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and extensive collections of Lepidoptera during the entire summer. 

 In the fall he paid a visit to Vancouver Island, where he made the 

 acquaintance of many of our old members and continued his collecting 

 activities. In 1904 he issued his "List of the Lepidoptera of the Kootenai 

 District," and that gave a great impetus to systematic collecting in the 

 Province. 



Following upon this was a "Check List of B. C. Lepidoptera," com- 

 piled by Mr. F. Kermode with the assistance of Mr. E. M. Anderson, and 

 issued under the auspices of the Provincial Museum. It was made up 

 from specimens in the Museum collection with the additions contained 

 in Dr. Dj-ar's "Kootenai List." This was a distinct advance and served 

 as a basis for future work. It contained the names of over 1,000 species 

 and contained the first list of Geometridae and Micro-lepidoptera pub- 

 lished in the PiX)vince ; one hilndred and eighty-seven species of 

 geometers were recorded and 226 species of micros^. 



Naturally there were many errors in it — misidentifications and 

 duplication of names, that is to say, in some cases the same insect was 

 listed under two or more names. Much valuable work was done during 

 the next two years, and a large number of species in the different families 

 were added to the ever-growing list, and it was finally decided by the 

 officers of this Society to bring out a new Check List of B. C. Lepi- 

 doptera. It was eventually issued in the fall of 1906, under the auspices 

 of the Provincial Department of Agriculture. It was a great improve- 

 ment on the previous list, as many of the most glaring errors had been 

 removed and a number of new additions were recorded. No less than 

 seventeen species of geometers and 51 species of micros being added 

 in those two seasons. Since then no further Check List has been pub- 

 lished^ although additions and corrections in many of the families have 

 been, noted from time to time. These are to be found in (1) the Bul- 

 letins of the B. C. Ent. Socy. 1906 to 1908, (2) the Proceedings of our 

 Society from 1914 up to the present issue, and (3) the Annual Reports 

 of the Provincial Museum from 1915 to date, the latter having been 

 especially useful, as it regularly contains two half tone plates represent- 

 ing new or rare species of Lepidoptera, many of which have not been 

 figured elsewhere. 



Just to show the amount of w-ork that has been accomplished during 

 the last few years, I have taken the following figures from my manu- 

 script list of B. C. Lepidoptera. 



At present I have listed 189 diurnals, 518 noctuids, 310 geometrids 

 and over 400 species of micros. I have left out the figures of the other 

 families, as they are comparatively small. These figures show a large 

 increase over the number of species recorded in the 1906 list. To be 

 exact, they show an addition to our fauna during this period of 57 

 butterflies, 129 noctuids, 106 geometers and 125 micros. 



