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Benth.; Lupinus ornatus Dougl.; Pentstemon ovatus Dougl.; Anogra pallida (Lindl.) Britt.; — 
Spheralcea munroana (Dougl.) Spach.; and Tetradymia canescens DC. : 
During the last summer a collection of plants was donated to the Museum by the authorities 
of the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection had belonged to the late Captain R. V. 
Harvey, who was one of the founders of the school. These plants, while mounted on small-size 
sheets, and in most instances showing little more than the inflorescence, can hardly be looked — ; 
upon as Herbarium specimens. 
Professor J. Macoun, senior Botanist of the Geological Survey of Canada, who has always 
taken a great interest in the Provincial Herbarium, and several years ago added to our collection 
over 900 named and classified specimens, mostly of the flora of Vancouver Island, has continued 
his great support to this division, and has made an offer to the Proyincial Museum, subject 
to the approval of Mr. R. G. McConnell, Deputy Minister of Geological Survey, Ottawa, of a 
collection of Cryptogammes upon which he has been working and classifying for a considerable 
time. 
The idea is for the Provincial Museum to take over for the time being the whole of his 
collection, with the understanding that a division be made on some future date (as there are 
a number of duplicates of each species) between this Department and the Department at Ottawa. 
Both Professor Macoun and J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Division of the 
Department of Mines, Ottawa, have always shown a great interest in the Provincial Museum, 
and have done a great deal of work, more particularly in the Botanical section, in the 
identification of plants from every section of this Province. 
Mr. J. M. Macoun has also been filling in blanks in our collection from time to time from 
the Ottawa collection and from a number of plants that both he and his reyered father have 
collected throughout British Columbia in their botanical survey of Canada. The Provincial 
Museum has at different times sent many specimens (of which a number at present are still 
there) to Ottawa to be verified by Mr. Macoun. These specimens, it is to be hoped, will be 
returned in due course. 
In Memoriam. 
Mr. J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Survey Department, Ottawa, died on 
January Sth, 1920. The late Mr. Macoun was one of the highest authorities on botanical research 
in Canada. He was a faithful and courageous public servant and a man of high standing in 
scientific research. His loss will be keenly felt not only by the Department with which he had 
been so long connected, but also by the Provincial Museum in Victoria, to which he was a 
constant visitor when on the Pacific Coast. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
The Museum collection during the year has been greatly enriched by the donation of the 
valuable collection of the late Captain R. V. Harvey, which was donated by the authorities of 
the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection is especially rich in Diptera, of which 
the late Captain Harvey was a recognized authority in British Columbia. 
The Coleoptera and Hymenoptera collections are also particularly acceptable, and, as they 
are representative of the whole of Southern British Columbia, they will enable us to enlarge and 
extend our own collections in these orders. Provision is being made for the incorporation of 
these collections with those already existing in the Museum, and when finally installed they will 
prove of incalculable value to students. 
The thanks of the Department are due to Mr. E. H. Blackmore, President of the British 
Columbia Entomological Society, for his valuable services, which were instrumental in securing 
this highly desirable collection for this institution. 
Mr. Blackmore has always done considerable work in the Entomological division of this 
Department, both in identification and arranging the collection for study and inspection, and he 
has also written the following paper on entomology 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
By E. H. Brackmore, F.E.S. 
Practically no entomological field-work of any description was undertaken by any of the 
Museum staff during the past season, and therefore there is not so much as usual to write about 
in connection with the actual work of the Museum. I have, however, been able to gather a few 

