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Vicroria, B.C., February, 1913. 
The Honourable H. BE. Young, M.D., 


Provincial Secretary, Vietoria, B.C. 


Sir,—I have the honour, as Curator of the Provincial Museum, to lay before you 


the report for the year 1912, covering the activities of the Museum. 


I have the honour to be, 
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FOR THE YEAR 1912. 


Early in January the interior of the Museum was painted and thoroughly renovated ; 
this was badly needed, and was made more necessary on account of having to move the 
bird-cases from the walls in order to make more space to accommodate four new bird-cases, 
which were made under the supervision of the Government carpenter on the premises. 


The new arrangement of the cases on the upper floor made considerably more room, and 
I consider the arrangement much better. The collection of birds was thoroughly gone over, 
rearranged, labelled, and a large number of specimens added. Several new mammals have 
also been added to the ground-floor, and a large number of heads have been mounted and 
hung on the walls, of which some are records. 

At present all the specimens in the Museum are too overcrowded to allow visitors to 
properly inspect them, and I have had to defer the mounting of any more mammals or groups 
until such time as we have space ; therefore, most of the work performed in the workshop at 
present is confined to preserving the specimens and placing them in storage (which is also 
limited). 

During the spring I made a trip to the interior and secured heads of the local mammals; 
a number of these were mounted and hung on the walls at the Government House by request 
of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor. A collection of heads is also in preparation for the 
Agent-General’s office in London, which will be of great interest and value to British Columbia. 

The correspondence in the Curator’s office is increasing, and keeps in touch with all the 
leading museums. 


A great many applications have been made by school-teachers (more especially in the 
United States) for copies of the Natural History Bulletins to be used in their nature 
studies. Considerable correspondence is carried on with the people of the Province in 
regard to our native fauna. 


A number of books and pamphlets have been received for the Museum Library from 
various museums in the United States and the United Kingdom, referring to the study of 
natural history in all its branches. 


Dr. C. F. Newcombe has continued his research, and also in collecting anthropological 
material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province, and has secured a large collection 
of specimens (which have been placed in storage), together with data of the various tribes. 
The Anthropological Department is at present receiving special attention, before it becomes 
too late to gather all the material and information relative to the Indians of British Columbia 
(which at one time was a great race). I would like to suggest, if it were possible to interest 
a few, if not all, of our road foremen, surveyors, and engineers in construction camps, 
that they look out for archeological specimens and forward them to the Provincial Museum ; 
their doing so would greatly assist us in our efforts to retain for this Province valuable specimens, 
which otherwise may be taken out and lost to us for ever. 

The Provincial Museum has been very fortunate in having the co-operation of two of 
the experts from the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, D.C.—N. Hollister, of the 
Division of Mammals, and J. H. Riley, of the Division of Birds—who accompanied Director 
A. O. Wheeler, of the Alpine Club of Canada, on an expedition to the Yellowhead Pass and 


Q 6 ProvinciAL Museum ReEporvt. 1913 


Mount Robson region in the summer of 1911. A small appropriation was made to Director 
Wheeler, who had offered to look after specimens for the Provincial Museum. I met the 
party on their return to Edmonton, Alberta, and arranged with Messrs. Riley and Hollister 
that, after they had taken the collection to the Smithsonian Institution and examined the 
specimens, they would send a report on the birds and mammals of that district, also to send 
the Provincial Museum duplicates of the birds and mammals collected. 


The reports have been received, also the specimens, several of which are new species, 
being described by N. Hollister. 

E. M. Anderson, Assistant Curator, was Acting-Curator from May to August, during 
the Curator’s visit East and to Europe, who had gone to study plans, arrangement, and 
management of the larger institutions of America and Europe, in preparation for the new 
Museum to be built in Victoria, and also to attend the annual meeting of the American 
Association of Museums. 

The first museum visited was the Field Museum of Natural History at Chicago ; second, 
the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum at Washington, where considerable time 
was spent in going over the vast collections, also through all the departments of the Biological 
Survey. I was loyally received and entertained and extended every privilege by the 
Secretary, Dr. Chas. D. Walcott, Mr. Rathbun, Dr. Merriam, Director Henshaw, and others 
of the staff of the Smithsonian Institution. 

From Washington I proceeded to New York City, and attended the meeting of the 
American Association of Museums, held June 4th to 7th, 1912, in the lecture-room of the 
American Museum of Natural History. The meetings were presided over by the President, 
Prof. Ed. 8. Morse, of the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. The address of welcome was 
delivered by Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural 
History; followed by the roll-call, eighty-four members answering their names, being repre- 
senta*ives from nearly all the leading museums in America. 

Papers were read on care, management, preservation of specimens, and other matter 
relating to museum-work, and discussions after each. Upon invitation, meetings were held 
at the Metropolitan Museums of Art, and also at the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. 

After each meeting suflicient time was given for the inspection of the collections, offices, 
and laboratories. 

Previous to the meeting of the Association of Museums, I visited the American Museum 
of Natural History, and was well received by Dr. Lucas, the Director, and personally 
conducted by him over that magnificent institution, and was given a great amount of 
information in regard to the Museum and museum-work. 

After the Association of Museums adjourned, I left New York for London, England, and 
there visited the Natural History Museum and other museums, and was received by Director 
Fletcher and Prof. Lydekker. I inspected the vast collection of valuable material to be seen 
in the institution. While in London I received an invitation from the Right Honourable 
Lord Pontypridd, President of the National Museum of Wales, at Cardiff, through Dr. Hoyle, 
the Director, to be present at the laying of the foundation-stone of the new National Museum 
in that city by His Majesty King George the Fifth on July 26th, 1912. 

The ceremony took place in the presence of nearly three thousand people, representing 
all classes of the community and all parts of the principality. His Majesty’s gracious words 
in reply to the loyal address presented to him, the interest he displayed in the details of the 
model, and his remarks to the officers of the Museum gave abundant evidence of his cordial 
approval of the enterprise and his desire for its success. The proceedings were carried out in 
the brilliant sunshine, and gave full satisfaction to all concerned. 


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The Council was specially gratified by the friendly interest manifested in the event by 
kindred institutions both in the British Isles and abroad. The American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, honoured the Museum by sending over its Director, Dr. Lucas, to repre- 
sent it at the ceremony, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, appointed Dr. 
Ed. Robinson and Mr. W. R. Valentiner to attend on its behalf. Dr. C. W. Beebe, the 
Curator of Birds, represented the New York Zoological Gardens, and Mr. F. Kermode, 
the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith and Mr. C. E. Fagan 
represented the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum respectively. Heads 
of many other kindred institutions in England also attended, including Dr. W. M. Tattersall, 
Manchester ; Mr. T. Sheppard, Hull; Alderman J. Fuller Eberle (Chairman of the Museum 
Committee) ; Mr. H. Bolton ; and Mr. R. Quick, of Bristol. 

At the ceremony I met the Director of the Bristol Museum, Mr. H. Bolton, who visited 
the Provincial Museum with the British Association when they came to America for their 
meeting, extending their trip to British Columbia. Upon invitation of Director Bolton and 
Mr. J. Fuller Eberle, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bristol Museum, I 
visited Bristol and received a cordial welcome, and was shown considerable material of 
interest regarding museum-work. After leaving Bristol I visited the Natural History 
Museums in Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Hamburg, on the Continent, which were of great 
interest to me as one who is interested in the condition of the educational value of an 
up-to-date museum. From Hamburg I went to Edinburgh, Scotland, and visited the Royal 
Scottish Museum, and was taken over the collection by the Director, Sir T. Carlow 
Martin, LL.D. 

Leaving Edinburgh, I went to Liverpool and visited the Natural History Museum 
under the direction of Dr. J. A. Clubb. 

On my return to Canada I visited the Museums at Quebec and Ottawa. 

In conclusion, I may say that, having been permitted by the Government to visit these 
large institutions of the world, it has been a great education to me, and I hope that when 
the new Museum is built I shall be able to carry out some of the ideas that I have formed 
of what an educational museum should be, and also what it means to the community at large. 


The Provincial Museum has been honoured by the visits of several leading men in 
science, who expressed themselves as deeply interested in what they inspected, and that the 
Provincial Museum had exceeded all their expectations as a Provincial collection. 

Dr. A. R. Crook, Director of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History, whom I 
met at the meeting of the American Museums Association, and who has since visited our 
Museum, had nothing but praise, and said that it was the finest local collection he had 
ever seen. 

The most distinguished personages who visited the Museum were the Royal party, Their 
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia, who spent 
some time in going over the collection, and expressed admiration of the big-game and 
anthropological collections. 

ATTENDANCE. 

The attendance showed a slight increase over 1911—37,897 visitors signing the register. 
I venture to say that, on an average, about one in five of the travelling public insert their 
names in the book. 

The Museum is open to the public (free) every week-day (except New Year’s Day, Good 
Friday, and Christmas) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday afternoons, from the first 
Sunday in May to the last Sunday in October, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 


Q 8 ProvinctaL Museum Report. 1915 


ACCESSIONS TO THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM DURING 1912. 


Birps. 


White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus), male and female, Barkerville, B.C., C. W. 
Grain, January 5th, 1912. 

California Partridge (Callipepla californica), Cadboro Bay, E. M. Anderson, January 
9th, 1912. 

Reeves Pheasant (Phasianus reevesii), Nanaimo, B.C., Dr. Brown, January 29th, 1912. 

Oregon Rutted Grouse (Bonasa umbellus sabint), arriles Mount Skirt, Goldstreamt E. M. 
Anderson, February Ist, 1912. 

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), Saanich, B.C., J. R. Anderson, March 
6th, 1912. 

Sooty Grouse (Dendragopus obscurus fuliginosus), two males, Shawnigan Lake, E. M. 
Anderson, March 22nd, 1912. 

Sooty Grouse (Dendragopus obscurus fuliginosus), female, Shawnigan Lake, E. M. Ander- 
son, March 22nd, 1912. 

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox), Victoria, Dr. Hasel, March 26th, 1912. 

Mongolian Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), male, Vancouver, A. Bryan Williams, 
March 28th, 1912. 

Trumpeter-swan (OQlor buccinator), Kamloops, Mr. Pearce, March 29th, 1912. 

Xed-backed Rufous Hummine-bird (Selasophorus rufous), New Westminster, J. D. 
McDonald, August 14th, 1912. 

Pigeon Guillemot (C ‘epphus catumban Victoria, P. Walker, August 19th, 1912. 

Dark-bodied Shearwater (Pujinus griseus), Sidney Williams, Sidney, B.C., October 19th, 
1912. 

Ring-neck Pheasant (Phasianus torquatus), Cedar Hill, near Victoria, E. M. Anderson, 
November 21st, 1912. 

Golden Pheasant (iannaien picta), Saanich, E. Wall, December 12th, 1912. 

Cackling-goose (Branta canadensis minima), female, Parksville, H. Rawlins, December 
Ist, 1912. 

California Murre (Uria troile californica), two males, three females, Saturna Island, 
F. Kermode and P. Walker, December 10th, 1912. 

Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiqus), four specimens, Saturna Island, F. Ker- 
mode and P. Walker, December 10th, 1912. 

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), female, Parksville, B.C., H. Rawlins, 
December 12th, 1912. 

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), female, Saturna Island, F. Kermode and 
P. Walker, December 10th, 1912. 

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythorhynchos), Prince Rupert, W. H. Sherman 
(purchased), December 20th, 1912. 


BirD-SKINS PRESENTED BY Unrrep Stares Nationan Muszum, Avueusr 10rn, 1912 
(J. H. Rimey). 


Steller’s Duck (2niconnetta stelleri), male and female. 
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus). 
Franklin’s Grouse (Canachites franklini), young. 
Clarke’s Nuteracker (Vucifraga columbiana). 
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri). 

Alaskan Jay (Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons). 
Rocky Mountain Jay (Perisoreus capitalis). 

Desert Sparrow-hawk (falco sparverius phalana). 
Lewis’ Woodpecker (Asyndesmus torquatus). 

Western Robin (Merula migratoria propinqua). 
Red-winged Thrush (//ylocichla alicie). 
Russet-backed Thrush (/fylocichla wstulata). 
Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata swainsonir). 
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis). 


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Western Wood Pewee (Contopus richardsonii). 
Least Flycatcher (Hmpidonax minima). 

Western Flycatcher (Ympidonax difficillis). 
Hammond's Flycatcher (Hmpidonax hammond). 
Traill’s Flycatcher (Ympidonax trailli). 

Say’s Pheebe (Sayornis saya). 

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). 

Bohemian Wahwing (Ampelis garrulus). 

Long-tailed Chicadee (Parus atricapillus septentrionalis). 
Mountain Chicadee (Parus gambeli). 

Western Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus swainsonit). 
Tennessee Warbler (/elminthophila peregrina). 
Lutescent Warbler (Helminthophila peregrina). 
Pileolated Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla pileolata). 
Macgillivary’s Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiet). 
Black-throated Grey Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens). 
Audubon’s Warbler (Dendroica auduboni). 
Long-tailed Chat (Jeteria virens longicauda). 
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens). 

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus). 

Greenland Redpool (Anthus hornemannit). 

Redpool (Anthus linaria). 

Oregon Towhee (Pipilomaculatus oregonus), male and female. 


MammMat-skixns From Unirep Srares Nationa Museum. 
(Collected by Hollister and Riley in the Yellowhead District.) 


Chipmunk (Lutamias ludibundus). 

Northern Chipmunk (Hutamias borealis). 
Chapman’s Leeming Vole (Synaptomys chapmant). 
Drummond’s Meadow Vole (Microtus drummond). 
Cantankerous Meadow Vole (J/icrotus mordax). 
Richardson’s Meadow Vole (Microtus richardsonii). 
Hudson Bay Chicaree (Sciwrus hudsonicus). 
Red-backed Vole (Lvotomys satwratus). 

Dusky Shrew (Sorex obscurus). 

Masked Shrew (Sorex personatus). 

Spermophile (Callospermophilus tescorum). 

Chief Pika (Ochotona princeps). 

Northern Field-mouse (Peromyscus borealis). 
Field-mouse (Peromyscus artemis). 

Rocky Mountain Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps). 
Mountain Vole (Phenacomys species ?). 


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MamMALs. 


Vancouver Chicaree (Seiwrus hudsonicus vancouverensis), male and female, Cedar Hill, 
near Victoria, E. M. Anderson, January 16th, 1912. 

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), male, Elko, B.C., C. J. Lewis, January 
16th, 1912. 

Fannin’s Sheep (Ovis stonei), male, Carcross, Y.T., Colonel Conrad (purchased), 
September, 1912. 

Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus columbianus), male, Cumberland, B.C., killed and presented 
by Robert Grant and 8. Shaw, November 9th, 1912; weight, 200 tb. 

Wild-cat (/ynx rufa), three purchased from W. Lindley, Victoria, April 2nd, 1912. 

Flying Squirrel (Sciwropteras alpinus kalmathensis),. Broadwater, B.C., A. Campbell, 
December 11th, 1912. 


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OoLoay. 


During the year 130 specimens of birds’ eggs have been added to the collection, 
comprising twenty-seven species, twelve new to the collection. 

A fine series of eggs collected at Salt Lake by Dr. David Moore Lindsay was sent in 
exchange for duplicates in our collection, viz.:— 


1 Least Tern (Sterna antillarum). 
3 Common Tern (Sterna hirunda). 
4 American White Pelican (Lelecanus erythrorhynchos). 
8 White-faced Glossy Ibis (Plegadis guarauna). 
10 Snowy Heron (Ardea candidissima). 
2 Black-crowned Night Heron (Vycticorax nycticorax nevius). 
25 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). 
20 Black-necked Stilt (Zimantopus mexicanus). 
4 Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata). 
8 Kildeer (£yillitis vocifera). 
3 Snowy Plover (Agillitis nivosa). 
9 Brewer's Blackbird (Scolecophayus cyanocephalus). 
4 Sage Thrasher (Oroscoptes montanus). 
North-west Crow (Corvus Caurinus), five in set, Victoria, E. M. Anderson, May 9th, 
1912. 
Gairdner’s Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens gairdneri), six in set, Victoria, E. M. 
Anderson, May 9th, 1912. 
Sooty Grouse (Dendrayopus obscurus fuliginosus), six in set, nest also contained three 
eggs of California Partridge (quail), Cedar Hill, 8. Whittaker, May 10th, 1912. 
Parkman’s Wren (Z’roglodytes wdon Parkmani), seven in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, June 
12th, 1912: 

Northwestern Flicker (Colaptes cafer saturatior), seven in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
May 26th, 1912. 

Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis arizone), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
May 26th, 1912. 

Nuttall’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leuwcophrys nuttallii), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. Irving, 
June 4th, 1912. 

Nuttall’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttallii), five in set, E. M. Anderson, Victoria, 
May 19th, 1912. 

Western Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes graminius confinis), four in set, C. de B. Green, 
June, 1912. 

Alaskan Yellow Warbler (Dendroica cwstiva rubiginosa), four in set, Cedar Hill, D. 
Irving, May 26th, 1912. 

Alaskan Yellow Warbler (Dendroica cestiva rubiginosa), five in set, Victoria, E. M. 
Anderson, May 19th, 1912. 

Brewer's Blackbird (Buphagus cyanocephalus), six in set, C. de B. Green, June 11th, 1912. 

Sage Thrasher (Oroscoptes montanus), C. de B. Green, nest and eggs, four in set; 
presented June, 1912. 

Vigor’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickit spilurus), D. Irving, five in set, Cedar Hill, July 
12th, 1912. 

FisHes. 


Wolf Eel (young), Victoria, April 23rd, 1912. 
Acrotus willoughbi, Victoria, July 19th, 1912; cast up on the beach; J. Dixon. 
purchased (fourth specimen known to science). 
Char, Dolly Varden Trout (Salvelinus malma), Lorne Creek, August 7th, 1912, E. B. 
Earle (G.T.P.). 
MisceLLaNnegous. 


Crawfish, Sooke, B.C., April 23rd, 1912. 

Clam (Glycerimis generosa), Tofino, W. W. Rhodes, June 18th, 1912. 
Rattlesnake (Crotilus lucifer), ‘Ashcroft, H. Collins, ars 10th, 1912. 
Whale (fetus), Victoria, B.Ca Dr. Milne, December, 1912. 


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ANTHROPOLOGY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED By C. F. Newcomper, M.D., 1911. 


Nootkan. 


Harpoon-bag. 
Cherry-bark. 
Spear-bag. 
Nose-pendant. 
Halibut-hook. 
Twisted gut. 
Dentalia. . 
Pine-gum. 

Doctor’s head-dress. 
Grease ladle strainer. 


Awl. 
Chisel, bone blade. 
Mask, thunderbird. 

" " female. 
Carved birds with same (37). 
Adze. 

» handle carved. 

”" " 

Fish gaff. 

» lure. 

» with hooks. 

Cradle shape. - 
Bark-chopper. 
Mat-maker’s rubber. 

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Hammer-stone. 
Cradle of wicker. 
Pads and bedding for same. 
Whale-harpoon, small. 
Elk-skin lashings. 


Whale-harpoon, etched barbs. 


Ceremonial bucket. 
Rattle. 
Thunderbird. 
Mat-needles. 
Cedar-twig lashings. 
Whaler’s charm. 
Herring-net. 
Tongs. 
Hammer-stone. 
Whale-harpoon. 
Harpoon point, short line. 
" head. 
Totem-pole, Ohiat. 


Totem-pole, Sarita. 


Painted board, Sarita. 


Bone spear, model. 
" club, " 
Whistle. 
Drum-sticks. 
Baler, carved. 
Halibut-club. 


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Mask, Hai-ot-lik. 
Spear-point, iron. 
Pecten rattle. 
Apron of cedar-bark. 
Dentalium spear. 
Hook-basket. 
Basket and lid. 
Dagger. 
Net. 
Coloured wool mat. 
Chief's stick. 
Anchor-stone. 
Chief's bag of fibre. 
Chisel. 
Bark cradle. 
Chest, carved, large. 
Spinning disk. 
Mat, rubber. 
Adze. 
Arrow, large, old. 

" " " 

Bailer. 
Netting implements. 
Chisel, old compound. 
Maul. 
Paddle. 
Maul. 
Native wool blanket. 
Spoon. 
Maul. 
Slate knife, mounted. 
Fish-club. 
Wicker basket. 
Woman’s awl, bone. 
Adze, D-shaped. 
Basket. 
Tump-line. 
Basket, chip. 
Mask, double. 
Box. 
Bow. 
Quiver. 
Arrow. 


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Nootkan.—Concluded. 
Arrow. Whistle of yew. 


Nettle fibre. 
Spoon, wood. 
Wedge. 
Hammer. 
Fish-gaff. 

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Tackle-box. 
Hook-bag. 
Tackle-box. 
Whale of wood. 


Mask. 

Fish-lure. 

Panther mask. 
Doctor's head-dress. 
Cradle of wood. 
Bird rattle. 

3oard mask. 
Panther-claws. 
Scallop rattle. 

Bone fish-knife. 


Harpoon-socket (antler). 


Dish. 


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“ Fool” mask. 
Mat. 
Whale mask. 
Cannibal bird mask. 
Box. 
Killer-whale dish. 

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Sear dish. 
Beaver dish. 
Stone hammer. 
Chief’s head-dress. 
Potlatch figure. 

" ladle. 
Cannibal’s rattle. 


Infusorial earth. 
Stone hammer. 
Pitted stone hammer. 


Basket, small. 
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Large bag. 
Skull charm. 
Mask. 
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Sea-lion harpoon. 
Whetstone. 
Clam-dish. 
Mat (bedding). 

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floor. 
Noothan (Uclulet ). 


Skin hook-bag. 
Seal-skin and frame. 
Whaler’s belt. 
Box. 
Mask. 
Bird rattle. 
Whaler’s charms. 
Hook-bag. 
Mask. 

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Mat, cradle, etc. 
3one adze-handle. 


Kwakiutl. 


Goose mask. 
Star " 
Sun " 
Potlatch dish. 

" " 
Carved seat, chief's. 
Sea-otter tooth lid. 
Loom. 
Box. 
Stone maul and handle. 
Stone maul. 
Tomahawk of stone. 
Stone adze and handle. 
Spindle, wood. 

" bone. 
Spoon, carved. 
Soapberry spoons. 
Straining-basket. 
Potlatch figure. 


Salish. 
Rattle, bird-shaped. 
Net, nettle thread. 
Dene (Chilcotin). 


Basket, large. 


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** Copper” beaver crest. 
Monument. 

Carved sea-lion heads. 
Eagle-whale mon’t. 
Sea-otter spear. 
Halibut-hook, carved. 
Sea-otter spear. 
Black-cod kelp lines. 
Set black-cod hooks. 
Fisherman’s basket. 
Case of berry-spoons. 
Chief’s crest coat. 
Halibut-line of spruce. 
Carved stone maul. 
Pestle-stone. 

Stone adze. 
Perforated stone. 
Food-crusher. 

Awl, canoe-maker’s. 
Canoe tackle-box. 
Dance head-dress. 
Spruce-root lashing. 
Paddle. 

Carved house-plank. 
Halibut-hook, iron. 
Stone mortar. 

»  war-club. 
Tobacco-pestle. 
Hand-hammer, very large. 
Maul. 

Stone labret. 
Paint-stone. 
Stone sinker. 
Whetstone. 
Stone chisel. 

" (jade). 
Knife-handle, carved. 
Spoon mould and stick. 


Cradle. 

Dance-hat, inlaid. 
Maple-bark bag. 

Stone club. 

Stone club, Digby Island. 
Mortar, grooved. 


Skull. 
n (fragment). - Gifts. 
Femur. 
Tibia. 


Incised stone. 


ProvincrAL Museum Report. 


Haida. 


Sea-otter club. 

" bow. 
Halibut-club, carved. 
Fish hand-net. 
Mesh-stick. 
Salmon-spear points. 
Hair-seal points. 
Halibut-hook, carved. 


" albatross. 


" devilfish. 
oy puffin. 


" albatross. 


Tobacco-pestle. 

Box of polished bones. 
Halibut-tloat. 

Dish, halibut. 

1 old type. 

nu seal pattern. 

very old. 

» large, with cover. 
Box, old, carved. 
Berry-basket. 
Spoon-basket. 

Chief’s head-dress. 
Dance-blanket. 
Carved canoe-dish. 
Spear (devilfish). 
Dish, line carving. 
Chiet’s hat. 

Raven mask. 
Bear " 

Mask. 

Eagle mask. 
Bear-skin robe. 
Chief's chest (5 pieces). 
Bone spearhead. 
Model sail. 


Large totem-pole. 
Tsimshian. 


Carved stone horn. 
Stone chopper. 
Perforated stone fr. 
Model bridge. 
Loom. 

Stone adze. 
Salmon-spear. 
Carved box. 
Bark-chopper. 
Berry-basket. 
Totem-poles. 
Doctor’s crown. 
Grooved stone. 


Q 13 


q 14 ProvincraL Museum Report. 1918 


SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY Dr. C. F. Newcompe, 1912. 


Carved stone axe, Rivers Inlet. 
" " Cormorant Island. 
Hat, Alert Bay. 
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Cannibal mask (3 heads). 


Wasp mask. 
Wind un 
Dsonoqua mask. 
Bark collar. 


Drum. 
Baton. 


Mountain-goat mask. 
Killer-whale dish. 


Basket. 


Paddle. 


Hook-bag. 

Blanket, Tsimshian. 

Wedge-basket. 

Tool-box. 

Chisel. 

Adze. 

Knife. 

Bag for above tools. 

Fish-trap. 

Basket (open work). 
1 (close weave). 

Spoon. 

Nettle fibre. 

Berry-cake. 

Awl. 


Kwakiutl. 


Killer-whale dish (tail back). 
Wolf dish. 


" 
Wolf mask. 
ial 
Heligia mask. 
" 
Rattle. 
Wind mask. 
Sisiutl belt. 
Jiller-whale dish. 
Hamspiq. 
Potlatch figure. 
Small stone hammer. 
Wedges. 
Ladle, eagle. 
» wolf, 
plain. 
» with head. 
Spindle whorls. 
" 


Comb. 


Chileotin. 


Basket. 


Leggings, Tsimshian. 


Nootkan. 


Harpoon-barbs. 
Yellow-cedar bark. 
" " 
" » (small). 
Cape, yellow cedar bark, half made. 
" " quarter made. 
Yellow cedar string. 
" " 
Seal-skin sturgeon float. 
Sea-lion stomach oil-bag. 
Hook-bag. 
Arrows (4). 
Rattle. 
Bull roarers (2). 
Bow, sea-otter. 
Arrows (6). 
Wedges (6) and basket. 
Yellow cedar blanket and loom. 
Bark strips. 


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Medicine-bag of cedar-bark. 
Dip-net and lure. 
Medicine-bag. 

Vegetable food. 

Bow and arrows for birds. 
Small mat. 

Needle, bone. 

Club, " 

Adze, " 

Carved 

Mask, " 

Thunderbird (Macquiller). 
Harpoon, etched barbs. 
Whale charm, carved. 
Nettle fibre. 

Stone hammer. 

Mat. 

War-club. 

Carved bone. 

Hat. 

Basket. 

Sea-otter arrow-box. 
Tackle-box. 

Club, dogfish. 

Sea-otter spear. 

Potlatch mask, man’s face. , 


Mask, old, grouse. 
small human face. 
Ww " " 
" " " 
" " " 
with frog. 
» red-wing flicker. 


1 fool (1), bow (2), dagger (3). 
1 nigger (1), wooden spear (2). 
1 death’s head (1), heart (2), owl (3). 


Marmot-skin. 
Salmon. 
Spinning whorl. 
Loom. 
Paint-sticks for gambling set. 
Gauge for " 
Equisetum " 
Arrow, club-shaped (cerem.). 
Mask, monkey-face. 
" erying woman. 
»  potlatch, man’s face. 
white man. 
" eagle. 
" opens out. 
Chisel. 
" 
Slate mirror. 


ProvincraL Museum Report. 


Nootkan.—Concluded. 


Rattle, skull. 
" " 
Whistle. 
nu (6), long. 
Bear-skin on drying-frame. 
Doctor’s bark ring. 
Slave-killer, model. 
Dish, carved and painted whale. 
Hamatsa’s blanket. 
" mask. 
" leggings. 
" armiets. 
" apron. 
" stomacher. 
" collar. 
" head-dress. 
" whistles (12) 


Box. 

Blanket-pin, bone. 

Bailer. 

Sinker. 

Stone hammer. 

Seal dish. 

Slave-killer, stone, broken. 


Chief's grave crest and beam, Campbell River. 


Tsimshian. 


Food-tray. 
" small. 


» Bag of cedar bark. 


Mat " 
Ladle. 


" 

Club, model of wood. 
Charm, golden eagle. 
Mask, doctor’s. 

n man’s face. 

" simple woman. 
Seaweed chopping-block. 
Chest, carved. 
Feather-case. 

Wolf crest of yew. 
Hamatsa cedar-bark ring. 


Bone-scraper. 

Head of human figure. 
Gambling-sticks. 
Spindle-rest. 


Q 16 PrRovinciAL Museum ReEporv. 


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Tsimshian.—Concluded. 


Chief’s blanket. 
Soapalali spoons. 
Kingfisher, carved. 
Halibut-hook. 

" 
Awlpoint, bone. 
Chisel-point, bone. 
Bone awl. 


Needles, long bone (16). 
Bark-splitters, bone (3). 
Short barbs and points (24). 
Flat instruments (9). 
Barbed points (2). 

Antler ou (2). 
Harpoon-point, barbed. 

" " 

" " 

" not barbed. 
Harpoon-head, broken in three pieces. 
Drinking-tube, bone. 

Chisel, antler. 

Sea-lion teeth (2). 

Small teeth (3). 

Beaver-tooth in jaw. 

Slate instruments (6). 
Spear-point, stone. 

Chisel, small jade. 

Stone, semicircular, perforated. 

"grooved. 

1 drilled (sinker’). 
Polishing-stone, curved. 
Hammer, small-pointed. 
Bark-chopper, stone. 
Whetstone, large. 

Adze, stone. 
Nodule, clay, etched. 


Hand-hammer, flat oval, partly grooved. 


" " plain. 


" 
double-pitted. 
Maul, perforated. 

Pestle, stone. 


Pestle, stone. 


Mortar, large-grooved. 


" " 


" plain. 

" " 

1 fragment of. 

" " 
Whetstone. 


Mirror, slate. 
Rubbing-stone, red, oval. 


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Sinker, oval. 
Rubbing-stone. 


Spherical stone. 
Stone, L-shaped. 

" " 

" " 
Stone, hammer-shaped. 
Stones, " 
Stone, boomerang-shaped. 
Skull. 

" 

" 
Thigh-bone. 
Stone disk. 
Sinker, flat notched. 
Rubbing-stone for bow-strings. 
Chipped flint point 
Large whale-bone. 


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Salish. 
Basket. Mat-creaser. 


Snow-shoes. 
Moccasins. 
Adze-handle, carved. 
Fish-spear. 
Sturgeon-club. 
Loom. 


Spindle whorl. 


Goat’s wool in ball. 
Totem-pole. 


Mask from Comox 
Hammer-stone. 


Bow and arrows (4). 


" "” (3). 


Rattles, leg and arm. 
Hat. 


Mat-creaser. 


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Bow-strings of sea-lion gut. 
Spinning whorl and stick. 
Wedge, elk-horn. 
War-club, model. 
River-canoe, model. 

Lehal. 

Slehallum. 


" 

Slate knife. 

" 

" 

" 
Slate spear-point. 
Arrow-points (6). 
Chisel, stone. 


" " 
" " 
" " 
" " 
" " 
" " 
" " 


Point, barbed, bone. 


Sea-lion spear-point, iron and lanyard. 


Perforated stone sinker. 
Ladle of wood. 
Spoon. 
Mask. 
Hair head-dress. 
Beaver-tooth game. 

" (1 missing). 
Labret. 
Sinker, oval stone. 
Counters for gambling game. 


SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY J. A. Terr rrom THE INTERIOR Or British CoLumBIA, 


1911-12. 


Interior Salish (Ntlykyapamal, Countean, or Thompson Tribe). 


lodge mats. 
mat, rushes and rabbit-skins. 

" » and bark. 
bag, buckskin. 
pair snow-shoes. 
bag of hide. 
bag, buckskin (beaded). 
slipper, sage-brush bark. 
pair buckskin moccasins. 
cap, woman’s, buckskin. 
shirt, boy’s, " 
child’s carrier of dressed moose-skin. 
strap ornament. 
boys’ caps, skin. 

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1 man’s bonnet, skin. 

1 cape, buckskin. 

2 spoons, juniper-bark. 
1 spoon, horn. 

1 charm. 

1 necklace (bear-teeth). 


1 " beads, ete. 
l "  poreupine-quills. 
] " beads and dentalia. 


2 arrows, wood. 
9 chipped stones. 
1 buckskin string. 


1 girl’s drinking-tube of lynx-bene. 


1 1» bone-seratcher. 


Q 18 ProvinctAL Museum Report. 1913 


Interior Salish (Ntlykyapamal, Countean, or Thompson Tribe ).—Concluded. 


1 spoon, sheep-horn. 1 basket, birch. 

1 bag. 1 on circular tray. 
1 ou bark. 1 ou oblong. 

1 1 hemp. ff trunk. 

1 «fringed buckskin. 1 parfliche. 

1 stone hammer. 


Athapascan (Tahltan Tribe of the Nahanis). 


1 game-bag of hide. 1 pair moose-skin moccasins, quill-work. 
1 " netted. 1 necklace (dentalium shells). 
1 pack-strap. 1 hat-band, beaded. 


1 pair moose-skin moccasins. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 
Insects COLLECTED BY E. M. Anperson, 1912. 


Pontia occidentalis (Reak), May 29th, 1912. 
Oenis gigas (Butler), Mount Finlayson, July 7th, 1912. 
Samia rubra (Behr), Victoria, July 6th, 11th, 1912. 
Telea polyphemus (several taken at night), Victoria, June and July, 1912. 
Pseudohazis eglanterina (Bdy.), sheep-moth, Goldstream, June 2nd, 1912. 
Apantesis ornata (Pack), Victoria, May 28th, June 7th, 1912. Var. achaia (G. & R.). 
Apatela perdita (Grote), Victoria, May 24th, 1912. : é 
Hadena cinefacta (Grote), Victoria, May 20th, 1912. 

1 claudens (Walker), Victoria, May and June. 

nu cerviana (Smith), Victoria, June 4th, 1912. 
Polia epichysis (Grote), Victoria, May 17th, 1912. 
Feralia columbiana (Smith), Victoria, May 2nd, 1912. 
Rhynchagrotis costata (Grote), Victoria, June 19th, 27th, 28th, 1912. 
Noctua inopinatus (Smith), Victoria, Aug. 3rd, 6th, 1912. 
Paragrotis vestusta (Walker), Victoria, Aug. 10th, 1912. 

" titubatis (Smith), Victoria, Sept. 11th, 1912. 
" satis (Harvey), Victoria, Aug. 4th, 1912. 

Autographa selecta (W. alker) Vitoria July 9th, 1912. 
Catocala elda (Behr), Goldstream, July 17th, 1912. 
Erebus odora (Linn), Victoria, Sept., 1912. 
Tn addition to the above list there has also been added the following :— 

Coleoptera, 78 specimens. 

Lepidoptera, 300 " 


Hyemoptera, 24 " 
Diptera, 38 . " 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM LIBRARY—REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS 
RECEIVED IN 1912. 


Frerp Museum or Narurat Hisrory, Cuicaco. 


Publication 154—A Study in Chinese Archeology and Religion. 
" 152—Antiquities from Boscoreale in Field Museum. 
" 153—The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin. 


PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 


Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands. 
Notes on the Botany of Crocas Island. 

The Grekos of the Galapagos Archipelago. 

Notes on the Reptiles from Southern California and Arizona. 

Notes on some Reptiles and Amphibians from Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. 
Geologic Range of Miocene Invertebrate Fossils of California. 


UnNIversiITY oF CaLirorniA PuBLiIcaTions IN ZooLoey. 


The Horned Lizards of California and Nevada. 

On a Lymphoid Structure lying over the Myelencephalon of Lepisostens. 
The Living Eggs of Rats and Mice, with Description of Observance. 
History of the Marine Biological Station of San Diego. 

Oxygen and Polarity in Pubularia. 

The Occurrence and Vertical Distribution of Copepoda. 

Observations on the Suckling Period of the Guinea-pig. 

