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a nice series in my own garden during the second week of September. Mr. W. R. Carter also 
took a number of specimens at Esquimalt about the same time. It is a very variable insect, 
- but the variation seems to run along two distinct lines. In the one form the outer area of the 
primaries is a dark slate and the inner area a clear pure cream; in the other the outer half is 
a reddish-brown, while the basal area is a chalky-white, with a small dark triangular bloteh 
with its base resting on the inner margin. Meyrick. (Hdbk. Brit. Lepid., 1895) gives its food- 
plant as hawthorn, blackthorn, rose, ete. 
Adelida. 
$448. Nemotois bellela Wik. This new record was taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vaveuby 
on May 28th, 1922. Only one specimen was taken, but that was in a beautifully fresh condition. 
It is rather a handsome insect, especially when yiewed under a lens. The ground colour of the 
primaries is yellow, which is mostly obscured by overlying dark-brown scales which heavily 
outline the entire margin of the wing as well as the veins, thus giving it a general dark-brown 
effect. The narrow transverse band is bright yellow, bordered on both sides by light-blue scales. 
The secondaries are dark brown and when viewed in certain lights the whole insect has a strong 
purplish reflection. 
The genus Nemotois Hub. is rather a large one, containing as it does something over eighty 
species, most of which occur in Europe, India, and Japan; bellela, however, being the only 
North American representative. The species was deseribed by Walker in 1863 and the only 
locality then given was “ Canada.” 
NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 
In the Entomological News for July, 1922 (Vol. 33, page 211), there is an article by Dr. A. W. 
Lindsey entitled “ Notes on the Distribution and Synonymy of some Species of Pterophorid:e.” 
The greater part of the “notes on distribution” deal with British Columbia specimens sent 
by me to Dr. Lindsey for determination, and are included in my paper on “The Pterophoride 
of British Columbia,’ which appeared in the Ann. Rept., Prov. Museum, 1921, page 34 et seq. 
Included in Dr. Lindsey’s paper are “Notes on the Synonymy” communicated to him by 
Mr. Edward Meyrick, of Marlborough, Eng. 
As two of the species mentioned occur in British Columbia, it is thought advisable to refer 
to them here, as corrections to my paper, noted above. Mr. Meyrick expresses the belief that 
; Platyptilia shaste Wishm. and fragilis Wishm. are synonyms of albida Wishm. In this view 
’ Dr. Lindsey concurs, and the name albida Wishm. should be substituted for fragilis on page 38 
of the Ann. Rep., Prov. Mus., 1921. 
Further, Mr. Meyrick says: ‘“ Orneodes (Alucita) montana Ckrll. is in my opinion a synonym 
4 of huebneri Wall. (Europe, throughout Afriea and Kashmir).” In his letter to Dr. Lindsey he 
4 also discusses the characters which lead him to this conclusion. As Mr. Meyrick is a world-wide 
: authority on this group, it would be idle to dispute his dictum on the matter, and it would be 
: well to substitute huebneri Wall. for montana Ckril. on page 45, 1c. 
A In a letter received some time ago from Dr. J. McDunnough, of Ottawa, he states that 
; specimens sent by me for the Canadian National Collection are not Oid@matophorus corvus 
B. & L. as labelled, but are the closely allied species stramineus Wals. Dr. MeDunnough has 
made a slide of the male genitalia, which conclusively proves this fact. The specimens in 
question were taken by me at Goldstream in July, 1920. This locality, together with that of 
Fraser Mills, must be removed from the list of localities given under corvus and placed under 
* stramineus (see page 43, l.c.). Corvus, whieh occurs in the eastern portion of the Proyinee, is 
a somewhat larger insect and has a much smokier appearance than stramineus. 
VICTORIA, B.C.: 
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1923. 

