12 Geo. 5 Provincial Museum Report. M 21 



I have two or three rather poor specimens taken in the Yukon by Mr. T. Bryant which arc 

 referable to the form lucia. In the Rep. Can. Arc. Exped., Vol. III., page 30, Mr. A. Gibson 

 refers to specimens taken by G. M. Dawson at Dease Lake, B.C., in 1887, which Dr. Fletcher 

 determined as representing the forms lucia Kby.. marginata Edw.. and violacea Edw. Dease 

 Lake is situated some 60 miles north-east of Telegraph Creek. 



In the Sphingidse, Smerimthus jamaicensis f. norm geminatus Say. and Heemorrhagia thysbe 

 form cimbiciformis Steph. were the best. Apantesis michabo Grt. was the most desirable of 

 the arctiids, while in the Noctuidse the following are worthy of special mention : — 



Euxoa plagigera Morr. ; Scotogramma trifolii Rott., a single specimen which is the first 

 I have seen of the typical form ; it may occur at Kaslo, but I have not seen a specimen from 

 there. Anyway, it is quite rare, as is also the race albifusa Walk., which occurs on Vancouver 

 Island. A figure of the latter was given in Rep. Prov. Mus., 19IG, Plate VII. Polia farnhami 

 Grt.; Bombycia rectifascia Sin. (sec "Illustrated Lepidoptera ") ; Agroperina moma Streck.'; 

 this is another rare species ; the only other one I have seen was collected by Mr. G. O. Day 

 at Cowichan Bay. Andropolia wdon Grt.; Namangana prwacuta Sin. ; and Autographa flagellum 

 Walk. ; this is rather an uncommon Autographa in British Columbia, as our previous records 

 are from Agassiz aud Kaslo. Amongst the geometers are Lobpphora montanata race magno- 

 liqtoidata Dyar., previously taken at Kaslo (Cockle) and Rossland (Danby) ; Dysstroma formosa 

 Hulst. : Lygris dcstinata race schistacca Warr. ; a single specimen taken on August 30th matches 

 exactly a specimen from Kaslo (Cockle), which was identified by Dr. McDunuough some years 

 ago as this species. I have no other record of it. Isturgia truncataria Wlk.; Itame sulphurea 

 Pack. ; /. plumosata B. & McD. ; EucMcpna astylusaria Wlk. ; and one Eulype hastata race 

 subhastuta Xole. ; this race is rather rare in British Columbia collections, although it is rather 

 widely distributed. We have specimens from Atlin, Prince Rupert, and Grouse Mountain, near 

 Vancouver. 



Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, who has collected in ma in- 

 different localities during the season, reports that collecting on the whole was decidedly po_or, 

 although several good days were experienced, notably May 24th at Pentieton and August loth 

 at Fort Steele. The following are the best of his captures :- — 



Powell River. — Eriopygca pobrunnea Grt.; Autographa mappa G. & R. ; and Diactinia 

 silaceata race albolincata Pack. 



Seechelt. — Several specimens of Epargyreus tityrus Fabr. were taken, but they were all badly 

 worn as it was rather late for this species — August 6th, to be exact. This species has previously 

 been recorded from Vancouver and Savary Island (R. S. Sherman), where it appears about the 

 latter part of June. A specimen of Selcnia alciphearia form ornata B. & McD. was also taken. 



Pentieton. — Smerinthus eerisyi opthalmicus form pallidulus Edw.; a single specimen of 

 this uncommon form was taken; Diacrisia pteridis (daribyi) race rubra Neum; Scotogramma 

 oregonica Grt.; and Spodolepsis substriataria race danbyi Hulst. 



Fort Steele. — Euxoa satiens Sm. ; a short series of this rare noctuid was taken in good 

 condition " at light." In our local lists it is simply recorded from " B.C." I have one specimen 

 from Lillooet (Phair) which is referable to this species. Euxoa quadridentata race flutea Sm. ; 

 Oncocnemis albifasciata Hamp. ; this is also a rare species. A single specimen was taken some 

 years ago by Mr. Anderson at Chilcotin (see "Illustrated Lepidoptera"); and Zenophleps 

 I ign icolorata Pack'. 



MlCROLKPIDOI'TERA. 



We have continued our work in this group during the present season and have obtained a 

 number of new records, including several new species. We have also extended our knowledge Of 

 the known range of a number of species that have been previously recorded. 



Collections have been made at Victoria, Coldstream, Fitzgerald, Mount Tzouhalem. Maillard- 

 ville, Mount McLean, Chilcotin. and Vavenby, which have resulted in the addition of much 

 desirable material. 



As a result of this activity the writer has been enabled to mount about 1,800 of these small 

 moths during the past season, a great many of which have not previously boon recorded. 



In the Ann. Rep. Prov. Mus., 1020, .pases 23 and 24. I .cave a list of species taken in that 

 year which were additional to those recorded in the 1906 B.C. Check-list. I am appending a 

 further additional list of species taken during the present year, together with a few taken in 

 1920, the determinations of which were not to hand when the previous list was printed. Some 



