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peaks of the surrounding mountains ; naturally therefore, the 

 finest specimens are taken in the breeding grounds. 



The electric light proved very useful in attracting the Noct- 

 ludx, most of my captures being made through its agency, I 

 found however that while collecting at night was remunerative, 

 most specimens were more or less damaged, I therefore tried 

 early morning, about daybreak (the time when the lights are 

 extinguished) and found (as conjectured) that the imagos settled 

 upon the poles, and fences near by, the ropes used for lowering 

 and hoisting the arc-lamps being a favorite resting place ; even 

 when nothing was discernable to the eye, a sudden snap jerk of 

 the rope would knock quite a few to the ground by its violent 

 vibration, — yet as certain species are on the wing only at certain 

 hours of the night it necessitates collecting during the dark hours 

 to secure the most rare of those species. 



The Geometrina family is bountifully represented here, and 

 many species have been collected ; but as they are not yet 

 determined, I shall mention them together with captures of Noct- 

 nidae during 1893 in my ne.xt communication. Orgy/a nova is 

 yearly abundant in Victoria and its cocoons may be seen every- 

 where, yet it is hardly the pest one would imagine it to be from 

 its numbers. Melitcea taxlori is also plentiful, the larva; feeding 

 on [P/antago lanceolata the narrow leaved plantain. 1 report the 

 capture of Papilio ajax upon the authority of a brother entomolo- 

 gist at Duncans Station, who took a single specimen and as far as 

 I am informed, the first recorded on this Island. Although not 

 a Coleopterist I have taken many good things, amongst them 

 being Sciopithcs arci/afits, Sp/urrifcs gla/u-atiis, Sinodcndron nigosinii, 

 Pachyta spi/rca, etc., these have been distributed to Eastern friends. 

 A single specimen of UlocJuetcs leonimis, which is one of the few 

 short winged species of this family in our fauna, was taken at 

 Albert Bay, and is now in the collection of the Natural History 

 Society of British Columbia at ^'ictoria. 



1 have to thank my friends Mr. B. Neumoegen, of New \'ork. 

 Prof. John B. Smith, of New Brunswick, N. J., Mr. W. H. Edwards, 

 of Coalburgh, W. Va., and Prof. James Fletcher, of Ottawa, for 

 their kindness in determining, and naming specimens, thus enab- 

 ling me to classify my captures. 



The following list comprises the Diurnals taken by myself 

 and others during 1892 and 1893, the Heterocera being my own 

 captures for 1892 only, localities and dates are given where known, 



