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we cannot publish a new Check List at the present time ; one of them 

 is that although the majority of the species have been worked out and 

 correctly identified, there are still a number of species, both in the 

 Noctuidae and Geometridae, that cannot be accurately identified until 

 comparisons are made with the author's 'types ; whilst others are appar- 

 ently undescribed. It is of no use issuing a Check List of B.C. Lepi- 

 doptera which does not include every species known up to the date of 

 publication, neither is it right to include a doubtful species which, with 

 a little time and trouble, may be cleared up one way or the other. The 

 second reason is that Doctors Barnes and McDunnough intend issuing 

 a new Check List of North American Lepidoptera in the near future. 

 In that work the changes in nomenclature are very considerable, and, 

 as is very likely, that when published it will be the standard list for some 

 years to come, it is advisable for us, as a scientific society, to have our 

 B.C. List follow along the same up-to-date lines. 



Author's Note. — Since the above notes were written, it has Ijeen 

 found that Sabulodes aurantiacaria Pack, is the female of S. cervinaria 

 Pack., which latter was described from two males taken by Behrens in 

 California. Therefore, the name aurantiacaria will automatically 

 become a synonym of cervinaria. E. H. B. 



Explanation of Plate II. 

 Stamnodes blackmorei Swett. Co-type. 

 Stamnodes blackmorei Swett. Underside. 

 Stamnodes gibbicostata Walk. 

 Stamnodes gibbicostata Walk. Underside. 



Note difference in size and maculatien between Figs. 

 2 and 4. 

 Hydriomena speciosata Pack. Typical. 

 H. speciosata form ameliata Swett. Allotype. 



Note the broad white median band and strongly marked 

 intra-discal line of this form as compared with Fig. 5. 

 Hydriomena grandis Hulst. Typical. 

 H. grandis form saawichata Swett. Paratype. 



Note the solid dark median band contrasting with the 

 lighter unicolorous basal area. 

 Eupithecia limnata Pears. 

 Eupithecia usurpata Pears. 

 Eupithecia longipalpata Pack. 

 Eupithecia laisata Streck. 

 Figures 3 and 4 were taken by A. F. Winn at Montreal, Que. All 

 the others were taken by E. H. Blackmore in the vicinity of Victoria. B.C. 



