This is also new to British Columbia, and was described from 
Wyoming by Dr. Ottolengui in Jn. N.Y. Ent. Soey., X., p. 73, 1902. It is a very pretty species 
and bears a strong superficial resemblance to speciosa, from which it can readily be distinguished 
by the shape of the “ Y”’ mark. 
8571. Bomolocha toreuta Grt. This species was referred to in the Provincial Museum Report, 
p. 12,1917. In the 1906 B.C. Check-list it is reported from Cameron Lake, and one specimen was 
taken by Mr. R. C. Treherne at Agassiz on August Ist. This latter record would indicate that 
it is double-brooded, or at least partially so, as Mr. Day’s specimens emerged in May from larye 
taken the preyious August. The ground colour is a rich smoky brown, the white blotch in the 
inner margin being very striking. It occurs from New York to Texas. 
