M 32 British Columbia. 1922 



Pyralidw (Pyra ustinm) . 



4994. Evergestis subtermdnalis B. & McD. Taken on Mount McLean by Mr. G. O. Day on 



August 8th. 1921. Very close to funalis Grt, which also occurs in British Columbia. The latter 

 is taken at Kaslo and I have a specimen from Vavenby (T. A. Moilliet). It is recorded in the 

 190G Check-list from Vancouver Island, but this is an error. A specimen from Wellington 

 (Bryant) labelled funalis is undoubtedly insulalis B. & McD., which occurs at several points on 

 the Island. 



4996. Evergestis sinvulatalis Grt. This pretty species was taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at 

 Fort Steele, B.C., on August 15th, 1921. Mr. Day also took a single specimen on Mount McLean 

 on August 10th. Dyar lists the species from Arizona and Colorado. 



Pyralidw (Scopariina?) . 



*Scoparia basalts race paciflcalis Dyar. Described (Ins. Ins. Mens., LX., 66, 1921) as a 

 new race from specimens, three taken by the writer at Victoria and Mount Newton and one taken 

 at Grayland, Wash. (H. K. Plank) ; it occurs from mid-July to mid- August. The specimen figured 

 is one of the co-types and was taken on Mount Newton on August 1st. 1920. Fernaldolis Dyar is 

 now placed as a race of basalts. Dyar in his " Kootenai List " records taking a long series of 

 fernaldalis at Shawnigan Lake, B.C. It is also recorded from Kaslo, B.C. 



*Scoparia couunortalis Dyar. This new species was described (Ibid., page 67) from 

 specimens taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C.. July loth to 17th, 1920. This species is quite 

 distinct from any other of our British Columbia scoparids and is easily recognizable by its 

 generally brown appearance and the presence of a broad dark-brown band which follows the 

 pale outer line. One of the male co-types is figured. 



524S. Scoparia tricoloralis Dyar. Taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont at Maillardvllle, B.C., on 

 July 13th, 1921. This does not appear to be a common species by any means, although it is 

 recorded from several points — Wellington (Bryant), Duncan (Skinner), Ainsworth (Dyar). and 

 Kaslo (Cockle). It is the most brightly coloured of the British Columbia species and is rather 

 a pretty insect. Mr. Marmont took three specimens on the 13th and one on the 26th, but it was 

 not observed between those dates, although it was searched for. He did not take any the 

 previous year. 



Pyralidw (Crambinw). 



*Crambus tutilliis McDun. The specimen figured is a male paratype kindly returned to me 

 by Dr. McDunnough. It was taken by the writer on May 28th, 1918. This species is very 

 common in Victoria, generally occurring about the middle of May. It is very close to dissectus 

 Grt. and had previously been determined for me as this species, under which name it was listed 

 on page 24, Prov. Mus. Rep., 1920. This is the same insect that was listed in the 1904 B.C. 

 Check-list as " dumetellus Hub. Generally distributed (common)." I have seen specimens in 

 the Bryant collection labelled dumetellus which are undoubtedly McDunnough's new species. 

 Dr. McDunnough in his description states that "It (tutilliis) is probably closest to dumetellus 

 Hub., differing in the much shorter and less distinct white costal line.'' Dr. Fernald in his 

 " Crambidse of North America," 189(5, gives a coloured figure of dissectus (Plate II., Fig. 12) and 

 one of dumetellus (Plate III., Fig. 2), and a comparison of these figures with specimens of 

 tutlllus shows that the latter is closer to dumetellus than it is to dissectus. 



Pyralidce (Phycitincej. 



*Pyla blackmorella Dyar. Described by Dr. Dyar (Ins. Ins. Mens.. 68, 1921) from two 

 specimens taken by the writer on Mount Tzouhalem. near Duncan. B.C., on June 24th. 1913. A 

 figure of the male paratype is given. The writer in company with Mr. G. O. Day climbed Mount 

 Tzouhalem on May 24th of the present year, but we were about three weeks too soon for this 

 species. Mr. Day, however, secured a nice series on June 13th. It has not been recorded from 

 any other locality. 



O'coylioridii: 



6486. Semioscoyis uurorclla Dyar. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont 

 .at Maillardvllle, B.C., on March 4th. 1921. Another specimen was taken on the 14th of the 



same month. These two specimens are the only records that we have of this species in the 

 Province. 