Haeckels, Radiolaria—a Marine Ciliate. 

Report on a Collection of Birds and Mammals on Vancouver Island. 

A New Cony from the Vicinity of Mount Whitney. 

The Mole of Southern California. A Bat new to California. 

The Bighorn of Sierra Nevada. 

A New Peroganthus from the San Joaquin Valley, California. 

The Beaver of West Central California. 

The Two-pocket Gophers contagious in California and Arizona to Colorado River. 


Report or THE Cooper OrNnITHOLOGICAL CLUB OF CALIFORNIA. 


Birds of the Pacific Slope of Southern California. 
A Systematic List of the Birds of California. 


Unitrep Strares Nationa Museum, WasHineron. 


New Mammals from Eastern Panama. 

New Sub-species of Monkey from British East Africa. 

The Genera of Fossil Whale-bones allied to Balonoptera. 

Notes on Animals in the National Zoological Park. 

Further Notes on the Breeding of the Black Bear in Captivity. 

The names of the Large Wolves of Northern and Western North America. 
New Rodents from British East Africa. 

The Recognition of Pleistocene Faunas. 

Directions for preparing Specimens of Mammals. 

New Mammals from Canada, Alaska, and Kamaschatka. 

Description of Twelve New Mammals from Panama. 

The Crustacea of the Order Cumacea in the United States National Museum. 
Preservation of Osseus and Horny Tissues. 

A Revision of the Forms of the Edible-nest Swiftlet, Collacelia fuciphage. 
A Small Collection of Bats from Panama. 

Description of a New Species of Isopod from Japan (2). 

Variation in the Skull and Horns of “ Isabella Gazelle.” 


Q 20 ProvinciAL Museum Report. 1918 


Instructions for collecting and fixing Rotifers in bulk. 
Marine and Terrestrial Isopods from Jamaica. 
A New Genus belonging to the Crinoid Family, Phrynocriniuide. 
New Arenaceous Foraminifera from the Philippine Islands. 
Descriptions of New Parasitic Copepods in the United States National Museum. 
Diagnoses of New Barnacles from the Philippines and China Sea. 
Description of a New Terrestrial Isopod from Panama. 
A New Discodrilid Worm from Colorado. 
Description of Two Parasitis Isopods from Panama. 
A Revision of the Sub-species of the Green Heron. 
Description of a New Species of Isopod from Ecuador. 
Description of a New Family, etc., from Philippine Islands (Fishes). 
Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants. 
The Allioniacee of Mexico and Central America. 
A Monograph of the Forminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. 
The Early Paleozoic Bryosoa of the Baltic Provinces. 
Catalogue of Art Objects from the Freer Collection in United States National Museum. 
New or Noteworthy Plants from Columbia and Central America. 
The Gama-grasses, Bontelna and Related Genera. 
Studies of Tropical American Ferns. 
The North American Species of Nymphea. 
List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911. 
New Genera and Races of African Ungulates. 
A Fossil Toothed Cetacean from California (New Species). 
New Races of Insectivores, Bats and Lemurs from British East Africa. 
New Mammals from the Highlands of Siberia. 
Descriptions of the Aleyonaria collected mainly in Japanese Waters. 
Preliminary Account of Medusie from the Philippines. 
Bryozoa from Labrador, ete., collected by Dr. Owen Bryant. 
Notes on certain Amphipods from the Gulf of Mexico, with description. 
The Crinoids of the Museum, Berlin. 
Revision of the Forms of Great Blue Heron. 
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1911. 
"W " i) 191 2s 
Birds of North and Middle America, 1911. 
Annual Report of the United States National Museum, 1911. 


American Museum or Natura Hisrory, New York. 


A New Porpoise from Japan. 

A Description of an Apparently New Porpoise, with Remarks upon Skull. 
Mammals from Venezuela, collected by M. A. Carriker, 1909, 1911. 
Mammals collected in the Dutch East Indies by Roy C. Andrews, 1909. 
The Generic Name, Cercopithecus. Notes on North American Sheep. 
Mammals from Western Columbia. 

A New Pika from Colorado. 

Scientific Results, Expedition Gulf of California (V. H. Townsend). 
Diagnoses of apparently new Columbia Birds. 

A New Ibis from Mt. Kenia, British East Africa. 

A Revision of the Classification of Kingfishers. 

Concealing Coloration, an Answer to Theodore Roosevelt. 


Tue Connor, 4 MaGcazine or Western ORNITHOLOGY. 


Another Fortnight on the Farallones. 

The Shore Birds of Santa Barbara. 

A Week Afield in Southern Arizona. 

Some North-Central Colorado Bird Notes. 

Birds of the Cottonwood Groves. 

The Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the California Pine Grosbeak. 


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3 Gro, 5 ProvincraL Museum Report. Q 21 


AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL Station, Onto. 


Autumn Meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society. 
Treatment of Artificial-tree Plantations. 

Alfalfa in Ohio—a Field Study. 

The Church Bug. 

The Rural Population of Ohio (showing Increase and Decrease). 
Varieties of Corn in Ohio. 

Farm Poultry. 

Co-operative Forestry Work. 

Experiments on the Central Farm (Maintenance of Soil Fertility). 
The Seed-corn Situation. 

Testing the Dairy Cow. 

Carriers of Lime. 

Horticultural Information. 

Apple-blister Canker, and Methods of Treatment. 

Dressing for Pruning-wounds on Trees. 

Farm Management, Field Studies, and Demonstration Work in Ohio. 
Feeding Dairy Cows. 

The Status of the Potato-growing Industry in Ohio. 

Seasonal Notes on Potatoes. 

Fall Manual of Practice in Aconomic Zoology. 

Flour-mill Fumigation. ‘ 

Climate of Ohio. 

Strawberry Notes for 1910-11. 

Tobacco-culture in Ohio. 

Rejuvenation of Orchards. 


Unitep Srares DerpartTMeNT oF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON. 


The Migratory Movements of Birds in relation to the Weather. 

Our Mid-Pacific Bird Preservation. 

Bird Enemies of the Codling-moth. 

Craw-fish as Crop-destroyers. 

National Reservation for the Protection of Wild Life. 

Directory of Officials and Organizations re Birds and Game, 1912. 
Report of the Condition of Elk in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1911. 
Chronology and Index, Game Protection Act, 1776-1911. 

Report of Expedition to Layson Island. 

Annual Report of the Governor of Alaska on Alaska Game Law, 1911. 
Common Mammals in Western Montana in relation to Agriculture. 
The English Sparrow as a Pest. 

Raising Belgian Hares and other Rabbits. 

Some Common Game, Aquatic, and Rapacious Birds in relation to Man. 
Farmers’ Bulletin, 510. 

Game Laws for 1912. 


Fietp Museum or Narurtan Hisrory. 


Annual Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees. 
Mammals from Western Venezuela and Eastern Columbia. 
Description of New Fishes from Panama. 

The Oraibi Maru Ceremony, 1912. 

Brief Miscellaneous Hopi Papers, 1912. 


Witson OrnITHOLOGICAL CLUB, OBERLIN, On10 


A Study of the Home Life of the Brown Thrasher. 
March Bird List from the Callosahatches River and Lake Okeechobee. 
A Preliminary List of Birds of Fall River County, South Dakota. 


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ProvinctaL Museum Report. 


1913 


PENNSYLVANIA Museum Anp Scnoou or InpustrRiAL ART. 


The Frishmuth Antiquarian Collection. 

Drawing-room Set of Furniture, Louis XVI. Period. 

Two Additional Furniture Sections, opened to the Public, May 27th, 1912. 
An Old Interior from the Austrian Tyrol. 

General Ethnology Collection, E. W. Clark Collection. 

One of the Oldest Babylonian Tablets in the World. 

An Ancient Antiquary. 


THe CoLtorapo AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 


Bulletin, Colorado Climatology. 
Deterioration of the Quality of Sugar-beets, due to Nitrates in the Soil. 
The Ammonifying Efficiency of certain Colorado Soils. 


Tue Derrorr Museum or Art. 


A Painting added to the Permanent Collection. 
April Bulletin, Vol. 6. 


Some Fine Acquisitions. 
Tue British Museum or Natura History 


Guide to the Department of Zoology, 1910. 

Guide to the Animals, ete., mentioned in the Bible. 
Guide to Smith’s Drawings of Mushrooms. 

Memorials of Charles Darwin, 1910. 

Guide to the Crustacea, ete., 1910. 

General Guide to the British Museum of Natural History, 1909. 
Guide to the Exhibited Series of Insects, 1909. 
Guide to the Shell and Starfish Galleries, 1908. 
Guide to the Great Game Animals (Ungulata), 1907. 
Guide to the Coral Gallery, 1907. 

Guide to the Gallery of Reptila and Amphibia, 1906. 


Tue Carnecize Museum, Pirrspura. 


Report of the Carnegie Museum, 1911. 
teport of the Founder's Day, and Annual Report, 1912. 


MisceLttanrous Reports. 


State Museum University of Washington, Seattle, 1912. 
Wisconsin Natural History Society, 1911. 

Report of the University Museum, Michigan, 1911. 

The Louisiana Museum. 

Bulletin No. 1, Leguminosae of Louisiana, 1910. 

City of Milwaukee Public Museum. 


Amnual Reports of the Oakland Free Library and Oakland Museum, 1911-12. 


The Oologist—Birds, Nests, Eggs, December, 1911. 
The Mineral Reoumoes of the Philippine Islands. 
American Association of Museums. 

New York Zoological Society, New Blood Pheasants. 
Re ae of the Drexel Institute and Library School. 
The Tahltan Indians, Univ ersity of Pennsylvania. 

Zducational Appliances for the Instruction of Natural History. 
University Studies of the University of Nebraska (4 reports). 
University of California in Zoology, Vol. 8, No. 3. 

Augustana Library, Rock Island, Il., No. 7 

Report, Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, 1911-12. 
Report, Erie Public Library, Pa., 1909-10-11. 

California University, Birds in relation to Grasshoppers. 


3 Gro. 5 Provincia Museum Report, Q 23 


California University, Structure and Relationships of D. palustris. 
California University, Birds of Oregon, 1907-8. 

Studies in Bird Migration. 

Park Museum Bulletin, March and April, 1911. 

Some Aspects of Variation, 1912. 

Bristol Art Gallery Catalogue. 

Wilson Bulletin, Ohio, No. 81. 

Report of the Natural History Museum, Illinois, 1909-10. 
American Journal of Science, Showers of Meteoric Stones, ete. 
State Board of Agriculture, Mass., Report of State Ornithologist. 
A Preliminary List of the Insects of Quebec. 

Guide to the Collections, Free Public Museums, Liverpool. 
Annual Report of the Public Museum of Milwaukee. 

Some Poultry Diseases, Colorado Agricultural College. 

Geology of the Sangamon County. 

Report of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 

Report of the New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Stations. 
Report of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Art. 

Report of the Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan. 
General Guide to the Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan. 
Report of the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences. 

The Mineral Resources of the Philippines for 1911. 


CANADIAN Reports. 


Report of the Anthropological Division, Canada Department of Mines. 
Summary Report of the Geological Survey, 1911-12. 

Report of the Bighorn Coal Basin, Alberta. 

Report of Southern Vancouver Island. 

The Geology and Ore Deposits of Pheenix, Boundary District, B.C. 
Preliminary Report of the Clay and Shale Deposits of Western Provinces. 
Report of the Commission re Turtle Mt. and Frank, Alta. 

The Geology of Steeprock Lake, Ont. 


Mancuester Museum, ENGLanp. 


Report of the Manchester Museum for 1895 to 1912, inclusive. 
Notes on Suggestions for a Proposed Museum in Manchester. 
Notes on Rachiopteris eylindrica (Will.). 
Notes on Ampulle in some Specimens of Millepora. 
Notes on New Species of Brachiopoda and Mollusca of Lancashire. 
Notes on Paleontology of the Manx Slates of the Isle of Man. 
Xenophyton radiculosium (Hick) and Stigiuarian Rootlet. 
The Red-sandstone Rocks of Peel, Isle of Man. 
The Carboniferous Perunan and Triassic Rocks in Glacial Drifts. 
Report on Bigbury Camp and Pilgrim’s Way. 
Notes on the Type Specimen of Loligoeblanae (Ball). 
Discovery of Elephas antiquois at Blackpool. 
Diagnostic Key to Dibranchiate cephalopoda. 
Two Native Rag-branches and a Prayer-stick. 
The Education of a Curator. 
Glue and Turpentine Cement for Alcoholic Mounts, how to make and use. 
Nomenclature of the Seams of Lancashire Coal-measures. 
Hadfield Collection of Shells from the Loyalty Islands, 
Catalogue of the Library. 
Index to the Systema Nature of Linnzous. 
Correlation Tables of British Strata. 
peleeontoleg sy of the Lancashire Coal-measures (Part 1). 

" " (Part 2 and 3). 
A Brief Account of the Cosuro Melvill Hebarium. 


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Chapters from the Evolution of Plants. 

Catalogue of Hepatic. 

Handy Guide to the Museum. 

The Marine Molusea of Madras. 

Marine Shells from Lively Island, Falklands, and other Parts. 

General Guides to the Natural History Collections. 

Descriptive Catalogue of the Embryological Models. 

Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities of the XII. and X VIII. Dynasties. 
Outline classification of the animal kingdom. 

The Tomb of Two Brothers. 


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Museum of Natural History for the year 1913. 


HENRY ESSON YOUNG, 
Provincial Secretary. 


Provincial Secretary's Office, January 15th, 1914. 


Provincia, Museum or Naturat History, 


Victoria, B.C., January 15th, 1914. 


The Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., 


Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


Srr,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum, to lay before you the 


report for the year 1913, covering the activities of the Museum. 


I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
FRANCIS KERMODE, 


Director. 


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FOR THE YEAR 1913. 


Provincia, Museum, 
Vicrorta, B.C., December 31st, 1913. 


The Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., 
Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


Str,—The work of the Provincial Museum of Natural History during the past year has 
been more extensive in its scope, and, I believe, more productive in results which are calculated 
to advance and serve the purposes of popular instruction, than in any preceding year. It is 
gratifying to note that the earnest and persistent efforts made during the past years have won 
the generous and appreciative recognition not only of scientific men, but of the general public, 
and that our institution as a Museum of Provincial Natural History and Anthropology is 
recognized as one of the foremost of its kind. 

There is no way of accurately recording the attendance, but a glance at the visitors’ 
register shows the names of people from all parts of the world. Only a very small proportion 
of persons visiting the Museum utilize the register, 33,896 only having recorded during 1913. 
Several classes from the public schools under the direction of their teachers have visited the 
Museum, and I think that, if other teachers would take an opportunity of bringing their 
classes to visit the Museum, it would be of great benefit to the students in their nature-studies. 

It has been the endeavour of the Director to make every dollar of expenditure tell in the 
direction of increasing the extent and value of the possessions of the Museum, 

Considerable scientific research has been carried on in the field during the year, and the 
Director proposes to continue this work and have parties in the field each year until every 
portion of the Province has been covered ; the country offering almost unlimited opportunities 
for the enthusiastic collector. 

On April 7th, E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, accompanied by an assistant, C. B. 
Garrett, were sent afield to make a general collection of zoological specimens in the Okanagan 
Valley from the south end of Okanagan Lake to the United States boundary. Many valuable 
specimens were added to the Museum, several species being new to the collection. During the 
three months’ trip there were collected : 306 birds, 580 oological specimens (comprising 114 
sets of eggs with nests), 278 mammals, 36 batrachins and reptiles, 11 fishes, and over 4,000 
entomological specimens. 

Special attention was given during the year to our collection of fishes. An interesting 
and beautiful series of casts has now been arranged in eight cases on the upper floor in the 
north section of the Museum. These casts, carefully coloured, represent the salmon family in 
both salt-water and spawning forms, and other fishes indigenous to the waters of the Province. 
In addition to the above, many new specimens have been preserved in alcohol, and the whole 
collection of fishes rearranged. 

During the months of May and June the Director, accompanied by an official of the Pro- 
vincial Secretary's Department, made several week-end trips to Bare and Saturna Islands, and 
secured some very interesting material. 

The Director has this year taken up with more activity the question of the preservation 
of wild life, and having the permission of the Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., Provincial 
Secretary and Minister of the Department, invited the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs 
for the Province of British Columbia to visit Bare Island, an Indian reserve, which has been 
proposed as a bird sanctuary. The invitation was accepted, the launch “Gunhild” chartered, 
and the trip taken on July 4th. The Commission was greatly impressed with what they saw 
of the bird-life on this island, and negotiations are now in progress with the Department of 
Indian Affairs at Ottawa to have Bare Island made a permanent bird sanctuary for the 
preservation of wild life. 


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Dr. C. F. Newcombe has continued his work of collecting anthropological material and 
data relating to the Coast tribes, and has secured a large | number of rare and valuable 
specimens, one of which is a large board sail, which I believe i is the first that has been secured 
by any museum. Dr. New combe’s report is annexed hereto. 

Mr. J. A. Teit, of Spences Bridge, has also continued the work of collecting anthropological 
material from the Interior tribes, and has been very successful in securing a great deal of 
wearing-apparel, baskets, etc. 

Dr. Newcombe having been employed by the Fisheries Department to carry on investiga- 
tions regarding the life-histor y of sea-lions, the Director left Victoria on June 17th for Namu, 
to accompany him to the rookeries in the Sea Otter Group, south-west of Cape Calvert. On 
arriving at Namu on the 20th, the launch ‘“‘Chaos” was chartered and left the same evening 
for Cape Calvert. On the way down Fitzhugh Sound, about 9.30 p.m., when nearing Safety 
Cove, the “ Karluk” on her way north, with ‘the Steffanson Arctic Expedition on board, was 
passed. Early next morning a start was made round Sorrow Island and Cape Calvert, out to 
sea in a south-w esterly direction to Devil and Pearl Rocks, which are about seven miles off 
shore. On approaching Devil Rock only a few sea-lions were found, probably about 200, but 
at the next point visited, Pearl Rocks, which is the main rookery, the number estimated was 

1,500 males and females and about 500 pups. In an endeavour to secure specimens several 
shots were fired, but when hit the animals would roll off the rocks into the sea and sink almost 
immediately. One large male, however, was secured before it sank, and was towed back to 
Grief Bay, a distance GE seven miles, where it was hauled up as the tide came in, to be skinned 
and prepared for transportation. This mammal measured 11 feet 6 inches in length and 8 
feet 6 inches around the neck, and weighed about 2,500 tb. Several good photographs were 
secured, showing the rocks meapied by these lsre6 sea-mammals. Early the next morning 
Pearl Rocks were revisited, and subsequently W atch Rock, where approximately 500 males 
and females, including pups, were observed. Bird Rock, which is nearer the shore-line of 
Calvert Island, was also visited. This is a small island, chiefly rock, where a number of 
glacous-wing gulls and cormorants nest, and should be set aside as a bird sanctuary ; the birds 
on this island are not found in any such numbers as on Bare Island, near Victoria. 

On August 30th the Director and his assistant left Victoria for Atlin on a general 
zoological collecting trip. Although in the Atlin country only during the month of September, 
a considerable number of specimens were collected, sev eral of which were not previously own 
to be in the Province. When it becomes possible to again visit this district and do a full 
season’s field-work, there can be no doubt that a number of eastern and northern species will 
be found within the limits of British Columbia. 

In a Province possessing such an enormous coast-line, the study of marine biology is of 
very great importance, but so far our efforts in this direction have been handicapped “by the 
lack of suitable means for carrying out the work. Systematic dredging along the coast must 
be undertaken by means of a suitable vessel. It is generally to be hoped that in the near 
future it will be found possible to obtain a launch for the use of the Department, in order that 
this important branch of our institution may not be neglected. A suitable boat would be of 
very great assistance also in obtaining data relating to the migration of sea-birds and the 
nesting habits, and would afford an opportunity of v isiting contin little-known islands which 
contain material of the greatest value and interest to the Provincial Museum. 

Amnexed will be found a complete list of all new specimens secured during the year. 


T have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 


FRANCIS KERMODE, 
Director. 


Nest and eges of the Glaucous-winged Gull. Bare Island, near Victoria, B.C 


Nest and Eggs of Black Oyster-catcher, Bare Island, near Victoria, B.C 


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REPORT ON BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED DURING APRIL, MAY, AND 
JUNE, 1913, IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, FROM OKANAGAN 
LANDING SOUTH TO OSOYOOS LAKE. 


By E. M. Anperson. 


(Nore.—Species collected on the trip are marked with an asterisk.) 


*HOLBa@LL’s GrEBE (Colymbus holballi, Reinh.). 

Common on all the lakes throughout the valley ; breeds on Dog, Vaseaux, and Osoyoos 
Lakes. Eggs taken on June 11th and 16th. Nests found floating in the tule marshes and 
also on the margin of lakes, composed of dead rushes, grasses, etc., and lined with decayed 
vegetation—in about 3 feet of water. Eggs, four or five whitish buff to pale green, often 
stained to obscure the ground colour ; size, 2.20 x 1.45. 

*Hornep Gree (Colymbus auritus, Linn.). 

Fairly common on lakes. Nests found well hidden amongst tules in about 4 feet of water. 
Three sets of eggs taken June 13th at Vaseaux Lake. Nest composed of rushes, ete., and 
lined with decayed vegetation. From five to eight buffy white eggs, often pale greenish ; size, 
1.50 x 1.25. Birds seldom found near the nests, as the eggs are incubated chiefly by the action 
of dead vegetation placed in the nests. 

Loon, Great Norraern Diver (Gavia immer, Brun.). 

A pair were found on all the larger lakes throughout the valley. On May 23rd, secured 
an interesting set of eggs at Vaseaux Lake ; the nest was situated at the water’s edge, on the 
extreme point of a small island. Eggs two in number, of a dark greenish-brown colour, spotted 
sparingly with black. One egg measured 2.20 x 3.15, the larger 4.40 x 2.50; the latter a most 
remarkable-sized egg. 

HErRING-GULL (Larus argentatus, Pont.). 

One seen at Okanagan Lake on April 9th. 
MerGanser (Jergus americanus, Cassin.). 

One pair seen at Okanagan Lake on April 12th ; probably breeds. 
Matiarp (Anas platyrhynchos, Linn.). 

On April 10th a large flock of about sixty birds was seen near Penticton, along the 
Okanagan River. By the 20th of the month nearly all of the birds paired and bred on the 
numerous lakes throughout the district. 

Rep-Heap, Pocnarp (Varila americana, Eyt.). 

A few pair were seen with a large flock of scaup-ducks at Okanagan Landing on April 
15th. A pair bred on Dog Lake, near the Okanagan Falls. The young were seen on June 
12th close to the margin of the lake. 

Scaup-puck, Biuesity (Varila marila, Linn.). 

Common at Okanagan Falls on April 9th. Did not find it breeding in the valley. 
Lesser Scaup-puck (Jarila affinis, Eyt.) 

Five birds seen in company with scaup-ducks on April 9th at Okanagan Landing. 
BUuFFLE-HEAD, Burrer-BaLu (Charitonetta albeola, Linn.). 

Two males seen at Okanagan Lake on April 9th. 

SANADA Goose (Branta canadensis canadensis, Linn.). 


Found throughout the valley. Three were seen at Penticton on April 12th ; about forty 
at Vaseaux Lake on May 12th. Breeds throughout the valley. On an island in Vaseaux Lake 
two nests were found on the ground. They lay five beautiful eggs; size, 3.45 x 2.40. Nests 
composed of pin-needles, lined with down. Birds have been known to nest at the edge of 
American osprey’s nest, and not uncommonly on top of a pinnacle of a mountain-top. 


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TRUMPETER-SWAN (Olor buccinator, Rich.). 

Two birds were seen at Dog Lake, near Kaleden. These birds were moving northward to 
their breeding-grounds. $8. Satow reports the bird common at Vaseaux Lake during the 
winter months. 

BrrrerN (Botaurus lentiginosus, Montag.). 

By no means a common bird; only three pair seen. A pair was found breeding at 
Vaseaux Lake on June 8th; nest inthe marsh. Two birds seen at Osoyoos Lake on May 10th, 
and also a pair observed on wing along the Okanagan River on June 25th. 

SANDHILL-CRANE (Grus mexicana, Muller). 

Two flights of about one hundred birds moving northward seen on Schoonover Mountain, 
April 18th to 20th. One pair breeding at Vaseaux Lake, May 23rd. 

Vireiia Rar (Rallus virginianus, Linn.). 

Found on Dog Lake, Okanagan Falls, May 2nd, breeding in reeds. 
Carouina Rai (Porzana carolina, Linn.). 

One pair seen at Vaseaux Lake, May 23rd, breeding in tules. 
Coor (Mud-hen), (/ulica americana, Gmel.). 

Common at Okanagan Lake, Penticton, April 10th to 15th. Breeds on lakes throughout 
the valley. Eggs laid in marshes. 

Witson’s SyrPe (Gallinago delicata, Ord.). 

One pair observed on May 10th at Dog Lake, Okanagan Falls. 
*GREATER YELLOW-LEGS (Totanus melanoleucus, Gmel.). 

A fine male taken on a small lake near Fairview on May 15th. 
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Actitis macularia, Linn.). 

Common, breeds throughout the valley. Seen at Vaseaux Lake on May 20th, Dog Lake 
on June 15th; two birds shot at Penticton along the river-bank on June 25th. This is the 
only species of sandpiper observed with certainty in the valley. ; 
Lonc-BiLttep Curtew (Vumenius americanus, Bech.). 

Not common. On May 8th a pair were seen on a side-hill on Shuttleworth Creek. A 
pair bred at Vaseaux Lake on the west side. Birds heard, May 25th to 50th ; nest not found. 
*IKILDEER PLOVER (Oxyechus vociferus, Linn.). 

Fairly common in suitable breeding-places. Taken on May 10th at Okanagan Falls. 
Seen at Vaseaux Lake on June Ist, at Dog Lake on June 20th. 

Catirornta Quan (Lophortyx californica californica, Shaw.). 

Saw two pair at Penticton with young brood on June 28th. Settlers report the bird 
increasing throughout the district. 

*RICHARDSON'S GrousE (Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni, Doug].). 

Common in nearly all the foot-hills. Secured birds at Penticton on April 10th ; Okanagan 
Falls, Schoonover Mountain (4,000 feet), April 18th to 25th. ound nest containing six eggs 


near the top of Schoonover Mountain, about 4,500 feet ; nest on ground under small pine- Arce! 
Eggs hard set on June 2nd ; size, 1.90 x 1.30; butf coloured, s spotted with brown. 


FRANKLIN'S GROUSE 


(Canachites franklint, Dougl.). 
Two birds were seen on April 9th at Four-mile Creek, Penticton, at an altitude of about 


3,000 feet. These birds breed on Mount Pearson and most of the high mountains throughout 
the valley. R. D. Sullivan reports it breeding back of Summerland at about 4,000 feet. 


*GreY Rurrep Grouse (Bonasa umbellus umbelloides, Dougl.). 


Abundant in different sections. Common along the river-banks and alder bottoms ; also 
found in mountains in suitable places, along creeks, edges of lakes, ete. Secured several fine 
specimens during May. Found a nest on May 3rd plae ‘ed on the ground, composed of dead 
leaves. The five eggs measure 1.60 x 1.20, pale- buff colour. Eggs fresh when taken. 


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Rine-Neck PuHeasant (Phasianus torquatus, Linn.). 

A few were seen at Okanagan Falls. J. Thomas reports the birds doing well, and it is to 
be hoped that they will endure the winter months. 
*Mourninc-bove (Zenaidura macroura carolinensis, Linn.). 

Very abundant from Penticton to Osoyoos Lake. Observed on May 24th at Vaseaux 
Lake, May 16th at Osoyoos, and all through June at Okanagan Falls. Breeds throughout the 
valley commonly ; ; nest ‘usually placed on the ground, laying two white eggs ; size, 1.15 x 0.80. 
TURKEY-VULTURE (Cathartes aura septentrionalis, Wied.). 

Very common from Vaseaux Lake to Osoyoos ; breeds in rugged cliffs from May to July. 
Marsn-nawk (Circus hudsonius, Linn.). 

Saw one bird at Osoyoos Lake on May 16th. One pair were found breeding at Vaseaux 

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Lake on June 10th amongst the tule marshes and grasses. 
*SHARP-SHINNED Hawk (dccipiter velox, Wils.). 

One specimen taken near Fairview on May 19th. Not a common breeder in the district. 
*Cooper’s Hawk (Aceipiter cooperi, Bonap.). 

Found a pair breeding at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, on May 3rd. Nest 
composed of sticks and lined with bark strips, ete., was. placed in poplar tree, about 30 feet 
up. The eggs, two in number, of a bluish-white colour, spotted slightly with brown ; size, 
1.90 x 1.40. Eggs fresh. 

GosHawk (Astur atricapillis atricapillus, Wils.). 

One pair seen at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, on April 18th. 
Western Rep-raiLtep Hawk (Buteo borealis calurus, Cass.). 

Not common. Saw one bird at Okanagan Falls on May 25th, and another pair at 
Schoonover Cabin, 3,500 feet altitude. 

Swarnsoy’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni, Bonap.). 

Only one specimen seen at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, on May 20th. 
GotpeN Eac ie (Aguila chrysetos, Linn.). 

Not common. One pair found breeding at MacIntyre Creek, nest inaccessible on rugged 
cliff, May 10th. 

Baxp Eacue (aliaétus leucocephalus alascanus, Towns.). 

One pair seen on May 5th at Okanagan Falls. 
*Duck-HAawk (/aleo peregrinus anatum, Bonap.). 

On May 12th found a pair breeding on the south side of Peach Cliff, Okanagan Falls ; 
nest situated in a crevice of an inaccessible bluff, about 500 feet from the ground. Secured 
both male and female in full breeding plumage. 

Brack Pigron-Hawk (falco columbarius suckleyi, Ridg.). 

Not a common bird. Observed one at Okanagan Falls on May 8th, and one at Vaseaux 
Lake on June Ist. 

*Desert Sparrow-Hawk (Falco sparverius phalena, Lesson). 

Common. Breeds throughout the valley ; nests in holes in trees. Okanagan Falls, May 
8th ; Osoyoos, May 16th ; Penticton, June 26th. 

*Osprey (Fisu-uawk), (Pandion halietus carolinensis, Gmel.). 

Abundant. Penticton, May 12th; Okanagan Falls, April, May, and June. Breeds 
commonly ; nests tops of trees from 50 to 80 feet high. Three sets of eggs taken. Okanagan 
Falls, set of three, May 12th; Osoyoos Lake, set of two, May 15th; and Vaseaux Lake, set of 
three, May 20th. Size of eggs, 2.55 x 1.95, whitish, blotched with chestnut brown. 
*LonG-EARED Ow. (Asio wilsonianus, Less.). 

3reeds fairly commonly in old crows’ nests in bottom lands. Male and female and five 
downy young taken on small island in Vaseaux Lake on May 23rd. 


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Dusky Hornep Own (Bubo virginianus saturatus, Ridg.). 

One seen on April 12th at Four-mile Creek, near Penticton, and another at Okanagan 
Falls on May 3rd. Breeds throughout the district. 

3ELTED KINGFISHER (Ceryle aleyon, Linn.). 

Found breeding along the river-banks and Vaseaux Lake. Nest contained seven young 
on June 24th, in a hole in the bank at Penticton. Fairly common. 
*NortHern Harry Wooppecker (Dryobates villosus leucomelas, Bodd.). 

One female taken at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, on May 7th. Not common. 
*Capinis’ WoopprckEr (Dryobates villosus hyloscopus, Cab. & Heine). 

Fairly common in the hills. Four specimens taken at Schoonover Mountain, Okanagan 
Falls—one April 19th, one April 25th, one May 7th, and another June 7th. 

*BarconeLrper’s WoopPeckeEr (Dryobates pubescens homorus, Cab. & Heine). 

Fairly common. Taken at Okanagan Falls on May 13th. 

*RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis, Baird.). 

Four specimens taken at Penticton on June 25th. Not common. Breeds near Penticton, 
along the Okanagan River banks; nests in alder-stumps. Birds located feeding young, June 
22nd. 

*WIHILLIAMSON’S SapsuckER (Sphyrapicus thyroideus, Cass.). 

Rare in British Columbia. Male and female taken on April 22nd on Schoonover 
Mountain, Okanagan Falls, about 3,500 feet, and a single male on June Ist in the same locality. 
The hammering of this bird differs in sound from any other of the woodpecker family, being 
faster and shriller, not unlike that of a nuthatch, but heavier taps and more pronounced. All 
three were found feeding on tamarack-trees. 

Nortuern PineareD Wooppecker (Ph/wotomus pileatus abieticola, Bangs). 

Not common. Breeds at Okanagan Falls. Pair seen at McLean Creek on May Ist. 
*Lewis’ Wooppecker (Asyndesmus Jewisi, Riley). 

Common from Okanagan Falls to Osoyoos. Breeds commonly. Nests in holes in stumps, 
etc., laying from seven to nine eggs, W hite, measuring 1.05 x 0.80. Eggs taken at Vaseaux 
Take on May 3lst and June 10th. 

*ReD-SHAFTED FLIcKER (Colaptes cafer collaris, Vigors). 

Common throughout the valley. Breeds commonly. Nests in old stumps, etc., from 10 
to 20 feet high. Birds and eggs taken at Vaseaux Lake on May 27th and June 10th. Lay 
from six to eight white eggs, measuring 1.20 x 0.90. The male bird was sitting on the eggs. 
Bird shot. 

Poor Witt (Phalenoptilus nuttalli nuttalli, Aud.). 


Only one seen at Vaseaux Lake on June 5th. Heard notes of the bird at Penticton on 
June 26th. 


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*Western Nicut-Hawk (Chordeiles virginianus henryi, Cass.). 

Very abundant at Okanagan Falls on June 29th, and also at Penticton from June 25th 
to July Ist. 

Biack Swiev (Cypseloides niger borealis, Kenn.). 

On July 2nd, while travelling on the train, observed a flock of about thirty birds on the 
wing a mile north of Mara. 

Vaux’s Swier (Cheture vauxi, Towns.). 

Fairly common at Okanagan Falls on May 20th; also a pair on Okanagan River, about 
two miles north of Penticton, June 26th ; the latter pair were breeding. Observed the birds 
breaking rotten sticks from a dead birch whilst on the wing. This performance was noticed 
only late in the ev ening, usually about an hour before Ala 
Caxiiope HumMinc-sirp (Stel/ula calliope, Gould). 

One male seen at Shuttleworth Creek on May 15th at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. 


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*Rurous Hummine-pirp (Se/asphorus rufus, Gmel.). 

By no means as common as on the Coast. A few seen at Okanagan Falls from May 3rd 
to 30th, and at Penticton from June 20th to 30th. 
*Kinesirp (Tyrannus tyrannus, Linn.). 


One of the commonest birds of the valley, arriving about the middle of May and breeding 
in June. Nests and eggs taken at Vaseaux Lake, June 11th and 1 5th ; Penticton, June 20th, 
25th, and 28th. Nests in bushes and tops of posts, etc. Lay from three to four cream- 
coloured eggs, blotched and spotted with brown and lilac, measuring 0.95 x 0.75. 


*ArKaANsAS Kinceirp (7yrannus verticalis, Say). 

Very abundant in the valley. Breeds commonly. Found nest in stable containing three 
young on May 3rd at Okanagan Falls, and a second nest with fledglings on June lth at 
Shuttleworth Creek in a pine-tree close to the trunk, about 30 feet high. 

*Say’s Puae (Sayornis sayus, Bonap.). 

Two specimens taken in sage-brush at Penticton on April 10th, and another at Okanagan 
Falls on May 5th. Breeds. 

*OLIVE-SIDED Frycarcuer (.Vuttallornis borealis, Swains.). 

One seen at MacLean Creek on May 8th. A male taken at Schoonover Mountain on 
June 6th, altitude 3,500 feet. By no'means a common bird. 

*Western Woop-PEwEE (J yiochanes ie i richardsoni, Swains.). 

Fairly common at Osoyoos, May 16th; Vaseaux Lake, May 24th ; and Penticton, June 
25th. Breeds. 

*TRAILL’s FrycatcuHer (ELmpidonas trailli trailli, Aud.). 


Common. Nests and eggs taken at Penticton on June 16th. Nests placed in rose-bushes 
about + feet from the ground, composed of fine grasses and wood-tibre, lined with cow and 
horse hair. Lay from three to four eggs, cream coloured, spotted and blotched with lilac and 
brown, mostly towards the larger end. Measure, 0.75 x 0.55. (Eggs perfectly fresh.) 


