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form which only occurs in high altitudes and in the extreme north ; Canonympha kodiak, 

 Edw., two specimens were taken (this I believe is new to Canada, its previously recorded 

 locality being Alaska): (Unci* uhleri, Rkrt., a Rocky Mountain species; (Eneis noma var. 

 taygete, Hub., a large series of this butterfly taken (this species was first recorded from 

 Labrador in 1824) : Rusticus scudderi, Edw. (this is closer to the typical form than the 

 Eastern specimens going under this name); and Hesperia centaurce, Eambur (this latter 

 species occurs in the North Atlantic States and in Europe). 



Moths were not so plentiful, noctuids being especially scarce ; the long days with little 

 or no darkness of this region in the summer-time making the usual attractions of "light " and 

 •• sugaring'"' of very little use. However, Mr. Anderson took several specimens of Anomogyna 

 lostabilis, Zett., which is an exceedingly rare noctuid moth hitherto only recorded from 

 Labrador. These are the only known North American specimens in Canada at the present 

 time. The specimens were taken flying at dusk on dates ranging from July 6th to 15th. 

 This species also occurs in Arctic Europe, where, however, it is still very rare. The following 

 noctuids taken are also new to the Province : Hadena morna, Streck ; Mamestra sulrina, Grote ; 

 Anarta cordigera, Thunb. ; Anarta richardsoni, Curtis; and Autographa orophila, Hampson. 



Amongst the Geometridoea large number of very desirable species were captured, including 

 the following which are new to British Columbia, viz. : Eustroma destinata var. luguorata, 

 Mosch., a very handsome insect and quite rare ; Rheumaptera hastata var. hastulata, Hub. ; 

 Rheumaptera luctuata, D. & S. ; Petrophora circumvaUaria, Taylor (this species was described 

 from specimens taken at Calgary, Alberta); and Leptomeris frigidaria, Mosch., an inhabitant 

 of Arctic America. 



Good collections in Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera were made, many of which 

 still await classification and identification. 



During the past season a quantity of material in this branch has been collected by Mr. E. 

 M. Anderson in the Sahtlam District, Vancouver Island (1,382 specimens), Mr. J. A. Munro 

 at Okanagan Landing (1,900 specimens), and Mr. C. Garrett at Cranbrook (1,627 specimens). 



Amongst the many good things taken by Mr. Anderson the following Noctuidse are rare : 

 Feralia columbiana, Smith; Rhynchagrotis nige.r, Smith; Noctua calgary, Smith; Rancora 

 solidaginis, Behr.; Euchalcia putnami, Grote; and Eosphoropteryx thyatiroid.es, Gue. Mamestra 

 radix, Walker, is new to Vancouver Island, and the following are new to British Columbia : 

 Autographa bimdculata, Stephens; Melalopha albosigma var. specifoca, Dyar, belonging to the 

 family Notodontida? ; and Albuna pyramidalis var. montana, Hy. Edw., a member of the 

 Sesiid group. In the Geometrida 3 , whilst nothing new was taken, there nevertheless were 

 some very desirable species, of which the following are worthy of mention : Eupithecia 

 perfusca, Hulst: Dysstroma occidentals, Taylor; Hydriomena multiferata, Walker; Chlorosea 

 nevadaria, Pack.; Aplodes darwiniata, Dyar; Euchlaena mollisaria, Hulst; E. pectinaria, 

 D. ii; S.; and Metanema quercivoraria, Gue. It is well to note that several specimens of that 

 pretty little butterfly Pamphila palaemon, Pall., were taken, a species which is rapidly becoming 

 extinct on the southern portion of Vancouver Island. 



The material collected by Mr. Munro, while large in quantity, did not produce many rare 



species, the following Noctuidse being most worthy of note : Hadena allecto, Smith ; Rhyncha- 



'. Smith; Agroperina pendrina, Smith; Euxoa obeliscoides, Gue.; and Graphiphora 



curlica, Smith. However, one variety new to British Columbia was taken — Platyprepia 



virginalis var. guttata, Bdv., a moth belonging to the Arctiidse family. 



Mr. C. B. Garrett, of Cranbrook, also added four more species to the list, viz. : Agroperina 

 '. Smith : Mamestra canadensis. Smith, previously recorded from New Brunswick ; 

 Syneda seposita, Hy. Edw.; and Ceryconis octus. Amongst the Geometridse taken by Mr. 

 Garrett there were three species new to the Province, viz.: Leptomeris ancellata, Hulst; 

 Diastictis occiduaria, Packard; and Metanenia determinata, Walker (this latter an inhabitant 

 of the Atlantic States). In addition to these, the following desirable species were taken : 

 Entrepia multvoagata, Hulst; Marmopteryx marmorata, Packard; Euchlcena johnsonaria, 

 Fitch ; and E. asiylusaria, Walker. 



Mr. W. A. Newcombe, of Victoria, B.C., while in the Chilcotin District this past summer 

 took five specimens of BasUarchia arthemis, Drury. This is a very interesting record, as it 

 definitely settles the fact that this butterfly does occur in British Columbia. Although this 

 species has never been admitted to the list, it has been a debatable subject for some years as 

 to whether it did or did not occur in the Province. Its habitat is the North Atlantic States, 

 but it is also taken in the three Prairie Provinces. 

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