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neighbourhood of Victoria, Vancouver Island, comprising 

 74 Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, 121 Lepidoptera Heterocera, 

 6 Hymenoptera, 6 Diptera, and 3 Neuroptera. Dr. Crompton 

 also presented the insects which he captured in September, 

 1897, during Professor 'Poulton's visit to Victoria, amounting 

 to 48 specimens of many Orders, including one Arachnid. 



Many other naturalists also presented specimens of insects 

 captured at the same time in the same locality. Professor 

 Meldola, F.R.S., presented 49 specimens of many Orders, Pro- 

 fessor G. F. Fitzgerald, F.R.S., 23 specimens, Dr. Kirker.R.N., 

 4 specimens, Professor Sherrington, F.R.S., 3 specimens, E. A. 

 Carew-Gibson, Esq., 19 specimens, and Professor Poulton 176 

 specimens. Eight specimens captured at an earlier date were 

 presented by E. Baynes Reed, Esq. 



Thus the Hope Collections have been enriched by over 540 

 specimens with excellent data from this interesting locality. 



Professor Meldola presented 18 insects of various Orders, 

 Professor Poulton 46 insects, and C, A. Ellis, Esq., 2 rare 

 Coleoptera [Carabidae] from the neighbourhood of Vancouver. 



An Acridian from Vernon, B.C., was presented by E. M. 

 Walker, Esq., of Toronto. 



Small numbers of insects of many Orders captured at 

 various places on the Canadian Pacific Railway between 

 Vancouver and Glacier House were also presented, viz. 

 31 specimens by Professor Poulton, 8 by Professor Meldola, 

 and I by Miss Cecil Vernon Harcourt. The localities repre- 

 sented are Mission Junction, North Bend, Revelstoke, Albert 

 Canyon, and lUecilliwaet. 



Insects captured at or near Glacier House, on the summit 

 of the Canadian Pacific in the Selkirk Range, at a height of 

 from 4,000 to 6,000 feet were also presented — 137 specimens 

 by Professor Poulton, 23 by Professor Meldola, 1 1 by Miss Cecil 

 Vernon Harcourt, and i by Professor W, Ramsay, F.R.S. 



Thirty specimens from various localities between Glacier 

 House and Lake Louise were presented by Professor Poulton, 

 the places represented being Roger's Pass, Six-Mile-Creek, 

 Beaver Mouth, Donald, and Palliser. 



Twenty-three specimens from Lake Louise near Laggan, 

 on the eastern slope of the Rockies at a height of from 5,550 