*Hammonp’s Frycearcuer (Lmpidonax hammondi, Xan.). 


Fairly common at Okanagan Falls. Taken May 4th, 15th, and June 4th at Schoonover 
Mountain, elevation 4,000 feet. 


*Wricut’s Frycarcuer (Lmpidonax wrighti, Baird.). 

Not a common bird.at Okanagan Falls on May 5th. 
*MaGpie (Pica pica hudsonia, Sab.). 

Common Very abundant from Vaseaux Lake to Osoyoos. Breeds in large colonies at 
Incameep. Nest is a large structure of sticks usually placed i in pine-trees from 15 to 40 feet 


high, often in willows, ete. Lay from seven to twelve eggs, averaging 1.25 x 0.90. Eggs taken 
on May 15th at Incameep, one set containing nine and the other seven. Nest is very bulky. 


*BLACK-HEADED Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri annectens, Baird.). 

Common throughout the valley. Breeds. Nests and eggs taken on May 2nd at 
Okanagan Falls. Nest was placed in jack-pine about 25 feet high, near the top. Composed 
of sticks and lined with wood-tibres, ete. 


*Rocky Mounrain Jay (Perisoreus canadensis capitalis, Ridg.). 


Found this fine jay fairly common near the top of Schoonover Mountain at an altitude of 
from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, in the thick tamarack and spruce belts. The birds are very shy and 
silent during the nesting season. Several specimens were taken on April 20th and three on 
June Ist. No birds were seen below 3,000 feet. 


*WestERN Crow (Corvus brachryhynchos hesperis, Ridg.). 

Very abundant throughout the valley. Nests and eggs taken at Okanagan Falls from 
April 30th to May 19th. The birds were found breeding i in numbers during “May along the 
river-bottoms, from Penticton to Osoyoos. The nests were usually placed from 15 to 30 feet 


high in alder, poplar, and willow trees. Eggs averaged about five in number, \ varying from 
black to greenish white, spotted and blotched with various shades of brown ; size, 1.60 x 1.15. 


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These birds do considerable damage to the smaller birds’ nests. On several occasions they 
were found plundering the homes and destroying the eggs of the goldfinch and western 
chipping-sparrow, which are usually found common in the peach and apple orchards throughout 
the valley. 

*CLARKE’s NurcoracKER (Vucifraga columbiana, Wils.). 

The bird found common in the foot-hills from Penticton to Osoyoos Lake, more abundant 
on the east side. Birds were taken at Penticton (Four-mile Creek) on April 10th, and at 
Schoonover Mountain, 4,000 feet altitude, on April 20th. Birds have been known to breed 
in the latter part of February, when the thermometer often registers 20 degrees below zero. 
From the size of the young birds taken in June, it is iho doubt that the birds lay some 
time about the middle of March. Search for the nests was made daily from April 20th to 
25th on Schoonover Mountain, 4,000 feet altitude ; only one deserted nest was located in a 
yine-tree 25 feet from the ground. The nest is a large bulky affair composed of sticks and 
Pp A 2 g J I 
lined with bark, ete. 

*Bopoiink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Linn.). 
Fairly common. Ten specimens taken at Penticton on June 20th. Located a female 


building a nest on the ground in the meadow near Penticton on June 18th, and on my return 
a few days later found the nest deserted. A pair was seen at Okanagan Falls on May 20th. 


*CowsirD (Volothrus ater ater, Bodd.) : 


Birds taken at Penticton on June 25th. Flock of about seven were seen at Okanagan 
Falls on May 21st. On June 25th a single egg was found in the nest of a Pacific yellow- 
throat, which contained two eggs, slightly incubated. 


*San Disco Repwine (Agelaius pheniceus neutralis, Ridg.). 
Very abundant in marshes and swamps throughout the valley. Seen only in the bottom 
lands. Specimens were taken at Penticton, April 12th: Okanagan Falls, April 15th and May 


10th ; and Vaseaux Lake and Osoyoos in May. Nests and eggs were taken at Dog Lake on 
May 21st, also several fine sets at ‘Vaseaux and Osoyoos on May 24th. 


*WeresteRN Mrapow-Lark (Sturnella neglecta, Aud.). 


Common at Penticton and Okanagan Falls; abundant nearly everywhere, in the fields 
and meadows throughout the valley. Breeds. 
*BuLiock’s Orrtoxe (Leterus bullocki, Swains.). 

Abundant throughout the valley. Birds taken on May 27th at Penticton, and on June 
6th at Vaseaux Lake. Breeds commonly close to water. Nests placed usually in deciduous 
trees, resembling a hanging basket in shape. Fresh eggs were taken at Penticton on June 
15th. Eggs four in sverilbs pale bluish white, streaked and lined with black, brown, and 
grey ; size, 0.95 x 0.60. Nest containing four young was found at Dog Lake on June 20th. 


The chatter of these birds can be heard from morn till night ; and they are very busy during 
the nesting season. 
*Brewer’s Bracksird (Luphagus cyanocephalus, Wag.). 

One of the commonest birds in the valley. Large flocks were seen at Penticton on April 
12th, and also at Okanagan Falls during the months of May and June. On May 29th a nest 
containing Six ege@s was taken. Eggs were slightly incubated. The nest was situated on a 
haystack in an open meadow —rather an unusual nesting-place. Another fine set was collected 
at Okanagan Falls on June 15th. Nest was placed on the ground and contained six dull 
greyish eggs, blotched and spotted with brown and black ; size, 1 x 0.75. Incubation fresh. 
*Wesrern Eventnc Grosseak (/esperiphona vespertina montana, Ridg.). 

During the first week in June a flock of about twenty birds frequented our camp at 
Schoonover Mountain (3,500 feet). The birds were watched ‘closely in order to try and locate 
their nesting-place, but our observations proved in vain. The birds showed no signs of pairing 
up to June 15th. Several birds were collected on June 12th, and on close examination of the 
ovaries three females showed no sign of breeding whatever ; therefore it is without doubt that 
these birds lay well on into July. Mr. Blurton mentioned the fact that he once saw a female 
feeding young birds near ieee during the latter part of July. From observations, it is 
believed that the birds nest near the tops of tall conifers, 100 to 150 feet high, otherwise an 
old nest would have been found. 


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*Cassty’s Purpie Fincn (Carpodacus cassini, Baird). 

Common at Okanagan Falls in April and May. A dozen specimens were collected in 
May at McLean Creek, Okanagan Falls. This bird is one of the finest songsters in the valley 
during the spring months. Its sweet melodious trills can be heard amongst the trees of the 
beautiful conifer forests characteristic of the Okanagan. 

*CrossBILL (Lowia eurvirostra minor, Brehm). 

Two flocks, about forty birds, were seen at Schoonover Mountain (4,000 feet) from June 
2nd to 4th. Three males and one female taken on June 2nd. 
*Pate GoupFincu (Astragalinus tristis pallidus, Mearns). 

One male taken at Penticton April 12th; a small flock of seven observed at Okanagan 
Falls, April 30th ; four seen at Penticton, June 14th. Breeds in July. 

*PINE SIsKIN (Spinus pinus, Wils.). 

Four birds collected at Okanagan Falls, April 12th; one flock of about thirty at 
Schoonover Mountain, April 20th. 

*Snow-BuNTING (Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis, Linn.). 

One specimen found dead at Okanagan Falls, May Ist. No other birds seen during the 
summer. 

*WesTERN SAVANNAH Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus, Bon.). 
Common throughout the Valley. Taken at Okanagan Falls, April 20th to May 10th. 


*Western Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus strigatus, Swains.). 

Fairly common at Osoyoos, May 16th. Taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 27th. A fine songster. 
*GAMBEL's Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli, Nutt.). 

Fairly common. Okanagan Falls, May 6th; Osoyoos, May 22nd. 

*WesTERN CHIPPING-SPARROW (Spizella passerina arizone, Coues). 

Common everywhere throughout the valley. Eggs taken, May 30th, June 14th, June 21st 
and 25th. Nests placed in trees and bushes. Eggs four or five in number, of a greyish blue, 
spotted and blotched with blackish and purplish markings ; size, 0.70 x 0.52. 

*SuHuFELDT’s Junco (Junco hyemalis connectens, Coues). 

Found this bird common on all the foot-hiils and higher altitudes throughout the valley. 
Taken at Penticton, April 10th to 12th ; at Okanagan Falls, April 20th and May 10th. 
*Rusty Sonc-sparrow (Melospiza melodia morphna, Oberh.). 

Common everywhere in the valley. Eggs taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 23rd; at Okana- 
gan Falls, June 11th and 13th. Nests placed in swamp-grass ; four or five eggs in number, 
whitish or greenish white, spotted and blotched with browns of various shades ; size, 0.80 x 0.60. 
*Spurrep TowHEE (Pipilo maculatus montanus, Swarth). 

Abundant throughout the valley. Breeds commonly: nests on the ground. Taken at 
Okanagan Falls, May 20th; Penticton, June 25th. 

*Lazutt Bunvine (Passerina amend, Say). 

Common in the lower sections of the valley. Birds taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 18th to 
27th, June 10th ; at Penticton, June 28th. Nests and eggs collected at Vaseaux Lake, May 
29th. The nest was placed in small bushes about 4 feet from the ground. The eggs, four in 
number, were pale bluish white ; size, 0.75 x 0.55. 

*WesTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana, Wils.). 

Fairly common at Okanagan Falls. Birds collected at Schoonover Mountain, June 
Ist ; at Okanagan Falls, May 8th. 

*Cuirr Swatiow (Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons, Say). 

Common everywhere in the valley. 3reeds commonly in suitable places. Nest 
constructed of mud, placed on dwellings or cliffs. Eggs four or five in number, whitish, spotted 
with reddish brown ; size, 0.82 x 0.56. Taken at Okanagan Falls, April 30th ; Vaseaux Lake, 
May 16th; Penticton, June 16th. 


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*Barn-swaiiow (Hirundo erythrogastra, Bod.). 

Fairly common at Okanagan Falls and Osoyoos. Nests and eggs taken at Dog Lake, 
June 19th. Nests in buildings and barns, etc. Eggs four or five in number, slightly paler in 
markings than the cliffsw allow. 

*TREE-SWALLOW (Jridoproene bicolor, Vieill.). 

Only a few birds seen at Okanagan Falls on May 10th. Found it the most uncommon of 
all the swallows. Bird, nest, and eggs taken at Penticton, June 29th. Tho nest was situated 
in a hole in a fence-post about 4 feet from the eround. Nest contained three white eggs (hard 
set) ; size, 0.75 x 0.50. 

*NoRTHERN VIOLET-GREEN SwWALLow (Z'achycineta thalassina lepida, Mearns). 

Found the bird common everywhere from Penticton to Osoyoos. Breeds commonly in 

May and June. Vaseaux Lake, May 16th ; Penticton, June 26th. 


*Bank-Swaiow (Riparia riparia, Linn.). 

Common in suitable breeding-grounds. The bird was found in hundreds breeding in the 
holes along the eee at Dog Lake on May 16th. Most of the nests contained beds a few 
days hatched or eggs far advanced. Eggs five or six, whitish in colour; size averaging 
0.70 x 0.50. 


*RouGH-WINGED SwaLLow (Stelgidopterya serripennis, Aud.). 

Collected several birds at Penticton, June 25th to 30th. A small colony of about forty 
birds were found breeding in holes in the low bank of the Okanagan River near Penticton. 
Two sets of eggs were taken, both hard set; nests contained seven whitish-coloured eggs ; 
size, 0.75 x 0.52. 

*Crpar Waxwinea (Bombycilla cedrorum, Vieill.). 
Fairly common at Okanagan Falls, Vaseaux Lake, and Penticton in June. Nests and 


eggs collected at Okanagan Falls, June 20th; eggs measuring 0.85 x 0.60, of a dull greyish 
blue, blotched and speckled with black and brown markings, mostly t owards the larger Pont 


*ReED-EYED V1rREo (Vireosylva olivacea, Linn.). 

The commonest of the vireos found in the valley. Vaseaux Lake, May 22nd; Penticton, 
June 15th to 25th. Nest and eggs collected at Shuttleworth Gide Okanagan ‘Falls, June 
6th; at Penticton, June 30th. The nests were suspended from the outer Branches of deciduous 
trees, about 6 feet from the ground. Eggs four in number, whitish in colour, sparingly marked 
with blackish brown; size, 0.85 x 0.55. 

*Wersrern Warsiinc Vireo (Vireosylva gilva swainsoni, Baird). 

A few were seen at Okanagan Falls, May 7th to 15th. Bird, nest, and eggs were taken 
at Penticton, June 25th. Building habits similar to the red-eyed vireo. Eggs four in number, 
white, spotted with dark-brown markings ; size, 0.72 x 0.52. 


*Cassin’s Vireo (Lanivireo solitarius cassini Xan.). 

Two specimens taken at Okanagan Falls, May Ist. 
*Lurescent Warsier (Vermivora celata lutescens, Ridg.). 

Common at Okanagan Falls and Penticton, May 10th and June 20th. Breeds. Nests 
on the ground. Eggs four, white, speckled with reddish brown ; size, 0.65 x 0.45. 


*ALASKA YrLLow WarsLer (Dendroica ewstiva rubiginosa, Pallas). 

Breeds commonly. Collected at Vaseaux Lake, May 20th ; Penticton, June 25th. Quite 
common at Vaseaux Lake and Dog Lake. Nests and eggs taken at Dog Lake on June 19th 
in bushes. Eges tour or five in number, of a dull w hitish colour, spotted and blotched with 
various shades of brown and lilac ; size, 0.65 x 0.50. 

* AuDOBON’s WARBLER (Dendroica auduboni auduboini, J. K. Towns.). 
Common at Okanagan Falls, May Ist to 10th ; at Schoonover Mountain, June Ist. 


*MAccILLIvRay’s WARBLER (Oporornis tolmiei, J. K. Towns.). 
One specimen taken at Schoonover Mountain (Sheep Creek) on June 3rd. 


Totem-poles, 


Ifouse 


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*Paciric YELLOW-THROAT (Geothlypis trichas arizela, Oberh.). 

Common at Vaseaux Lake, May 25th; at Okanagan River (Penticton) in June. One 
nest collected with two eggs; nest also contained a cowbird’ segg. Nest in low bushes about 
18 inches from the ground and close to river-bank. Eggs whitish, speckled with brown and 
amber ; size, 0.70 x 0.50. 

*Lonc-raiLep Cuar (Leteria virens longicauda, Lawr.). 

Fairly common at Penticton and Okanagan Falls. Specimen taken at Penticton, June 
24th. Breeds along the river-bottoms. 

*GoLpEN PineotateD WARBLER (Wilsonia pusilla ehryseola, Ridg.). 

A few seen at intervals at Okanagan Falls and Penticton. Specimen taken at Vaseaux 
Lake, May 28th and 30th. 

*RepsTarT (Setophaga ruticilla, Linn.). 


Only found the bird at Penticton, June 10th to 24th. Nest and eggs collected at 
Penticton, June 10th. Nest placed in a crotch of bush about 5 feet from the ground. Eggs 


four in number, slightly incubated, white in colour, spotted with reddish and grey markings ; 
size, 0.65 x 0.50. 


*Pipir (Anthus rubescens, Tunstall). 

A flock of about 200 seen at Okanagan Falls, May 6th and 7th; specimen taken at 
Vaseaux Lake, May 7th. 

Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus unicolor, Bonap.). 

Only two pair were seen, one at McLean Creek, April 25th, and the other at Okanagan 
Falls. On May 1st a nest was located at Okanagan Falls and shortly afterwards was swept 
away by the rising water. The bird did not attempt to rebuild in the same locality. 

*Carsirp (Duimetella carolinensis, Linn.). 

Common from Penticton to Osoyoos. Nests and eggs taken at Penticton, June 15th to 
30th. Nests placed in low bushes, containing four or five bluish-green eggs ; size, 0.95 x 0.70. 
*Rock-wren (Salpinctes obsoletus obsoletus, Say). 

A few birds were seen at Vaseaux Lake, May 18th. By no means common. 

Western Winter WrEN (Vannus hiemalis pacificus, Baird). 

One pair seen at Penticton (Four-mile Creek), April 12th; at Okanagan Falls (Shuttle- 
worth Creek), May Ist to 6th. Not common. 

*Rocky Movunvatw Nuruatcn (Sitta carolinensis nelsoni, Mearns). 

Found this bird common at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, April 25th to 30th. 
*Rep-preastep Nutwarcn (Sifta canadensis, Linn.). 

Birds collected at McLean Creek, Okanagan Falls, April 28th. Not as common as 
Rocky Mountain and pygmy nuthatch. 

*Pyamy Nurnatrcs (Sitta pygmea pygmea, Vig.). 

Common everywhere throughout the valley. Found nests at Vaseaux Lake, May 3rd 
and 22nd. Nest situated in a hole in a rotten stump about 15 feet from the ground. Eight 
eggs, whitish, speckled with reddish brown, size, 0.60 x 0.50. 


* LONG-TAILED CHICKADEE ae atricapillus septentrionalis, Harris). 

Okanagan Falls, May 6th ; Vaseaux Lake, June 2nd. 

*Mounrain Cnickapee (Penthestes gambeli gambeli, Ridg.). 

Okanagan Falls, April 20th to 25th, May Ist to 8th. Fairly common. 
*Hupsonian Cuickabeer (Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus, J. R. Forster). 

Common at Schoonover Mountain (4,000 feet) in June. Nest and fresh eggs taken, May 
31st; five eggs. Nest in hole in tree, eggs white, speckled with reddish brown; size, 
0.60 x 0.45. 

*Rusy-crowNeD KinGrer (Regulus calendula calendula, Linn.). 

Common at Okanagan Falls, April, May, and June. Breeds on Schoonover Mountain at 

an altitude of 4,000 feet. Found old nest in pine-tree about 30 feet high. 


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*TOWNSEND’S SoLITarRE (Wyadestes townsendi, Aud.). 


Collected specimens at Okanagan Falls, May Ist ; at Schoonover Mountain, June 4th. 
Occasional birds seen on the higher altitudes. 


* AupuBon’s Heruiv Turusu (/ylocichla guttata auduboni, Baird). 
Two birds collected at Schoonover Mountain (3,800 feet), June 5th. 
* Rosin (Planesticus migratorius migratorius, Linn.). 
Okanagan Falls, May 15th and June 10th. Breeds. 
*WrsterN Rosin (Planesticus migratorius propinguus, Ridg.). 
Abundant everywhere. Breeds commonly in the valley in May. 
*NortoHern Varied Trrusu (Lxeoreus nevins meruloides, Swains.). 
Birds collected at Okanagan Falls, April 25th. Few seen at Osoyoos, May 23rd. ® 
*WrsterN Biursirp (Sialia meaicana occidentalis, J. K. Towns.). 


Common. Penticton, April 10th; Okanagan Falls, April 25th to 50th. Nest and eggs 
taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 22nd. Eggs six in number, of bluish colour ; size, 0.80 x 0.60. 
A very interesting set of six white eggs collected at Okanagan Falls on June 17th in a hole in 
a stump. 


*Mountain Biurpirp (Sialia currucoides, Bech.). 
Fairly common. Okanagan Falls, April and May ; Penticton, June 20th. 


LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY. 
By E. M. Anperson anp C. B. Garrett. 


Papilio daunus. Common, May and June, Vaseaux Lake. 
1 eurymedon. Common, May and June, Vaseaux Lake. 
60 rutulus. A few taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 20th to 30th. 
" turnus. Vaseaux Lake, Schoonover Mountain, May 15th and June 6th. 
1 zolicaon. Common. Okanagan Falls, May 10th; Schoonover Mountain, June 
Ist to 6th. 
Pontia becker. Osoyoos, May 23rd. 
1 sisymbri. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 15th. Common. 
© oecidentalis. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 15th. Common. 
» rape. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 15th. Common. 
Synchloe creusa. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 15th. Commen. 
Arh ausonides. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, “May 15th. Common. 
an sara. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 15th, and June 6th. 
Burymus eriphyle. Vaseaux Lake, Okanagan Falls, M: ay 20th to June 20th. 
" hatjordii. Okanagan Falls, May 25th. 
hn occidentalis. Vaseaux Lake, May 18th ; Osoyoos, May 25th. 
Brenthis freijja. Schoonover Mountain, common, June Ist to 6th. 
" bellona. Schoonover Mountain, common, June Ist to 6th. 
" epithore. Schoonover Mountain, common, June Ist to 6th. 
Lemonias cooperi. Okanagan Falls, Vaseaux Lake, June Ist. 
" palla. Naseaux Lake, Jnne Ist to 10th. 
" whitneyii. Vaseaux Lake, June Ist to 10th. 
7 baroni. Vaseaux Lake, June 12th. 
Phycordes pratensis. Okanagan Falls, June 11th. 
" mylitta. NVaseaux Lake, June 10th. 
Bugonia californica. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist. 
Buvanessa antiopa, Okanagan Falls, April 15th. 
Basilarchia archippus.  Vaseaux Lake, May 14th to 30th. 
" lorquini. Penticton, June 30th. 
Cercyonis charon. Vaseaux Lake, June 15th. 
Krebia epipsodea. NVaseaux Lake, Schoonover Mountain, June. Common. 


pres 


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Cenonympha ampelos. Vaseaux Lake, Schoonover Mountain, May 15th, and June. 
Anosia plexippus. Vaseaux Lake, May 15th to 30th. 
Vranotes melinus. Okanagan Falls, May 20th. 
Callipsyche behrii. Vaseaux Lake, June 16th. 
Incasilia iroides. Okanagan Falls. 
" mossi. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
»  eryphon. Okanagan Falls, Schoonover Mountain, May 4th and June. 
Epidemia xroe. Vaseaux Lake, June 10th to 15th. 
" helloides. Vaseaux Lake, common in June. 
Cupido heteronea. Schoonover Prairie, June Ist to 6th. 
n fulla, Okanagan Falls, Schoonover Mountain, common, May 20th, June 6th. 
» sepiolus. Okanagan Falls, Schoonover Mountain, common, May 20th, June 6th. 
Nomiades antiacis. Common everywhere in the valley, May and June. 
" couperii. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
Phedrotes sagittigera. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
Rusticus melissa. Vaseaux Lake, June 10th to 15th. 
" anna. Vaseaux Lake, June 10th to 15th. 
Cyaniris nigrescens. Common in April and May, Okanagan Falls. 
Bveres comyntas. Vaseaux Lake, May 20th. 
Amblyscirtes vialis. Common in May and June, Okanagan Falls. 
Pamphila palemon. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
Erynnis manitoba. Vaseaux Lake, May 30th, Schoonover Mountain, June 5th. 
Thymelicus cernes. Schoonover Mountain, June 3rd. 
Thorybes pylades. Okanagan Falls, June. 
Pholisora catullus. Okanagan Falls, Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
Thanaos icelus. Vaseaux Lake, May 30th. 
" persius. Okanagan Falls, June Ist. 
Hesperia ceespitalis. Okanagan Falls, Schoonover Mountain, May and June. Common. 


HERTEROCERA (MOTHS) COLLECTED IN THF OKANAGAN VALLEY, 1913. 
By E. M. Anperson anp C. B. Garrett. 


Lepisesia ulalume. One rubbed specimen, Schoonover Mountain, June 3rd. 

Marumba modesta. Penticton, July 5th, one specimen. 

Samia columbia. Okanagan Falls, June 10th, one specimen. 

Scepsis cockleyi (7). Penticton, June 28th, two taken at light. 

Leptarctia californiata. Okanagan Falls, common in April and early part of May. 

Tsia isabella. Penticton, July 5th. 

Apantesis achaia, var. ornata. Vaseaux Lake, May 30th to June 10th. Six specimens taken. 
Androloma mac-cullochi. Common at Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 

Hadena cogitata. Penticton, July 3rd. 

NXylomiges simplex. Okanagan Falls, common in May ; took five in orchard. 

" perlubens. Okanagan Falls, common in May ; took five in orchard. 

" candida Okanagan Falls, common in May ; took five in orchard. 
Grapiphora pacifica. Okanagan Falls, common in May ; took five in orchard. 
Stretchia normalis. Okanagan Falls, May 6th to 8th. 

Xylina contenta. Common on blossoms, May 6th. 
Cucullia (?). Okanagan Falls, May Ist to 5th, at light. 
Rancora solidaginis. Okanagan Falls, May 35rd. 
Orthosia crispa (7). Okanagan Falls, May 5th. 
Heliothis (7). NVaseaux Lake, May 22nd, one specimen. 
Drasteria erechtea. Okanagan Falls, May 5th to 20th. 
" crassiuscula, Okanagan Falls, May 12th to 20th. 
Euclidea cuspidea. Okanagan Falls, May and June. Common. 
Nadata gibbosa. Pentieton, June 5th, one specimen at light. 
Gluphisia septentrionalis. Okanagan Falls, April 28th, one specimen at light. 
Buthyatira pudens. Okanagan Falls, May 6th, one specimen at blossoms. 


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GEOMETRIDA (GEOMETERS) COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, 1913. 
By E. M. Anprerson anp C. B. Garrett. 


Tephroclystis (7). Okanagan Falls, May Ist to 10th, at light. 
Hydria undulata. Okanagan Falls, April 27th. 

Rois sideraria. Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
Lycia cognataria. Penticton, July 6th to 8th. 
Marmopteryx: marmorata. Okanagan Falls, May 4th. 
Brephos infans. Okanagan Falls, May Ist. 


Common. 


COLEOPTERA (BEETLES) COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, 1913. 


3y EE. M. Anperson anp C. B. Garrerr. 


The following is a list of beetles collected in the Okanagan Valley. A miscellaneous 
collection of over 1,000 still awaits classification :— 


Coccinella transversalis. Platynus subsericeus. 


Comontis ovalis. 
Corymbites fallax. 
Trogisita chloridea. 
Trichodes ornatus. 
Didelonycha Sulgida. 
Saprinus lugens. 
Lachnosterna errans. 
Cincindella oregona. 
" obliquata. 
Haltica bimarginata. 


Chalcophaga angulicollis. 


Chaleins interuptus. 
Creophillus villosus. 
Clerus sphequs. 

Elodes cordata. 

Silpha lapponica. 
Necrophorus melschemeri. 
Mele montanus. 
CGeoderces melanothria. 
Cleonus 4 lineata. 
Rhagium lineatuna. 
Leptura letifiea. 


Podabrus comet. Ellychnia californica. 


MAMMALS COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, APRIL, MAY, AND 


JUNE, 1913. 
By E. M. Anperson. 


(Nore.—Species collected on the trip are marked with an asterisk.) 
*MULE-DEER (Cariacus macrotis, Rich.). . 
Found it common at Okanagan Falls in nearly all the foot-hills. Male and female killed 


at Shuttleworth Creek, June 15th. 
Bicuorn (Mounvaty-SHEEP), (Ovis canadensis, Shaw). 


Small herd of nine seen in the foot-hills at Shuttleworth Creek in May. 
protected in this district. (No animals shot.) 


Sheep are 


*ELYING-SQUIRREL (Sciuropterus volans sabrinus, Shaw). 

One specimen taken at Shuttleworth Creek, May 10th; three others at Schoonover 
Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
*SQuIRREL (Sevurus hudsonius vancouvernesis, Allen). 

Common everywhere in the valley. 
Falls, April 15th to June 6th. . 


Specimens taken at Penticton, April 8th ; Okanagan 


*Rocky Mounrain Cuipmunk (Vamias quadrivittatus, Say.). 
Found it common at Okanagan Falls, April 20th, May 20th, and June Ist to 5th. 


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*MouNTAIN GROUND-SQUIRREL (Citel/us oregonus Merr.). 

Common at Okanagan Falls, May 28th; Schoonover Mountain, June Ist to 6th. 
*YELLOW-BELLIED Marmot (Marmota flaviventer, A. & B.). 

Specimens taken at Okanagan Falls, April 15th, May 20th, and June 12th. Common. 
*Busuy-taitep Woop-rat (Veotoma cinerea columbiana, Elliot). 

Okanagan Falls, May 6th ; Schoonover Mountain, June 5rd and 4th. 
*PocKkET-GoPHER (Thomonys douglasi fuscus Merr.). 

Common. ‘Taken at Schoonover Mountain, June 3rd ; Penticton, June 26th to 30th. 
*NortH-west Pocket-mousE (Peroganthus Lordi, Gray). 


Penticton, April 8th; Okanagan Falls, May 11th to 50th; Schoonover Mountain, June 
Ist to 6th. 


*MeApow-VoLe (Vicrotus ? sp.). 

Two species found. Common at Okanagan Falls, May and June. 
*Varyinc Harn (Lepus Americanus washington, Baird). 

Common at Okanagan Falls. Taken April 20th, May 10th and 22nd. 
Brack Bear (Ursus americanus, Pallas). 

One seen at Vaseaux Lake, June 7th. 
Skunk (Mephitis occidentalis, Baird). 

One observed in field at Osoyoos Lake, May 23rd. 
*Bar (WVyotis yumanensis saturatus, Miller). 

Taken at Vaseaux Lake, May 15th to 30th, June 14th. 

Notre.—Twenty-seven bats were taken at Vaseaux Lake. Three species still remain to 
be identified. Also several rodents await classification. 

Reptiva. 

*Paciric TERRAPIN (Clemmys marmorata, B. & G.). 

Common on all the lakes. Taken at Vaseaux Lake, June 5th to 15th. 
*BLUE-TAILED Lizarb. 

One taken at Dog Lake on road-cut, June 10th. 
*BULL-SNAKE (GOPHER-SNAKE), (Pituopophis catinifer deserticola, Ste}.). 

Common everywhere. Okanagan Falls, April 12th, May 6th; Vaseaux Lake, May 26th 
and June 7th. 
*Paciric RATTLESNAKE (Crotulus lucifer.). 

Common at Okanagan Falls and Vaseaux Lake, May 3rd, 20th, 26th, June 5th and 10th. 
*Briue Racer. 

Okanagan Falls, May 28th; Vaseaux Lake, May 30th and June 10th. Common; the 
swiftest of all snakes in the valley. 

Nore.—Twelve unidentified frogs and toads were taken at Okanagan Falls. 


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REPORT ON BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED DURING SEPTEMBER, 1913, 
ON ATLIN LAKE, FROM ATLIN TO SOUTH END OF THE LAKE. 
By F. Kermopr anp E. M. ANnperson. 
(Nore.—Species collected on the trip are marked with an asterisk.) 

*Ho.isary’s Grese (Colymbus holballi, Reinh.). 

Atlin Lake, September 7th to 10th. Common. 
*Hornep Gree (Colymbus auritus, Linn.). 

Atlin Lake, September 7th. Not as plentiful as Holboell’s grebe. 


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Loon (Gavia immer, Brun.). 
Seen on Atlin Lake, September 7th, 10th, and 19th. 
*Matiarp (Anas platyrhynchos, Linn.). 
Atlin Lake, September 7th to 20th. Common. Large flock seen at Pike River, 
September 9th. 
*GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Vettion carolinense, Gmel.). 
One specimen taken in swamp, Atlin Lake, September 10th. 
SHOVELLER (Spatula clypeata, Linn.). 
Four observed on September 11th near Copper Island, Atlin Lake. 
*Lesser Scaup-puck (Marla affinis, Eyton). 
Female shot at Williams Creek, Atlin Lake, September 18th. 
*GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula clangula americana, Bonap.). 
Female taken at Atlin Lake, September 10th. 
BLACK-BELLIED Piover (Squatarola squatarola, Linn.). 
Three birds seen on the lake-shore at Atlin, September 28th. 
*Soory-GrouseE (Dendragopus obseurus fuliginosus, Ridg.). 
Female shot at Wiiliams Creek, Atlin Lake, September 16th. 
* ALASKA SPRUCE-GROUSE (Canachites canadensis osgoodi, Bish.). 
Common at Atlin. Ten specimens collected, Pike River, Atlin Lake, September 9th 
to 25th. 
*Gray Rurrep Grouse (Bonasa wmbellus umbelloides, Doug.). 
One specimen taken near Atlin, September 27th. 
*WILLOW-PTARMIGAN (Lagopus lagopus lagopus, Linn.). 
Specimens taken at Blue Canyon, near Atlin, September 28th. 
*Rock-PTARMIGAN (Lagopus rupestris rupestris, Gmel.). 
Five birds shot at Blue Canyon, Atlin, September 28th. Both willow and roel 
ptarmigans were found in the same flock. 
*Wurre-TaiLep PrarMican (Lagopus lewcurus leuwcurus, Swains.). 
One specimen at Pine River, Atlin Lake, September 10th. 
*Marsu-Hawk (Circus hudsonius, Linn.). 
One specimen at Pine River, Atlin Lake, September, 10th. 
Batp Eacue (Lalietus leucocephalus lewcocephalus, Linn.). 
One bird observed on wing, Atlin Lake, September &th. 
*Desrrt Sparrow-Hawk (Laleo sparverius phalana, Less.). 
Immature male taken at Pike River, Atlin, September 10th. Three others seen, 
September 15th and 18th, at Williams Creek, south end of Atlin Lake. 
Dusky Hornep Own (Bubo virginianus saturatus, Ridg.). 
One observed in camp at Williams Creek, Atlin, September 14th. 
“Hawk-own (Surnia ulula caparoch, Miller). 
Fairly common at south end of Lake Atlin. Specimens taken, September 8th to 16th. 
Betrep Kincrisuer (Ceryle aleyon, Linn.). 
An occasional bird observed at Atlin*Lake, September 9th to 20th. 
*Anpine THrer-ropp Wooppecker (Picoides americanus dorsalis, Baird). 
One specimen taken at Williams Creek, September 16th. 
*ALASKA JAY (Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons, Ridg.). 


Common at Atlin. Specimens collected at Pike River, September 7th, 10th, and 15th. 


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Potem-pole, 


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Norvu-westeErN Crow (Corvus caurinus, Baird). 
Birds common at Atlin, September Ist to 29th. 
Rusty Bracksirp (Luphagus carolinus, Muller). 
One specimen seen near Baker Lake, September 19th. Identity certain. 
Hepsurn’s Rosy Frixcu (Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis, Baird). 
A flock of about fifteen birds seen near summit of mountain, south end of Atlin Lake, 
near Moose River, September 8th. 
GOLDEN-CROWNED Sparrow (Zonotrichia coronata, Pallas). 
About a dozen birds were seen at Atlin, September 4th to 12th. 
Stavre-coLoureD Junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis, Linn.). 
Birds observed at Atlin, September 5th and 8th. 
Bonem1an Waxwine (Bombycilla garrula, Linn.). 
Flock of about fifty seen at Pike River, Atlin Lake, September 10th. 
Avupuson’s WarBLER (Dendroica auduboni auduboni, J. K. Towns.). 
Common at the south end of Atlin Lake, September 7th, 8th, and 14th. 
Piprr (Anthus rubescens, Tunstall). 
Common at Pike River, September 10th to 15th. 
*Lone-raiLep CuicKkaper (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis, Harris). 
Atlin, Williams Creek, September 10th. 
*Hupsonran Cuickapder (Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus, J. R. Forster). 
Williams Creek, September 18th. Two specimens taken. 
Townsenpb’s Sonrratre (/yadestes townsendi, Aud.). 
One bird seen on the mountain-side, Atlin Lake, September 9th. 
Rosin (Planesticus migratorins migratorius, Linn.). 
Atlin Lake, September 4th to 28th. 


MAMMALS COLLECTED IN THE ATLIN DISTRICT, SEPTEMBER, 1913. 


By F. Kermopr anp E. M. Anprrson. 
(Norr.—Specimens collected on the trip are marked with an asterisk.) 
*Movuntain-Goar (Oreamnos montanus, Ord.). 

Three were observed from the lake on Cathedral Mountain, Atlin Lake, September 11th. 
Male and female killed on mountain at Williams Creek, south end of Atlin Lake, September 
14th and 15th. Two others seen near the top of a high peak above Baker Lake. 

*Rep Squrrret (Sciurus hudsonius, Erx.). 

Three collected at Moose River, Atlin, September 10th to 12th. 
*NortuHEerN Cuipmunk (Vammias quadrivittutus borealis, Allen). 

One specimen taken at Pike River, Atlin, September 11th. 
*JuMpPIMG-MOUSE (Zapus hudsonius, Zimm.). 

Male taken at Moose River, Atlin. September 12th. 

*Varyina Hare (Lepus americanus, Erx.). 

