12 Geo. 5 Provincial Museum Report. M 4:! 



lobe with a row of dark dots. Fringes concolorous, those in cleft with dark areas just ln-fore 

 apices of both lobes. Secondaries grey-brown, bases paler ; fringes slightly more tawny. 

 Expanse 21-29 mm. 



The only record of this species in British Columbia are some specimens taken at South Fork, 

 Kaslo Creek, by Mr. Cockle on August 10th, 1903. Other specimens sent by Mr. Cockle from 

 Kaslo as this species are worn specimens of Occident alis. The type series was taken in the 

 Siskiyou Mountains, South Oregon, and were bred from larva' feeding on a species of Helianthus. 

 The species has also been taken in Colorado. 



8. Oid-kmatopiiori's iioMODACTYixs Walker, List. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mas., XXX., 941, 18G4. 

 Primaries snowy white, in some specimens with a slight irroration of brownish-grey in costal 

 half. Cleft sometimes preceded at a short distance by a small brownish dot. Secondaries tinged 

 with greyish. Head, thorax, and abdomen snowy white. The mid-tibia? have a fringe of scales 

 down the inside, but no tufts. 



It is evidently a mountainous species in this Province, as our records are from Hope 

 Mountains. July (Day and Harvey) ; Mount McLean, August (Day and Hanham) ; and Vavenby, 

 August (Moilliet). The Mount McLean specimens were taken at an elevation of u,000 feet. 

 The species occurs throughout Canada from British Columbia to Quebec, south into New Jersey 

 and Illinois. It has also been taken in California. 



9. Oio.EMATor-HORUS steamixeis Walsinghain, Pter. Cal., Ore., 41, 1S80. 

 Lioptilus augustus Walsingkam, Pter, Cal.. Ore., -13. 1880. 



Primaries usually yellow or yellowish, occasionally somewhat ochreous. There is at least 

 a trace of a brown spot contiguous to the base of the cleft; in some specimens this spot is well 

 marked. In most specimens a heavy brown shade runs from the base next to the inner margin 

 into the first lobe. Fringes more greyish. Secondaries greyish with fringes concolorous. 

 Expanse 15-21 mm. Thorax yellow. Abdomen yellow with brown dorsal stripes. Palpi 

 slender, moderate, oblique ; tips of second and third joints touched with fuscous outside. 



This is the species that is listed as stramineus in our local lists. Stramineus was described 

 from specimens taken in the Siskiyou Mountains, South Oregon, in June, and augustus from a 

 series taken on Mount Shasta, California, in August. The types are in the British Museum. 

 Mr. Edw. Meyrick has compared specimens with the types for Messrs. Barnes and Lindsey. and 

 the latter have also compared specimens with Fernald's paratypes and are unable to find any 

 specific differences between them. The species is very variable in appearance, due to the 

 inconstancy of the brown shade on the primaries. Mr. Day has taken a specimen at Quamichan 

 Lake, near Duncan, the only record we have for Vancouver Island. The same collector also 

 took the species in the Hope Mountains in 1908. Mr. Cockle has it from Kaslo and Dr. Dyar 

 took a long series at Ainsworth in June and July, 1903. In his note on the species Dyar states 

 that " The moths were easily started up from low grass and weeds, but especially from the plant 

 Anaphalis margarataeea, which I suppose is their food-plant. Larva- were found commonly in 

 the flower-heads of this plant, but unfortunately were not bred." 



10. Oidjematophorus corvus Barnes and Lindsey, Cont. Lep. Xo. Amer., Vol. IV., Xo. 4. page 

 4:',7. 1921. Primaries clear pale yellow in the lightest specimens, with some brown scales near 

 base, sometimes a small brown dot a short distance before base of cleft, and sometimes a brown 

 sub-costal shade which meets the costa in the first lobe. In the type series these wings have a 

 pale-yellowish or greyish-yellow costal band from base to a point opposite base of cleft, in which 

 the extreme costal margin bears some brown scales. Behind this the entire wing is clothed 

 with brownish-grey mixed with very pale-yellowish scales, becoming more whitish toward inner 

 margin. The spot before the cleft is faintly marked and is continued slightly toward COSta to 

 form a transverse shade. Costal fringes on first lobe yellowish, others dark greyish. Secondaries 

 brownish-grey fringes concolorous. In pale specimens the secondaries appear dark in contrast 

 to the fellow primaries. Expanse 17-20 mm. Palpi moderate, slender. Oblique, yellowish-while 

 with a brown outer line. Thorax pale yellow. Abdomen pale yellow to pale greyish-yellow with 

 a fine light-brown dorsal line. 



This new species was described from twenty specimens taken at Tuolumne Meadows and 

 Deer Park Springs, Lake Tahoe, California. It has also been taken in Washington and 

 Colorado. 



It is apparently widely distributed in British Columbia, specific localities being Goldstream 

 (Blackmore) ; Wellington (Bryant) ; Eraser Mills (Marmont) ; Kaslo (Cockle) : and Cranbrook 

 (Garrett). 



