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This newly described species has also been taken at Victoria and Duncan, and is probably 

 the same insect that was listed in the 190G B.C. Check-list as Momophana comstocki Grt. 

 They are closely related, but the latter is only known from the Atlantic States. 



22SS. Trachea separans Grt. This is a most remarkable capture, as the only previously 

 recorded locality for this species in British Columbia is Windermere, in the foot-hills of the 

 Rockies. It was recorded under the name of ferens Sm. by the late Wolley Dod in the Bull. 

 B.C. Ent. Soc, April, 1908; ferens has now been made a synonym of separans. The specimen 

 figured was taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont at Maillardville on July 10th, 1920. 



2359a. Eremobia claudens albertina Hamp. In Cont. Lepid. No. Amer., B. & McD., Vol. II., 

 No. 1, Plate XIII., Fig. 4, is illustrated a specimen of albertina from Duncan, V.I. In the latter 

 part of May, while studying the splendid collection of noctuids belonging to Mr. G. O. Day. of 

 Duncan, the writer recognized several specimens of this rather rare noctuid from the above- 

 mentioned figure. A day of two later I found two or three more specimens in the collection 

 of Mr. A. W. Hanham, which were taken in the same district. Strange to say, the species 

 turned up in Victoria this season, Mr. W. R. Carter securing a specimen " at sugar " on August 

 21st. The writer also took a specimen in good condition at Goldstream " at light " on September 

 7th, and Mr. H. McKnight, of Goldstream, took another on September 26th, the latter, however, 

 being rather worn. 



2458. Acronycta strigulata Sm. This species is a new record for British Columbia ami was 

 taken by Mr. A. W. A. Phair, of Lillooet, B.C., on July 27th, 1920. It is interesting to note in 

 this respect that, while Mr. Phair is an extremely busy man and does not find much time for 

 collecting, he always manages to take each season one or niore species new to the Province. 

 The specimen is not in the best of condition, but we are glad to figure it as a new record. The 

 species was originally described from Colorado (Ent. News. Vol. VIII., page 150, 1S97). 



2532. Hyppa brunneicrista Sm. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. J. W. Cockle, of 

 Kaslo, on June 1st, 1914. We are very glad to have seen this specimen and to be able to figure 

 it, as it has cleared up all doubts as to its presence in British Columbia. 



In the 1906 Check-list both brunneicrista and xylinoides were listed from Wellington. 

 Vancouver, and Kaslo. In Bull. B.C. Ent. Soc. No. 9, April, 190S, Wolley Dod states : " I believe 

 this record (brunneicrista) to be entirely erroneous. The species I saw rather commonly in 

 British Columbia collections under this name is the Pacific Coast form of xylinoides Grt." In a 

 continuation of the same article (Ibid,. No. 10. June, 190S), and under the heading of Hyppa 

 indistincta Sm., he says : " Dr. Dyar records this from Kaslo, but I believe him to be wrong in 

 referring brunneicrista Sm. to the synonymy. I have a specimen from Kaslo and took one at 

 Laggan last July which agree with the figure and description of indistincta, and are, in my 

 opinion, distinct from brunneicrista." 



Recently Mr. Cockle has sent us specimens of all three species for examination, and while 

 indistincta and xylinoides are close to each other, brunneicrista is abundantly distinct from both 

 of them. It may be easily separated by the following characters: (a) The pectinations of the 

 male antennae are longer than in the other species; (b) the thorax laterally is solid reddish- 

 brown; (c) the posterior thoracic tuft is distinctly rusty-brown; (d) a rusty-brown streak in 

 the s.t. space near the anal angle. The general appearance of the insect also seems much darker. 



Geometridw (Plate II). 



3939. Marmopteryx marmorata Tack. Mr. W. B. Anderson was fortunate enough to secure 

 several specimens of this fine geometer at Vaseaux Lake. B.C.. on May 25th, 1920. They bad 

 evidently newly emerged and were in perfect condition. A figure of the under-side is given to 

 show the beautiful marbled effect on the hind wings. The ground colour is white with reddish- 

 brown and dark-brown markings. A reference to this species was made in the Rep. l'rov. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist, B.C., page 18, 1919. 



3945. Carsia paladuta Tbun. This species is one of the rarest geometers that we have and 

 is a high-altitude species. The first record that we had of this species was a specimen taken 

 by the late Mr. R. V. Harvey on the Hope Mountains on July 19th. 1906. No further record was 

 obtained until last year, when amongst some geomotrids sent to the writer for determination by 

 Mr. J. W. Cockle, of Kaslo. another specimen of this species was found. Mr. A. W. Hanham, 

 while collecting on Mount McLean last August at an altitude of 6,500 feet, captured several 

 specimens, one of which we figure. 



