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which were different to the others. At first 1 thought they were a well 

 marked variety, but later they turned out to be laisata. Mr. L. W. 

 Swett of Boston compared them with a specimen in the Pearsall collec- 

 tion at New York, which specimen was labelled "compared with 

 Strecker's type," and my specimens matched it exactly. This species is 

 very close to longipalpata but is of a lighter colour and has the spots 

 on the veins elongated, the latter being, to my mind, its most distin- 

 guishing feature. I am inclined to believe it more of a variety of longi- 

 palpata than a distinct species, although that can only be proved by 

 breeding. Its type locality is California. 



Eupithecia usurpata Pearsall. This species was described in the 

 Proc. Entomological Society of Washington, Vol. XL, 1909. It belongs 

 to the same group as limnata and olivacea, and is in shape and colour 

 verj- much like limnata, only it is somewhat smaller and is of an even 

 dark 3'ellowish brown, not mottled as in limnata, and the discal dots 

 are much less clear than in the latter species. It flies with limnata in 

 the same localities and is, with the latter, one of our earliest species, 

 flying round the "sallow blossoms" in late March. I took two on the 

 26th March last year at Victoria, but it is almost certain to occur at 

 Duncan and other points on the Island. 



Eucymatoge vitalbata L). & S., taken by Mr. J. \V. Cockle at Kaslo 

 on the 6th August, 1907, and is the only known specimen in British 

 Columbia. This species is taken commonly at Calgary, Alberta, by Mr. 

 Wolley-Dod, from where it was first recorded as North American. It 

 also occurs in Manitoba and I have specimens from Ontario. 



Rheumaptera luctuata var. obductata Moesch. Through some mis- 

 identification of the late Mr. Taylor, he has the wrong form listed in our 

 British Columbia Check List. The insect that he has listed there, as 

 R. luctuata is in reality the var. obductata, which has the secondaries 

 entirely black. I have this form from Atlin, Rossland and Vancouver. 



Dysstroma mulleolata Mosch. Mention of this species was made 

 by me at our annual meeting two years ago (See Proc. B.C. Ent. Socy., 

 No. 4, N.S., p. 45). At that time I listed it as a variety of Dysstroma 

 citrata Linn., but with additional material that I have collected during 

 the past two seasons and a careful comparison with Hulst's type, which 

 was made through the kindness of Mr. H. Weiss, of New Brunswick, 

 N.J., the true form of mulleolata has been located. It is quite distinct from 

 any of its allies and is of a very striking appearance; it is much larger 

 than any of the citrata group, and is on the wing fully a month earlier. 

 It is apparently local and far from being common. I may add that I 

 have three distinct varieties of this species, descriptions of which will 

 shortly be published in the Canadian Entomologist. 



Hydriomena nubilofasciata var. cupidata Swett. This very rare 

 and interesting geometer was taken bv our worthy President, Mr. G. 