Three collected at Pike River, September 10th to 15th. Common. 
*Briack Bear (Ursus americanus, Pallas). 

Male killed near Pike River, September 12th. Skin is dark brownish in colour. 
*Bav (Myotis sp.). 

Male and female taken at Moose River, September 11th. 


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ACCESSIONS, 1913. 


Jan. 8. 1 Mallard. 2 Killdeer Plover. 
1 Lesser Scaup-duck. 1 Black turnstone. 
2 American Scaup-duck. 4 Hepburn’s Leucosticte. 
1 Barrow’s Golden-eye. 1 Snowflake. 
3 American Golden-eye. 1 Rat. 


4 Buttfalo-head. 
Collected at Parksville, B.C., by E. M. Anderson. 


Jan. 22. 1 Mourning-dove. Presented by H. Dodd, Telegraph Creek, B.C. 
" 25. Rib of a whale. Found on Saturna Island, B.C.; presented by C. A. Lewis. 
fu 29. Reeve’s Pheasant (male). Presented by Dr. Brown, Nanaimo. 
Feb. 3. White-crested Cormorant, Sidney, B.C. Presented by Mrs. Nicholson. 
re 5. Ratfish. Presented by J. Lucas, Victoria. 
" 7. Evening Grosbeaks (male and female), Parksville, B.C. Presented by G. H. 
Petticrew. 
" 9. Flying squirrels (4), Broadwater, B.C. Presented by A. Campbell. 
‘A 15. Trumpeter-swan, Qualicum, B.C. Presented by J. Graham. 
" 16. Hoiball’s Grebe (male). Picked up on beach and presented by E. G. Kermode. 
" 17. 6 Willow-ptarmigan, Atlin, B.C. Presented by Horace Fraser. 
" 17. 5 White-tailed Ptarmigan, Atlin, B.C. Presented by Horace Fraser. 


March 10. Barnacle, Esquimalt, B.C. Presented by F. Saunders. 
" 10. 1 White-tailed Ptarmigan, Nicola, B.C. A. B. Williams. 


" 5 Mountain-goat heads, Bella Coola. Purchased. 
i" Mule-deer (whole skin). C. B. Garrett, Cranbrook. 
" 1 White-tailed Deer. C. B. Garrett, Cranbrook. 


1 White-tailed deer head. C. B. Garrett, Cranbrook. 

1 Sharp-tailed Grouse, Grande Prairie, B.C. F. Kermode. 
] Varying Hare, Grande Prairie, B.C., F. Kermode. 

" 10. Collection of African arrows. H. W. Seaton-Karr. 


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April 6.  Cassin’s Purple Finch. Presented by Junior Audubon Society, Nelson. — 

" 23. 3 Sooty-grouse, Malahat, V.I.  F. Kermode. 

" 25, Crayfish. Found in Colquitz Creek, Victoria, and presented by J. D. Anderson. 
May 11. Crab, Victoria. Presented by M. Cancellor. 

" 17. North-west Coast Heron eggs, Saturna Island. F. Kermode. 

i" 17. Crow’s nest and eggs, Bare Island. F. Kermode. 

" 17. Starfishes, Bare Island. F. Kermode. 

" 19. 2 Indian stone pestles. Presented by J. McKay, Enderby. 

" 3. 2 Moose heads and scalps. Purchased. 


4 Stone’s Sheep heads and scalps. Purchased. 
1 Albino Moose (whole skin), female. Telegraph Creek, B.C. 
1 Grizzly Bear, leg-bones and skull, Telegraph Creek, B.C. 
" 24. 2 Black Bear cubs. Purchased at Bella Coola. 
June 14. Fossils (Shells, etc.). Presented by Miss Bonavia, Victoria. 
" 25. Sea-lion. Dr. C. F. Newcombe. 
" 25. Sea-lions (2). F. Kermode. 
July 5. Land-otter skull, Mink Trap Bay, Pitt Island (caught ina trap). Presented 
i by W. A. Newcombe. 
" 17. Catfish. Collected at Langford Lake. E. M. Anderson. 
17. 3 Sunfish. Collected at Langford Lake, E. M. Anderson. 
" 26. Hairworm, Bella Coola. Presented by E. R. A. Russell. 
Sept. Skeletons of snake swallowing horned lizard. R. H. Machen. 
Moose-head. Purchased at Atlin. 
Fannin’s Sheep head. Purchased at Atlin. 
2 Stone’s Sheep head. Purchased at Atlin. 
Osborne’s Caribou (male). Purchased at Atlin. 
Albatross-eggs. Presented by Allan Ouston, Yokohama. 
2 Black Rats. Presented by Tatham and Dangerfield, Victoria. 
Indian curios, carved-bone bark-knife, weaving-needle, etc., found in railway- 
cutting three miles from Ashcroft. Presented by C. Branson. 


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ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Reporr or C. F. Newcompr, M.D., ror 1913. 


138 Datias Roan, 
Victorta, B.C., Dec. 31st, 1913. 
FP. Kermode, Esq., 


Director, Provincial Musewm, Victoria, B.C. 


Sir,—I have the honour to report that during the current year I have collected materia] 
and data for the anthropological section from the following Indian villages, and from a few 
private collections. 

In the beginning of February I went over to Vancouver to look at a collection of Upper 
Skeena curios, which I purchased, finding that the specimens would fill up one or two blanks 
from that locality. On my return to Victoria I acquired another small collection of Nass 
River material. 

In the latter part of February I went to the following Lower Fraser villages: Upper 
and Lower Sardis, Chilliwack, Chehalis, and Yale. Old material is very scarce in this locality. 
T purchased two blankets (which were left to be decorated), a long river-canoe, and a number 
of small articles and foods, and gave orders for models where necessary. 

The first week in March was spent in Vancouver and vicinity, getting in touch with the 
owners of some very interesting specimens. I succeeded in purchasing a collection containing 
sixty-five specimens from the Yale District, and also a dozen of the rare Chilcotin baskets. 

On March 18th I left for the Kwakiutl and Bella Coola Districts. On leaving the boat 
at Alert Ray, I found the Indians in the middle of a large potlatch and far too occupied to 
attend to me, so I went on to Hardy Bay and across to Quatsino. Here, among other things, I 
purchased a fine inside pole, negotiations for which were opened last year. 

From Quatsino T went back to Hardy Bay and took a steamer to Bella Coola. Here 
were secured a set of nets, traps, boxes, strainers, etc., used in the oolachan industry, also a 
number of masks and ceremonial objects. Then J took a short trip to Talio, South Bentinck 
Arm, where two totem-poles and two grave-figures were purchased. 

On the return trip from Bella Coola the steamer called in at Kimsquit, where I was lucky 
in getting a small shovel-nose canoe used in river navigation. 

I left the steamer at Alert Bay, but, finding it impossible to do anything for a week, paid 
a hurried visit to Victoria, arriving back in Alert Bay on April 16th, where I chartered a 
gasolene-boat to run up Knight’s Inlet. At Tsawadi, the village at the head of the inlet, I 
found the three poles with the carved beam, which you had reported to me, too far gone to 
purchase, but managed to secure one carving, as well as to open negotiations for others, 
which were photographed. We called at Tlaoitsis on the way back, where a few masks and 
ceremonial objects were purchased. 

On my return to Alert Bay, I managed to uncover one or two specimens of particular 
interest, the chief of which being the board sail which you now have. This is the first of its 
kind secured by any museum to my knowledge. 

On May Ist I joined the sloop “‘Nymphe,” Captain Spring, which arrived from Victoria 
two days previously ; the object being to gather information and inspect the haunts of sea- 
lions, as well as to continue my collecting for the Museum. 

On the way north we called at Fort Rupert, Nahwitte (where we purchased an inside 
totem-pole), Namu, Bella Bella, China Hat, and the Tsimshian villages, Kitkatla, Metlakatla, 
and Fort Simpson. Specimens were secured at many of these places. 

I spent the latter part of May on the Nass River, visiting Lakalzap, Gitex, Angidah, 
Guineha, Ayansh, Kitladamix, and Kincolith, and, although many purchases were made, the 
Indians would not part with any of their larger carvings except at exorbitant prices. We 
secured photographs of nearly every totem-pole and many smaller objects. 

On June ist we crossed over to the Queen Charlotte Islands, making our first call at 
Masset, where a large majority of the Indians were away. On cruising around the north and 
west coasts of Graham Island we called in at the deserted villages, Ian, Kung, Yats, Kiusta, 
and Chaat], securing specimens at one or two places and photographing the totem-poles at all 
the villages. 


G 24 PROVINCIAL MusEuM REPORT. 1914 


After having called at Skidegate, we worked our way south on the east side of Moresby 
Island, but only stopped at Ninstints and Kaidsu while in southern waters. On crossing back 
to the Mainland, a landing was not made until upon arriving at Bella Bella for supplies. 
Continuing south, we called at the fishing camp on Goose Island, afterwards proceeding to 
Namu, w here you joined us ; and coming south by steamer to Victoria, after the visit to Pearl 
Roe je arriving home on June 28th. 

The latter part of July was spent on the north and west coasts of Vancouver Island, 
studying the habits of the sea-lions. Quatsino, Nootka, and Ucluelet were visited on the way 
south, but it was not possible to do any anthropological work, as all the Indians were away 
fishing at that time of the year. 

In the middle of September I made a quick trip to Chilliwack and vicinity to pick up 
material previously ordered, and through the kind aid of Mrs. Hulbert I was able to interest 
certain Indians of the Lower Fraser in the gathering of desirable specimens during the winter 
months. 

In the early part of October I went north, and at Alert Bay made arrangements for 
repairing and painting the pole bought at Tsawadi in the spring, and paid for the other four 
poles for which negotiations had previously been opened. 

Comox, Courtenay, and Nanaimo were also visited in October, but I could not get the 
specimens required, as > they were in private hands. 

I finished the season’s collecting with a trip to Alberni, where with Dr. Sapir, Anthropol- 
ogist of the Geological Survey of Canada, I ordered models of certain impleménts formerly 
used by the West Coast Indians. 

You already have my annotated list of specimens collected during the year. 


T have, ete., 
C. F. NewcomBe. 


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LIST OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY C. F. NEWCOMBE, M.D., 1913. 


Whistle of bone. 
Puberty tube, bone. 
Doctor's rattle. 

" crown of claws. 


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» apron with rattles of hoofs. 
spirit-catcher, antler. 


" charm of leather. 


plumed feathers. 


PROVINCIAL Museum REpoRT. 


Tsimshian. 


» head ornament of eagle quills. 


" " 

n leggings of cloth. 
charm, small canoe. 
»  head-dress. 


Dog-eater’s head-band. 


Vegetable food. 


Oolachan-net. 
Dish. 

Spoon. 
Paddles (2). 
Bailer. 
Fish-knife. 


Seal dish, 
Dsonoqua dish. 


Canoe. 

Blankets (2). 
Box. 

Pipe. 

Chisel. 
Spear-head. 
Soapstone object. 

" bait (7). 
Carved figures (4). 
Stone hammers (3). 
Slate fish-knives (5). 
Stone war-club. 
Whetstone. 

Pipes (2). 

Chisels (10). 
Spear-points (7). 
Arrow-points (26). 


Salish. 


Dog-eater’s collar. 
Whistles (4). 
Doctor’s wig of hair. 
Chief's blanket of cloth. 
Hat disks. 

Toys (2). 

Wooden spoons (+). 
Horn spoons (2). 
Leather bag. 

Bag of cedar bark. 
Man’s cap of skin. 


Mat of rabbit-skin. 
Mat of squirrel-skins. 


Ball of wool. 
Stone cut for adze. 
Dishes (2). 

Adze. 

Snow-shoes. 
Cradle. 

Basket. 
Snow-shoes. 
Canoe-mat. 
Fish-basket. 
Chilcotin baskets (12). 


Kwakiutl. 


aida. 


Box, inlaid opercula. 
carved. 


Stone disk wampum (2). 
Copper 1 

Soapstone pendants (2). 
Knives or chisels, small (2). 
Knife, broken. 

Soapstone objects (2). 
Nephrite block. 

Stone disk. 

Polished agate. 

Soapstone object. 

Nephrite knife, unfinished. 
Rope of cedar twigs. 
Mat-creaser. 

Spoon. 

Awl. 

Skin. 


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Kwakiult. 


Slave-killers, Koskimo (2). Rattles (2). 

Masks (2). Ladles (2). 

Rigs for small fish (2). Dishes (2). 

Box with lid. Baton. 

Berry-dishes (3). Scrapers, claws, and shells (2). 
Berry-crusher. Totem-pole. 

V-shaped box. Figure. 


Ceremonial tongs (2). 
Bella Coola Satish. 


Oolachan-trap. Strainer. 
Digger. Tongs. 
Blanket of fur. Basket for hot stones. 
Fish-spear. Clover-roots. 
Cap. Wedges (2). 
Oil-box. Oolachan-net. 
Cradle of sticks. Salmon-spear. 
Mortar. Dried berries. 
Maul. Bailer. 
Canoe. Paddle. 
Kwakiutl. 

Hammer-stones (2). Crushing-stone. 
Berry-frame. Pile-driver. 
Game-stone. Adze. 
Hammer for wedges. Masks (9). 
Chief’s stick. i Neck-ring. 
Blanket of goat’s wool. Blanket of cloth. 
Totems (2). Frame, slat. 
Monuments, bear (2). Bark-chopper. 
Mask, sun. Sun mask, Sisuitl and man. 
Chiet’s rattle. Mask, Numasacumlis, butterfly top. 
Heligya’s rattle. »  Gulukwiwi. 
Mask, sun, of Sisuiltais. uv Buquis. 
Canoe-box. » Nutlmattl. 

" V-shaped. 1 Dsonoqua. 

" square ends. Hammer-stone. 
3aton. Small box. 
Maul, stone. Chief's stick of yew. 
Hammer-stone. Chief's stick of yellow cedar. 
Canoe mending cleat (2). Blanket. 
Stone chisel. Chief's seat. 
Whistle in two pieces. Net-sticks (2). 
Board sail. Small chisel. 
Whale mask. Canoe. 
Wash-bowl. Stone hammer. 


Dip-net and sticks (3). 


Tsimshian. 


Fish-club. Rattle. 

Duitziq. Totem-pole. 

Figures (2). Ladle. 

Chisel. Wedges (3). 
Hand-hammer. Spoon. 

Maul. Beaver-tooth in jar. 
Mortar. Spear-shaft. 


Spear-point. Stone hammers (3). 


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Chileotin Baskets. 


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Dish. 
-Gambling-sticks. 
Hammer-stone. 
Horn spoon. 
Charm-stone. 
Doctor’s stick. 
Horn spoon. 
Slate mirror. 
Mortuary model. 
Pestle. 

Needle. 

Horn spoon. 
Stone hammer. 
Needle and string. 
Spoon, goat’s horn. 
Spoons (3). 
Bark-stripper. 
Stone adze. 
Stone hammer. 
Carver board. 
Spoon. 


Mortar, paint, and brush. 


Charm-stone. 
Painted chest. 
Doctor's box. 
Wooden figure. 
Doctor's 

" bearskin charm. 
Stone adze. 
Face of amalite. 
Tlingit basket. 
Skin charms (2). 
Pecten rattle. 
Amalite. 
Sinker. 


Doctor's blanket. 
" beating-sticks. 
" box. 
Carved board. 
Hammer-stone. 


Labret. 


Tsimshian.—Concluded. 


Haida. 


Stone adze (2). 
Skin-scraper. 
Frog carving. 
Charm-stone. 

n bone. 

" teeth. 
Fasting-stones. 
Stone charm. 
Wooden spoons (2). 
Hammer. 


" oblong with rounded ends. 


" " squared ends. 

Bark blanket. 

Fighting-club. 

Mask. 

Spoons. 

Bag of maple. 

Arrow-points (2). 

Mirror. 

Basket of maple bark. 

Doctor’s weasel charm. 
" rattles (2). 


" crowns (2). 
" apron. 
4 rattle. 


Gambling-sticks. 
Charm-bones (3). 
Spoon. 

Mortars (2). 
Spindle whorl. 
Grease-skimmer. 
Stone pestle 
Box. 

Face of amalite. 
Mortar. 

Adze (2). 


Slate totem-models (2). 
Slate dish. 

Sinker. 

Oval stone. 

Indian tea. 


G 28 ProvinctAL Museum Report. 1914 


CoLLECcTION MADE BY J. A. TEIT FROM THE INTERIOR TRIBES OF 
British Cotumsia, 1913. 


Interior Salish (Ntlakyapamuk or Thompson River Tribe). 


Riding-saddle of wood. 

Floor or bed mat of rushes (3). 
Bags, woven of rushes and bark (3). 
Rain-cloak of bark. 

Baby-carrier of dressed skin. 


Deer-skin floor or bed mat. 

Coiled basketry carrier. 

Floor or bed mat of rushes and bark. 
Man’s head-band, loon-skin. 


Athapascan (Chilcotin Tribe ). 


Rabbit-skin robe. 


Interior Salish (Ntlakyapamuk ). 


Floor or bed mat. 

Woman's cloak. 

Short leggings, skin. 
Head band or cap, bear-cub skin. 


Cap of squirrel-skin. 
Man’s shoulder-sash, marmot-skin. 
Boy’s cap, squirrel-skin. 


Nore.—All the Ntlak. specimens are from the Nicola Valley, Spences Bridge, divisions 


of the tribe. 


Cap of marmot-skin. 

" rabbit-skin. 

»  goat-skin. 

" marmot and coyote skin. 
Head-band of bark, ete. 
Cap of hoary marmot-skin. 
Apron, squirrel-skins. 

Vest or poncho, skins. 

" deer-skin. 

" coyote-skin. 
Man’s cap of coyote-head skins. 
Bag of deer-skin. 

" squirrel-skin. 

" rabbit-skin. 

" coyote-skin, 

testing-stick. 
Soap-berry spoon. 
Basketry spoon. 
rr rattle. 

Cedar-bark head-band. 
Robe of bark. 

Cape of bark. 

Skirt of bark. 

Pair leggings, bark. 

Cap of bark. 

Three wooden fish-hooks. 
Lodge-mat, two goat-skins. 


Ntlak. Tribe. 


Woman’s cap of squirrel-skins. 
Trays of alderwood (2). 
Poncho, deer-skin. 
Large bark bag. 

»  basketry bag. 

» burden basket. 
Small " 
Baskets (3). 
Fancy baskets (5). 
Small trunk-shaped basket. 
Oblong basket. 
Fancy baskets (15). 
Basketry tray. 

W (4). 

Open-work basket. 
3irch-bark baskets (6). 
Netted carrying-bag. 
Mat of bark. 
Bag of bark. 

«pleated bark. 
Rawhide bag. 
Bark bag. 
Woman’s cap of bark (2). 
Handle of root-digger. 
Man’s cap, deer-skin. 
Poncho of coyote-skin. 
Bag of bark. 


4 Geo, 5 ProvINcIAL MusEuM Report. 


PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS RECEIVED, 1913. 
SmirHsonian INstirurion, 
Vol. 46, No. 2013—Bats of Genus Molossus. 


Unirep Sratres Nationa Museum. 


Ex. Proceedings, 


" » 46, » 2014—Pleistocene Cave, Maryland. 
Mise. Collection, n 6l, ou etc., Br. East Africa. 
U.S. Nat. Herbarium, 1 16, Pt. |12—Monographs, Tribes of the Onogracez. 
Ex. Proceedings, » 44, No. 1959—Sipuneculids, North America. 
U.S. Nat. Herbarium, 1 16, Pt. 7—Studies in Cactacez, 1. 
Ex. Proceedings, 1 44, No. 1965—Synopsis of American Minks. 

" » 44, « 1967—New sp. Actinian, g. Edwardsiella, 8. Calif. 
Misc. Collection, n 60, 4 28—New Vole, Eastern Mongolia. 
Ex. Proceedings, » 44, » 1950—Crustacean Parasites, W. Indian Fishes. 
Mise. Collection, n 60, « 27—Extinct American Eland. 

" n 60, 4 26—Pleistocene Camel, North of Arctic Circle. 
Ex. Proceedings, » 44, » 1946—Medus and Siphnonophorze, Pacific O. 
Mise. Collection, pce 2 oc 2—Skull Extinct Horse, Central Alaska. 


Opinions 1 to 25—Int. Com. Zool. Nomenclature. 
un 26 » 29— " " 
" 30 " Si " " 
' 38 " il "” " 
Ex. Proceedings, Vol. 45, No, 1998—Amphipods, Pribilof Is. new sp. 
" » 45, » 1995—Isopod, Genus Ichthyoxenus herklots, Japan. 
Mise. Collection, uv 61, 4 5—New Dinosaur, Wyoming. 
Ex. Proceedings, » 44, » 1971—New sp. Crabs of the Family Octypodide. 
" » 44, » 1973—New Textularide, etc., Philippine I. 
" un 44, 1 1975—Zeuglodon Skeleton, mounted. 
" n 44, » 1969—Fossil Horses, four new sp. 
U.S. Herbarium, tee Lit, peat 3—Mexican Grasses. . 


Bulletin 81—Synopsis of the Rotatoria. 
Vol. 45, No. 1985—Silurian Fossils, Washington Co. 


Ex. Proceedings, 


" n 45, » 1989—Simple Ascidians, N.W. Pacific. 

" » 45, » 1990—Mammals, Altai Mts., 1912. 

" n 45, » 1993—New Land Shells, Philippine I. 

" n 45, » 2000—Two Fossil Insects, Florissant, Colo. 

" n 44, » 1955—Fossil Insects, Florrisant, Colo. 
U.S. Herbarium, eee, wet 1—Lichen Flora of S. California. 

" eee ire ort 2—Tropical American Ferns, No. 4. 

" n 16, 0 9—Genus Epiphyllum and its Allies. 
Ex. Proceedings, 1 45, No. 1978—Giant sp. Molluscan, g. Lima, Philippines. 

" » 45, » 1982—Fossil Coleopters, Florissant, Colo. 

" » 45, 1 1983—Philippine Molusks, g. Dimya. 

" » 45, » 2002—Diagnoses of New Shells, Pacifie O. 

" » 45, » 1996—Some New Hawaiian Cephalopods. 

" » 41, 1 1879—Osseous and Horny Tissues. 

" » 45, » 1976—Treeshrews. 

" » 45, » 2007—Beaked Whale, North Carolina. 

' » 46, » 2026—Crinoid, g. Himerometra. 
Mise. Collection, n 61, 4 1—White Rhinoceros. 

" n 61, 4 17—New Races of Ungulates, Africa. 

" Tm Olen 19—New Races of Carnivores, Africa. 
Ex. Proceedings, n 46, 1» 2009—Fossil Crinoids. 

" » 40, » 2006—Mollusks, Bahama Islands. 


DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


Bull. No. 22—Game Laws for 1913. 


Biol. Survey, No. 35—N. A. Fauna: New Mexico. 
Farmers’ Bull. No. 525—Raising Guinea-pigs. 


UnIveD STATES 


30 ProvincIAL MusEuM Report. 1914 


Biol. Survey, Circular No. 92—Protection of Birds. 

" " 1 93—Protection of Birds. 
Farmers’ Bull. No. 513—Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard. 
Biol. Survey, Bull. 45—North American Herons and their Allies. 


DoMmINION GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. 


Memoir No. 35, Geol. Survey—Reconnaissance along the Transcontinental Railway in 
Southern Quebec. 
" » 17 E—tLarder Lake District, Ontario. 
Bull. » 16, Dep. of Agric.—Health of Animals Branch: Warble Flies. 
Memoir » 37, Geol. Survey—Atlin District. 


Brookiyn InstituTe. 
teport for the year 1912. 
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 


Proceedings, Vol. 111, pp. 187-258—Reptiles and Amphibians of China, Japan, ete. 
" " 1, » 451-446—Expedition to Galapagos Islands, 1905-6. 


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 


Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 6—Pyenognida from California. 


" » 11, » 5—Sagita, San Diego Region. 

" n 11, 4—Control of Pigment Formation in Amphibian Larve. 

" » 10, 1 9—Mammalian g. Sorex, West Central California. 

" » 10, » 10—Birds and Mammals, San Jacinto Area, Southern California. 


" » 11, » 9 —California Schizopoda. 
" «11, » 10—Copepoda of San Diego Region. 
" » 12, »  1—Geese of the San Jacinto Valley, California. 


" » 12, 2—California Pocket-gopher. 
" » 13, »  3—Reptiles of the San Jacinto Area, Southern California. 


Derroir Musrum or Art. 


Bulletin, Vol. VII., No. 2. 


ia} " Vale. " oe 
Annual Report, 1912. 
" " 1913. 


PENNSYLVANIA Museum. 


Bulletin, July, 1913. 

" April, 1913. 

" October, 1913. 
Annual report for 1913. 


UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
Museum Journal, Vol. ITT., No. 4—December, 1912. 
" " " TeV. " 1—March, 1913. 


" " " iVe me 24 June, 1913. 
" " n IV., 1» 3—September, 1913. 


Mancuester Museum. 
Pub. No. 74—Report, 1912-13. 
Onto AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 


Circular 129—Sweet Clover. 
" 130—Tree-planting on School Grounds. 
" 132—Soybeans. 
1 133—Apple-diseases in Ohio. 


4 Gero. 5 ProvinctaL Museum Report. G 31 


Circular 134—Care of Cream. 
»  137—Grasshoppers. 
Bulletin 241—County Experiment Farms in Ohio. 
» 242—Forage Crops for Swine. 
» 243—Fertilizers on Wheat. 
»  244—Sweet Clover. 
» 245—Fattening Lambs. 
» 246—Barnyard Manure. 
n 247—Nitrogen and Mineral Constituents of Alfalfa. 
n  250—Some Ohio Birds. 
1» 251—Wheat-leaf Miner. 
n  248—Spraying Machinery. 
1 253—Insect Pests of the Household. 
»  256—Miami County Experimental Farm. 
1 252—KEarly Cabbage. 
”" 257—Oats. 
258—Paulding County Experimental Farm. 


Firtp Museum. 
Zool. Series, Pub. 168, Vol. X., No. 9—New Peruvian Mammals. 


" iw) 1665 in x. » 8—New Species Fishes from Panama. 

" » 163, »  X., » T—New Fishes from Costa Rica. 

" » 161, « VII, » 13—Contents and Index, Vol. VIT., Nos. 1-12. 
Report Series, Pub. 165—Annual Report for 1912. 
Anthrop. " 162, Vol. XII., No. 1—Chinese Pottery. 

" " »  XIIT., « 1—Turquois in the East. 


AMERICAN Museum or Natura History. 


Ex. from Bull., Vol. XX XII., Art. XXIV.—Mammals of Korea. 


" iy Rene. I.—Mammals Northern Malheur Co., Ore. 
" » XXXIT, « XXXTX.—S. American Muride. 
" » XXXIT., « XXXVI.—American Mudide. 


CoLtorapo AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 


Vol. XIII., No. 4—Practical Value of Birds. 
Bull. 186, May, 1913—Fixation of Nitrogen in Colorado Soils. 


WaGner FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. 


Annual Announcement, 1913-14. 
Transactions, Vol. VII.—July, 1913. 


MiscELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. 


New Jersey Ag. Exp. Sta.—Report of Entomological Department, 1911. 
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg—16th Annual Report, 1913. 
Kingdom Papers, No. 13—British Protection, Behring Sea Seizures. 
" " « 15—Permanent Naval Policy. 
" " » 16—Canning Policy or Monroe Policy. 
Cincinnati Museum— Annual Exhibition American Art, 1913. 
" 17th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists, 1913. 
" Catalogue, 17th Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists, 1913. 
32d Annual Report. 
Michigan Beareny of Science—Reprint, Lepidoptera. 
The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia — Proceedings, 1910, 1911, 1912. 
Royal Society of Canada—Bibliography of Canadian Geology. 
Reprint from Geographic Magazine—Monarch of the Canadian Rockies, Walcott. 
Drexel Institute— Prospectus of Library School. 
City Art Museum, St. Louis—18th Annual Exhibition of Water Colours. 
" " Paintings owned in St. Louis. 


G 32 PROVINCIAL MuseEUM REPORT. 1914 


City Art Museum, St. Louis—S8th Annual Exhibition American Paintings. 
" " Annual Report, 1910, 1911, 1912. 
" " 7th Annual Exhibition. 
" " Philip Little Paintings. 

Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts—Report, 1913-14. 

Bristol Museum—Report, 1913. 

University of Michigan—Vol. XV., No. 9: Zoology. 

Portland Art Association— Report, 1913. 

» Art School—Report, 1913. 

Revised List of Birds of Central N.Y., by Frank R. Rathbun. 

Grand Rapids Public Library—Report, 1911. 

N.Y. Zoological Society —Bulletin, 1913. 

Museum of Fine Arts- ~ Egy ptian ‘Acquisitions. 

Oakland Free Library—Report, 1913. 

ve “Tick Paralysis,’ ae ae mour Hawden, D.V.Sc. 

“The Collector,” N.Y., Nov., 1913. 
Syracuse en a Sept., 1915. 
Charleston Museum— Birds of South Carolina. 


" " —Mollusea of South Carolina. 
Royal Scottish Museum—Guide to Collection of Egyptian Antiquities. 
" " Guide to Scottish Geology. 
" " juide, Livingstone Centenary Exhib. 
" " Report for 1912. 


The Commercial Museum, Philadelphia—Handbooks to the Exhibits. 
J.S. State Board of Agriculture—Massachusetts Annual Report, 1912. 

Proceedings of American Assn. of Museums, Vol. VIT., 1913. 

John Crearer Library—Handbook, 1913. 


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1914. 


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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 


REPORT 


PROVINCIAL MUSEUM 


NAT RAS EESTOR Y 


FOR THE YEAR 1914. 


THE GOVERNMENT OF 
“THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUNBIA. 
PRINTED BY 
AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 


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1915. 


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VICTORIA, B.C. : 
Printed by Wittiasa H. CuLLin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 
1915. 


To His Honour FRANK STILLMAN BARNARD, 
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. 
May ir pLeAse Your Honour: 


The undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Provincial Museum of 


Natural History for the year 1914. 


HENRY ESSON YOUNG, 


Provincial Secretary. 


Provincial Secretary's Office, January 21st, 1915. 


Provincia, Musrum or Narurat Hisrory, 


Vicroria, B.C., January 21st, 1915. 


The Honourable H. B. Young, M.D., 


Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


Sir,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, to. 


lay before you the report for the year 1914, covering the activities of the Museum. 


I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 


FRANCIS KERMODE, 
Director. 


PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT 


FOR THE YEAR 1914. 


Provincran Museum, 
Vicrorta, B.C., December 31st, 1914. 


The Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., 
Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


Srr,—Since the last Annual Report considerable research-work has been carried on in the 
field, but owing to the financial stringency at the beginning of the year it was deemed 
advisable to effect economy as far as possible in the administration of the Provincial Museum. 
A cut of $1,000 was made on the annual maintenance for the year 1914, and again, since the 
outbreak of the European war, another cut of $1,500 was made. While it is a matter of 
regret, not being able to avail ourselves of opportunities which from time to time occur, 
considerable field-work has been carried on and a number of specimens have been secured, with 
valuable and interesting scientific data. 

The Director is pleased to be able to report that since the Public Works Department 
vacated the temporary building in the rear of the Museum, this building has been handed over 
to this Department. Although it is not a fireproof building, it is of great use to us for 
storage of specimens and study series of natural history, also for laboratories ; every available 
space in the Museum being occupied. Immediately on taking over this annex I arranged to 
have all the valuable anthropological material which was in storage (at Dr. Newcombe’s resi- 
dence) transferred to this building, where it is now temporarily installed, catalogued, 
numbered, labelled, and arranged according to tribes. All of this material, which has been 
collected during the past four years, is of great scientific value to the Province, illustrating 
the chief points in the common life of the Indians and many of their ceremonial usages, and is 
now accessible to students of anthropology. The large totem-poles, canoes, etc., are stored in 
the basement of this temporary building. The collection of bird and mammal skins has also 
been transferred to this annex, where they are available for study to those who wish to 
consult them. 

Dr. C. F. Newcombe was employed by the Department for a short time during the year 
to continue anthropological research in regard to the Indians along the Coast. Over one 
hundred specimens were secured. Mr. J. A. Teit, of Spences Bridge, also carried on the work 
among the Interior Indians, securing sixty-six specimens. Lists of these specimens are 
appended to the anthropological reports. 

Steps have been taken to revise and add to the botanical collection which for many years 
has been installed in the Museum, many persons having signified their intention to add to 
this branch of the Department. 

During the year the Director found it impossible to do any field-work, but sent afield, in 
May, Mr. E. M. Anderson and Mr. C. B. Garrett to carry on the work already started last 
fall in the Atlin District by myself and assistant. They were very successful on their trip, 
securing a large number of birds, mammals, and other natural-history specimens, with a vast 
amount of valuable data. A number of new records for the Province were made. 

The matter of obtaining Bare Island (known as Indian Reserve No. 9, Saanich Tribe) to 
be kept as a permanent bird sanctuary for the preservation of bird-life on this Coast has not 
yet matured. Mr. Duncan C. Scott, Deputy General Superintendent of Indian Affairs at 
Ottawa, and Mr. W. E. Ditchburn, the local Commissioner of Indian Affairs, have done a 
great deal in the way of helping us in this matter and have advised arbitration proceedings. 
Owing to the existing financial stringency it is deemed advisable to let expropriation proceed- 
ings drop for the present, but arrangements have been made with the Indian Department 
whereby the Provincial Government may put a guard on this island during the nesting 
season, to look after the preservation of bird-life, but this will not interfere in any way with 
the Indians who wish to go there to gather camas (commonly called wild onion) for food. 


PROVINCIAL Museum REPORT. 1915 


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During the year the Department was requested by the Minister of Agriculture to super- 
vise a collection of big-game trophies for the Department of Agriculture, to be exhibited by 
their Exhibition Branch at the Panama Exposition. These have now all been prepared, and 
the Museum has loaned through Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, several 
mounted mammals. Taking the collection all through, it will make a very creditable showing 
of the big game of this Province. 

The total number of additions to the Museum collections during 1914 are as follows : 
Birds, 537; eggs and nests, 110; mammals, 171; botanical, 936; entomological, 2,450 ; 
fishes, 15; reptilia (including batrachians), 31; crustaceans, 1; shells, 3; fossils, 10; 
anthropological, 176. 

It was very gratifying to note the interest taken by the school-teachers of the Province 
who attended the Summer School of Industrial Education held in Victoria in their natural- 
history studies. At the request of Mr. Deane, of the Education Department, the Director 
arranged with Dr. C. F. Newcombe to give three lectures in the Provincial Museum on Indian 
designs and arts. The lectures were well attended and the teachers seemed to take great 
interest. These lectures were illustrated by charts and drawings prepared by Dr. Newcombe. 
The Director also gave a lecture on the fauna of the Province, illustrated by lantern-slides, in 
the George Jay School, which was well attended, and I hope proved instructive to those 
present. The different classes in connection with this school attended the Museum and were 
conducted over the collections personally. 

Under the present system there is no way of accurately recording the attendance of 
visitors at the Museum. Only a very small proportion of visitors register their names. During 
the past year the Director inaugurated a new system whereby the guard in the hall of the 
Museum checks all parcels, umbrellas, ete., carried by visitors, and also requests that they 
sign the register ; but it must not be forgotten that a great number of visitors are unable to 
sign, being Orientals, or natives of this Province. 

It is proposed during the year 1915 to publish a new check-list of the birds of British 
Columbia, as it is now some eight or nine years since the last check-list was published. A vast 
amount of valuable data has been accumulated in regard to the distribution of the birds of 
the Province, a number of species and subspecies new to the Province having been recorded. 
Numbers of these specimens have been forwarded to Washington for specific identification. 
The Provincial Museum collection being only a representative collection of the Province of 
British Columbia, it is impossible to work out the exact subspecies, not having a representative 
collection of North America. It is also proposed to compile a preliminary check-list of the 
fishes, also the Lepidoptera of British Columbia. 

During 1915 the Director hopes to be able to do a limited amount of work in the study of 
marine biology, but the Department is handicapped by not having a suitable vessel to under- 
take a systematic dredging along the Coast. The proposed work will have to be done at low 
tide with the aid of a small boat. 

