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Bentk. ; Lupinus ornatus Dougl.; Pentsienion ovatus Dougl. ; Anogra pallida (Lindl.) Britt. ; 

 Sphceralcea munroana (Dougl.) Spadh.; and TetraiUjmia canescens DC. 



During the last summer a collection of plants was -donated to the Museum by the authorities 

 of the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection had belonged to the late Captain E. V. 

 Harvey, who was one of the founders of the school. These plants, while mounted on small-size 

 sheets, and in most instances showing little more than the inflorescence, can hardly be looked 

 upon as Herbarium specimens. 



Professor J. Macoun, senior Botanist of the Geological Survey of Canada, who has always 

 taken a great interest in the Provincial Herbarium, and several years ago added to our collection 

 over 900 named and classified specimens, mostly of the flora of Vancouver Island, has continued 

 his great support to this division, and has made an offer to the Provincial Museum, subject 

 to the approval of Mr. R. G. McConnell, Deputy Minister of Geological Survey, Ottawa, of a 

 collection of Cryptogamines upon which he has been working and classifying for a considerable 

 time. 



The idea is for the Provincial Museum to take over for the time being the whole of his 

 collection, with the understanding that a division be made on some future date (as there are 

 a number of duplicates of each species) between this Department and the Department at Ottawa. 



Both Professor Macoun and J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Division of the 

 Department of Mines. Ottawa, have always shown a great interest in the Provincial Museum, 

 and have done a great deal of work, more particularly in the Botanical section, in the 

 identification of plants from every section of this Province. 



Mr. J. M. Macoun has also been filling in blanks in our collection from time to time from 

 the Ottawa collection and from a number of plants that both he and his revered father have 

 collected throughout British Columbia in their botanical survey of Canada. The Provincial 

 Museum has at different times sent many specimens (of which a number at present are still 

 there) to Ottawa to be verified by Mr. Macoun. These specimens, it is to be hoped, will be 

 returned indue course. 



In Mejiokiam. 



Mr. J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Survey Department. Ottawa, died on 

 January Sth, 1920. The late Mr. Macoun was one of the highest authorities on botanical research 

 in Canada. He was a faithful and courageous public servant and a man of high standing in 

 scientific research. His loss will be keenly felt not only by the Department with which he had 

 been so long connected, but also by the Provincial Museum in Victoria, to which he was a 

 constant visitor when on the Pacific Coast. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



The Museum collection during the year has been greatly enriched by the donation of the 

 valuable collection of the late Captain K. V. Harvey, which was donated by the authorities of 

 the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection is especially rich in Diptera, of which 

 the late Captain Harvey was a recognized authority in British Columbia. 



The Coleoptera and Hymenoptera collections are also particularly acceptable, and, as they 

 are representative of the whole of Southern British Columbia, tbey will enable us to enlarge and 

 extend our own collections in these orders. Provision is being made for the incorporation of 

 these collections with those already existing in the Museum, and when finally installed they will 

 prove of incalculable value to students. 



The thanks of the Department are due to Mr. E. H. Blackinore. President of the British 

 Columbia Entomological Society, for his valuable services, which were instrumental in securing 

 this highly desirable collection for this institution. 



Mr. Blackinore has always done considerable work in the Entomological division of this 

 Department, both in Identification and arranging the collection for study and inspection, and he 

 has also written the following paper on entomology. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



By E. II. Blackmoue, F.E.S. 



Practically no entomological field-work of any description was undertaken by any of the 



Museum staff during the past season, and therefore there is not so much as usual to write about 



in C tection with the actual work of the Museum. I have, however, been able to gather a few 



