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calyce and Synchloe, creusa the " whites," and a number of day-tlying 

 moths were found hovering about the flora, which I vouch to say has 

 no equal in any part of the Province I have visited. In addition, most 

 of the day-flying moths were taken at Wilson Creek, where we collected 

 for a short period of a little over three weeks. Having collected birds 

 and mammals during the fall of the previous year, I acquired a fair 

 knowledge of the district ; consequently, with this in my favour, I was 

 enabled to traverse with ease and avoid many hardships, etc., which a 

 naturalist faces in the wilds of strange territory. 



It is needless to mention the pleasure derived from a trip of this 

 nature, and I sincerely hope that within the near future some of the 

 members present, or otherwise, will have the same good fortune bestowed 

 on them, and also the opportunity to go afield as I have in the past, 

 therel9y furthering what little entomological work I have accomplished, 

 not only in the north, but in other sections of the Province. The north 

 undoubtedly is still virgin territory, offering the student the richest field 

 I know in British Columbia for general research-work. A casual glance 

 at my list of captures, a number of which are new records, should 

 convince our members that we are still at sea relative to what species 

 occur in British Columbia, and also as to the respective range of some 

 of the common forms of insects in the various orders. Insect-life in this 

 country flourished almost everywhere in abundance. Perhaps the most 

 noticeable phenomena was the scarcity of Heterocera (moths), attributed 

 to the little or no darkness throughout the summer months ; however, 

 notwithstanding these conditions, it is indeed gratifying to learn that 

 of what moths were taken nearly all were good species. It was not 

 until early in August, when the nights began to show signs of darkness, 

 that we availed ourselves of the use of the lamp. With this device we 

 were greatly disappointed ; our catch in four consecutive nights only 

 yielded about a dozen Noctuidse and several Geometridse. Failing to 

 attract the moths to light, a few nights were spent in visiting a few 

 sugared tree-trunks, etc. Sugaring also proved futile, taking only four 

 Euxoa divergens during the whole week. Incidentally, many interest- 

 ing species of Diurnals (butterflies) fell to the net, several of which arc 

 entirely new records for the Province. Unfortunately, a number of the 

 species known to occur in the district missed our observation, particularly 

 those insects which are purely local to a limited area in the sections we 

 were unable to search. Owing to our brief stay it was impossible to 

 cover more than a small part of the vast unknown region, only scratch- 

 ing, as it were, at half a dozen points throughout the country where 

 conditions were most favourable for general collecting purposes. 



The GeometridcC collected are being reported upon by my esteemed 

 friend and fellow-member, Mr. E. H. Blackmore. To this gentleman I 

 am indebted in many ways, and also for his kind assistance in classifying 

 and determining the insects belonging to this group. I may say that 

 credit is due him for the energetic and ijainstaking manner in which he 