The Provincial Museum is indebted to Mr. H. C. Henshaw, Mr. E. Nelson, and Mr. H. 
C. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for 
identification of a collection of bird and mammal skins sent them for examination and 
comparison ; also to the following gentlemen who have generously assisted in the identification 
of various entomological material: Mr. E. H. Blackmore, of Victoria; Mr. L. W. Swett, of 
Boston, Mass.; Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough, of Decatur, Ill.; Prefessor Raymond C. 
Osburn, of Columbia University ; Professor H. 8. Hine, of Columbia; Dr. L. O. Howard, 
Messrs. J. C. Crawford and E. A. Schwartz, of the United States National Museum, Washing- 
ton, D.C. ; and Mr. F. Wolley Dod, of Alberta. 

Thanks are also due to the following persons for their aid in securing and keeping records 
of the birds in their migration in this Province : Messrs. J. A. Munro and Allan Brooks, of 
Okanagan Landing ; C. deB. Green, of Masset; Dr. J. E. H. Kelso, of Edgewood, Lower 
Arrow Lakes; W. R. Carter, of Alberni; A. H. Palmer, Vancouver District ; and W. A. 
Newcombe, in the Lillooet District. 

Annexed will be found a complete list of specimens secured during the year. 


T have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
‘Your obedient servant, 


FRANCIS KERMODE, 
Director. 


5 GEO. 5 Provinctan Museum Reporr. F 7 


REPORT OF E. M. ANDERSON ON ATLIN EXPEDITION, 1914. 


Accompanied by an assistant, Mr. C. B. Garrett, we left Victoria on May 29th, via 
Skagway, Alaska, arriving at Atlin on June 5th. The following day we outfitted, and after 
a short journey by wagon of about twenty miles, constructed our camp near Wilson Creek at 
an altitude of 3,000 feet, and situated close toa small lake. Systematic field-work was carried 
on in various sections of the country until August 19th. During the trip we established five 
camps—viz., at Wilson Creek, Hot Springs, Pike River, Anderson Bay, and Atlin. We 
collected diligently from two to three weeks in each respective locality, careful research being 
made from the level of Atlin Lake to the summit of the snow-capped mountains. Many 
interesting specimens and valuable data were gathered, while a number of birds, mammals, 
and insects proved entirely new records for the Province. 

The following is a total summary of material collected: Birds, 422 ; ol specimens, 
94; mammals, 153; botanical specimens, 936 ; entomological, 2104; fishes, ; batrachians 
(frogs), 25. 

Before concluding, I beg to tender my thanks to Mr. J. A. Fraser, Government Agent at 
Atlin, for his kindness in placing the gasolene-launch “Tagish” at my disposal, whereby we 
were enabled without difficulty to move camp outfit, etc., and explore numerous points and 
small islands on Atlin Lake. I may also add that the boat greatly facilitated our work, as it 
was the means whereby we collected some material that otherwise would have escaped our 
observation, particularly those species of birds which preter to inhabit the small remote islands 
during the nesting season. I also wish to thank Messrs. Sydney Smith, D. Holland, T. 
Marshall, R. Wallace, and Captain McDonald for their valuable assistance, and also a nurnber 
of residents of Atlin for their information regarding the district and certain species of birds 
and mammals of northern British Columbia. 


REMARKS. 


Before reporting on the material collected and observed in the Atlin District, I shall 
endeavour to outline in general, relative to the conditions, etc., with special mention of the 
main stations at which we collected. 


ATLIN. 


Atlin, the name derived from a “Tahltan” Indian word, meaning “Big Water” (Atlin 
Lake, so well named), is the chief mining centre in northern British Columbia. The townsite 
is situated on the east shores of the lake which bears its name. Unfortunately, shortly before 
our arrival in June, the town was completely devastated by fire, save for the Government 
Buildings, Royal Hotel, and a few dwellings, including a mill at the southern end of the town. 
Rebuilding on the paeat area showed great activity, for during our stay in August several 
substantial frame buildings were nearing completion, including an adequate hotel which will 
serve to accommodate many residents, and also furnish a resting-place for the tourist travel 
during the summer season. From reports gathered from private sources, mining on the creeks 
was carried on to good advantage. In many instances more gold was procured than in many 
previous years ; this fact is attributed to the extensive placer-mining, where hydraulic pressure 
is operated on several of the creeks in the surrounding mining district. Considerable assess- 
ment and development work is also under way on many of the high-grade ores ; for example, 
the famous Engineer mine and the Kirkland group on Taku Arm. 

Speaking of the weather conditions, we found them most favourable. The beautiful, 
long, non-oppressive days, with practically no darkness, and occasional showers, all tended to 
harmonize with the beautiful surroundings. 

Farming is conducted on a small seale close to Atlin. Although plenty of land is 
available, very little is at present under cultivation. From observations, vegetables seem to 
thrive the best. During the last week of July we visited a small crop of standing grain ; this 
also adds to the possibilities i in regard to agriculture in the north. Little or no collecting was 
done at Atlin until our return from Pike, River on August the 9th, where we remained for 
ten days. Here we dried and packed our collection for “shipment, also collecting daily in the 
pabekinte of the town and adding many interesting specimens not encountered with in the 
other sections visited. 


F 8 ProvinctaL Museum Report. 1915 


ATLIN LAKE. 


Atlin Lake, altitude 2,220 feet, is a large body of snow and glacial water, almost one 
hundred miles in length and averaging about five miles in width. The lake is very deep in 
spots ; in fact, in some places the depth is unknown. The shore-line is indented with many 
bays, a number of points, and dotted with many islands of various sizes. Teresa Island, 
locally called “Goat Island,” is the largest on the lake. It is, roughly speaking, about sixteen 
miles long and five miles wide across the centre. The highest snow-peak on this island is 
3,480 feet above the lake. Fishing on the lake is very good; Arctic grayling and the char, 
or Great Lake trout, are very plentiful. Whitefish are also plentiful. Perhaps the most 
remarkable sight is the “Llewellyn Glacier.” This enormous field of ice stretches from the 
southern end of Atlin Lake to the ‘Taku Inlet,” on the coast, covering an area approximately 
ninety miles long, many parts of which reach thirty miles in width. I had the pleasure of 
viewing both bases; the size is beyond apprehension. 


Pike River. 


Pike River is about twelve miles long, flowing north-west and emptying into Atlin Lake. 
We camped at an abandoned telegraph-station about half a mile from the mouth and sheltered 
in a secluded bay. Most of the surrounding country is flat, with a few small lakes, and 
timbered with willow, poplar, cottonwood, and spruce. Near the mouth of the river grayling 
are plentiful. Work was carried on here from July 25th to August 8th, three days of which 
we collected at Anderson Bay, about four miles distant by water from the Telegraph Cabin. 
The small inland lakes near Moose River revealed some desirable specimens of birds and 
mammals. The mountains were explored, but produced nothing of importance, save recording 
two nests of Golden eagles. The Pika Slide was searched, but none were taken. In all 
probability they were buried under a snowslide which occurred the day previous to our visit. 


Hor Sprinas. 


The country is wooded with spruce and pine, and considerable willow and cottonwood in 
the bottom lands. Several small lakes are to be found close to the base of a range of mountains 
running north and south. The Hot Springs are located about a third of a mile from Warm 
Bay, Atlin Lake, where Mr. Joe Housel nas erected a bath-house which is used to good 
advantage by passers-by. We camped on the shores of Atlin Lake from July Ist to 28th, 
moving by boat to Pike River. 

Witson CREEK. 


A fork of O'Donnell River, about eight miles long. The country on both sides is moun- 
tainous, excepting the head, where open willow-brush is found on the higher elevations. Willow 
ptarmigan are found commonly on the tablelands during the summer, breeding in suitable 
places, usually near water. We camped at the base of Gopher Dam Mountain, close to a small 
lake ; and collected in the surrounding district from June 7th to July Ist, securing many 
valuable specimens. 


BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED IN THE ATLIN DISTRICT, 1914. 


Hotsaee’s Grese (Colymbus holballii, Reimhardt). 

On July 12th a pair with five downy young were observed close to the lake-shore at 
Warm Bay. ‘Three were seen at Surprise Lake on August 16th. Although we collected at 
several small lakes, ete., the birds were found scarce during the nesting season. It is a 
common bird during the month of September on Lake Atlin, 

Hornep GRrese (Colymbus auritus, Linnzeus). 

A single bird was seen on a small lake at Atlin on August 15th. It was common at 
Atlin Lake in September, 1913. 

Loon, Great Norruern Diver (Gavia immer, Brunnich). 

A few birds frequented Warm Bay, Atlin Lake, during July. Several were seen near 
Pike River early in August. 


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Briack-rHroatep Loon (Gavia arctica, Linnzeus). 


Over a dozen seen throughout the summer on Atlin and the smaller lakes. We found it 
more plentiful than Gavia immer. A pair were found breeding at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, 
on June 15th. I am inclined to think that some of the birds observed at a distance may have 
been the yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii, Gray). However, since none were shot, it is 
impossible to list it with certainty. 


Herring Gui (Larus argentatus, Pontopidian). 


While en route to Atlin on June 4th a number of birds were seen feeding on small lakes 
at Log Cabin, Lake Bennett. We found several pairs nesting on a small rocky island at 
Atlin Lake. Fresh eggs were taken on July 8th. Seven adult birds were shot in order to 
ascertain the species with certainty. The eggs, two or three in number, measure 2 x 2.75, of 
an olive-brownish colour, spotted and blotched with various shades of brown. The eggs are 
indistinguishable from Larus glauscens. The nests were all very crude, being composed of 
little or no grass at all. Two eggs were laid in a slight depression in the bare ground. The 
nest is by no means as elaborate as the glaucous-winged gull, which breeds commonly on the 
Pacific Coast. 


Carirornia Gut (Larus californicus, Lawrence). 


An adult female was taken at Warm Bay, Atlin Lake. Two others were seen at the 
same locality three days later. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Snorr-Bittep Guu (Larus brachyrhynchus, Rich.). 

Three adults were collected at Warm Bay, Atlin Lake, on July 11th, and an immature 
on July 15th at Hot Springs. An adult and young of the year were taken at Pike River on 
August 8th. It is quite evident that the birds breed in the vicinity, as several adult birds 
were seen during the month of July. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Bonaparte’s Gutu (Larus philadelphia, Ord.). 


A single specimen was shot at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 10th. On July 3rd 
two adults were collected on a small lake near Hot Springs ; also two downy young were taken 
on the lake-shore. I should judge from the size of the young that fresh eggs could be taken 
about June Ist. Two young with first plumage were shot at Pike River on August 6th. On 
approaching the nest it was amusing to watch the parent birds fly a short distance and alight 
on a tree-top and utter cries of warning for the young to conceal themselves in the grasses or 
swim away to safety ; usually they fled to the opposite side of the lake, returning only when 
assured of being well out of the danger zone. This species was seldom seen on Atlin Lake. 
It preferred the small inland lakes, with grassy shores. Only one nest was found at the edge 
of the lake. It was situated in a small willow-bush, about 5 feet from the ground, composed 
of sticks and lined with grasses. It was not found breeding in colonies, as only one or two 
pairs were nesting on several of the small lakes visited close to Hot Springs. By no means 
a common breeder in the district we traversed. 


Arcric Tern (Sterna paradiswa, Brunnich). 

Common nearly everywhere throughout the district. Birds were taken at Wilson Creek 
from June 9th to July Ist. Alsoa number at Hot Springs and Pike River in July and August. 
They breed at the mouth of O'Donnel River. Young were hatched early in July. ‘Twenty-one 
specimens were collected, varying in measurements. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Mereanser (Mergus americanus, Cassin). 


A female with seven downy young were found feeding close to the shore at Pike River on 
July 27th. All the young were taken ; the female escaped badly wounded. No others were 
seen. 


Mattarp (Anas platyrhynchos, Linneus). 

A single bird was flushed on Summit Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 25th. Female shot 
at Pike River on July 30th. A young male collected at a swamp near Anderson Bay, Atlin 
Lake, on August 5th. A pair were found with young on a small lake on the Indian reserve 
at Atlin. Three adults collected at Atlin on August 12th. Breeds commonly at the north 
en? of Atlin Lake. 


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American Wipceon (JJareca americana, Gmelin). 

One specimen found dead at Indian village, Atlin, on June 6th. No others observed. 
Reported common in the fall by D. Holland. 

GREEN-WINGED Tra (Vettion carolinense, Gmelin). 

Two males taken at Atlin on August 10th and 14th. Found a few in company with 
mallard on August 15th at Atlin. 

Pinvain (Dafila acuta, Linnzeus). » 

Male and female collected at Atlin on August 12th. Found them feeding with mallard 
ina swamp at Atlin on August 12th. A common bird in August. 
Canvas-Back (Marila valisineria, Wilson). 

A single female observed from shore at Warm Bay, Hot Springs, on July 12th. Its 
identity was unmistakable, as 1t was seen el close in company with five white-winged 
scoters. No others seen throughout the summer 
3aRRow’s GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula islandica, Gmelin), 

Two pair were seen on Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, where an adult male and female were 
shot on June 9th. An additional female was collected at Warm Bay, Hot Springs, on July 
3rd. Two females were seen on a small lake near Hot Springs on July 5th. Both birds were 


in company with five downy young, where we observed the duck carrying the young on their 
backs and swimming well out of range of our gunshot. 


Wurtr-wincep Scorer (Oidemia deglandi, Bonaparte). 
Very abundant on Atlin Lake during the latter part of July and early August. Two 
adults were shot at Pike River Bay on July 28th. Several large Hocks of about fae hundred 


were seen on Atlin Lake close to Pike River during August. This species outnumbered all 
the other ducks during the early fall. 


Surr Scorer (Oidemia perpiscillata, Linneeus). 

A female shot in a flock of white-winged scoters at Pike River on July 29th. Several 
were seen on the lake during August. 
NortHern PHALAROPE (Lobipes lobatus, Linnzeus). 

While en route on the train a flock of about thirty were seen at Lake Bennett on August 
20th. Although none were collected, it is probable that this is the species referred to. 
Least Sanppiper (Pisobia minutilla, Vieillot). 


On July 27th a small flock of about ten birds were seen at Atlin, of which one was taken. 
Another specimen was shot at Pike River Bay on July 29th. The latter was in company 
with semipalmated plover. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Greater YeLLow-Leas (Votanus melanoleucus, Gmelin). 

A single bird taken for this species was seen at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 10th. 
Yrtitow-Lecs (7'otanus flavipes, Gmelin). 

One specimen collected at Hot Springs on July 3rd. Another killed at Blue Canyon on 
August 14th. These were the only birds seen. 
Sporrep SanpprPer (Actitis macularia). 

3reeds commonly at Atlin Lake. Most all of the small islands visited on the lake were 
inhabited by a pair or more. Hard-set eggs were taken on Middle Island on July 8th. Both 
downy young and adults were secured in ‘the same locality on the same date. This was the 
only sandpiper found breeding. Other species did not appear from the north until about 
the beginning of August. Owing to our departure on August 19th, many of the waders 
known to occur missed our observation. 


SeMIPALMATED PLover (.yialitus semipalmata, Bonaparte). 


Two males collected at the mouth of O'Donnel River on July 5th. A young male with 
trace of down still adhering to its BEeE was taken at Pike River on July 30th. Four adults 
were seen at Pike River on July 27th. Although no nest was found, it certainly breeds in 
the vicinity. 


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Fiemina’s Grouse (Dendragapus obseurus flemingi, Taverner). 


Found it breeding in the foot-hills of Gopher Dam Mountain, near Wilson Creek, in June. 
Birds were taken June 14th and 19th. Others were shot at Burdette Creek on July 15th. 
New record for Provincial Museum. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Ataska Spruce Parrripce (Canachites canadensis osgoodi, Bishop). 


By far the most abundant of all the grouse family. A large series of birds were taken 
during June, July, and the early part of August. A nest containing seven hard-set eggs was 
found | on June 23rd at Wilson Creek. On Tins 27th a nest arith | a single egg containing a 
chick was found at Camp Lake. Both nests were situated on the ground at the foot of a 
small spruce-tree of about 10 inches in diameter, and composed of pine sand spruce needles, and 
lined scantily with a few breast-feathers of the female bird. The breeding-ground is presumably 
where the jack-pine and spruce belt meet, at an altitude of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. The 
eggs are of a dark-cream buffy colour, spotted profusely with light brown; size, 1.25 x 1.75. 
The flying young were seen on July 8th at the Middle Islands ; one specimen secured. 


Canapa Rurrep Grouse (Bonasa wmbellus togata, Linnzeus). 


Two males were collected at Hot Springs on July 16th and 19th. Two females were seen 
with six flying young on the same dates. We did not find it common, only flushing an 
oceasional bird while travelling through the bottom lands. Most of the residents of Atlin are 
misinformed regarding the identity of this grouse. I was indeed surprised to learn that very 
few settlers can distinguish the ruffed grouse (commonly called willow grouse) with certainty. 
It is quite evident that the female spruce grouse (fool-hen) is mistaken for the above species. 


Wittow Prarmican (Lagopus lagopus, Linneus). 

» A fine series in full breeding dress was taken in June at Wilson Creek, from 3,000 to 
4,500 feet. Eggs and downy young were collected at O'Donnel Creek, near the summit, on 
June 26th. On August 15th ten adults and seven flying young were taken at Blue Canyon, 
near Slate Creek. The birds deposit their eggs early i in June, laying from seven to ten eggs, 
of a buffy brownish colour, marked with dark “umber and brownish spots; size, 1.22 x 1.65. 
This species is the common form of the north and furnishes the inhabitants with food 
throughout the winter months. I am told that thousands are killed annually quite close to 
Atlin. A series of skins submitted to Mr. H. C. Oberholser were identified, Lagopus lagopus 
albus. 


Rock Prarmican (Lagopus rupestris rupestris, Gmelin). 

We did not find it common. Two males were taken on the top of Gopher Dam Mountain, 
Wilson Creek, one on June 26th and a second on July Ist. Like the white-tailed ptarmigan 
(Lagopus leucurus leucurus, Swainson), they were found breeding only in the higher altitudes, 
where hardly any timber exists, save a few stunted trees, and the ground is covered with 
false heather and frozen snow. 


Wuire-taitep Prarmican (Lagopus leucurus lewewrus, Swainson). 

One seen on June 15th at Gopher Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek, at an altitude of about 
5,000 feet. No others seen. Dan Holland (guide) reports that during the winter months large 
flocks of the three species congregate on nearly all the creeks close to Atlin. (Idt. Oberholser. ) 


GosHawk (Astur atricapillus atricapillus, Wilson). 

Common everywhere throughout the district. Adults, immature, and young were taken 
at Hot Springs on July 4th to 16th, and Pike River on August 3rd. This hawk is very 
destructive to the gallinaceous birds of the district. I witnessed one in pursuit of a blue 
grouse while on the wing, but the grouse fortunately escaped to cover just in time to save its 
life from destruction. (Idt. Oberholser. ) 


ALASKAN Rep-tain (Luteo borealis alascensis, Grinnell). 


One specimen taken at Blue Canyon on August 15th. Several were seen on the wing in 
various sections of the country. Not a common bird. New record for Provincial Museum. 


(Idt. Oberholser.) 


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Swaryson’s Hawk (Luteo sevainsont, Bonaparte). 

A fine melanistic female was shot at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 19th. The pair 
were nesting on the opposite side of the lake to our camp. Unfortunately we did not secure 
the male, as he escaped badly wounded and was never seen again. A pair was observed on 
the wing at Hot Springs on July 12th. 


GotpEn EaGie (Aquila chrysetos, Linnzeus). 

A pair was observed in mid-air at Wilson Creek on June 15th. Two nests were found on 
Pike Mountain on August 15th. The birds with their young were observed soaring high above 
the nests. Both the nests were accessible, being situated on shelves of a precipitous cliff near 
the top of a mountain. The eggs were probably deposited about the middle of May. 


Nortuern Batp Eacie (/aliwetus lewcocephalus alascanus, Townsend). 

Adult male and downy young collected on July 4th close to a small inland lake near Hot 
Springs. The nest was a large structure of sticks, roots, bark, etc., placed on the top of a 
green spruce-tree about 45 feet from the ground. The nest contained only one young, two 
being the usual number of eggs laid. Not a common bird. More golden eagles were seen 
during our stay. 


Picgron Hawk (falco columbarius columbarius, Linneus). 


A fine adult taken at Atlin on August 13th. One seen at Wilson Creek in June. 
Scarce throughout the district. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Sparrow Hawk (falco sparverius sparverius, Linneus). 

Fairly common. Several seen along the roadside between Atlin and Wilson Creek in 
June, where one specimen was taken on June 21st. An adult female was taken at ae 
River on August 7th. The bird frequented our camp occasionally, and was at last shot whi 
feeding on grasshoppers. It proved a fine specimen. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Osprey (Pandion halietus carolinensis, Gmelin). 

A pair were found breeding at the mouth of O'Donnel River on June 20th. Captain 
McDonald reported that a pair were also breeding at Taku. Not a common bird in the Atlin 
District. 


Norru-west Hornep Own (Bubo virginianus lagophonus, Oberholser.) 

Very abundant. Three young birds of the year were taken at Hot Springs on July 6th, 
15th, and 19th. Over a dozen horned owls were seen at Hot Springs and Pike River, and it 
is probable they are all the same variety. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Hawk Own (Surnia ulula caparoch, Miller). 
Tolerably abundant nearly everywhere. Two adults and three downy young were taken 
at Wilson Creek on June 14th; A female was also shot at Pike River on Jul y 28th. 


Western Betrep KiInGrisuer (Streptoceryle alcyon caurina, Grinnell). 

By no means a common bird. One specimen was observed at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, 
on June 7th. A pair frequented our camp at Anderson Bay, Atlin Lake, where they 
appeared daily from August 5th to 8th. 


ALASKA THREE-TOED WoopPECKER (Picoides americanus fasciatus, Baird). 
Fairly common. Four specimens collected in the burnt area at Wilson Creek from June 
9th to 22nd. Two males and a female were taken at Hot Springs on July 10th to 15th. 


NortuHern FLicker (Colaptes auratus luteus, Bangs). 

Fairly common. One specimen observed at McKee Creek on June 6th. A single bird 
was occasionally seen at Wilson Creek from June 6th to 15th. A fine adult male was “shot at 
Burdette Creek on June 21st. On July 25th a nest was found at Hot Springs containing six 
flying young. The nest was placed in a hole in a stump about 10 feet from the ground. 
Only one young was captured, the remainder deserting the nest while we climbed the dead 
tree-trunk. Others were frequently seen and heard at Pike River in August. 


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Nicuruawk (Chordeiles virginianus virginianus, Gmelin). 


Fairly common. Birds with complete sets of eggs collected at Hot Springs on July 3rd 
and 7th. Each nest contained two eggs, deposited on the bare ground. In colour the eggs 
are greyish white, spotted and faintly blotched with vandyke brown and lavender markings ; 
size, 0.85 x 1.15. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Rurovus Humminesirp (Selasphorus rufus, Gmelin). 

Very scarce throughout the district. On July 24th a pair was observed at Atlin. A 
single bird was seen on the wing moving southward at Pike River on August 6th. I observed 
the Atlin birds at close range inside the city on one of the main streets, therefore I can vouch 
for their identification. 


Say’s Puase (Saynoris saya, Bonaparte). 

Found the bird common. Two were taken at Wilson Creek on June 18th. An adult 
and young with first plumage were collected at Atlin on August 11th. On July 8th a pair 
were found feeding young on Middle Island, Atlin Lake. The nest was placed in a crevice 
of a steep ledge overhanging the water. 

Oxive-sipep Frycarcuer (.Vuttal/ornis borealis, Swainson). 

This species was found in small numbers at Wilson Creek throughout the month of June, 
where nest and eggs and six birds were obtained. A pair were shot at Hot Springs on July 
24th. The birds inhabited the timbered mountain sections, usually at an elevation of about 
3,000 feet. The nest was built in a live spruce-tree, saddled and well hidden, about 1 foot 
from the end of the bough and 15 feet from the ground, composed of small dead spruce- 
sticks interwoven with dark-brown dried moss, and scantily lined with fine rootlets. The eggs, 
four in number, were perfectly fresh, of a dull-cream colour, spotted and blotched with various 
shades of brown and lilac, chiefly on the larger end ; averaging 0.62 x 0.80. Both the female 
and nest were obtained on June 21st at Wilson Creek. The eggs are very rare in collections. 
In the catalogue of Canadian Birds by John and James Macoun, published in 1909, Mr. W. 
Raine records the nest collected by him at Long Lake, Manitoba, as resembling a large wood 
pewee’s nest ; such is not the case with the British Columbia bird, as its nest is of an entirely 
different character. 

Western Woop Pewer (Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni, Swainson). 

The commonest flycatcher throughout the district. In June we obtained several 
specimens at Wilson Creek and three at Hot Springs on July 10th. The following day the 
nest was visited with a camera, but we found the young birds had flown; however, we 
photographed the abandoned nest to good advantage. The nest was placed in the crotch of a 
defoliated almost dead willow-tree, situated about 6 feet from the ground, and was composed 
of dried grasses, rotten wood, and coated sparingly with very little lichen, the inside lined 
with cottonwood down. This nest was rather on the small side, measuring 2? inches across 
the top and about 2 inches deep. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


YELLOW-BELLIED Frycatcuer (Lmpidonax flaviventris, Baird). 

An adult male was obtained at Pike River, Atlin, on August 3rd. This was the only 
one seen, and it was shot in the timbered woods in company with HLmpidonax hammond. 
New record for Provincial Museum. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Axper FrycatcHer (Lmpidonax traillii alnorum, Brewster). 


Two adults and one flying young were taken at Atlin on July 24th. Three others were 
seen in the same locality. (Idt. Oberholser.) 
Hammonp’s Frycarcuer (Lmpidonax hammondi, Baird). ; 
One specimen collected at Wilson Creek on June 29th, and also one at Pike River on 
August 3rd. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Wricut's Frycarcuer (Ympidonax wrightii, Baird). 


On June 21st a male and female were obtained at Wilson Creek. Another taken about 
the same spot on June 30th. 

Nore.—None of the Hmpidonax were plentiful throughout the districts we travelled. 
Empidonas traillii alnorum (Brewster) seemed to be the prevailing form which was met with 
more frequently. 


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Patty Hornep Lark (Ofocoris alpestris arcticola, Oberholser). 

Twelve birds which were undoubtedly breeding were collected on the summit of Gopher 
Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek; all were taken “between June 24th and 30th, inclusive. 
Although there is a remarkable variation in the specimens taken, Mr. Oberholser referred 
them all to his own subspecies. 


Canapa Jay (Perisoreus canadensis, Linneus). 
Common everywhere. A good series of birds were collected in June at Wilson Creek, 


and Hot Springs and Pike River in July and August. The young of first plumage were 
obtained on July 19th at Wilson Creek. (Idt. Oberholser. ) 


NortHern Raven (Corvus corax principalis, Ridgway). 

None were seen or heard during the nesting season. Two birds flew past our camp at Hot 
Springs on July 20th. They also appeared a day or so afterwards feeding on the lake-shore. 
We failed to get a shot at them, as they took flight before we were within range of gunshot. 
Several were seen at Pike River on August 2nd. By the middle of August we noticed them 
flocking together. It was a common occurrence to see as many as fifty to one hundred raven 
in a flock, flying high in the air to some distant feeding-ground. 


Rusty Bracksirp (Huphagus carolinus, Miller). 

We did not encounter this species until the 22nd July, when we found it common at a 
small inland lake about two miles from Hot Springs. A nice series of adults and young were 
obtained in various phases of plumage. A few old nests were discovered near the edge of the 
lake. They were situated in small spruce-trees, close to the trunk, from 2 to 5 feet from the 
ground. Flocks of a dozen or more were observed in the streets of Atlin in August. 


ALASKAN Pine Grospeak (Pinocola enucleator alascensis, Ridgway). 

Although we kept a sharp look-out for these birds, we failed to find any. Mr. Dan 
Holland, our guide, reported on seeing five at the mouth of O'Donnel on July 5th. He failed 
to get a shot at them, as they flew to the opposite side of the river, which he was unable to 
cross. He reports them in the winter as a common resident, where large flocks are often seen 
in Atlin. 


PrinE Siskin (Spinus pinus, Wilson). 
Common in the wooded sections. Occasional flocks were seen in June and July at Wilson 
Creek and Hot Springs. Adults and young were taken at Pike River on August 2nd. 


WesteRN SAVANNA Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis alaudixus, Bonaparte). 

Common throughout the summer. Adults were obtained in June at Wilson Creek. Two 
pair were breeding at the edge of a small lake near Wilson Creek. Incidentally, when looking 
for their nests, we stumbled on two of the Western tree sparrow, both of which contained five 
fresh eggs. Young of first plumage were taken at Pike River and Atlin in August, where 
they were quite common in the grassy country. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


GaMBEL’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli, Nuttal). 


Tolerably common. We found it breeding at Wilson Creek in June. Two nests were 
found, one on June 10th and another on June 12th, at Camp Lake. Both nests contained five 
fresh eggs of a dull-greenish white and finely spotted with various shades of brown, one set 
almost obscuring the ground colour ; average size, 0.65 x 0.90. Young of first plumage were 
taken at Pike River in early August. 


GOLDEN-CROWNED Sparrow (Zonotrichia coronata, Pallas). 

We found it very scarce. An adult male was taken at Wilson Creek on June 30th and a 
female at Hot Springs on J uly 2nd. Another was seen at Burdette Creek, but we failed to 
get a shot at it. 


Western TREE Sparrow (Spizella monticola ochracea, Brewster). 

Very abundant in the mountain sections, more frequently met with about willow-swamps 
from 3,000 to 4,500 feet. We secured a number of fine specimens at Wilson Creek in June. 
Two sets of eggs were collected at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 11th. The birds nested 
in a stunted willow-swamp at the margin of a small lake. Both nests were well concealed in 


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a clump of willow-brush, situated about a foot above the ground, composed of grass fibre and 
dried grasses interwoven with a little moss, and snugly lined with ptarmigan-feathers. Each 
nest contained five fresh eggs af a bluish-green colour, spotted and blotched with shades of 
reddish brown, averaging 0.56 x 0.75 in size. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Western Cuippinc Sparrow (Spizella arizonae socialis, Coues). 

Abundant everywhere throughout the district. A nest just about ready for depositing 
eggs was found on the day of our arrival in Atlin on June 6th. Adults were taken at Wilson 
Creek in June. In August it was common at Pike River, where both adults and young of the 
first plumage were obtained. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Siare-coLoureD Junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis, Linnzus). 


Very common throughout the summer. A large series of adults and young were secured 
in the different sections of the country visited. Five sets of eggs were taken in June and early 
July at Wilson Creek and Hot Springs. The eggs, four or five in number, vary considerably 
in size, markings, and colour. Four sets were pale greenish and one almost cream colour, 
spotted finely with various shades of brown, averaging in size 0.55 x 0.75. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Lincotn’s Sparrow (JMJelospiza lincolnii, Audubon). 


Apparently not common. Male and female were obtained at Hot Springs on July 3rd. 
They were shot in a swamp where they were undoubtedly breeding. An adult male was 
collected in Atlin on August 14th, being shot in a marsh, associated with Western Savanna 
sparrows. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Curr Swattow (Pterochelidon lunifrons lunifrons, Say). 
Abundant summer resident. Large numbers were found building in the town of Atlin. 


Fresh eggs were taken on June 6th. Adults and young were obtained in Atlin on 
August 8th. 


Barn Swatxow (/Hirundo erythrogaster erythrogaster, Boddert). 


Common at Pike River and Atlin. Several were found in barns in Atlin and left 
undisturbed. A pair were nesting in a small flat car which is used for conveying passengers 
over a portage from Taku to Atlin Lake, a distance of about two miles. The birds fly uncon- 
cerned to and fro from the nest while the train is en route. Mr. Sullivan, the engineer of the 
train, informed me that the birds nest in the same spot yearly, where they raise their young 
unmolested under such novel conditions. A set of five fresh eggs were obtained at Atlin on 
June 6th. A nest was found at Pike River on August 2nd with five young. The young 
were ready to fly on August 8th. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


NortTHern VIOLET-GREEN Swattow (Vachycineta thalassina lepida, Mearns). 


An abundant summer resident. Adults and young taken at Atlin on June 24th. During 
August a number of the three species were starting to move southward. They were first 
noticed at Pike River on August 7th. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Bonemian Waxwine (Bombycilla garulla, Linneus). 


A common resident. Very abundant at Hot Springs and Atlin. Adults were collected 
in July at Hot Springs and Middle Islands. We were successful in obtaining four sets of 
eggs on July 8th on a small island in Lake Atlin. The nests were placed in small spruce- 
trees, situated from 10 to 15 feet from the ground. The structure is rather a bulky affair, 
composed of dry pine and spruce sticks, interwoven with dried grasses, cottonwood down, 
intermingled with a little fur of the varying hare. Two nests contained five eggs, one four, 
and the other two, all of which were strictly fresh. The average measured 0.100 x 0.75, of a 
bluish-grey colour, spotted with black, and streaked finely with faint purplish markings. 
Although the eggs closely resemble the cedar waxwing’s, the nests are quite distinguishable 
from each other, both in size and structure. 


Rocky Mowunrain OranGe-crowNep WarBtER (Vermivora celata orestera, Oberholser). 
Only one seen and shot at Pike River on August 2nd, which proved to be a worn male. 


(Idt. Oberholser.) 


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Auaska YrELLow WarsterR (Dendroica estiva rubiginosa, Pallas). 


A common summer resident. A pair were found breeding at Wilson Creek on June 15th. 
Adults and young were taken at Atlin on July 23rd. On June 6th three nests were found 
under construction in small thick willows about 5 feet high, and located in the centre of the 
bushes. The nests were larger and more elaborate than the California yellow warbler’s 
procured in the Okanagan in the summer of 1913. We observed more birds in the city limits 
of Atlin than any other section of the country. They seemed to prefer the more settled 
districts in preference to the wilderness. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Prerr (Anthus rubescens, Turnstall). 

About a dozen were observed on a grassy plateau at the summit of Gopher Dam Mountain, 
Wilson Creek, where two birds were obtained on June 26th and one on June 29th. The birds 
taken were in fine breeding plumage. It was common in September at Atlin the year previous; 
large flocks were observ sah daily migrating south. 


Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus unicolor, Bonaparte). 
Tt was not until August 17th that a single bird was observed at Spruce Creek Falls. No 
others were seen, although it is said to occur on most of the creeks, but I failed to procure any. 


Lone-Tainep CHickaDER (Penthestes atricipillus septentrionalis, Harris). 


Fairly common at Pike River in August. Birds were collected at Wilson Creek in June 
and at Pike River in August. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


CoLtumBian CuickabEE (Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus, Rhoads). 


Abundant everywhere. A series of adults and juveniles were obtained throughout the 
summer. Common at Pike River in August, where they were found in flocks. (Idt. 
Oberholser. ) 


Sirka Kinever (Regulus calendula grinnelli, Palmer). 


Rather uncommon. <A few pair were observed at Wilson Creek in June. Four specimens 
were obtained near Camp Lake in June. Two adults and one young of the year were collected 
at Pike River on August 3rd. All these skins were submitted to Mr. Ober holser, who classed 
them all under this subspecies. 


Briack-poLt WarBLER (Dendroica striata, Forster). 


Twelve specimens were obtained, comprising six males, three females, and three young of 
the year. Three were taken at Wilson Creek on June 19th to 30th; three on Middle Islands, 
Lake Atlin, on July 8th; two at Hot Springs on July 17th and 19th; and four at Pike River 
on July 29th and August 2nd. About tw enty birds were observed during the summer. In 
August it was noticed with Dendroica coronata hooveri, moving in a souther ly direction. New 
record for Provincial Museum. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


PILEOLATED WARBLER (Wilsonia pusilla pileolata, Pallas). 


Abundant summer resident. It preferred breeding in the mountainous sections of the 
country at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. It was common at Wilson Creek in June, where 
a few were obtained. Birds were collected at Hot Springs in July and at Pike River in 
August. A nestling was taken at Hot Springs on July 16th. In comparing the skins with 
specimens from the Coast, I find they are much brighter in colour, the orange being more 
pronounced. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Townsenb’s Sourrarre (Myadestes townsendi, Audubon). 


Not common. A male and female were collected at Wilson Creek on June 20th, also a 
mottled, flying young at Hot Springs on July 19th. A pair were found breeding at Wilson 
Creek on July 17th. The female was shot, also the nest and eggs taken. The nest was 
situated in a hole on the side of a low clay panic of a road-cut, Saal was constructed loosely 
with small sticks, rootlets, bark strippings, a few dead leaves, and lined with dried grasses. 
The eggs, three in number, were perfectly fresh, of a Gall wliteh colour, finely spotted and 
marked with shades of reddish brown and a little lav ander ; size, 0.73 x 00.92. 


