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No. Amer., Barnes & McDunnough, Vol. III., No. 3, p. 159, the authors believe that diechki, along 
with our other British Columbia form superba Stretch, should be treated as a race of blakei Grt. 
Unfortunately, very little material in this group is available from British Columbia, and 
until these various races can be bred from larva to imago, with notes on their larval and pupal 
stages, they cannot be definitely placed.” Diecki was described in Amer. Ent., Vol. VI., p. 62, 
1880, from Spences Bridge, B.C. 
Noecruip# (PuLate IT.). 
1869. Stretchia murician Grt. We have illustrated this species, as it has been misidentified 
in nearly all British Columbia collections, and is generally placed under the name of S. plusie- 
formis Hy. Edw. The probable reason for this may lie in the fact that in Dr. Dyar’s Catalogue 
(Bull. 62, U.S.N.M.) muricina is listed as a synonym of plusiwformis. There is a certain super- 
ficial resemblance between them, but they are easily separable by the following differences in 
maculation: In muriciana the pale terminal area of the primaries is sharply divided from the 
chestnut-brown of the rest.of the wing, while in plusieformis the bluish-grey outer area merges 
imperceptibly with the brown median band of the fore wing. Also the basal area of the latter 
species is of somewhat the same shade of grey as the outer area, while in muricina it is con- 
colorous, with the rest of the wing, excepting the pale terminal area. In plusi@formis the thorax 
is light grey, with a distinct black collar; in muricina the thorax is light brown, with the patagia 
pale , and a narrow dark-brown colour; also in the former the fringes of the primaries are far 
more heavily checkered. 
1871. Stretchia plusieformis Hy. Edw. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. W. H. 
Danby at Rossland some twenty years ago, and a comparison of the two figures will show the 
differences that I have pointed out above. In our previous Check-lists plusie@formis is listed as 
being “ generally distributed,” but so far I have only seen the species from Rossland. It most 
likely occurs throughout the whole of that region and should be taken at Kaslo. Variabilis Sm., 
listed from Kaslo only, may-be this species, but this I have not as yet seen; it was described 
from Colorado. Muricina was described from Oregon and should occur throughout British 
Columbia as far east as the Okanagan, but our material only indicates points on Vancouver 
Island and the Lower Fraser Valley. 
1999. Cucullia florea Gu. This is another of Mr. Danby’s captures from Rossland, and has 
not hitherto been recorded from British Columbia. The species in this genus have at all times 
been very difficult to separate satisfactorily, as many of them are closely allied, and although, 
as a rule, the species are rather uncommon, especially in the West, they have a very wide range. 
Florea is an Atlantic Coast species, its habitat being given as New York and New Jersey. : 
In the 1906 Check-list obscurior Sm. is listed from Kaslo and the Coast region. This species 
is now regarded as a race of florea. It is decidedly smaller and has much the same type of 
maculation, or lack of it, and is of a more even colour. We have only seen the species from 
Penticton and Lillooet, although Dr. Dyar records it from Kaslo in his “ Kootenai” List, Proc. 
U.S.N.M., Vol. 27, p. 871. 
2001. Cucullia omissa Dod. This species has been recorded from a greater number of 
localities in British Columbia than any other species of this genus, but the specimen illustrated 
is the first record of its being taken in Victoria. It was taken by the writer on June 27th, 1919, 
at rest on an electric-light pole and was in beautiful condition. This species was described by 
the late Wolley Dod in the Can. Ent., Vol. 48, p. 58, February, 1916. The type material came 
from a number of localities, including Nelson and Windermere, in British Columbia. 
This species had been confused with postera Gue. (to which it is closely allied) for a number 
of years, and was listed from Kaslo under this name in previous British Columbia Check-lists. 
The known range of omissa in British Columbia is from Vancouver Island to the Rocky Moun- 
tains, and we have records from many intermediate points, including Princeton, Merritt, 
Kamloops, and Kaslo. 
2412. Cerma cuerva Barnes. This is apparently a rather rare species. The writer has only 
taken two specimens in eight years—one on August 25th, 1916 (the specimen figured), and — 
another one in rather poor condition some two or three years previous. As far as can be 
ascertained, it has not been taken at any other locality besides Victoria. It was described by 
Dr. W. Barnes (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, p. 10, January, 1907) from a single male specimen taken 
by Mr. A. W. Hanham in this city. It is rather-a pretty insect, the fore wings being a dark 

