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There are also several asters and species of Corupositre not yet determined. 



Plants collected in the vicinity of Victoria and presented by Dr. C. F. Xewcorube : — 



Brasenia Sclireberi Gmel. Orobanche eomosa Hook. 



Platyspermum scapigerum Hook. Artemisia canadensis: Michx. 



Lupin/us lepidus Dougl. Agoseris laciniata (Gray) Greene. 



Further additions are : — 



Loiscleuria procumbens Desv. From the vicinity of Prince Rupert; presented by Miss 

 Beaman. 



Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. Collected at Spences Bridge. B.C., August 6th, 1920, and presented 

 by Mr. W. A. Neweombe. 



Oarex Crawei Dewey. Collected at Golden, B.C., June 20th, 11)20, and presented by 

 Professor J. K. Henry. 



Hydrophyllum tenuipes Heller ; Calamagrostis aleutica Trin. Vancouver Island specimens 

 presented by Mr. J. G. French. 



Oentina propinqua Richardson. Collected at Cameron Lake, V.I., August 6th, 1916, by 

 Mr. W. R. Carter and identified by Professor C. V. Piper, this being a new addition to the 

 Vancouver Island flora. 



Among these contributions the following appear to be new additions to the flora of British 

 Columbia : — 



Car ex Crawei Dewey. 



Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. 



During the season a large number of plants have been identified for children attending some 

 of the Victoria City schools and others residing in several districts of Vancouver Island. These 

 plants were Drought in by Miss M. Lawson, of the Colonist staff, who gave up a great deal of 

 time and work in the interests of the children by publishing a list weekly in the Sunday edition 

 of the Daily Colonist. This created a marked competition between the collectors, and, besides 

 keeping up their individual interest, was decidedly effective as an educational lesson in nature- 

 study by teaching them the names of some of their native flora. 



Some of the plants received were in such poor condition that identification was impossible, 

 and it is desirable, should this work be continued, that some simple methods be followed in 

 collecting and preparing specimens which would be beneficial to all concerned. 



It is worthy of mention that among the plants received were two (both introduced plants 

 and probably garden escapes), which, so far as we know, have not been previously recorded in 

 British Columbia, growing in a wild state, namely : — 



Borago officinalis L. Collected at William Head by Miss Barbara Cox. 



Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britton. Collected on Foul Bay Road. Victoria, by Master 

 Jack Miller. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



By E. H. Blackmoee, F.E.S. 



In my remarks in the Provincial Museum Reports for the years 191S and 1919 special 

 mention was made of the scarcity of insects in general and noctuids in particular, thinking that 

 wo had reached the limit in this respect, but from a collecting standpoint neither of those years 

 was as bad as the season just past. The weather conditions were somewhat abnormal, the total 

 rainfall for this year being 3 inches above the annual average, eight months out of the twelve 

 being above the average precipitation ; this, together with a great deal of cool weather in the 

 early spring, made collecting conditions very unsatisfactory. 



The fall collecting was also exceedingly poor, as it started to rain on September Sth and 

 continued more or less until the end of the collecting season. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, 

 some very interesting material was taken during the season, and it only goes to prove that if 

 continuous and persistent collecting is carried on one can always turn up some rare and 

 uncommon species, however unfavourable the season may be from weather conditions or other 

 causes. 



Some two or three years ago, on looking over the list of Microlepidoptera as recorded in 

 the 1900 Chock-list of British Columbia Lepldoptera, I was very much struck with the com- 

 paratively few species listed from Vancouver Island (excepting Wellington), and especially 

 from Victoria. 