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Gray-cHEEKED Turusu (//ylocichla alicie aliciw, Baird). 
An adult male was taken at Wilson Creek on June 13th. At Pike River on August 3rd 
I shot a large thrush in the thick bushes, but although a careful search was made I failed to 


find it. It was undoubtedly this species. No others were observed. New record for Provin- 
cial Museum. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


Ouive-BackeD Turusu (//ylocichla ustulata swainsonii, Cabanis). 

At Hot Springs on July 13th TI flushed a female from the nest, and immediately shot it. 
The nest was placed in a spruce-tree, close to the tree-trunk, about 4 feet from the ground, 
and composed of rootlets, moss grasses, a few leaves, and lined with dried grasses interwoven 
with moose-hair. The eggs, three in number, were fresh, of a bluish-green colour, spotted and 
blotched with lilac-brown markings, mostly at the larger end ; size, 0.70x 0.90. An occasional 
bird was heard towards evening in the dark woods during July close to Hot Springs. (Idt. 
Oberholser. ) 


Sterra Hermir Turuse (Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis, Belding). 
An adult male was taken at Wilson Creek on June 13th. One female was shot at the 
same locality on June 28th. All the thrush were found scarce in the district we collected in. 


(Idt. Oberholser.) 


Western Rosin (Planesticus migratorius caurinus, Grinnell). 

Fairly common. Birds, nest, and eggs were taken on June 6that Atlin. Four nestlings 
were found at Hot Springs on July 17th; only one was taken. Several nests were found in 
June and left undisturbed. 


Movunratw Bivesirp (Sialia carrucoides, Bechstein). 

Common at Atlin and O'Donnel Creek, where a few pair bred. Four adults were 
collected at Wilson Creek, two males on June 17th anda male and a female on June 50th. 
Two nests were found at Atlin in June in buildings, containing eggs, none of which were taken, 
as they were hard-set. 


SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIRDS PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, 1913. 
ERRATA. 


Page 10. Betrep Kinarisuer (Ceryle alcyon, Linnieus), read WesterN Bevrep KINGFISHER 
(Steptoceryle aleyon caurina, Grinnell.) 

Page 10. Norruern Hairy Woopprcker (Dryobates villosus leucomelas, Bodd.). Mr. H. E. 
Oberholser examined five skins which he labelled Rocky Mountain Harry 
Wooprrecker (Dryobates villosus monticola, Anthony). Dryobates villosus 
hyloscopus, Cab. & Heine ; none were taken, all are monticola. 

Page 11. Trate’s Frycarcuer (Lmpidonax trailli trailli, Audubon), read ALpER Frycarcuer 
(Empidonax trailli alnorum, Brewster). 

Page 12. Cowsirp (Molothrus ater ater, Bodd.), read Molothrus ater artemisiw. (Idt. Ober 
holser. ) 

Page 12. Western Eveninc Grospeak (fesperiphona verpertina montana, Ridg.), read 
EveninG Grospeak (Lesperiphona vespertina vespertina, W. Copp). (Idt. Ober- 
holser.) 

Page 14. ALAaskKA YELLow Warster (Dendroica estiva rubiginosa, Ridgway), read CALIFORNIA 
Yettow Warster (Dendroica westiva brewsteri). (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 14. Lurescenr Wars er (Vermivora celata lutescens, Ridgway), read Rocky Mountain 
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Vermivora celata orestera, Ober.). (Idt. Ober- 
holser. ) 

Page 15. Rocky Mountain Nurnatcn (Sitta carolinensis nelsoni, Mearns), read SLENDER- 
Bittep Nuraarcu (Sitta carolinensis aculeata). (Idt. Oberholser.) 


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Page 15. Hupsontan Cuickaper (Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus, J. R. Forster). The data 
applies to Penthestes gambeli gambeli, Ridgway. 

Page 15. Rupy-crownep Kinater (Regalus calendula calendula, Linneus), read SirKa 

i Kineer (Regalus calendula grinnelli, Ridgway). (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 16. Aupuspon’s Hermir Turusu (/ylocichla guttata auduboni, Baird), read Hylocichla 
ustulata sewainsoni Cabanis. 

Page 16. Rosin (Planesticus migratorius migratorius, Linneus). All birds taken were 
Planesticus migratorius caurina, Grinnell. (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 16. Norraern Variep Torus (Laxoreus nevins meruloides, Swainson). All the birds 
taken were /xoreus nevius, Gmelin. 

Page 20. Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosa, Ridgway), read Dendragapus 
obscurus flemingi, Taverna. (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 20. Gray Rurrep Grouse (Bonasa uwmbellus wmbelloides, Dougl.), read CANADA RUFFED 
Grouse (Bonasa umbellus togata, Linneus). (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 20. Desert Sparrow Hawk (falco sparverius phalena, Less.), read SpARRow Hawk 
(Falco sparverius, Linneeus). (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 20. Beirrep Kinerisuer (Ceryle alcyon, Linneeus), read Western Betrep KINGFISHER 
(Steptoceryle alcyon caurina, Grinnell). 

Page 20. ALPINE THrEE-TOED WooppecKER (Picoides americanus dorsalis, Baird), read 
ALASKA THREE-TOED WoOODPECKER (Picoides americanus fasciatus, Baird). (Idt. 
Oberholser.) 

Page 20. Auaska Jay (Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons, Ridgway), read Canapa Jay 
(Perisoreus canadensis canadensis, Linneus). (Idt. Oberholser.) 

Page 21. Norru-west Crow (Corvus caurinus, Baird), read NortHERN RAVEN (Corvus corax 
principalis, Ridgway). A flock of ravens were mistaken for crows at long range. 
No crows occur in Atlin. 

Page 21. AupuBon’s Warsier (Dendroica auduboni auduboni, Townsend), read ALASKA 
MyrtLe Warster (Dendroica coronata hooveri, McGregor). 

Page 21. Hupsonran Cuickapee (Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus, J. H. Foster), read 
CotumBIA CHICKADEE (Penthestes Hudsonicus columbianus, Rhoads).  (Idt. 
Oberholser. ) 

See Inrertor Marso Wren (Cistothorus palustris plesius, Oberholser). This sub- 
species should be added to the Okanagan list of birds. We found it common 
at Vaseaux Lake on May 25th. (Idt. Oberholser.) 


MAMMALS COLLECTED IN ATLIN DISTRICT, 1914. 


By E. M. Anperson. 
(Identified by the Biological Survey of Washington, D.C.) 


Hupson Bay Cricarnk, SQuirren (Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus, Erxleben). 

Common everywhere in suitable places. Specimens taken in June and July at the various 
points collected at. Twenty-eight preserved. 
GREY-HEADED CuipmuNK (Zutamias caniceps, Osgood). 

Eighteen specimens were secured. It was not found commonly in the district. Both 
adults and young were taken at Wilson Creek in June, at Hot Springs in July, and at Pike 
River in August. Seventeen preserved. 

OsGoop’s SPERMOPHILE (Citellus plesius, Osgood). 


Abundant at Wilson Creek and Surprise Lake. Taken on June 9th to 30th. Fourteen 
preserved. 


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Hoary Marmot, Woopcuuck (Marmota caligata, Eschsch.). 
A female was collected at Gopher Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek, on July 29th. It is 
fairly common at Eldorado, near the summit. 


YuxKon Marnor (.Varmota monax ochracea, Swarth.). 
A fine specimen taken at Pike River on July 29th, also a female melanistic form was 
trapped in the same locality on July 29th. No others were seen. Two specimens preserved. 


Arctic Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus borealis, Mearns). 

Common. Taken in June, July, and August at Wilson Creek, Hot Springs, and Pike 
River. Twenty-seven specimens preserved. 
Rock-Lovine Woop Rar (Neotoma cinerea saxamans, Osgood). 

Male and female collected at Gopher Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek (altitude 3,500 feet), 
on July 15th. Two specimens preserved. 
Drummonn’s Meavow Vote (Microtus drummondi, Audubon & Bachman). 


Taken at Wilson Creek on June 11th and 28th; at Atlin on August 10th and 12th. 
Common. Ten specimens preserved. 


CantTanKERous Mrapow Vote (.Microtus mordax, Merriam). 
Four collected at Atlin on August 13th, 15th, and 16th. Three specimens preserved. 


Norruwest Terrirory Musk Rar (liber zibethicus spatulatus, Osgood). 
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Male shot at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 20th. Female shot at Anderson Bay, 
Lake Atlin, on August 6th. Several others were seen swimming on some of the small lakes 
close to Atlin. 


Datr’s Leemina Voie (Synaptomys dalli, Merriam). 
Male taken at Wilson Creek on June 10th. One specimen preserved. 


Srixive Jumpinc Mouse (Zapus princeps saltator, Allen). 
Female taken at Wilson Creek on July 15th. One specimen preserved. 


Macrartane’s Hare (Lepus americanus macfarlanei, Merriam). 

Abundant everywhere throughout the district. Thirty specimens, including eight young, 
were taken in June, July and August. Twenty-six specimens preserved. 
Pactric Mink (J/ustela vison energumenos, Bangs). 

Adult female trapped at Hot Springs, Atlin Lake, on July 10th. The skin is very dark, 
with fine pelage for summer skin. 
Dusky SHrew (Sorex obscurus, Merriam). 

Male taken at Wilson Creek on June 13th. Young male collected at Atlin on August 14th. 
Two specimens preserved. 
Navigator SHrew (Neosorex palustris navigator, Baird). 


An adult male taken at Hot Springs, close to shore of Atlin Lake, in July. Specimen 
preserved. 


Dark Yuma Bar (Myotis yumanensis saturatus, Miller). 


Two seen at Anderson Bay, Lake Atlin, on August 6th. They were undoubtedly this 
species, as two were taken in the same locality the year previous. (Although a sharp look-out 
for bats was kept, we found them unusually scarce.) 


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REVISED LIST OF MAMMALS COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY 
IN 1913. 


By E. M. ANpDERson. 
(Identified by the Biological Survey of Washington, D.C.) 


Srreavror’s CHICAREE, SQUIRREL (Sciwrus hudsonreus streatori, Allen). 

Common throughout the Okanagan Valley. Specimens collected at Penticton on April 
8th and at Okanagan Falls from April 15th to June 6th. Twenty-three specimens preserved. 
ALLieD CurpmunkK (Hutamias affinis, Allen). 

Very abundant at Okanagan Falls. A large series taken in April, May, and June in the 
various points collected at. Thirteen specimens preserved. 

CoLUMBIAN SPERMOPHILE (Citel/us columbianus, Ord.). 

Common on nearly all of the foot-hills throughout the valley. Secured specimens at 
Schoonover Mountain on April 20th, May 20th, and June Ist to 15th. Ten specimens 
preserved. 

Dusky Fiyrna Squirret (Sciwropterus alpinus fuliginosus, Rhoads). 

One taken at Shuttleworth Creek on May 10th. Three others were secured at Schoonover 
Mountain on June Ist, 35rd, and 6th. Four specimens preserved. 

YELLOW-BELLIED Marmot, Woopcnuck (.Marmota flaviventer averus, Bangs). 

Specimens taken at Shuttleworth Creek (Okanagan Falls) on April 15th, May 20th, and 
June 12th, Abundant throughout the valley. Six specimens preserved. 

Hovusr Mouse (Mus musculus, Linneus). 

Common at Penticton and Okanagan Falls. Three were collected at Penticton on April 
8th and 15th. One taken at Okanagan Fallson April 19th. Abundant at abandoned railway- 
construction camps throughout the valley. 

Asucrort, Derr Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus artemisie, Rhoads). 

This is the commonest mouse in the Okanagan Valley. Adults collected at Penticton on 
April 15th; at Okanagan Falls in May and June. Twenty specimens preserved. 

Mounvain Mouse (Peromyscus oreas, Bangs). 

Found it only at Vaseaux Lake, where it frequented our camp. One male taken on May 
20th and three females on May 27th. Four specimens preserved. 
Western Busuy-raiteD Woop Rav (Veotoma cinerea occidentalis, Baird). 

Common in old cabins and mountain rock caves, ete. Specimens taken at Okanagan 
Falls on April 15th, collected at Schoonover Mountain on June 3rd and 4th, and a young 
male taken at Vaseaux Lake on June 18th. 

Mountain Voie (Phenacomys orophilus, Merriam). 

Two males taken at Schoonover Mountain (Okanagan Falls) on April 24th and June Ist. 
Two specimens preserved. 

Grey Mrapow Votre (JMicrotus nanus canescens, Bailey). 

Taken at Schoonover Mountain (Okanagan Falls) on April 21st, June 5th, 6th, and 7th. 
Four specimens preserved. 

CantTankKEROUS Mrapow Vote (Jicrotus mordax, Merriam). 

Abundant in the mountain sections. Collected at Schoonover Mountain, Okanagan 
Falls, April 22nd to 25th ; at Vaseaux Lake, May 26th ; Schoonover Mountain, June Ist. 
Swartn’s Pockrer Gopuer (Thomomys fuscus, Merriam). 

Abundant throughout the valley. Taken at Schoonover Mountain on June 3rd_and at 


Penticton on June 3rd and 4th. Very common in the orchards near Penticton. Six speci- 
mens preserved. 


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Nortuwest Pocker Mouse (Perognathus lordi, Gray). 

Male collected at Vaseaux Lake on May 27th. Apparently not common, as only one was 
taken. Specimen preserved. 
British CotumsBian Hare (Lepus americanus columbiensis, Rhoads). 

Common at Okanagan Falls. Taken April 20th, May 10th, and 22nd at Shuttleworth 
Creek. 
Forr Yuma Bar (Myotis ywmanensis, H. Allen). 

Two specimens collected at Okanagan Falls on May 27th and June 18th. 


Lirtre Carirornia Bar (Myotis californicus, Audubon & Bachman). 

The commonest species in the district. Collected at Okanagan Falls in May and June. 
Nineteen specimens preserved. 
Sitvery Bar (Lasionycteris noctivagans, Le Conte). 

Taken at Vaseaux Lake on May 2nd, 20th, 22nd, and 24th. Five specimens preserved. 


Brown Bar. 


Female collected at Vaseaux Lake on May 20th. Several others were seen throughout 
the district collected in. 


FISHES COLLECTED IN ATLIN, 1914. 
By E. M. Anperson. 


Lake Trout (Christimover mamaycush, Walbaum). 
Two specimens taken from Atlin Lake on August 12th; very abundant. 


Wurterisu (Coregonus sp.). 


Four specimens obtained from Atlin Lake on August 10th. Two distinct species are 
found in Atlin Lake. 


Arctic GrayLine (Thymallus signifer, Richardson). 


Plentiful on most of the rivers and Atlin Lake. Specimens taken on August 4th at Pike 
River and on August 12th at Atlin Lake. 


BuLiHeEaD (Cottus sp.). 
Atlin Lake, August 8th. 


Barracuians (Froes), Ariin, 1914. 
RANA sP. 
Common at Hot Springs in July. Twenty-five specimens collected from July 15th to 
20th. Found them in no other section. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN THE ATLIN DISTRICT, 1914. 


Over 2,000 insects were collected, comprising several orders. Thirty-two forms of 
Diurnals (butterflies) were taken, many of which are new records for British Columbia. 
Noctuids (moths) were scarce, this being attributed to the little or no darkness during the 
summer months. 

Following is a list of captures which have been authentically determined to date of 


publication. Numbers prefixed are according to Dyar’s List of North American Lepidoptera, 
1902. 


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LEPIDOPTERA. 
(Identifiers’ names are affixed in brackets.) 
Drurnats (BUTTERFLIES). 


Parnassius smintheus var. nanus, Neamegen (Northern Parnassian). 

Common at Pike River July 27th, 28th, and 29th. <A large series of over a hundred 
were taken, including a number of well-marked females. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 
36a. Pontia occidentalis var. calyce, Edwards (Western White). 


Fairly common at Wilson Creekin June. This form is the commonest white in the north. 
(Barnes & McDunnough. ) 


38a. Pontia napi var. bryonie, Ochsenheimer (Alpine White). 

Not common. Two specimens taken at Wilson Creek on June 12th. Also a single worn 
female at Hot Springs on July 7th. We noted several on the wing at Skagway, Alaska, on 
June 4th. It is possible they may have been the form hulda. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 

Synclhle creusa, Doubleday & Hewitson. 

Common at Wilson Creek, where a number were taken on June 8th to 30th. Mr. 
McDunnough says specimens examined are typical. 
63a. Lurymus hecla var. glacialis, McLachlan. 

A single specimen collected at Anderson Bay on August 8th near the top of a mountain 
at 5,000 feet altitude. No others were observed. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 

653. Hurymus eriphyle, Edwards. 
Abundant. Several taken at Wilson Creek on June 9th to 29th. Also occurred com- 


monly at Hot Springs in July. Albinic females were also taken. (Mr. McDunnough states 
that this is the true form without a doubt. ) 


72. Eurymus scudderi, Reak (Scudder’s Sulphur). 

Appeared at Wilson Creek on June 20th to 3Uth. Fifteen taken at Hot Springs and 
Pike River during July. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
102. Argynnis atlantis, Edwards. 


Fairly common at Hot Springs on July 12th to 25th. Specimens taken were a trifle 
smaller than type forms from the Catskills, New York. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


128n. drgynnis eurynome var. bischoffi, Edwards. 

Two specimens collected at Pike River on August 8th. Mr. McDunnough states this is 
the silvered form of bischoffi, Edwards, practically the same as var. washingtonia. (Barnes 
& McDunnough. ) 
128p. Argynnis bischoffi var. opis, Edwards. 

A single specimen obtained at Pike River on August 8th. The type locality for opis is 
Cariboo District, but specimen is fairly typical. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


131. Brenthis myrins, Cramer (Silver-bordered Fritillary). 

About fifty were taken at Hot Springs on July 5th to 9th, where it was common. Not 
observed in any other section. 
134. Brenthis triclaris, Hubner. 

Fairly common at Wilson Creek. A number were collected at Gopher Dam Mountain at 
about 4,500 feet altitude. Did not occur on the lower levels. All were taken from July lth 


to 20th. Mr. McDunnough until further examination refers them at present to Aphirape v. 
ossianus, Boisduval. 


1370. Brenthis chariclea var. boisduvalii, Dup. (Boisduval’s Fritillary). 


Appeared commonly at Wilson Creek from June 15th to 30th. At Hot Springs a 
number were captured as late as July 20th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


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138. Brenthis freija, Thunberg ; syn. freya, H. & S. 

We found this the commonest Brenthis in the district. It appeared in numbers at 
Wilson Creek from June 7th to 30th, where a number were taken. ‘This species is the first 
fritillary to emerge, being the only form flying when we arrived at the creek. (Barnes & 


McDunnough.) 


139. Brenthis polaris, Bdv. 


Not common. Three specimens collected at Wilson Creek on June 15th and 26th. 
(Barnes & McDunnough.) 


1404. Brenthis frigga var. saga, Kaden. 


A number were taken at Wilson Creek from June 11th to 28th. Fairly common. 
(Barnes & McDunnough.) 


140n. Brenthis frigga var. improba, Butler. 


Eight specimens collected on the summit of Gopher Dam Mountain, 500 feet altitude. 
Mr. McDunnough states that it is paler above than the typical specimen, and is still rare in 
collections. 


191. Phycoides pratensis, Behr. 


Eight specimens taken at Hot Springs from July 10th to 26th. Not a common insect. 
(Barnes & MeDunnough.) 


218. Aglais milberti, Goddart (Milbert’s Tortoise-shell). 
Two seen at Pike River on August 8th. Probably common later in the fall. 


2704. Hrebia disa var. mancinus, Dby. 
We found this beautiful form flying with Hrebia epipsodea at Wilson Creek from June 
llth to 30th. About thirty specimens were taken. By no means common. (Barnes & 


McDunnough.) 


273. Erebia epipsodea, Butler (Common Alpine). 

Common at Wilson Creek throughout the month of June. A good series of fresh 
specimens were taken. Mr. McDonnough reports the specimens submitted to him as a true 
typical form. 

282. Canomympha kodiak, Edwards. 

Only two specimens taken at Wilson Creek on June 26th. These are the only two 
records we have from British Columbia. Apparently not common, as no others were seen. 
(Barnes & McDunnough.) 

292. Wnis jutta, Hubner ; syn. Balder, Bdv. 


Not common. Eleven specimens taken at Wilson Creek during the last week of June. 
Fairly common. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


293. Wnis uhleri, Reakirt. 

Rather common. Eleven specimens collected at Wilson Creek from June 15th to 30th. 
(Barnes & McDunnough.) 
295¥. Wnis norna var. taygete, Hubner. 


Very common at Wilson Creek throughout the month of June. <A large series of over 
a hundred were taken. This species is the common Arctic butterfly, and can be seen in 
numbers along the mountain trails and roadsides from 3,000 to 5,000 feet altitude. (Barnes & 
McDunnough.) 


396. Epidemia helloides, Boisduval. 
Two specimens collected at Hot Springs on July 26th and five at Pike River on August 
3rd. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


Some of the Hpidemia taken represent a form between dorcas and wanthoides. (McDun- 
nough.) 


F 24 PROVINCIAL MusEuM REPoRT. 1915 


409. Cupido sepiolus, Bav. 

Common at Wilson Creek from June 8th to 30th. Also common at Hot Springs early in 
July. Specimens are rather off type. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 

425. Agriades aqwilo, Boisduval. 

Thirty specimens collected at Wilson Creek from June 15th to 350th. Barnes & MceDun- 
nough identified it as an intermediate Western form between aquilo, Bdv., and rustica, Edwards. 
432. Rusticus scudderi, Edwards. 

Common at Wilson Creek in June and at Hot Springs in July. Over fifty specimens 
taken. The specimens are probably closer to true sewdderi described from Lake Winnipeg 
than the Eastern form going under the same name. (McDunnough.) 

644. Hesperia centauree, Rambur. 


Only two specimens taken at Wilson Creek, one on June 22nd and another on June 29th. 
(Barnes and MeDunnough.) 


HETEROCERA (MOTHS). 
(Identifiers’ names are aftixed in brackets.) 


ARCTIID®. 
869. Neoarctia yarrow, Stretch. 
A perfect specimen taken at Wilson Creek on June 28th. Several others were seen on 
the wing in June. (Barnes and McDunnough.) 


AGARISTID®. 


943. Androloma mac-cullochti, Kirb . 


Fairly common in the mountainous sections in June. Specimens obtained at Wilson 
Creek from June 12th to 28th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


Nocruip&. 
1105. Caradrina extimia, Walker. 
Three taken on August 20th at Atlin. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


1223. Agroperina (Hadena) morna, Strecker. 

Single specimen taken at Pike River on July 29th, possibly a form of morna. (Barnes 
& McDunnough.) 
1232. Sidemia (Hadena) devastatrix, Brace. 

Atlin, August 15th, Cariboo Crossing, August 20th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
1281. Hyppa brunneicrista, Smith. 

One specimen taken at Hot Springs on July 6th, probably this species. (Barnes & 
MeDunnough. ) 
1390. Rhynchagrotis rufipectus, Morrison. 

Two specimens taken at Pike River on August 8th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
1431. Pachnobia littoralis, Packard. 

Single specimen on July 5th at Hot Springs is a form of /itforalis. (Barnes & McDun- 
nough. ) 
1489. Agrotis (noctua) fennica, Tauscher. 

Five specimens taken at Atlin from August 8th to 12th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
1736. Buaxoa (Paragrotis) divergens, Walker. 


Three specimens taken at Atlin on August 8th, 11th, and 12th. Mr. MeDunnough is 
not quite sure of the identity of this species. 


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1737. Euxoa redimicula, Morrison. 


Common at Atlin from August 9th to 19th. Eight specimens collected. (Barnes & 
McDunnough.) 


1798. Mamestra olivacea var. lucina, Smith. 

Single specimen collected at Atlin on August 8th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
1840. Mamestra sutrina, Grote. 

Single specimen collected at Wilson Creek on June 6th. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 
1930. Anarta cordigera, Thunberg. 

Common at Wilson Creek in June. Eleven specimens taken. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


1932. Anarta melanopa, Thunberg. 


Not common. Three specimens collected at Wilson Creek from June 14th to 18th. 
(Barnes & MeDunnough.) 


1935. Anarta richardsoni, Curtis. 
One specimen taken at Hot Springs on July 7th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


1936. Anarta? sp. 
A single specimen, possibly a dark form of impinigens, Walker, was taken at Atlin on 
August 15th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


1974. Cirphis (Heliophila) heterodoaa, Smith. : 
One specimen taken at Hot Springs on July 17th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


2533. Autographa (Syngrapha) ignea, Grote. 
Four taken at Pike River from July 27th to 29th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


. Autographa orophila, Hampson. 
Two taken at Pike River on July 29th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


3223. Epicnaptera americana, Harris. 
A female collected at Wilson Creek on June 21st. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


4197. Albuna pyramidalis var. montana, Hy. Edwards. 
Three collected at Wilson Creek on June 28th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 
GEOMETRID.®. 
(Identifiers’ names are affixed in brackets.) 
3255. Philopsia (Talledega) montanata, Packard. 


Common at Wilson Creek in June; specimens taken on June 12th, 16th, 21st, and 27th. 
(L. W. Swett.) 


. Eupithecia adornata, Taylor. 


Three taken at Wilson Creek on June 20th and 21st. (L. W. 8.) 


3350. HLustroma propulsata, Walker. 
Taken At Atlin on August 11th. (KE. H. Blackmore.) 
33514. Hustroma destinata var. lugubrata, Moschler. 
A single specimen taken at rest on a fence at Atlin on August 13th. (LL. W. 8.) 
3353. Hustroma nubilata, Packard. 
Wilson Creek, June 26th. (E. H. B.) 
3359B. Rhewmaptera hastata var. hastulata, Hubner. 
Common at Wilson Creek from June 9th to 30th. (L. W. 8.) 


F 26 ProvinctiAL Musrtum REporRT. 1915 


3360. Rhewmaptera tristata, Linnzeus. 
Fairly common at Wilson Creek from June 16th to 28th. (E. H. B.) 


3362. Rheumaptera luctuata, Dennis & Schiftermuller. 
Wilson Creek, June 15th to 20th. (L. W. 8.) 


33624. Rheumaptera luctuata var. obducata, Moschler. 
Wilson Creek, June 26th to 28th. (L. W. 8.) 
3379p. Mesoleuca citrata var. suspectata, Moschler. 


Wilson Creek, June 14th. (E. H. B.) 


3381. JJesoleuca silaceata, Hubner. 
Common in the mountainous sections in June. A good series taken at Wilson Creek. 
(E. H. B.) 
3387c. Hydriomena furcata var. quinquefasciata, Packard. 
Very abundant throughout the month of June at Wilson Creek. (LL. W. 8.) 
3419. Hydriomena magnoliata, Guenee. 
Found it common at Wilson Creek from June 18th to 30th. (KE. H. B.) 
3434. Stamnoedes (Canocalpe) topazata, Strecker. 
Fairly common at Wilson Creek in June. Previous record Mount Cheam. (E. H. B.) 
3449. Petrophora salvata, Pearsall ; incursata, Hubner. 
Taken at Wilson Creek on June 30th. (L. W. 8.) 
3450. Petrophora abrasaria, Herrich-Schaefter. 
Common at Wilson Creek in June. (lL. W. 8.) 
5603. Hpelis truncataria, Walker. 
Fairly common at Wilson Creek from June 12th to 30th. (E. H. B.) 
S777. Enypia perangulata, Hulst. 
Single specimen taken at Carcross on August 20th. (E. H. B.) 
3878. Jubarella danbyi, Hulst. 
Two specimens taken at Wilson Creek on June 26th and 28th. (E. H. B.) 


PyraLipm. 


4404. Phlyctenia itysalis, Walker. 
Common at Hot Springs on July 17th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


Phlyctenia sp? 
Pike River, August 8th; possibly te//ealis, Dyar. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


4504. Scoparia lugubralis, Walxer. 
Hot Springs, July 4th. (Specimens rubbed ; the identification is not certain.) (Barnes 
& McDunnough.) 


Scoparia sp? 
Hot Springs, July 7th. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 
4510. Scoparia centuriella, Dennis & Schiffermuller. 
Very common at Wilson Creek in June. A large series of this species were collected. 
Very variable. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


4563. Crambus pascellus, Linneus. 
Common at Hot Springs. Several taken from July 5th to 10th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


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4583. Crambus myellus, Hubner. 

Fairly abundant at Hot Springs. Specimens were taken on July 4th, 5th, and 6th. 
(Barnes & McDunnough.) 
4776. Laodamia fusca, Harworth. 

Nine specimens taken at Wilson Creek from June 15th to 30th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


5071. Olethreutes bipartitana, Clemens. 
Common. Six specimens taken at Hot Springs on July 8th and 12th. (Barnes & 
McDunnough.) 
Hysterosia homonana, Kearfoot. 
_ A single specimen taken at Hot Springs on July 8th. (Barnes & MeDunnough.) 


TINEID®. 


Memotois bellela, Walker. 
One specimen taken at Hot Springs on July 4th. (Barnes & McDunnough.) 


DIPTERA. (ATLIN, 1914.) 


(Idt. by Raymond C. Osburn.) 
TABANIDE. 


Tabanus affinis, Kirby. 
Tabanus sp.? 
Tabanus osburni, Hine. 
BomBy.ip&. 


Anthrax fulviana, Say. 
SYRPHIDE. 


Syrphus contumar, O. Sacken. 
" intrudens, O. Sacken. 
» (catabomba) pyrastri, Linnzeus. 
" torvus, O. Sacken. 
Hanmerschmiatia ferruginia, Fallen. 
Ersitalis rupium, Fabricus. New to America , common in Europe. 
Melanostoma sp (Prob. new sp.) 


ODONATA (DRAGON-FLIES). (ATLIN, 1914.) 
(Idt. by Raymond C. Osburn and E. B. Williamson.) 
Aeshna sitchensis, Hagen. (Osburn.) 


»  eremista, Scudder. (Osburn.) 
Enallagma calverti, Morse. (Osburn.) 


" cyathigerum, Charpentier. (Osburn.) 
Leucorhinia hudsonica, Selys. (Williamson.) 
" proxima, Calvert. (Williamson.) 


Somatochlora hudsonica, Hagen. (Osburn.) 


F 28 ProvinciaL MusgEuM Report, 1915 


SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF INSECTS COLLECTED IN THE OKANAGAN, 1913 


(Identifiers’ names are affixed in brackets.) 


ARCTUDS. 
833. Bubaphe immaculata, Reakirt. 


Penticton, June 27th, 1913. (Wolley Dod.) 


Nocruipa. 
1226. Hadena cogitata, Smith. 
Penticton, July 7th. (W. D.) 
1496. Noctua wnicolor, Walker ; syn. clandestina, Harris. 
Five specimens taken at Penticton on June 28th. (W. D.) 
1708. Hadenella subjuncta, Smith. 
Three specimens taken at light, Penticton, July 3rd. (W. D.) 
1894. Xylomiges dolosa, Grote. 
Fairly common on peach-blossoms at Okanagan Falls, May 5th. (W. D.) 


1895. Nylomiges rubrica, Harvey. 


Okanagan Falls, May 5th. Very common on peach-blossoms. <A large series of 220 


taken. Very variable. (W. D.) 


. Stretchia angula, Smith? 

Five taken at Okanagan Falls on May 6th, 8th, and 12th. (Mr. Wolley Dod states 
specimens examined agree with the description of types from Arrow Head Lake, B.C., but 
he never saw the species before.) i 
2102. NXylina georgii, Grote ; syn. holicineria, Smith. 

Seven taken at Okanagan Falls from May 5th to 30th. (W. D.) 

2120. Colocampa cineritia, Grote ; syn. mertena, Smith. 

Five collected at Okanagan Falls on May 6th and 10th. (W. D.) 
2142. Rancora strigata, Smith. 

Five fresh specimens taken at light at Okanagan Falls on May 5th, 7th, and 8th. (W. D.) 
2240. Scopelosoma tristigmata, Grote. 

Okanagan Falls, May 7th. (W. D.) 

2405. Melicleptria honesta, Grote. 
Vaseaux Lake, Okanagan Falls, May 26th. (W. D.) 
2601. Mustrotia albidula, Guenee. 
Penticton, June 30th, three taken at light. (W. D.) 
2761. Syneda (euclidia) annexa, Hy. Edwards. 
Common at Okanagan Falls from April 26th to May 7th. (W. D.) 
HyPENIN». 
3008. Epizeuxis americalis, Guenee. 


Penticton, June 30th. Mr. Wolley Dod states that it appears to be very rare in British 
Columbia, the only previous record being one from the late G. W. Taylor’s collection. 


30394. Chytolita petrealis, Grote. 
Penticton, June 21st. (W. D.) 


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5 Gro. 5 ProvincitAL Museum Reporv. 


3168. Gluphisa severa, Hy. Edwards. 
Two taken at Okanagan Falls on April 24th. (W. D.) 


GEOMETRIDAE. 
3237. Cladora atroliturata, Walker. 


Okanagan Falls, April 20th and 22nd. (L. W. Swett.) 


. Nausina (Gymnocelis) melissa, Grosbeck. 
Okanagan Falls, May 19th. (L. W. 8.) 


3316. ELupithecia cestata, Hulst. 
Okanagan Falls, April 18th and 20th. (L. W. 8.) 


3318. Eupithecia implorata, Hulst. 
Okanagan Falls, April 18th to 22nd, fairly common at light. (L. W. S.) 


3321. Bucymatoge tenuata, Hulst. 
Okanagan Falls, June 10th. (L. W. 8.) 


3436. Marmopteryx marmorata, Packard. 
Two taken at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, May 7th and 10th. (L. W. 8.) 


. Leptomeris subfuscata, (Taylor). 


Fairly common at Shuttleworth Creek, Okanagan Falls, May 23rd and 30th. (L. W. 8.) 


3550. Leptomeris (Lois) sideraria, Guenee. 
Okanagan Falls, June 10th and 12th, common. (L. W. 8.) 
3623. Deilinia vario/aria Guenee. 
Penticton, July 5rd. (L. W. 8.) 
3648. Sciagraphia denticulata, Grote. 
Okanagan Falls, May 6th to 8th. (L. W. 8.) 
3662. Sciagraphia excurvata, Packard. 
Okanagan Falls, May 9th. (L. W. 8.) 
3792. Alcis dissonaria, Hulst. 
One specimen taken at Okanagan Falls on May 5th and another at Penticton on 
30th. 
3850. Cleora pampinaria, Guenee. 
Penticton, July 6th. (L. W. 8.) 
3867. Lycia cognataria, Guenee. 
Penticton, June 30th and July 2nd. (L. W. 8.) 


3960. Euchlaena johnsonaria, Fitch. 
' Okanagan Falls, June 25th. 
THYRIDS. 
4131. Thyris maculata, Harris. 
Okanagan Falls, June 8th. (Wolley Dod.) 


Geromirrip® (Atiin, 1913). 


3343. Butephria (philereme) multivagata, Hulst. 
Atlin, September 9th. (L. W. 5S.) 


33804. Mesoleuca citrata, Linnzeus. 
September 12th and 13th. (L. W.S.) 


June 


PRovINcCIAL Museum Report. 1915 


LIST OF HYMENOPTERA COLLECTED AT OKANAGAN FALLS, 1913. 


(Idt. by J. C. Crawford.) 


Bombus occidentalis. Okanagan Falls, May 13th to 27th. 

1 edwardsii. Okanagan Falls, April 19th to 22nd, May 3rd. 

1 separatus. Okanagan Falls, May 27th. 

1 oppositus. Okanagan Falls, June 13th to 27th. 
Psithyrus insularis. Okanagan Falls, June 6th. 

Halictus lerouxii. Okanagan Falls, April 19th. 

" trizonatus. Okanagan Falls, June 12th. 
Agapostemon femoratus (7). Okanagan Falls, June 13th. 
Bombomelerta fulvida. Okanagan Falls, April 19th to 26th. 
Anthophora solitaria, Ritz. Okanagan Falls, June 2nd. 
Sphecodes hesperellus. Okanagan Falls, June 2nd. 

Andrena kincaidii, Ckll. Okanagan Falls, May 13th. 


vicina, Smith. Okanagan Falls, May 7th. 


Ceratina submaritima. Okanagan Falls, June 12th. 
Megachile sp. Okanagan Falls, June 5th. 

