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One specimen taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo on August 1st, 1907. This is a very distinct 
species and cannot be confused with any other British Columbia species. Type series were reared 
from Artemisia sp..at Rogue River, Southern Oregon. It also occurs in California, Colorado, 
and Arizona. Barnes and Lindsey also record a specimen from “ British Columbia (June),” 
but no specific locality is given. 
4, OIDSMATOPHORUS CINERACEUS Fish., Can., Ent., XIII, 73,1881. Primaries brownish-white 
to greyish, often darker toward costa. There is a variable irroration of blackish scales which 
tends to collect between the veins and in the basal half of the wing. Whitish at base of cleft, 
preceded by a brown dash which curves outward to brown costal dash above base of cleft. 
Fringes brownish-grey with a few white hairs. Secondaries grey-brown with fringes, concol- 
orous. Expanse 27-29 mm. Valpi short, oblique. Abdomen brownish-white, with central dark 
dots in distal half. : 
Not uncommon and widely distributed. Recorded from Dunean (Day) ; Wellington (Bryant) ; 
Alberni (Redford) ; Mount McLean (Day) ; Kaslo (Cockle) ; and Vaveuby (Moilliet). We have 
not seen the species from either Victoria or Goldstream. 
Our British Columbia specimens are very even in their colouring, all that I have seen being 
of the typical brownish-white form. The irroration of the blackish scales is, however, very 
variable. The species occurs in Washington, California, Colorado, Utah, Pennsylvania, and 
Manitoba. The life-history is unknown. 
5. OIDAMATOPHORUS FIELDI Wright, Ent. News. XXXIT., 6, 1921. Primaries: Ground colour 
white; the costal edge, discal area from base to cleft, and inner margin broadly brown-streaked. 
A dark-brown costal streak just above the base of the cleft, connected broadly with the outer 
end of the discal streak, preceded and followed by white; another brown costal streak at the 
base of the first lobe, then narrowly white to apex. A white spot preceding base of cleft, | 
connected obliquely by a fine white line to the outer costal white spot. Second lobe brown. at 
tip, faint brown line down the centre, and a small square white spot one-third from base. 
Fringe smoky, darker within the cleft. Secondaries dull smoky brown, fringes darker. Expanse 
21-26 mm. Palpimottled light brown and white. Thorax dorsally brown; anterior part, 
buf’. Abdomen light brownish-buff on anterior part, becoming almost seal-brown mottled with 
lighter on the anal segments. . 
Two specimens from Atlin. One is from the Bryant collection without date and the other 
was taken by E. M. Anderson on July 19th, 1914. They are both rather faded and a little worn. 
Dr. Lindsey made a slide of the genitalia of the latter to ensure the identification. Barnes and 
Lindsey also record a specimen from Wellington (Taylor) which is paler than typical. The 
type series was taken at San Diego, Cal., so that the species has an extensive range; it is 
also recorded from Arizona. 
G6. OlpazsMATOPHORUS PHOEBUS Barnes and Lindsey, Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 4, page 
406, 1921. Primaries whitish to light tawny brown, the palest area in the second lobe and 
along inner margin of first. Costa whitish towards base, sprinkled with blackish scales, paler 
towards apex. Cleft preceded at a short distance by a faint dark dot. Entire wing usually 
with some scattered black scales, tending to form streaks in the lobes and near the inner margin. 
Fringes pale on costa, elsewhere brownish-grey to brownish-black, contrastingly darker than 
wivg. Secondaries brownish-grey with slightly darker fringes. Expanse 21-23 mm. Head 
prown with a whitish band between antennie. Thorax whitish in front, becoming tawny behind. 
Palpi small, oblique, whitish, with traces of brown on third joint. 
Described from four specimens from various localities in California. With these the authors 
have associated a specimen from New Westminster, which, however, is much paler than the type 
series. Neither the date of capture nor collector’s name is given. Among the material sent 
from Kaslo was a specimen which was different to anything else that I had seen; it was — 
submitted to Dr. Lindsey, who pronounced it this species. It was taken by Mr. Cockle on 
June 22nd, 1910. J 
7. OlbSMATOPHORUS HELIANTHI Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 54, 1880. Primaries brownish — 
—w white to tawny with some scattered dark-brown scales. A short distance before the cleft and 
slightly toward inner margin there is a rounded dark-brown spot, well defined, which may be 
extended as much as half-way to the costa by an oblique line of dark scales, and occasionally 
the anterior extremity of this mark alone is evident as a spot much more vague than the first 
(this is the case in the British Columbia example before me) apex and inner margin of first 

