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on June loth Mr. W. E. Carter took a long series in good condition on Gonzales Hill. The 

 majority were of the dark form (vaehellellus Kearf.), but two or three were as light as Zeller's 

 topiarius. It seems to me that vacTiellcllus and topiarius should he regarded as "forms" and 

 not " races," as the dark, light, and typical forms all occur together. 

 * 5369. Orambus phtmbifimbriellus Dyar. This Species was described from sixteen specimens 

 taken by Dyar at Kaslo in 1903. We have had no other record of it until Mr. Buckell took a 

 single specimen at Chilcotin on July 15th, 1920. During the present season two specimens were 

 taken at West Summerland by Mr. J. W. Richmond on June 20th, and a single specimen was 

 taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont at Fraser Mills on July 27th. The latter is rather an unexpected 

 locality for this species. 



55S3. Promylea lunigerella Rag. This is apparently a rather rare species. One specimen 

 was taken by the writer at Victoria on July 17th, 1917; another specimen on Mount Newton, 

 August 1st, 1920 ; and I took a third specimen on August 22nd of this year. I have not seen 

 any others. It was described from " Vancouver Island " by Ragonot in 1SS7. 



* Carcina quercana Fab. In last year's Report, page 31, this species was recorded by the 

 writer as being new to North America. Meyrick (Handb. Brit. Lep., 1905) gives apple as one 

 of its food-plants, and a sharp look-out was kept on the apple-trees in my garden for both larvse 

 and pupae, but none was found. On July 15th, about S p.m., I noticed a newly emerged adult 

 resting on the leaf of a large spreading shrub which is trained up the front of the house. An 

 extended search for further specimens resulted in finding several pupaa- spun up on the leaves 

 of this shrub which turned out to he Cotoneaster pyracantha Linn., commonly known as fire- 

 thorn or Christ's-thorn. (Upon investigation I found that this particular shrub was purchased 

 from a local nurseryman and planted in the garden about seventeen years ago). A further 

 search was made the next evening and altogether some twenty pup:e were obtained. Meyrick 

 (ibid., page 613) states that the pupa? spin a flat web beneath the leaves; I found that they 

 spun their webs both on the upper and the lower surface of the leaves in about equal proportions. 

 The pupa is of a bright golden-brown and the web is of thick white silk. The moths began to 

 emerge about the 20th and continued to do so for several days. Several of the pupa? were 

 parasitized and two hymenopterous species were bred out. These have been determined by 

 Mr. R. A. Cushman, of the U.S. National Museum, as Ephialtes sanguineipes Cress, and Itoplectis 

 paciflcus Gush. 



644S. Agnopteryx rosacilieUa Busck. Two specimens of this uncommon cecophorid were 

 taken at Fraser Mills by Mr. Marmont on April 17th. 



6459. Agnopteryx argillacca Wlshm. A single specimen was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at 

 Fitzgerald on March 28th. 



6S36. Argyroploce galaxana Kearf. The writer took a long series of this pretty little moth 

 on Mount Tzouhalem on May 24th. It was described (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. XXXIII., 9, 1907) 

 from two specimens taken at Vernon, B.C., and one from Victoria, B.C. 



6S64. Argyroploce campestrana Zell. Four specimens were taken by Mr. Ilanham on Mount 

 McLean in August, and Mr. Moilliet took two at Vavenby on July 3rd. Dr. Dyar records taking 

 it at Kaslo and states that the larva; occurred on the common thimble-berry (Rubus nutkanus). 



72G3. Hcmimenc britana Busck. The writer took a long series of this species at Coldstream 

 on June 1st to 3rd. It was easily started up in the evenings from patches of red clover alongside 

 the railway-track. A peculiar feature was that during the daytime no amount of beating would 

 disturb them, only one individual being taken in two attempts, although an hour before sunset 

 the slightest tap would start four or five up immediately. The species was described (Proc. 

 P.iol. Soc. Wash., XIX., 178, 190G) from specimens taken by Dr. Dyar at Kaslo in 1903. Dyar 

 in his "Kootenai List." page 929. recorded it under the name of alpinand Treitschke, but 

 Mr. Busck states in his description that it is quite distinct from the European species. 



7342. Cacoccia pcrsicana Fitch. Of this handsome dark-red and ochre species the writer 

 took a single specimen at Goldstream on July 2nd. and Mr. Marmont took another Individual 

 at Fraser Mills on June 16th. We have specimens from Wellington (Bryant) and Rossland 

 (Danby). The species is apparently more plentiful at Kaslo. 



7426. Pcronca variana Fern. This exceedingly variable species seems rather uncommon in 

 British Columbia. Mr. Marmont took two specimens at Fraser Mills on September 26th. it is 

 recorded from Kaslo (Cockle); Field (Dyar); and Mr. Hanham has taken two or three 

 specimens at Duncan. 