Osniia sp. (two distinct var.). Okanagan Falls, June 2nd. 
Anthophora sp. Okanagan Falls, May 28th. 


Jan. 4, 
wt 10. 


ACCESSIONS. 


Canvas-back. Presented by Eric Leighley, Departure Bay, Vancouver Island. 

4 Moose (cow, 2 bulls, and calf). 

7 Ptarmigan | 

3 Pine Grosback |;Sucker Lake, Atlin, B.C. Purchased. 

4 Musk-rat 

Indian carving on slate, representing ‘“‘Thunderbird.” Presented by J. C. 
Lowe, Victoria. 

Indian carving on sandstone, found September 1913, on Nass River above 
Meziadin River, and presented by Jno. Coughlan, Stewart, B.C. 

Indian stone implement (found, 1899); Indian arrow-points (found, 1913). 
Presented by Robert Wood. Found at Armstrong, B.C. 

Black Rat. Presented by F. Dangerfield, Victoria. 

1 Gairdner’s Woodpecker, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 

1 Northwestern Flicker (hybrid), Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

2 Oregon Towhee, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

1 Northwestern Flicker, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Steller’s Jay, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Northwestern Crow, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Rusty Song Sparrow, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Sooty Fox Sparrow, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Oregon Junco, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Gairdner’s Woodpecker, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 

Short-billed Gul!, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Gairdner’s Woodpecker, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Varied Thrush, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 

Western Robin, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 

Kennicott’s Sereech Owl, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Steller’s Jay, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 

Clarke’s Crow, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 


Spee ee 


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5 Geo. 5 ProvINcIAL Museum Report. F 31 


Feb. 9. 3 Steller’s Jay, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 10. 1 Northwestern Saw-whet Owl, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 
» 13. Noduled Crab, Esquimalt Harbour. Presented by Captain Chas. Mayer, 
yacht ‘“ Adventuress.” 
» 16. 1 Short-eared Owl, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 
» 18. 1 Marbled Murrelet, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 18. 1 Clarke’s Crow, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 
» 24.  Marmot-skull (deformed incisors, unusual growth). Taken by J. Ross, of 
Fort Grahame, and presented by Geo. V. Copley, Victoria 
7. 1 Shoveller, Abbotsford, New Westminster. Presented by Mr. Peel. 
8. 1 California Pigmy Owl. Presented by Junior Audubon Society, Nelson, B.C. 
March 1. 1 Western Evening Grosbeck. Presented by Herbert M. T. Hodgson, Port 
Alberni, B.C. 
" 3. 1 Scaup Duck (showing albinism). Presented by A. B. Williams, Provincial 
Game Warden, Vancouver. 
n 12. 3 White-tailed Ptarmigan, Atlin, B.C. Alex. Smith and W. Taku. 
un 12. 5 Willow Ptarmigan, Atlin, B.C. Alex. Smith and W. Taku. 
» 12. 38 Alaskan Pine Grosbeak, Atlin, B.C. Alex. Smith and W. Taku. 
» 12. 3 Musk-rat, Atlin, B.C. Alex. Smith and W. Taku. 
n 14. 2 Grey-ruffed Grouse, Kamloops. Deputy Game Warden Woods. 
» 14. 5 Franklin’s Grouse, Kamloops. Deputy Game Warden Woods. 
» 14. 3 Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse, Deputy Game Warden Woods. 
u 14. 1 Fannin’s Heron. Jno. Graham. 
» 31. 1 Harris’ Woodpecker, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
April 3. Young Cohoe Salmon, lake—near Nanaimo. E. Gordon Kermode. 
" 3. Columbia Chub, lake—near Nanaimo. E. Gordon Kermode. 
» 13. 1 Dolly Varden Trout, Coquihalla River, Hope, B.C. Presented by J. D. 
Forsyth, Vancouver. 
Eggs of Peale’s Falcon. OC. deB. Green, Masset. 
1 Northwestern Flicker, Saanich, B.C. E. M. Anderson. 
3 Northwestern Redwing, Saanich, B.C. E. M. Anderson. 
1 Northern Violet-green Swallow, Saanich. E. M. Anderson. 
2 Lutescent Warbler, Saanich, B.C. E. M. Anderson. 
1 Oregon Junco, Saanich, B.C. E. M. Anderson. 
Varied Thrush, eggs and nest. CO. deB. Green, Masset. 
Snake Blennie, Dallas Road, beach, Victoria. Presented by W. Richards. 
Moon-shell, Gulf of Georgia. Presented by W. R. Collister, Vancouver, B.C. 
2 Sooty Grouse, Malahat, Vancouver Island. E. M. Anderson. 
Mounted specimens of Lepidoptera. E. H. Blackmore, Victoria. 
Including: 10 Parnassius clodius. 
2 Papilo eurymedon. 
2 Pieris rape var. marginalis. 
6 Lemonias taylort. 
1 Basilarchia lorquini. 
6 Epidemia helloides. 
6 Anthomaster agricola. 
1 Thorybes pylades. 
2 Thanaos propertius. 
May 6. Small-mouthed Bass, Vaseaux Lake, Okanagan. Presented by W. Hine. 
» 11. Water-beetle, Kamloops, B.C. Presented by 8S. W. Batten, 150-Mile House, 
Cariboo. 
» 18. Collection of Indian curios, including : 
Bracelet of trade wire | 
Perforated tooth 


Or 


BS BD ee se ps 
G2 bo AT ST Or Or Ot Sr Ot or 


Tooth-shaped bone -Presented by E. W. Abraham, Vargas Island. 
Polished stone 
Whetstone 


1 28. Nest and eggs of California Partridge, Victoria, B.C. Presented by G. H. 
Hunter. . 


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June 10. 2 Moths, Polyphemus and Sphynx, White’s Landing, Fraser River. Presented 
by L. Higgins, Prince George, B.C. 
n 12. 2 eggs of Loon, Penuse Lake, Yale District. Presented by Reg. Sweet. 
» 15. Bison-skull, 3 feet underground, at Wilson Creek, Atlin. E. M. Anderson. 
1  — Collection of 300 entomological specimens, Chilcotin District. W. A. 
Newcombe. 
1  — Shufeldt’s Junco, nest and eggs, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
1 —  Richardson’s Grouse (4 eggs hatched), Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
" — 1 Frog, Chilcotin Disiiee W. A. Newcombe. 
" — 1 Toad, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
1  — 2 Larve, Meuroptera, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
» — 1 Red-shafted Flicker and two eggs, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
1 — 5 White-footed Mice, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
» — | Mammal-tooth, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
»  — 1 Poreupine-skull, Chilcotin District. W. A. Newcombe. 
July 30. Milbert’s Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Parksville, B.C. Presented by R. Rushton. 
Aug. 21. Steller’s Jay (showing albinism), Cobble Hill, V.I. Presented by Maurice 
Barry. 
nu 20. Butterfly, Milbert’s Tortoise-shell (Melanistic). Presented by Jno. Clarkz 
Victoria. 
Sept. 2. Larve, Papilio, Victoria, B.C. Presented by P. M. F. Clough. 
" 2. Larvee, Papilio, Cowichan Bay, V.I. Presented by J. Young. 
" 2. 1 Black Spermophile, Carcross, Y.T. Presented by Leo. Simmons. 
" 3. 1 Frog, Vernon, B.C. Max Ruhman. 
" 9. 1 Hairworm, Nanaimo. Presented by V. B. Harrison. 
1» 14, 2 Chrysalis Papilio, Victoria, B.C. Presented by A. Francis. 
» 21. Hog’s “tooth, Victoria, B.C. Presented by Robt. Thomas. 
i 28; doWar einia Rail, Victoria, B.C. Pr esented by H. Aitkin. 
1 23. 1 Northwestern Coast Heron, Parsons Bridge, V.I. Presented by Wallace 
K. Crockett. ; 
Oct. 2. Specimens of fossil shells, Winter Harbour. J. 8. Behnsen. 
» 16. 1 Blue-bellied Lizard, Prince Rupert. Presented by M. L. Bird. 
» 17. 1 Willow Goldfinch, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 26. 1 Western Red-tail, Cedar Hill. S. Whittaker. 
» 26. 1 California Partridge, Cedar Hill. 8S. Whittaker. 
1 26. 1 Lewis’ Woodpecker, Dewdney, B.C. Miss 8. A. Mills. 
1» 26. 1 Western Flycatcher, Victoria. F. Kermode. 
Nov 3. 2 Western Evening Grosbeak, Saanich, B.C. A. H. Maynard. 
» 18. 5 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, Victoria. E. M. Anderson. 
» 18. 3 Oregon Junco, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 18. 1 Varied Thrush, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 27. 1 Black Rat, Victoria. Presented by Edward Cooke. 
n 29. 1 Pine Siskin, Victoria District. EZ M. Anderson. 
1 29. 2 Western Winter Wren, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
» 29. 2 Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
Dec 1. 1 Vancouver Chicaree, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
" 1. 1 Northwestern Crow, Victoria District. EE. M. Anderson. 
" 1. 3 Harris’ Woodpecker, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
" 1. 4 Western Winter Wren, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
" 1. 2 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
" 1. 1 Sooty Fox Sparrow, Victoria District. E. M. Anderson. 
" Bl Dusky Horned Owl, Okanagan Landing. W. R. Moore. 
" 4. Rufous Hummingbird nest and eggs, Victor ia. N. Blyth. 
" 1. Nest of Alaskan Yellow W: arbler, Victoria. N. Blyth. 
" 9. Skin of Yellow-haired Porcupine, Okanagan Landing. J. A. Munro. 
" 9. 2 shells, 1 Epidemia mariposa. C. deB. Green, Masset. 
" 9. Mastodon-tooth \ Dago Gulch, on Hunker Creek (1903), bequeathed 
" 9. Mammoth-tooth (small) | by Mrs. C. A. Coulson. 


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‘ bf Pere ee \Ghicken Creek, near 40-Mile (1908), bequeathed 
9 
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Mammoth-tusk (portion of) | Pee Colson. 
Killdeer Plover, Alberni, B.C. Presented by Deputy Game Warden Carter. 


Accessions, 1913. (Omrrrep From 1913 Report.) 


Aug. 29. Kelp, with parasitic growth. Presented by W. H. Ellis, Victoria. 
Sept. 15. Musk-rat. Kermode and Anderson, Atlin, B.C. 


1? 226: " (Albino). Presented by W. Vanvolkenberg, Atlin, B.C. 

Oct. — 1 Sockeye Salmon 
» — 2 Banded Sailor Fish 7 Z ie Sed : 
i |= ‘Diseased growth on salnidn -Presented by M. McTavish, Rivers Inlet, B.C. 
» — 1 Blennie | 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Report or C. F. Newcomse, M.D., ror 1914. 


Vicroria, B.C., December 31st, 1914. 
F. Kermode, Esq., 


Director, Provincial Museum, Victoria. 


Sir,—Owing to various causes the strictest economy has been exercised in curtailing the 
expenditure of the appropriation voted for the year 1914 for the purchase of anthropological 
specimens for the Provincial Museum. 

Therefore only one field expedition was made, from May 14th to May 28th. This was to 
the Kwakiutl region near Alert Bay, Fort Rupert, and Blunden Harbour. It was successful 
in acquiring a series of ceremonial objects relating to the important cannibal winter dance of 
these people, and in filling up some of the blanks in the series illustrating their every-day life. 

A few specimens have been acquired by correspondence, and some have been presented 

by various donors whose names will be found in the appended list of accessions for the current 
year. 
‘ Acknowledgment should also be made of the attempt of the Women’s Canadian Club of 
Victoria to purchase and present to the Museum a totem-pole from Rivers Inlet. After 
agreeing to sell this pole at a certain price the native owner changed his mind, and the 
negotiation came to an end through no fault of the would-be donors or of the gentleman who 
acted as their agent. The totem-pole referred to would have been a valuable addition to the 
Museum, as Rivers Inlet is not represented in our collection. From other Kwakiutl villages, 
however, we have no less than eight of these poles; so that, as a whole, this tribe has had 
justice done to it. 

An annotated list of specimens collected during the year 1914 is appended hereto. 


I have, etc., 
C. F. Newcomse, M.D. 


F 34 ProvinciAL Museum Report, 1915 


SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY C. F. NEWCOMBE, M.D., 1914. 


Haida. 
Climbing outfit. Paddles (2). 
Bark-stripper. Kelp fish-line. 
Chisel. Nose ornament of abalone. 
Baskets (3). Charm of abalone. 
Kwakiutl. 
Totem-poles (5). Apron of cedar bark. 
Land-trap models (3). Cape " 
Fish-trap models (2). Armlets " (1 pr.) 
Hat. Anklets " (2 pr.) 
Hat-cover. Knee-bands (1 pr.) 
Mask, Tsekiwi. Nettle fibre beater. 
1 Galukwiwi. War-club of stone. 
nu Waakshan. Mask, Hamatsa’s raven. 
Bearskin blanket. »  Sisiutl. 
Skull head-dress. nw Ya-akiin. 
Neck rings of cedar bark (3). Copper-breaker’s anvil. 
Face-mask of cedar bark. Paddle. carved. 
Rattles (3). Pile-driver, stone. 
Whistles (16). Slave-killer (model). 
Head-bands cedar bark (2). 
Nootkan. 
Chief's stick. Adze, model. 
Daggers (2), models. Charm, model. 
Club, model. Ceremonial cups (2), models. 
Slave-killers (2), models. Fish-traps (2), models. 
Knife, model. Dentalia spear. 
Salish. 
Basket, Sechelt make. House-boards (2). 
Wampum of stone. Carved bone. 


Bella Coola Salish. 
Blanket. 
Kootenaiain. 
Basket. 
Athapascan (7). 
Marmot-skin blankets (3). 


Athapascan-Chilcotin. 


Baskets (3). Marmot-skin blankets (2). 
Presentations. 
Haida skull and jaw. Salish stone mortar. 


Salish stone sinker. 


Presented by Sir J. Jackson (Canada) Co., Ltd., Ogden Point, Victoria, through H. A. 
Elgee. 
Stone implements, presented by Capt. F. Saunders, Digby Island. 


5 Gero. 5 PROVINCIAL Museum REpPoRT. 


F 35 


Cottections or J. A. Terr rrom tHe INTERIOR oF British Cotumpia, 1914. 


Ntlakyapmuk or Couteau tribe (Interior Salish). 


Boy’s suit consisting of — 
Head-band of buckskin and feathers. 
Leggings of caribou-skin. 
Breech-clout. 
Shirt of buckskin, fringed and beaded. 
Woman's costume consisting of — 
Cap of buckskin, ornamented. 
Dress of caribou-skin, ornamented. 
Leggings of buckskin, fringed. 
ggings, buckskin, fringed. 
Dress of buckskin, ornamented. 
Man’s head-bands (2) of buckskin and feathers. 
Head-band of musk-rat skins and buckskin, ornamented. 
Head-band of rabbit-skin and buckskin. 
Woman’s head-bands (2) of buckskin. 
Man's cap of skin of heron. 
Man’s cap of squirrel-skins, ete. 
Woman’s cap of buckskin. 
Chief's bonnet, buckskin, ornamented with feathers, ermine, ete. 
Pendant, dressed moose-skin, feathers, ete. 
Woman's dance-dress of netted Indian hemp, ete. 
Neck-wrap of rabbit-skin and buckskin. 
Cape of rabbit-skin. 
Cape of marmot-skin and buckskin. 
Large robe of 23 hoary marmot-skins. 
Man’s hunting-shirts (2) of buckskin. 
» moccasin of buffalo-skin. 
Breech-clout of buckskin. 
n leggings (2 pair) of buckskin. 
Baskets, coiled (9). 
Basket, birch-bark. 
" willow-bark. 
Bridle of horsehair. 
Stirrups of mountain-sheep horn. 
Whip of mountain-maple wood. 
Stone war-club. 
Black pipe. 
Time-beater. 
Tron ring used in ring and lance game. 
Wooden stick used in ring and lance game. 
Set of lynx-bones for lehal game. 
Girl’s paint-scratcher. 
» comb, 
»  drinking-tube. 
» wiper of bark. 
Fire-drill. 
Wooden spoon. 
Rawhide bag. 
Bags (3) of eleeagnus bark. 
Carrying-bag of buckskin. 
Mat of eleeagnus bark. 
» rushes. 
Athapascan (Tahltan Tribe). 


Robe of 90 skins of ground-squirrel lined with blanket. 


F 36 PROVINCIAL MuseuM REpoR?. 1915 


ILLUSTRATIONS—ANTHROPOLOGY., 


Plate J.— 
Fig. 1. Chiefs Ceremonial Blanket, Killer Whale Design, Salish, Bella Coola. 232% 
Fig. 2. Ceremonial Blanket, Salish, Bella Coola. 2324 
Plate II.— 
Fig. 3. Ceremonial Blanket, Salish, Capilano. 
Fig. 4. Drying Bear-skin on Frame, Tsimshian, Nass River. 
Plate 111 — 
Fig. 5. Totem-pole, Tsimshian, Gitex, Nass River. Photo by W. A. Newcombe. 
Fig. 6. Totem-pole, Tsimshian, Gitex, Nass River. Photo by W. A. Newcombe. 
Plate IV.— 
Fig. 7. Totem-pole, Tsimshian, Angidah, Nass River. Photo by W. A. Newcombe. 
Fig. 8. Totem-poles, T’simshian, Angidah, Nass River. Photo by W. A. Newcombe. 
Plate V.— 
Figs. 9 and 10. Totem-poles, Tsimshian, Kitladamix, Nass River. Photos by W. A. 
Newcombe. 
Plate vel 


Fig. 11. Cannibal Bird Mask, Kwakiutl, Blunden Harbour. 1918 

Fig. 12. Cannibal Bird Mask, Kwakiutl, Blunden Harbour. 491% 
Plate VII.— 

Fig. 13. Cannibal Raven Mask, Kwakiutl, Blunden Harbour. 1232 


Fig. 14. Cannibal Bird Mask (double), Kwakiutl, Blunden Harbour. 2918 
Plate VIII.— 

Fig. 15. Clan Spirit Mask, closed, Kwakiutl. 122 

Fig. 16. Clan Spirit Mask, open. 
Plate IX.— 

Fig. 17. Fish-trap, Nootka. 222° 
Fig. 18. Fish-trap, Bella Coola. 
Plate X., Ceremonial Batons, illustrating crests and legends— 

Fig. 19. Kwakiutl of Knight’s Inlet. 125% 

Fig. 20. Kwakiutl of Fort Rupert. 4°. 
Fig. 21. Kwakiutl of Bella-Bella. c 
Fig. 22. Nootkan of Mowichat. 


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PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS RECEIVED, 1914. 


SmirHsonian Institution, Unrrep Srares Nationay Museum. 


Bulletin 50—Birds of North and Middle America. 
" 71—Monograph of the Foraminifera of N. Pacific Ocean. 
" 853—Type Species of the Genera of Ichneumon Flies. 
" 84— Contribution to the Study of Ophiurans. 
" 86—Monograph of Genus Chordeiles swainson, New Fam. Goatsucker. 
" 87—Culture of Ancient Pueblos, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. 
" 73—Beaked Whales, F. W. True. 
" 74—West Indian Echinoids. 
" 85—Jumping Plant Lice. 
Extracts from Proceedings— 
No. 2019, Vol. 46—New Sponge from New Jersey. 
» 2021,  46—Extinct Bisons of North America. 
» 2023,  46—Brackish Water Pliocene Fauna of 8. Coastal Plain. 
» 2025, » 46—Camels of Fossil, g. Camelops. 
u 2028, 1 46—Philippine Is. Land Mammals. 
» 2030, 1 46—New sp. Crab, Family Grapsidee and Ocypodide. 
n 2032,  46—Rotatoria of Washington. 
» 2036, 1» 46—New American Pycnodont Fishes. 
» 2034, 1 46—Bats g. Glossophaga. 
» 2038, «  46—Fossil Crinoid, g. Homocrinus. 
n 2044, 1 47—New species Crab, Fam. Grapsidie and Ocypodide. 
» 2047, » 47—New Genera and sp. American Srachryhynchous Crabs. 
nu 2022, 1 46—New Starfishes, Philippine Is. 
» 2053, « 47—New Freshwater Mussel, Brazil. 
» 2055,  47—Littoral Marine Mollusks, Virginia. 
» 2057, 1 47—Grasshopper Mice. 
» 2059, » 47—Peculiarity in Tail Feathers Giant Hornbill. 
» 2062, » 47—Rotatoria from Panama. 
» 2067, 1 48—Crabs, Family Goneplacide. 
» 2069, » 48—South American Jaguars. 


Unitep Srares DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


Bull. Biol. Survey No. 58—Wild Duck Foods. 
Extract from Annual Report Dept. of Agriculture, 1913. 
Farmer’s Bull. No. 583——-U.S. Common Mole. 

" u 587—North American Skunks. 

" » 609—Bird Houses. 
N. A. Fauna No. 30—New Mexico, by Vernon Bailey. 

" » 36—American Harvest Mice, by A. H. Howell. 
Bulletin No. 107—Birds in relation to Alfalfa Weevil. 
" » 128—North American Rails. 

Report of Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey. 


DEPARTMENT OF MINES, Orrawa. 


Guide Book No. 1, Pt. I.—Excursion in E. Quebee & Maritime Provinces. 


" " ifs " eke= " " u 

" » 11—Excursion, Quebee and E. Ontario. 

” i " Montreal and Ottawa. 

" " 4— " S. W. Ontario. 

" op — " Western Peninsula of Ontario and Manatoulin Island. 
" » 8, Pt. I.—Exeursion, Toronto to Victoria and Return. 

"” " 8, " i " " ” " 

" » 9—Exeursion, Toronto to Victoria and Return. 


" vw 10— " Northern B.C., Yukon, ete. 


F 38 PROVINCIAL MuszuUM REPORT. 1915 


Memoir No. 8£-Bathurst District, N.B. 
" See of Straits of Georgia and Queen Charlotte. 
and Shale Deposits of Western Provinces. 
" 36 —Geclony and Mineral Deposits of Tulameen District, B.C. 
" 29n-Oil and Gas Prospects of New Brunswick. 
" 31—Wheaton District, Y.T. 
" 44—Clay and Shale Deposits, New Brunswick. 
" 48—Ojibwa Myths, 8.E. Ontario. 


" 32—Portland Canal and Skeena Mining Divisions. 
" 43—St. Hilaire Mts., Quebec. . 

" a oe Esquimo. 

" 52— Geological Notes, Alberta. 


" eS ganda Mining Division. 
1 20n—Goldfields of N.S. 
n 59—Kewagama Lake, Que. 
" 40—Archean Geology Rainy Lake. 
" 41—Fern Ledges, St. John, N.B. 
" 42_N.E. Algonkian Art. 
" 54—Flowering Plants, etc., Quebec. 
3ulletin No. 1—Victoria Memorial Museum, Oct. 23, 1913. 
Museum of Geol. Survey, Archeology No. 1290, by H. T. Smith. 
Prospector’s Handbook No. 1, Geological Survey. 
Summary Report, 1912. 
Museum Bull. No. 2, Ojibwa Indians, July 30, 1914. 
Memoir No. 22—Serpentine Rocks, 8. Quebec. 
Reports from Anthropological Division 
Museum Bull. No. 3—Anticosti Is. Fauna. 
Museum Bull. No. 4—Crowsnest Volcanics. 
Museum Bull. No. 5—Beatricealike Organism from Mid. Ordovician. 
Handbook Rocky Mountain Park Museum, 1914. 


CaLiroRNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 


Proc., Vol. IV., pp. 1-13—Report of President, 1913. 
Vol. II., Pt, I.—Galapagoan Lizards. 

Vol. III.—Arizona Reptiles. 

Vol. I1J—Mammals of California. 


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 
Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 11—Leeches. 


" " 1 18 " 12— Ocelli of Polyorchis. 

" » 11,  13—Feathers of Circus hudsonicus. 

" » ll, » 14—Western Meadow Lark. 

" nw 11,  15—Anetides lugubris. 

" n 12, » 4—Mammals and Birds of Colorado Valley. 


1 5, 6—New Mountain Beaver of N. California, ete. 

1 7—Microdipodops from California. 

»  8&—River Otters of California. 

-gophers of California. 

» 1lO—Bats of California. 

1» 1—Schizopoda, San Diego Region. 

1» 2—Ctenophora, San Diego Region. 

» 3—Self-regulating Parraftin Bath. 
—Diplodinium ecaudatum. 

5—Sehizopoda of San Diego Region. 

1  6—Heterodontus francisci. 

1 7—Melanophores of Frog. 

» 8, J—New Syllide, San Francisco Bay. 

" 0 Seicdneant g. Stomolphus, San Diego. 

" 1—Physical Conditions of San Prancises Bay. 

nee 8—Pigment Cells from Larve of Amphibians, etc. 


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Firtp Museum. 


Pub. 173, Report Series, Vol. I1V., No. 4—Report, 1913. 


174, Zoological Series, Vol. X., No. 10—Fresh-water fishes of Costa Rica. 


fe Lia: " " " x. n 11—New Mammals, Venezuela. 
« 176, " " n  X., » 12—Mammals of Northern Peru. 


AMERICAN Museum or Naturat Hisrory. 


Bull., Vol. XX XTII., Art. XI.— Genus Microsciurus. 
" ir pee Tat XIV.—Two New Mammals, Ecuador. 
" 1 SCL st XII.—New Columbian Birds. 
" u XXXTIL, » XIII.—New g. Birds from Venezuela. 
" tone: ©: Sal bb aaa XX VI.—Mammals from East Africa. 
" n XXXTIT, XXITI.—New Birds from Ecuador. 
" n XXXTIT., un XX V.—New South American Bats, ete. 
" n XXXTIL, » XXXVITT.—South American Mammals. 
" " XXXII, " XLT. on " " Monkey Ss. 
" XXXII, on XXIV.—New Mammals from Columbia. 


Wreincie: Vol. 1., Pt. V.— California Gray Whale. R. C. Andrews. 
CoLorapo AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 


Bull. 186—Nitrogen in Colorado Soils. 
» 187—Feeding experiments with Lambs. 
» 188—Ration Experiments with Swine. 
»  190—Brome Grass 
»  191—A)Jfalfa Seed Production. 
»  192—Cider Vinegar. 
1» 193—Colorado Soils. 
» 194—Artificial Waterways. 
» Coll. Pub. General Series Nos. 75 and 76—Birds of El Paso, California. 


CuicaGo ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 


Vol. III., No. 6—Constitution and By-laws. 
vw IID, « 8—Annual Report, 1911. 
" ET, " Lo= " " 1912. 

» 1—Bird Houses. 

n IV., » 2—Atwood Celestial Sphere. 


Straten Istanp Association oF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 


Reprint, Vol. II., Pt. 1V.—Annual Reports. 
"” " LAT. ; " ie " " 
" " CET, " Ve " w 
Annual Report, 1911-12. 
" 1912-13. 
Proceedings, Vol. IV, Pt. IIT. & IV. 


PHILADELPHIA Museum. 


Report, Commercial Museum, 1913. 
Handbook No. 2, Chinese Exhibit. 
Commercial Museum—Report, 1913. 
" Handbooks to the Exhibits. 
" " to Exhibit No. 1, Japanese. 


F 40 ProvinctaL Museum REporv. 1915 


City Arr Museum, Sr. Louis. 


Series 1914, No. 2—Leon Bakst. 
" 1 3—Graphic Art, Middle Europe. 
" " 4—Geo. Innes and Alex. H. Wyant. 
" " 5—Gardner Symons. 
if " 7—Charles W. Stetson. 
" 1 9—8th Annual Exhib. of Two by Four Society. 
" 1  10—Ehzabeth Wentworth Roberts. 
" » 11—9th Annual Exhib. American Art. 
" W ie wW " " 
" » 14—Paintings by Alexis Jean Fourner. 
" » 15—Early American Artists. 
" » 16—19 An. Exhib. Society of Western Artists. 
" 1» 17—Etchings and Paintings. Geo. C. Aid. 
Bulletin, April, 1914. 
Annual Report, 1913. 
in 1914. 
MiscELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. 


Grand Rapids Public Library—Report, 1912-13. 


Charleston Museum— Vol. [X., No. 8: P. M. Rae. 
" " xs nol a Report 
" i) kG ee cerns: 
um " Xe " 5 
" 1» X&, 4: Butterflies, ete. 
" " Xxee uD: May, 1914. 


" " X.; " ORs Oct., 1914: 
" " Dike " ifs Nov., 1914. 
“Marine Tertiary Stratigraphy of the N. Pacific Coast of America,” by R. Arnold and 
H. Hannibal. 
Park Museum Bulletins—Roger Williams Park, Providence, R.1. 
Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans—Report of Board of Directors. 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Report for 1913. 
American Association of Museums—Proceedings, Vol. VII., 1915. 
Zoological Society of Philadelphia—Annual Report. 
National Museum of Wales—6th Annual Report, 1912-13, 
Illinois State Laboratory—Vol. X., Art. I., Sep., 1913. 
" W " BX " 100. " 1913. 
" " i oy a INT. Mar., 1914. 
Dominion Museum, New Zealand—Bull., No. 4: Stone Implements of Maori People. 
" " " 1 3: New Zealand. 


" " " , 5 " 

Colonial Museum, " " nile " 
Museum cf Fine Arts—Vol. XT.. No. 67. 

" " " SUE tn (oe 

" " " XO. i 69} 
Art Institute of Chicago—Vol. VII, No. III. 
" " fo WAM te AY 
" " im | NIU, Me 
Ex. American Journal of Science—Vol. XX XVII.: Fossil Dolphin, California. 

" " » NXXVII.: Mammet americanum in Connecticut. 


" " 1 XXXVIII: Revision on Geological Time-table 
for America. 
" " » NXXVIIT: Indiana Black Shale. 
Cincinnati Museum—18th An. Exhibit Society of Western Arts, 1913. 
" Special Exhibition of Work of Leon Bakst, 1914. 
" Catalogue 46th Annual Exhibition American Water Colour Society 
of New York. 
" 21st Annual Exhibition American Art, 1914. 
" 33rd Annual Report, 1913. 


Diptera. 
Manx Museum—9th Annual Report, 1913-14. 
Portland Association of Arts—Report, 1913-14. 
Report 1911, 1912, and 1913. 
Museum of Fine Arts—Vol. XII., No. 71, August, 1914. 
Oakland Free Library—Report, 1913-14. 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Vol. XIT., No. 72, Oct. 1914. 
Children’s Museum, Boston—Bull., Vol. I., No. 1. 
Art Association of Indianapolis—Annual Report, 1913-14. 
Brooklyn Institute—Report, 1912. 
John Crerer Library—Handbook, 1913, and Annual Report, 1913. 
Detroit Museum of Art—Bull., Vol. VITI., No. 1, Jan., 1914. 
" " " " WEI " 4, Oct., 1914. 

Pennsylvania Museum—Bull., Jan., 1914. 

" " Apr., 1914. 

" n  Oct., 1914. 38th Annual Report, 1914. 
University of Pennsylvania—Museum Journal, Vol. TV., No. 4. 


" " " ” ives " il. 

" " " " v., " 2 

" " "” " v.. ” 3 
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station—Report, 1912. 
Bureau of Science, Manila—‘‘ Mineral Resources of Philippine Islands for 1912.” 
Library of Congress—List of Publications since 1897. 

" " Report, L913: 
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh—1l7th Annual Report, 1914. 
n “ Founders Day,” 1914. 
Urano of Nebraska—Vol. XIT., No. 4: University Studies. 
" " SOLV., Tm ae " 

Annual Archeological Report, 1913. 
Board of Agriculture, Mass.—5th Annual Report of State Ornithologist. 
N. Y. Zoological Society—Vol. I., Nos. 17 and 18: Report of Aquarian. 
Nebraska State Historical Society—Vol. 17: ‘“ Collections.” 


5 Geo. 5 ProvinctaL Musrum Report F 41 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Bull., Vol. XIT., No. 70, June, 1914. 
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History—Vol. X., Art. IV.: North American 
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‘AY IT PLEASE Your Honovr: 


The undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Provincial Museum of 
Natural History for the year 1915. e 


THOMAS TAYLOR, 
Provincial Secretary. 


Provincial Secretary's Office, 
- March 17th, 1916. 


ProvincirAL Museum or Natura History, 
Vicrorta, B.C., March 17th, 1916. 


he Honourable Thomas Taylor, 


Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


Srr,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, to 
jay before you the Report for the year ending December 31st, 1915, covering the activities of 


e Museum. 
T have the honour to be, 


Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
FRANCIS KERMODE, 


Director. 


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> FOR THE YEAR 1915. 


Since the Report of 1914 considerable progress has been made in the gathering of 
specimens of natural history of the Province. Most of these specimens, like the material that 
has been secured in recent years, will have to be placed in storage, as it is impossible now to 
place any more material on exhibition owing to the fact that the collection has outgrown the 
present building. The subjects which are best represented and which have been as a whole 
most completely classified, and can therefore be most advantageously exhibited for the benefit 
of the public, are, namely: Anthropology, mammalogy, ornithology, oology, ichthyology, 
entomology, and botany. In the several branches of these subjects the collections are already 
important and extensive, including a number of type specimens, and arrangements are under 
way for valuable additions. While it is a primary duty of the Museum to preserve and 
exhibit specimens confided to its care, the importance of the collection does not rest there, nor 
upon the number of specimens assembled and their value in currency, but upon the use to 
which they are put. From an educational point of view the collections are of great value to 
those persons who are interested in studying the natural history of this Province. The 
specimens in the exhibition halls have been carefully labelled, and there is also a large study 
series in the several branches in the annex at the rear of the Museum Building. These study 
series are available, on application to the Director, to those persons who wish to consult them. 
This annex is only a frame building and not fire-proof, therefore every precaution is taken to 
ensure its safety, as it contains many valuable specimens that it would be impossible to replace, 
especially in the branch of anthropology. It also contains a large study series of bird-skins 
for which moth-proof drawer-cases were made during the summer. During the early part of 
the year the botanical collection which has been in the Department of Agriculture was , 
transferred to the Museum, as it was thought that this collection would be more accessible to 
the general public for study were it placed in conjunction with the Museum collection which 
was started in the year 1898, and which has been greatly added to by the Department 
collectors in the last few years. 

A great deal of attention was given during the past year to the proper labelling of speci- 
mens and the sorting of collections preparatory for storage. This work was principally carried 
on after the close of the collecting season and entails considerable work. A number of 
specimens in the several branches of natural history have to be sent to authorities on the 
different subjects to be identified and verified. This work is done gratis for the Province by 
larger institutions principally in the United States, who have a large staff of scientists with 
whom the Director keeps in touch. The collections of the Provincial Museum are developing 
so much that before long our scientific staff will have to be increased by having custodians in 
charge of some of the most important branches of natural history, more particularly if the 
Museum is to be expected to carry on educational work. A great deal more interest is being 
taken in the flora and the fauna of the Province by school-teachers, especially during the 
session of the summer school which is held in Victoria. The Museum is always ready to 
assist visiting teachers in any way possible, and from remarks that have been expressed, this 
seems to be thoroughly appreciated. It is gratifying to see that the number of teachers who 
bring their scholars to visit the Museum for nature-study is increasing, also the interest taken 
by the children, some coming from the surrounding districts near Victoria. 

A larger number of persons visited the Museum this year than during the past year. 
This, no doubt, was due to the Panama-Pacific Exposition being held in San Francisco, Cali- 
fornia. Had it not been for the terrible European war at present in progress, no doubt the 
number of visitors would have been nearly doubled. One of the most notable visitors to the 
Museum this year was Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who passed through Victoria on Sunday, 
July 18th, and visited the Museum accompanied by the Premier, Sir Richard McBride, 
K.C.M.G., the Honourable Thomas Taylor, and the Honourable D. M. Eberts, Speaker of the 
Legislative Assembly. The party was shown over the exhibits by the Director, and many 
complimentary remarks were made by Colonel Roosevelt, which were greatly appreciated. 


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The Provincial Museum wishes to extend grateful thanks to the following gentlemen who 
have greatly assisted with identifications in their respective branches of biology :— 

Identification of Birds and Mammals.—The Biological Survey, United States National 
Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and per sonally the following scientists : 
Messrs. H. W. Henshaw, Chief of the Biological Survey; E. W. Nelson, Assistant Biologist, 
Vernon Bailey, E. A. Pr eble, A. H. Howell, and Jackson; also Mr. H. ©. Oberholser, 
who kindly identified a lar ge series of bird-skins. 

