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I have two or three rather poor specimens taken in the Yukon by Mr. T. Bryant which are 
referable to the form lucia. In the Rep. Can. Are. Exped., Vol. III., page 30, Mr. A, Gibson 
refers to specimens taken by G. M. Dawson at Dease.Lake, B.C., in 1887, which Dr. Fletcher 
determined as representing the forms lucia Kby., marginata Edw., and violacea Edw. Dease 
Lake is situated some 60 miles north-east of Telegraph Creek. 
, In the Sphingidie, Smerinthus jamaicensis f. norm geminatus Say. and Hamorrhagia thysbe 
form cimbiciformis Steph. were the best. Apantesis michabo Grt. was the most desirable of 
the arctiids, while in the Noctuidie the following are worthy of special mention :— 
Buxroa plagigera Morr.; Scotogramma trifolii Rott:, a single specimen which is the first 
I have seen of the typical form; it may occur at Kaslo, but I have not seen a specimen from 
there. Anyway, it is quite rare, as is also the race albifusa Walk., which occurs on Vancouver 
Island. A figure of the latter was given in Rep. Prov. Mus., 1916, Plate VII. Polia farnhami 
Grt.; Bombycia rectifascia Sm. (see “ Ulustrated Lepidoptera”); Agroperina morna Streck.: 
this is another rare species; the only other one I have seen was collected by Mr. G. O. Day 
at Cowichan Bay. Andropolia edon Grt.; Namangana preacuta Sm.; and Autographa flagellum 
Walk.; this is rather an uncommon Autographa in British Columbia, as our previous records 
are from Agassiz and Kaslo. Amongst the geometers are Lobophora montanata race magno- 
liatoidata Dyar., previously taken at Kaslo (Cockle) and Rossland (Danby) ; Dysstroma formosa 
Hulst.; Lygris destinata race schistacea Warr.; a single specimen taken on August 30th matches 
exactly a specimen from Kaslo (Cockle), which was identified by Dr. MeDunnough some years 
ago as this species. I haye no other record of it. /sturgia truncataria Wlk.; Itame sulphurea 
Pack.; J. plumosata B. & McD.; Huchlana astylusaria Wik.; and one Bulype hastata race 
subhastata Nole.; this race is rather rare in British Columbia collections, although it is rather 
widely distributed. We have specimens from Atlin, Prince Rupert, and Grouse Mountain, near 
Vancouver. 
Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, who has collected in many 
different localities during the season, reports that collecting on the whole was decidedly poor, 
although several good days were experienced, notably May 24th at Penticton and August 15th 
at Fort Steele. The following are the best of his captures :— 
Powell River.—Lriopygea perbrunnea Grt.; Autographa mappa G. & R.; and Diactinia 
silaceata vace albolineata Pack. 
Seechelt.—Several specimens of Hpargyrcus tityrus Fabr. were taken, but they were all badly 
worn as it was rather late for this species—August 6th, to be exact. This species has previously 
been recorded from Vancouver and Savary Island (R. S. Sherman), where it appears about the 
latter part of June. A speeimen of Selenia alciphearia form ornata B. & MeD. was also taken. 
Penticton —Smerinthus cerisyi opthalmicus form pallidulus Edw.; a single specimen of 
this uncommon form was taken; Diacrisia pteridis (danbyi) race rubra Neum; Scotogramma 
oregonica Grt.; and Spodolepsis substriataria race danbyi Hulst. 
Fort Steele-—BHuxroa satiens Sm.; a short series of this rare noctuid was taken in good 
condition “at light.” In our local lists it is simply recorded from “B.C.” I have one specimen 
from Lillooet (Phair) which is referable to this species. DWuroa quadridentata race flutea Sm.; 
Oncocnemis albifasciata Hamp.; this is also a rare species. A single specimen was taken some 
years ago by Mr. Anderson at Chilcotin (see “ Illustrated Lepidoptera”); and Zenophieps 
lignicolorata Pack. 
MICROLEPIDOPTERA,. 
We have continued our work in this group during the present season and haye obtained a 
~ number of new records, including several new species. We have also extended our knowledge of 
the known range of a number of species that have been previously recorded. 
Collections have been made at Victoria, Goldstream, Fitzgerald, Mount Tzouhalem, Maillard- 
ville, Mount McLean, Chileotin, and Vavenby, which have resulted in the addition of much 
desirable material. 
As a result of this activity the writer has been enabled to mount about 1,800 of these small 
moths during the past season, a great many of which have not previously been reeorded. 
In the Ann. Rep. Proy. Mus., 1920, pages 23 and 24, I gave a list of species taken in that 
year which were additional to those recorded in the 1906 B.C. Check-list. I am appending a 
further additional list of species taken during the present year, together with a few taken in 
1920, the determinations of which were not to hand when the previous list was printed. Some 
