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Island, and tbis is the most southerly point yet recorded. Mr. A. W. Hanham, in a recent 

 Idler, tells me that he has a specimen given him by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor, labelled Cameron 

 Lake, July 23rd, 1903, and Mr. G. O. Day writes me that he took one specimen at Cowiehan 

 Ray, July 7th, 1915. The date of the Fitzgerald specimen is June 15th. On the Mainland, 

 anywhere from Lillooet to the Kootenays, this particular geometer is very abundant, some years 

 heing a perfect nuisance. 



MaillarclviUe. — This small settlement is ahout a mile from Fraser Mills and some five miles 

 from New Westminster. Mr. L. E. Marmont, the Reeve of the district and an old-time ento- 

 mologist, has taken some very interesting species there. The most desirable of the Noctuida? are 

 Rynaohgrdtis gttvipcnnis Grt. ; Trachea impulsa Gn. ; and Bomolocha palparia Wlk. (uncommon). 



Mention must he made of two remarkable aberrations; one of Namagana pra-aciita Sm. is 

 a peculiar inelanic form, the ground colour of the primaries being of a dark sooty brown, with 

 the orbicular, reniform, and s.t. line of a light-ash colour and standing out in startling relief. 

 The other one is Zale minora norda Sm., and in place of the usual mottled appearance, with its 

 abundance of fine wavy lines, the whole of the wings are light brown, being only relieved by a 

 wide black t.p. line, black discal mark, and black basal area. Amongst the geometers taken. 

 1'liilobia ulsterata Rears, in very uncommon, and we were glad to get the record of Caripcta 

 wqualiaria Grt., taken on May 17th. This latter seems to be exceedingly rare, as we have very 

 few records of its capture. 



LiUoort. — During the first week in July Messrs. Day & Hanham, of Duncan, made a 

 collecting-trip to Lillooet, and, although owing to the poor season the general result was rather 

 disappointing, a few good specimens were taken, especially in the Geometridse. Amongst some 

 of the latter submitted to us for identification we noted the following: DrepanulatHx unival- 

 cararia Gne. and its form cervinicolor Hist.; D. focminaria Gne. ; and D. carnearia Hoist. The 

 latter is an exceedingly good capture and is the first male and the third record we have from 

 the Province, the other two being a female from Kaslo and another female from Yinir. 



A single specimen was taken of Dysstroma formosa Hulst. This is the first record we have 

 had of this for three years, Mr. A. W. Phair having taken a single specimen at the same place 

 on June 23rd, 1916. 



On looking over some material recently sent by Mr. Phair, Ave found a nice specimen of 

 Smennthus cerisyi opthahnicus form pallidulus Edw., taken on August 16th, 1919. This is the 

 latest date we have of this form, although Mr. Cockle reports one taken at Kaslo on August 9th. 

 1901. Amongst the Noctuidre, Rynehagrotis vUtifrons Grt. and cerapoda oblita Grt. are the best. 

 Up to the present we have no record of either of these species being taken in any other locality. 



Spenccs Bridge. — Mr. W. A. Newcombe, who is connected with the Provincial Department of 

 Fisheries, spent the latter part of August in this district, and in his spare time collected a little 

 material, some of which was very desirable, noticeably Eu-roa costata idahansis Grt. : Rhizagrotts 

 flavicollis Sm.; and Lycophotia nigra Sm. The latter name has been used in many British 

 Columbia collections for a somewhat similar species — L. astricta sub jug at a Dyar. The only other 

 authentic records of nigra that we have besides this are from Armstrong, Rossi and, and Kaslo. 

 Only one geometer was taken, Itame matilda Dyar. 



Quesncl Dam. — During September Mr. Newcombe spent a few weeks in this locality, but as 

 the season was getting late nothing much was taken; however, we are always pleased to get 

 material fr.om here, as very little collecting has been done in this district. Polygonia satyrvs 

 Edw., P. faunus rusticus Edw., Aglais j-uibum Bdv. and Le C. were the only Diurnals taken. 

 A short series of Agrotis mopinatus Sm. was captured, the only noctuid observed. Geometers 

 were also scarce, three specimens of Dysstroma being all that were seen. Two of these belong 

 to the oitrata group, the other one being 7). formosa boreata Tayl.. which is a very rare form 

 and one that we are pleased to receive. 



Osoyoos. — In addition to the Diurnals mentioned under the heading of "Illustrated Lepi- 

 doptera," Mr. w. R. Anderson succeeded in getting a few specimens of Marmopteryx marmorata 

 Pack. This is an exceedingly pretty geometer on the under-side, the marbled effect being 

 especially Striking. The first specimens we saw of this species were a pair collected by Mr. 



!•:. M. Anderson on May 7th, 1913, at Vaseaux Lake, just south of Penticton. 



Fort 8tet /<■. Mr. w. R. Anderson took the fust specimen of Buptoieta Claudia Cram, recorded 

 from British Columbia on September 23rd, L919. This is a most interesting record, ami we are 

 glad that Mr. Anderson, who is a most Indefatigable worker, has added this to our list of 



