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some of the most outlying portions of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. In this way we 

 will be able to get a more definite distribution of our Coast flora. Persons requiring the list are 

 requested to make application to the Provincial Museum for the same. Additions aud corrections 

 to "The Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands" will he published from time to time 

 in the Annual Reports of the Provincial Museum. 



LOAN COLLECTION OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



Mr. Frank Williamson in July, 1921, loaned to the Provincial Museum a wonderful collection 

 of tropical Lepidoptera. These represented specimens from India, Australia. Ceylon. South 

 America, Africa, Japan, Europe, and other countries. Mr. Williamson has been studying the 

 Lepidoptera of the world for a numher of years with regard to the similarity of species and 

 geographic range, and this was the finest collection of butterflies and moths from different parts 

 of the world that has ever been placed on exhibition in British Columbia. There were 196 

 specimens all beautifully mounted in Riker mounts, and it filled two large cases on the second 

 floor of the Museum. 



Although the Provincial Museum is a museum for the exhibition of the flora and fauna of 

 British Columbia, when this collection was offered by Mr. Williamson as a loan, the Honourable 

 Dr. J. D. Mac-Lean, Provincial Secretary, readily granted permission to have the same put ou 

 exhibition. They were admired by thousands of visitors, numbers of them making a special visit 

 to the Museum to see this wonderful display. Others came and made drawings and paintings 

 for their own private collections. These specimens were returned to Mr. Williamson at the end 

 of the calendar year. 



MAMMALS. 



Mr. E. W. Nelsou, Chief of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D.C., asked that the study series of the chipmunks in the Provincial Museum be 

 loaned to their Department, as Mr. A. H. Howell, a specialist, was working ou this group. 

 Seventy-eight skins from different districts on the Mainland of British .Columbia were sent for 

 study. The Department at Washington greatly appreciated the loan of these specimens, which 

 proved of great service to Mr. Howell in his study of this group. 1'pou returning the specimens 

 he wrote his identification on the labels. 



The following is a list of the species aud subspecies determined by Mr. Howell's examination 

 of these skins. It is very much in evidence that iutergrading among the species and subspecies 

 to a very pronounced extent is taking place throughout the geographic range, as the following 

 classification according to the species in the Province will show: — 



Eutamias toiiiiscitdi Rachm. Type locality, mouth of Columbia River. Geographical 

 distribution, Coast region of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, from mouth of Columbia 

 River northward, east in northern Cascades to head of Lake Chelan. 



Eutamias ameenus felix Rhoads. Type locality. Mount Baker Range. Westminster District, 

 British Columbia. Geographical distribution. Mount Baker Range. British Columbia: extent 

 unknown. 



Eutamias amoenus lutewentris Allen. Type locality. Chief Mountain Rake. Montana. 

 Geographical* distribution, Rocky Mountains in Montana from Helena northward into British 

 America. Specimens examined : Okanagan. B.C.. 9 ; Shuswap, B.C., 2 ; Cranbrook, B.C., 2. 



Eutamias amwnus afflnis Allen. Type locality, Ashcroft. British Columbia. Geographical 

 distribution, Interior of British Columbia, oast of the Cascade Mountains. Specimens examined : 

 Okanagan, B.C., 18; Orande Prairie. B.C.. 2: Similkameen. B.C.. 9. 



Eutamias ameenus ludibundus. Specimens examined: Moose Lake. B.C.. 4: Lillooet, B.C.. 8. 



Eutamias ameenus afflnis x luteiventris. Specimens examined: okanagan. B.C., :'». 



Eutamias amoenus luteiveAtris x afflnis. Specimens examined: Okanagan, B.C. <;. 



Eutamias ameenus afflnis x ludibundus. Specimens examined: Similkameen, B.C., 1. 



Eutamias amoenus ludibundus x afflnis. specimens examined: Lillooet, B.C., 1. 



Eutamias minimus caniceps. Specimens examined: -V 1 1 in. B.C., 1". 



Five black skins from near the headwaters of the Stikine River, two of which have 1 eon 

 provisionally Identified by Dr. C. Hart-Merriam as meltoistic examples of Hut a win* borealis 

 caniceps in 1909. The other three specimens were sent to tbe Museum in 191S by Mr. II. W. Dodd, 

 Governmenl Agenl at Telegraph Creek. These three chipmunks were taken by an Indian on 

 Groundhog Mountain, wbo stales (bat in this particular locality tbe chipmunks are all black and 



