]2 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PRO('EEDL\GS, 191L 



Piirnassius clodiiis was more plentiful than I have seen it for many 

 years. Adults were taken during the latter part of June and in July. 

 Pal>Uo eurymcdon and rutulus were common flying throughout the 

 entire season, hut zoliacon was rather rare. Neophasia menapia, the 

 Pine White, was not as plentiful as usual, the adults appearing in the 

 early part of August. 



The Cabbage Butterfly, P'lci'is rapac, was very common and did a 

 great deal of damage in this district. Polygonia satyrus and silenus were 

 present in numbers, as were also Eugonia californica and the Mourning 

 Cloak butterfly, Euvanessa antiopa. As you know these four all winter 

 in the adult stage, and may often be taken in houses late in the fall and 

 earl spring. 



I saw only a few specimens of the Red Admiral, f ancssa atidanta. 

 Thev are never very plentiful. J . caryat and J . cardui, the latter so- 

 called the Thistle butterfly, did not appear in such numbers as was usual. 

 These also winter as adults. BasUarchla lorquini was particularly in evi- 

 dence this summer, appearing about the first week in June. 



During the summer I had the pleasure of climbing Mount Cheam 

 and there, at a height of 7,000 feet above sea level, I found Enhia 

 vidlifi \ex\ plentiful. It feeds on grasses and is flying usually in the 

 first and second week in August. Several specimens of another moun- 

 tain butterfly, probably descendants of former Arctic fauna, Oeneis 

 norn/i var. beanli. were taken at the same time at the summit of this 

 mountain. It is particularly interesting to note in connection with this 

 latter butterHy that it will, immediately on alighting, lay over on its 

 side, resting in a position parallel to the object upon which it has 

 alighted. No doubt its windy habitat had forced this habit upon it the 

 better to protect itself against the elements. 



On the mainland again, Epidemia hclloidcs was very much in evi- 

 dence during the month of July. I noticed further two or three speci- 

 mens of Lepisesia ulahnnc in the early spring at the time when the 

 cherry trees were in blossom attracted by the blossoms themselves. The 

 White Lined Sphinx, Deilephila lincata and D, gallii were both fairly 

 common, the larvae of the latter in particular were very plentiful in the 

 late summer feeding upon Fireweed. 



The Tussock Moth, Notolophus antiqua, was very common this year 

 in the vicinity of Vancouver, and the larvae did considerable damage, 

 especially during the month of July. This is the first year I have 

 noticed this moth doing any damage worth mentioning. The Tent 

 Caterpillar, RIalacosoina disstr'ui. has caused much annoyance in this 

 district, attacking fruit trees and ornamentals. It has been verv prevalent 

 for the last three or four years and does not yet show an\' appearance 

 of decreasing its numbers. 



