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to a form which occurs in Arizona, and which is Hsted as a race of 

 albifasciata Pack., the latter, although only an aberrant form, having 

 priority over reflata. This left our Vancouver Island form without a 

 name, as although it is identical in maculation with the Arizona form, 

 it differs in colour, the latter being a dark grey form, while ours is a 

 dull green with slight rosy sprinklings along the veins. Messrs. Barnes 

 and McDunnough have named it victoria, the types being three males 

 and two females from this localit^^ 



A new species is described from Ketchikan, Alaska, under the name 

 of exculpata B. & McD., and a grey form of this species occurs with it, 

 called tribulata B. & McD. This latter form also occurs at Kaslo 

 amongst other places, and therefore must he included in our B.C. List. 



The form of niveifasciata Swett, described as a variety of californiata 

 and of which I have the allotype, is now placed as a form of irata on 

 account of the shape of the uncus, which, as will be seen by the figures 

 on page 25, is much closer to the type of irata than it is to that of 

 californiata. 



This concludes the new forms in the short palpi group. In the 

 next group, those with moderate palpi, there have been more changes 

 than in any of the others. The name of autumnalis Strom., which is a 

 European species, and which was applied to a species occurring in the 

 Atlantic States, has been discarded, as the genitalia of our North 

 American species do not coincide with it; also several forms which were 

 associated with it in a varietal sense have been raised to specific rank, 

 notabl}' perfracta Swett, which is a very rare insect, of v%'hich only three 

 specimens are known, two from Calgary and one from the Catskill Mts. 

 There is a race of this species from Vancouver Island, which has just 

 been described by Barnes and McDunnough under the name of exasperata 

 from two specimens in the Taylor collection, taken at Departure Bay and 

 Wellington, respectively. I had the good fortune to take a single male 

 in May, 1914. This had stood in my collection as an undescribed form 

 of autumnalis. It is evidently as rare as the typical species, as the three 

 mentioned are the only ones known ; so far no female specimens have 

 been taken. 



We now come to the race named columbiata by the late Rev. Taylor. 

 It has been removed from its previous association, and is now considered 

 a race of renunciata Walk., on account of the shape of the uncus, which 

 is deeply bifurcated, leaving practically no neck. There is a melanic 

 form of this race, which has been named pernigra by Barnes and McDun- 

 nough. This is of special interest to us, as although the types are from 

 Montana, the three paratypes are from British Columbia — a male and 

 female from Skagit Basin and a male from Stickeen River. It is more 

 than probable that the latter was taken by Theodore Bryant when in 

 that district many years ago with a survey party. 