Ide ntification of Bntomoloyic al Specimens.—The Biological Survey, United States National 
Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and personally the following: Messrs. 
C. H. Townsend, Curator of Entomology, J. C. Crawford, R. P. Currie, Nathan Banks, Knab, 
8. A. Rohwer, and E. A. Schwarz; also Doctors Barnes and MeDunnough, of Decatur, Ill. ; 
Professor Raymond C. Osburn, of Columbia University ; Mr. F. H. W olley Dod, of Calgary, 
Alberta; Mr. L. W. Swett, Boston, Mass. ; and Mr. E. H. Blackmore, Victoria, B.C. 

Thanks are due also to Professor John Macoun, Naturalist of the Geological Survey, 
Ottawa; Mr. J. M. Macoun, Curator of the Her Sato Ottawa; Mr. Tasrerice M. Lambe, 
Vertebrate Palzontologist, Citar a, and C. F. Newcombe, M.D., Victoria. 

Notes on bird migrations and observations have been received from the following: J. E. 
H. Kelso, M. D., and W. B. Johnson, Lower Arrow Lakes; A. H. Palmer, New Westminster ; 
W. R. Carter, Deputy Game Warden, Alberni; Rev. A. C. Mackie, Vernon; J. A. Munro, 
Okanagan Landing ; and W. A. Newcombe. 

The Museum has been pleased to loan specimens and data in the different branches to 
authorities in the larger institutions throughout the East for the purpose of assisting specialists 
in their work of monographing several species of mammal and bird life. Ornithological 
specimens have been loaned to Mr. P. A. Taverner, Ottawa, and to Mr. J. H. Fleming, Toronto; 
also to the Biological Survey and Smithsonian Institute, Washington, birds and mammals ; and 
a large collection of grizzly bear skulls to Dr. C. Hart Merriam for study and comparison, to 
assist him with his work on the ‘Grizzly Bears of North America,” to be published under the 
Harriman Alaska Series of the Smithsonian Institution. 


EXPLORATION. 


During the year the Director arranged for three men to engage in field-work during 
the summer in widely separated districts, so as to cover as much territory as possible, and 
also to make the appropriation which is made by Legislature for this purpose go as far as 
possible, get results, and yet practise the strictest economy, which is necessary in the adminis- 
tration of this Department at the present time. These men were instructed to collect specimens 
in all branches of biology and in botany. Their respective reports show that they were 
successful, and T think the Museum has been more greatly benefited by this arrangement than 
by sending all the collectors out in one party. 

Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, was stationed at Sahtlam, about eleven miles 
from Dunean, vancoures Island, for the months of May, June, and July, and reports as 
follows :— 

‘Camp was established from May 8th to July 29th in an old log cabin built on a side-hill 
close to the Cowichan River and situated midway between the town of Duncan and Cowichan 
Lake. he latter is noted as a splendid fishing and hunting resort. The lake, being easily 
reached both by railway and stage, induces many sportsmen to spend a few days’ sport during 
the open season; this fact also applies to the ‘Cowichan River at certain times of the year. 

Sahtlam V. alley v varies from two to six miles in width, with thickly timbered mountains (chiefly 
Dougl: as fir with considerable cedar along its base), ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 feet above sea- 
level, whose general trend is to the north-west, for ming a continuous chain the whole length of 
the Island, with a gradual decline at both ends ; the highest snow-clad peaks attain an altitude 
of over 7, 000 feet. The bottom lands, through which “the Cowichan River flows, are mostly 
covered wath willow, cottonwood, alder, fir, and cedar. Clearings and roads intercept many 
parts, which otherwise would have been difficult to collect in. Regarding weather conditions, 
considerable rain fell during May and the first week of June, after w Reh the weather became 
more settled. From July Ist to the 6th it became very hot, the thermometer registering 86 
degrees in the shade; however, the heat soon moditied and most delightful weather was 
encountered until my departure from the district on July 29th. Most of my time afield was 
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few hours daily for the collecting of botanical and entomological specimens and a few fishes, 
reptiles, and batrachians. The total number of specimens, including duplicates, are as follows: 
Mammals, 53; birds, 209; nests and eggs, 11; plants, 35 species ; insects, 1,382; fishes, 17 ; 
reptiles, 29 ; batrachians, 11.” 

Mr. J. A. Munro, who collected in the Okanagan District, carried on excellent field-work, 
and reports as follows :— 

““ The field-work extended from May Ist to August 3lst. With the exception of a week 
spent near Nahun, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, work was confined to a small area in 
the vicinity of Okanagan Landing. Okanagan Lake is at an altitude of 1,140 feet, and at 
this point is enclosed between low mountains. The timbered portions close to the lake are 
open and park-like, with yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) predominating. Towards the summits 
the growth of timber is heavier, with Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia) in the majority. 
Deciduous trees, principally quaking-aspen_ (Populus tremuloides), western birch (Betula 
occidentalis), black haw (Crataegus douglasii), bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata), etc., are 
confined to the creek-bottoms and to certain well-defined draws in the mountain-side. On 
both sides of the lake are large areas of open range land, with many alkaline lakes and 


sloughs, most of them surrounded by a heavy growth of deciduous trees. This section proved 
a very productive collecting-ground. The muddy shores of the lakes were frequented by 


numbers of migrating waders, and several species of ducks were found breeding, notably 
Barrow’s golden-eye (Clangula islandica) and bufile-head (Charitonetta albeola). During the 
past fifteen years the greater part of the arable land has been brought under cultivation, and 
with the protection and the increased food-supply afforded, there has been a marked increase 
in the number of summer birds. This is somewhat offset by the lessening numbers of breed- 
ing water-fow] following the drainage of the sloughs and marshes. The district described lies 
entirely in the Transition Zone and can be taken as typical of the Okanagan country. The 
months of May and June and early part of July were unusually wet for this region, there 
being weeks of almost constant rain, which interfered with field-work to some extent. Birds 
were shy and inactive and many transient species were late in arriving. This period of wet 
weather was followed by six weeks of dry heat that parched the vegetation on the hills and 
dried up many of the small lakes and sloughs. The week from June 7th to 14th was spent 
near Nahun, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, eighteen miles south of Okanagan Landing. 
Here a settler’s cabin was rented, on a wide flat 2,000 feet above the lake, at an approximate 
altitude of 8,200 feet. This district lies in the Canadian Zone, as characterized by the dense 
growth of lodge-pole pine (Pinus murrayana) and western larch (Larix occidentalis). 
Englemann’s spruce (Picea engelmanni) and balsam fir (Abies /asiocarpa) occur in isolated 
clumps. Such typical Canadian forms as olive-sided flycatcher (Vuttallornis borealis) and 
Columbian chickadee (Penthestes hudsonius columbianus) were noted. In some places the line 
between the Transition and Canadian Zones is very sharply defined, the yellow pine and 
Douglas fir ending abruptly at the summit, to be succeeded on the level top by lodge-pole pine 
and western larch. The creek-bottoms are heavily wooded with quaking-aspen (Populus 
tremuloides) and mountain-birch (Betula jfontinalis), both of which grow to great size. 
Following is a summary of the material collected during the four months of field-work: 471 
birds, representing 130 species; 21 sets of eggs; 126 mammals; 1,900 insects ; 17 batrachians ; 
9 reptiles; 40 fishes; and 430 plants. Particular attention was paid to the collecting of 
moulting birds and juvenals in their various plumages, much of this material being new to the 
Museum collection.” 

Mr. C. B. Garrett collected in East Kootenay District, in the vicinity of Cranbrook, and 
reports as follows :— 

*“ Field-work was started on May 5th in the district surrounding Cranbrook, which is 
situated about the centre of the East and West Kootenays, but at the more souther ly end. 
The district is hilly or mountainous and runs from 2,900 to 9,600 feet in altitude. Land is 
not at all highly cultivated, except in very small areas, and is chiefly covered with coniferous 
trees. Occasionally one runs across small patches of poplars w hich are found chiefly in the 

river and creek-bottoms, accompanied by willow and other smaller shrubs. Creeks are 
numerous from the mountain-slopes, and numbers of sloughs and small open lakes occur 
throughout the district. Owing to the fact that the land is uncultivated and therefore offers 
no special attraction to them, the birds occur in very small numbers to a species, although the 
number of species is fully up to the average of other districts. From a collector’s standpoint 
the weather was most disappointing, for out of the ninety-two days (collecting was carried on 


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from May 5th to the end of July) it rained on forty-eight days. Material collected is as 
follows: Birds, 291 specimens, covering 81 varieties; mammals, 107 specimens, representing 
16 species; 43 sets of eggs; 1,627 insects of various orders ; also a collection of botanical 
specimens.” 

(Nore.—It is proposed by the Director, at some future date, to publish separate 
pamphlets on the birds and mammals collected in these several districts.) 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 


Very little has been done in the way of collecting anthropological material during the 
past year, owing to the fact that no appropriation was made for expenditure in this depart- 
ment of the Museum. However, a few minor purchases were made, which, with a number of 
small donations, have increased the collection to a certain extent. Following is a short 
description of the several objects added to the anthropological collection :-— 


Salishan. 


Cylindrical stone, pointed at both ends (? whetstone), Dallas Road, Victoria. Presented 
by Arthur Warren. 

Perforated anchor-stone, Dallas Road, Victoria. Presented by Sir John Jackson Co., 
Ltd., per A. L. Elgee, C.E. 

Perforated stone sinker, torpedo-shaped (? for salmon-trolling), Brentwood Bay, V.I. 
Presented by A. Shotbolt. 


Dene. 
Packing-basket, edged with quills. Purchased from F. D. Marriott. 
Kwakiutl. 
Skull, sugar-loaf shaped, from the beach, Cape Scott, V.I. Presented by C. J. Wilson. 


Stone adze or slave-killer and child’s toy of cedar-bark matting, Quatsino. Purchased 
from Jum Killchait. 


Haida. 
Carved stone maul of white quartzite, Graham Island, Q.C.I. Presented by Pte. G. 8. 
Mayer, 48th Battalion, C.E.F. 


Carved slate totem-poles (7) and carved slate dish. Purchased from D. Cochrane, Q.C.I. 
(Nore.—Stories accompanying these slate carvings are appended to this list.) 


Tsimshian. 
Lynx-head mask, Metlakatla. Purchased from C. C. Perry. 
 Kootenaian. 


Sling pouch, fringed, embroidered in beads in front, two-arrows design, blue on white 


ground. 
Pair of moceasins, top beaded, native design. 
Basket. 


Pouch, front all beaded, two-hands design. 

Large abalone, perforated. 

Nez Perce bag. 

Wampum necklace, white and green. 

Head-scratcher. 

Fish-hook. 

Stone pipe. 

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Stories accompanying Slate Totem-poles from Queen Charlotte Islands. 


No, 2866. Nahnasimgh was a mighty warrior ; one day when his wife was on the beach, 
the King of the Whales saw her and carried her off. _Nahnasimgh followed them to the whale 
country, where he succeeded in rescuing her, but was hotly pursued by the whales. The 
fugitives ran until they met the Giant Mud Crane, who hid them in his breast feathers. 
When the whales came to the crane they asked him if he had seen any one, and he said that 
he had not. So the whales went another way and Nahnasimgh and his wife went home and 
lived Baypaly ever after. Moral: It is quite right to tell lies when your friends are in trouble. 
(Pole No. 2866 shows the Crane, Nahnasimgh, his wife, with the lip-jewel and bracelets of a 
lady of quality, and the Whale.) 

No. 2867. Shows the wife of Nahnasimgh being carried off, holding the whale’s back 
fin. 

No. 2868. The Beaver’s Lake. Once upon a time all the fish belonged to the Beaver, 
who kept them in a lake behind his house. The Raven (who made the world out of what he 
could steal and became the ancestor of the Haida Indians) wanted the fish, so one day he 
dressed up as a poor man, met the beaver one evening, and asked for a night’s lodging. “The 
Beaver had just come home from a gambling-feast, and was feeling pretty good, so he took 
him in. After supper the Beaver went to sleep and the Raven stole out of the back door, 
picked up the lake in his beak and flew off with it. He gave it to the Indians. Moral: It is 
quite right to steal for your friends. (No. 2868 shows the Raven dressed as a poor man, then 
the Raven carrying the lake with the fishes in it, and the Beaver.) 

No. 2869. The Bear saw the above, and told it. The Beaver had to take to chewing a 
stick for a living, and has done so ever since. The face on the tail seems to indicate that the 
Beaver had human intelligence at that time. 

No. 2870. The Raven and the Fisherman. The Raven when he was hungry used to 
dive down under the water and steal the bait off the Fisherman’s hook. Once he got the hook 
caught in his beak, and the Fisherman, thinking he had caught a fish, pulled in the line so 
hard that the Raven’s beak broke off. The Fisherman was much astonished to find the 
Raven’s beak on his hook. As for the Raven, he had to go with his face hidden until his 
beak grew again. Moral: The best of us get into trouble sometimes. 

No. 2871. Tllustrates the story of the Raven’s Midnight Feast. The Raven was visiting 
some Indians. In the night when all were asleep, except a half-human-half-whale creature 
who saw and told the story, he stole out and soon came back with something under his wing. 
He scraped the fire aside and dropped his burden in the hot ashes. When it went off with a 
“pop” he ate it. Then he went out again and did the same thing. This happened many 
times. In the morning it was found that all the other inhabitants of the village had lost one 
eye each. Moral: Feed your guests well so that they won't get hungry in the night. 

No. 2872. The Raven in Disguise. One time the Raven disguised himself as a woman, 
and came to live with the Indians. After living with them for some time they saw him eating 
fish on the beach, so they recognized him and he flew away. (No. 2872 identifies the Raven 
as the great one, by showing his partner, the Eagle, who could eat a whale.) 

No. 2873. Kholqu’ haludi. Kholqu’haludi was a little boy who was always late for his 
meals. One day he came in too late for dinner and his mother would give him nothing but a 
piece of dried salmon. He went down to the beach to eat it, and dipped it into the water to 
soften it. The King of the Salmon saw him and carried him off and turned him into a salmon. 
The next year when the salmon began to run, Kholqu’haludi’s father caught a fine big fish in 
the stream and took it home to eat. When he started to cut its head off, just inside the skin 
his knife struck copper. He remembered that the boy had worn a copper ring around his neck, 
so he took the salmon outside and laid it on the ground under the drip of the roof. As the 
water fell on it the salmon skin sloughed off, rev ealing Kholquwhaludi inside. The boy grew 
up to be a great medicine man, but he always had a sore neck where his father had started to 
cut the salmon’s head off. (This plate shows Kholqu’haludi emerging from the salmon skin, 
holding in his hand the short wand used by Haida medicine men.) 


MamMALs. 


The collection of mammals on the first floor is now so crowded that it is impossible to 
adequately display them. It has been the intention to carry on the work started several years 
ago, in grouping the different species and displaying them with painted backgrounds illustr ating 


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the natural surroundings which they inhabit, but this has been postponed indefinitely until 
more space is acquired, as it takes considerable space to do this class of work. The Depart- 
ment already has in storage a large number of mammals for this work, namely: Moose (Alce 
americanus), three species of caribou (Rangifer montanus, osborni, and dazwsoni), mule-deer 
(Odocoileus hemionus), white-tail deer (Odocoileus virgultus), panthers (felis oregonensis), wild- 
cats (Lynx fasciatus), grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis), gray wolves (Canis occidentalis), sea-lions 
(Lumetopias stelleri), and many others. The Department was also successful in securing 
another specimen of the white bear (Ursiws kermodei), a male in perfect fall pelage, killed on 
Gribble Island in L. 53, 129 W.L. A large collection of small mammals is being studied at 
present, and a number of specimens representing many species are being prepared for exhibition. 
This latter branch has not been very well represented until recently ; it is difficult with a 
small staff to pay particular attention to all branches of museum-work, and the public does 
not take as keen an interest in small mammals as in the display of big game. 

The Director had a very fine collection of heads of the big game of the Province mounted 
for exhibition in the offices of the Agent-General in the British Columbia Building, Regent 
Street, London, England. 


INVESTIGATION OF REPORTED DISEASE IN THE BLACK-TAIL OR COLUMBIAW 
Coast DEER (Odocoileus columbianus). 


For a number of years the deer of Texada Island have been reported by settlers and 
others in the vicinity of Vananda to be infested with some disease. The Director, accompanied 
by Drs. 8. A. K. White and Ansen Knight, Veterinary Surgeons of the Live Stock Branch, 
Department of Agriculture, undertook to carry on an investigation in regard to this reported 
disease. In November, 1915, a trip was taken to Vananda, Texada Island, were three deer 
were secured for examination. Upon being dissected, two of these animals were found to be 
in a healthy condition; in the third, however, the liver was found to be badly affected by a 
fluke-worm. Settlers of this Island report that about every third deer is affected in this 
manner with what they term “hard or black livers.” This term comes, of course, from the 
black fluid that is found in the parts affected by the fluke. They also advise that numbers of 
deer are killed and never taken from the bush, being considered unfit for food. Later, on 
November 22nd, the Director received from Mr. W. A. Embleton, of Vananda, another liver 
which was in a very bad condition ; this was taken from a smaller deer than the one which 
we had dissected while there. This liver was forwarded to Dr. 8S. H. Hadwen, D.V.Sc., 
Dominion Pathologist at Agassiz, for examination. Dr. Hadwen reported on December 2nd 
that he had taken from this liver eighteen large flukes which he identified as Fasciola magna, 
two of which he sent to Dr. Ransom, of Washington, for further determination. This appears 
to be the first actual record of this parasite having been discovered in the Coast deer; the 
particular fluke being known in sheep raised on the Fraser River as Vasciola hepatica. Later, 
in January, 1916, another trip was arranged to Texada for further knowledge regarding this 
fluke. Drs. White, Hadwen, and Mr. Whittaker, of the Museum, composed the party which 
was taken to the island by the launch “R. V. Skinner,” kindly loaned for the occasion by the 
Forestry Department. On this trip only one deer was secured, and this was found to be in a 
healthy condition, with the exception of three tapeworms. (These resembled Cestoidea tenui- 
collis. Dr. Hadwen is having this verified.) 

It is impossible at the present time, until further investigation is carried on, to make any 
suggestions as to how to get rid of these parasites. 


DestTRUCTION oF SEA-LION (Lumetopias stelleri). 


On April 8th, 1915, the attention of this Department was called to the fact that the 
Fisheries Department of the Federal Government at Ottawa had set aside the amount of 
$6,500 for bounties of $2 each to be paid on the lips of sea-lions killed along the Coast of 
British Columbia. The Director of this Department immediately took the matter up with the 
Honourable J. D. Hazen, Minister of Fisheries at Ottawa, asking that the payment of bounties 
for the killing of sea-lions on this Coast be suspended, and suggested that, as there was a 
diversity of opinion on this matter, a thorough investigation be made in regard to the life- 
history of this mammal by the Ottawa Fisheries Department, not only having fisheries experts 
on the Board, but other biologists. Later Mr. F. J. Desbarat, Deputy Minister of Naval Service 
at Ottawa, wrote that it had been arranged to have the Biological Board of Canada investigate 


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Fig. 1. Liver of Black-tail or Columbian Coast Deer (Odocoileus colum 
hianus). showing the effect of liver-fluke (Fasciola magna Bassi). Note 
enlarged ducts, and fluke cut across at point “x.” 


Fig. 2. Measurement of eges of Fusciola magna, Fig. 3. Average length of Fasciola 
Length, 140 micro-mm.; width, 100 micro-mm., 45.4 mm.; width, 18.5 mm. 


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this matter during the summer, and that to this end a special committee had been formed. 
Dr, A. B. McCallum, who is Secretary of the Board, arrived in Victoria towards the end of 
July to make arrangements for a meeting of this special committee, which is composed of 
C. F. Newcombe, M.D., Chairman; Dr. McLean Fraser, of the Biological Station at Departure 
Bay ; and W. Hamar Greenwood, Esq., of Vancouver, Secretary ; to carry on investigations 
for the Biological Board throughout the summer. Until this special committee hands in a 
report of their findings it is impossible to say what will be done in the matter. 

It will be seen by the following data received from Mr. F. H. Cunningham, Chief 
Inspector of Dominion Fisheries, New Westminster, dated August 10th, the amount of 
damage and the ruthless destruction that has been carried on at the sea-lion rookeries on the 
Coast :— 


Bounties paid. 


HAIR-SEALS. SEA-LIONS. 
Year. ae a Pann Year. 
No. Amount. No. Amount. 
NOS cert te crak eg Sarera syne seis aie « tate TIS Sinarore Wits he wtraaihos eas oie 
SEL AR Ans Ree any ee 2,237 EPPA aa a a ere Om Eee safe AA 
LL ee Sete ee 750 POUR | PRL Die cteiiccisaiacvae =< aversi ue:6ys'6 2,875 $5,750.00 
Gtaler ats cesses ess 2,978 $8,579.50 To bale eis SLSR E AIS cliee's 2,875 $5,750.00 


Further information was received from Mr. J. A. Pauline at Bella Bella, to whom the 
Director wrote, having heard of certain persons in that vicinity killing large numbers for 
bounty. Quoting from Mr. Pauline’s letter: ‘The largest lot we received here were shot by 
Jno. Wootten and Lorne Williams (the last man is an Indian), they-shot three days and 
brought to Bella Bella over 1,600 noses, and killed easily half that amount to get on the 
islands, which were lost in deep sea and not recovered. Below is a list of those who worked 
seals and sea-lions this year :— 

« Sea-lions.—Killed outside of Price Island, on rocks, Indian of China Hat killed to show 
noses 123, and half the number sunk. 

“ Hair-seals.—Bella Bella Indians were after hair-seals, and killed for money about 639 ; 
number killed would be easily 1,000. 

“J. Wootten and Indian shot at Queen Charlotte Sound, in the groups you name (Sea 
Otter Group, Pearl Rocks, and Watch Reef), and in three trips, costing $78 in launch got 
cheques as follows: $40, $684, $98, $2,348 ; total $3,170.” 

On making further inquiries, I find that one man presented a claim for 1,173 sea-lions 
from one rookery ; of this number, 800 representing about 75 per cent. were pups probably 
not more than a few days old. The pups are born about the middle of June. There are only 
three main rookeries along the Coast, all north of Vancouver Island and south of the southern 
end of the Queen Charlotte Islands—namely, Cape St. James Group, Sea Otter Group, and 
the Cape Scott Islands. (See Report of Commissioner of Fisheries of British Columbia, 1913, 
page 151, ‘“Sea-lions on the Coast of British Columbia,” by Dr. C. F. and W. A. Newcombe.) 

I am thoroughly convinced that placing a bounty of $2 per lip on each sea-lion taken will 
in a very short time rid our Coast of this life entirely, as they are mammals which do not 
migrate far north and south along the Coast, but are to be found on hauling-out and feeding 
grounds not far distant from the main rookeries. I know from personal experience, having 
visited some of these rookeries, that if a man or men go there with the intention of killing 
these mammals for bounties, that for every matured specimen they shoot and secure they will 
lose at least six, as the animals when shot fall off the rocks and disappear almost immediately 
beneath the surface of the water and seldom float. Further, they are easily frightened off the 
rocks and come within 30 or 40 yards of the boat, roaring constantly, and are an easy mark 
for an ordinary shot. Landings can be made on almost all of the rookeries in moderate 
weather and the poor puppies slaughtered indiscriminately. If it is found that the sea-lions 
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down by the Government under Government supervision, so that there will be no unwarranted 
waste of life. True it is that at the present time they do not stand very high in commercial 
value, but there is a company in Vancouver which in the year 1914 undertook to go out to 
Pearl Rocks and Watch Reef, in the Sea Otter Group, about seven miles south-west of Cape 
Calvert, in Queen Charlotte Sound, with the object of starting a new industry on this Coast. 
It appears that this firm did not make a very great success of their venture on accouut of 
starting rather late in the year, and experiencing very heavy weather ; but the leather made 
from the sea-lion skins has been pronounced by experts to be excellent glove material. It 
seems a pity to clear out these herds, which at some time, with a certain amount of protection 
and a little judgment, could possibly be made of great commercial value. 

One further point in this matter I would like to mention is the fact that possibly the 
sea-lions of the Coast of British Columbia should really come under the jurisdiction of the 
Provincial Government, being not migratory in their habits, and being bornand reared on the 
islands along our shores. 

I might also state that this matter has been taken up by Mr. Madison Grant, Chairman 
of the New York Zoological Society, who happened to be visiting in Victoria last July, and 
made inquiries regarding a report in a New York press of the bounties paid on sea-lions along 
this Coast. Mr. Grant was surprised to hear of this being a fact, after the investigation which 
had been carried on some years ago by Professor L. D. Dyche, of the University of Kansas, 
under the Washington Biological “Depar tment, regarding the sea-lions of the ee nia Coast. 
(See Report of the “United States Fisheries Commission, “1902 , part 28, page 111.) r. Grant 
also remarked that the matter of the Steller sea-lions would be taken up by the Todlegieal 
Society this winter. 

Very little has been written with regard to the life-history of this mammal, and it is hoped 
that the investigation will be carried on until definite conclusions are formed. 


Birps. 


The bird collection displayed in the exhibition cases on the second floor of the Museum 
received attention during the early part of the year, being relabelled and brought up to date 
as nearly as possible, with the correct data on each label. A large number of specimens were 
added to fill in gaps in several of the families, particularly birds that had been collected in 
Atlin during the past two seasons, and which were new to the Museum collection. During 
the past collecting season Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, added 209 bird-skins, 
representing 76 species, collected on Vancouver Tsland ; in the Okanagan District Mr. J. A. 
Munro collected 471 birds, representing 130 species ; and in the East Kootenay, near Cran- 
brook, Mr. C. B. Garrett collected 291 birds, representing about 80 species. These skins have 
been added to the reserve series which is kept for study, and which is now a large representa- 
tive collection of skins from all parts of the Province. This series shows the changes of moult 
in the different seasons, and also contains a large number of juvenals. The study collection 
represents a great deal of work, and considerable time has been spent in the systematic 
arrangement of the different families and species. Further work on the study collection will 
be done as soon as additional sectional storage cases are made. These cases are made of cedar 
throughout, with drawers and air-tight doors on the front, being moth- and dust-proof, and 
have been found very satisfactory and more economical as to space than the old cabinet 
drawers. The osteological series of sternum bones of birds has had to be taken from the 
exhibition cases and placed in storage, so as to provide space for the extension of the oological 
series, which seems to be more attractive to visitors, especially children, as many of the sets of 
eggs are exhibited in their nests, and therefore are instructing and educating both to young 
and old. This arrangement of the series of eggs was carried on in the early spring, the 
specimens being labelled, giving full data, number in set, incubation, material nest is composed 
of, locality, and date. This series now represents about 250 species. 

Bare Istanp Birrp Reserve.—Following up the matter referred to in last year’s report— 
namely, the obtaining of Bare Island (known as Indian Reserve No. 9, Saanich Tribe) to be 
kept as a permanent bird sanctuary for the preservation of bird-life on this Coast—arbitration 
has as yet been impossible owing to financial reasons. However, the Department is glad to 
report ‘that the Honourable H. E. Young, M.D., at that time Provincial Secretary, on June 
9th arranged through Mr. Duncan C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 
at Ottawa, giving the Provincial Museum authority to place a guard on the island in charge 


>) ii 


PLATE IV. 


Sia 


Fig. 1. Sea-lions on Pearl Rocks, south-west of Cape Calvert, Queen Charlotte Sound, B.C. 
June 21st, 1915. 


Pig. 2. Large Sea-lion killed on Pearl Rocks and towed to Grief . back of Sorrow Island, June 
21st, 1913. Approximate weight, 2,100 Ib 


(See page 14.) 


7 


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Vv 64, Or I¥s 


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6 Gro. 5 ProvinctaL Museum Report. N 15 


of the bird-life during the nesting season. Mr. W. B. Anderson was appointed warden of the 
island, and while stationed there also made a small collection of marine life and botanical 
specimens. Mr. Anderson reports as follows :— 

“Tn accordance with instructions, on June 15th I proceeded to Bare Island, in the Haro 
Strait, to act as warden and collector in the interests of the Museum. 

“The glaucous-winged gull, the only species which breeds on this island, had commenced 
to lay a few days before the date of my arrival, as of perhaps fifty-eight nests noted on the 
16th and 17th a few had three eggs—the maximum number—and a very few birds had begun 
to sit on the 17th. The total number of nests noted up to July 10th was 352. Upon this 
date I stopped counting these nests on account of there being so many sitting birds which 
would be disturbed at a critical stage of incubation. From the number of birds congregated 
on the island and outlying rocks, I estimate that not less than 450 bred this year on the 
island, a small number compared with what bred there twenty years ago, but still enough for 
nucleus of a large breeding stock if afforded adequate protection. The incubation period of 
these birds I have estimated to be about twenty-five days ; the first-sitting bird’s eggs marked 
on June 16th hatching on July 10th and 11th. 

“The pigeon guillemot breeds on the island in fair numbers; I judge there were 200 
nests there this year, as well as some on outlying rocks and on Halibut Island, Jones, Gooch, 
and other rocky islands adjacent. Though laying but two eggs, these are deposited in such 
cunningly concealed positions among the broken rocks and deep crevices, without any nest, 
that their extinction will be harder than in the case of the gulls, who make a big nest, plainly 
visible, in most exposed places. The incubating period of the guillemot is practically the same 
as that of the gull, the young being jet-black when hatched, the feet even lacking the brilliant 
scarlet colouring showing in the old of these interesting little birds. To make up for the lack 
of colour, however, the young are possessed of most pugnacious tempers, kicking, squealing, 
and biting very vigorously when drawn from their nests. 

“Fifty cormorants, I judge, nest on the high cliffs on the west side of the island, laying 
from three to five eggs. These birds get quite used to a human being moving about near the 
nests, provided one goes quietly and without unduly exciting movements. The young, which 
emerge in twenty-six days, are shiny black when first hatched, apparently sparsely covered 
with black bristles. In this stage they are very reptilian in suggestion. 

“During my stay on the island I noticed but three pair of puffins. These birds used to 
be plentiful, but shooting and other causes have brought about their almost entire disappear- 
ance from these islands. It is said that they breed in fair numbers on Skipjack Island, over 
the International Boundary from Bare Island. 

“The birds here mentioned comprise the entire breeding sea-colony of the area. The 
rare black or Bachman’s oyster-catcher, in former years plentiful, has disappeared. The little 
auklet, said at one time to have made this island its breeding-ground, has also deserted it for 
other parts. The causes for these diminutions and desertions is plainly evident: human 
beings—whites, Indians, and Japanese—carrying away the birds’ eggs and young. 

“Asa gull, after laying a first set of eggs and having them taken, lays only two the 
second time, it follows that the stock of young is diminished ; and when the second laying is 
removed it is probable that no more will be laid, or if by chance there are, the hatching will 
be so late that it is doubtful if the young will be strong enough to survive the rigours of the 
autumn. The practice of shooting on the grounds cannot be too strongly condemned. To say 
nothing of shooting during nesting season, winter shooting should also be rigidly prohibited. 

“During the autumn and winter months, even into late spring, the Canada goose and 
laughing goose frequent the rocky Gulf Islands, and, judging from the number of blinds built 
there, Bare Island seems to be a favourite haunt of these birds. In the interests of them 
alone a sanctuary should be provided, for the continual harrying of the flocks by sportsmen 
all over the Province leaves them scant opportunity to rest their weary wings and to glean a 
hasty meal. Apart from this, the strictly maritime birds of which I have already written are 
kept away from the island, and continual driving away, even outside of the nesting season, 
has a pronounced tendency to cause these birds to seek more secluded and therefore more 
distant spots in which to rear their young. 

“ Another reason for shooting on the island is that there are a number of rabbits there. 
Some years ago a very ill-advised person turned out some tame rabbits on several of the Straits 
islands, Bare Island being among them. The animals have increased and they are now an 
incentive to visiting hunters. A further evil in connection with these animals is their taking 


N 16 PROVINCIAL Museum REPORT. 1916 


possession of the holes and crevices formerly occupied by puffins and guillemots, and driving 
these birds from many of their old breeding-haunts entirely. No time should be lost to 
exterminate the pests so as to allow the puttins to regain possession. 

‘Of other mammals on the island, a species of deer-mouse seems to be the only one. It 
is apparently somewhat different from the Mainland and Vancouver Island forms. These 
mice are quite harmless in relation to bird-life. 

“Many fine flowering plants and shrubs adorn the island, especially in the early spring ; 
one of the most notable, because of its rarity on the Pacific Coast, being the choke-cherry, 
which grows out of the dry, earthless crevices of the rock. 

“ Marine life is well represented about the reefs and pinnacles adjacent. On South Reef 
there may be found fine specimens of the large rock-pecten, sea-urchins, and a variety of 
smaller mollusks and crustaceans. I do not doubt that a large and most interesting collection 
could be made of marine life with proper appliances. 

“T left the island on July 28th, having stopped there continuously, except for short trips 
occasionally to outlying rocks and islands. During the six weeks’ sojourn several parties of 
whites arrived seeking to explore the island, and as they had no permits to land, I refused 
them according to instructions. Two parties of Indians landed, and one of these began 
robbing the gulls’ nests. They, however, desisted when I spoke to them, after surreptitiously 
concealing the eggs they had gathered. These I afterwards found and photographed.” 


REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 


This branch of the collection has been practically at a standstill for a number of years. 
Quite a number of specimens have been secured during the last two years’ field-work. It is 
hoped to be able to carry on this work through the coming year, and have a number of the 
specimens already on hand sent to authorities for proper identification. 


FIsHEs. 


A most unusual visitant to this Coast was a sunfish (Jfola mola) which was captured at 
Ucluelet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, by some Indians fishing about two miles off- 
shore on July 14th, and presented to the Museum by Second Officer E. F. Jordan, of the 
S.S. “Tees.” This appears to be the first record of this species north of San Francisco, 
California. 

Another straggler, a white sea-bass (Cymoscion nobilis), was taken in the salmon-nets off 
Port Alberni, Barkley Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, by Messrs. Butterfield 
and Mackie, and presented to the Museum through Deputy Game Warden, W. R. Carter, 
of Alberni. This is the third record of this fish having been taken along this Coast ; the first 
was taken some years ago in Sooke Harbour by Sir Clive Phillipps-Wolley, and the second in 
Todd’s traps at Sherringham Point, Strait of Juan de Fuca. 

A number of smaller fishes have been added to the collection by our field collectors. 
These specimens have not, up to the present time, been studied and systematically arranged. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 


During the past three years much greater attention has been paid to this branch of natural 
history, with the result that the Museum collections have been enriched by large numbers 
of desirable specimens, many new to British Columbia and several new to science. The trip 
to Atlin undertaken by Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, in 1914 was very successful 
in this respect. Naturally a practically virgin country and one so little traversed by the 
entomologist would be expected to produce good results, and these expectations were fully 
realized by the quantity and quality of the material collected, over 2,000 insects being taken 
during the three months. 

Amongst the butterflies taken on this trip were several very rare ones, and many new to the 
Province. viz.: Parnassius smintheus var. nanus, Neu. ; Papilio machaon var. aliaska, Scudder 
(this is a very interesting and rare capture; very little is known about this insect, and thus 
far it has been taken only in Alaska and is still very rare in collections); Hurymus hecla var. 
glacialis, McLachlan (this is an exceedingly rare species, its habitat being Aretic America and 
Arctic Europe); Brenthis triclaris, Hub., a high-altitude species ; Brenthis polaris, Bdv., an 
inhabitant of Arctic America; Brenthis frigga varieties saga, Kallen, and improba, Butler, 
the latter being still very rare in collections; Hrebia disa var. mancinus, Dby., a beautiful 


PLATE V. 


Fig. 1. Bare Island Bird Sanctuary, Ifaro Strait, near Sidney 


Fig. 2. Glaucous-winged Gulls nesting on Bare Island 


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et Cie 
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f) * 


PLATE VI. 


Tig. 1. Young Glaucous-winged Gulls on Bare Island, showing protective colouration. 


’ 


Wig. 2. Mass of egs-shells of the Glaucous-winged Gull. These eggs were dropped by Indians when 
caught robbing the Gulls’ nests. 
(See page 15.) 


PLATE VII. 
GEOMETRIDA NEW TO SCIENCE. 
(Taken by EK. Hi. Blackmore at Victoria, B.C.) 


1. Stamnodes Dlackmorei Swett. (Paratype male.) 


2. Stannodes blackmorci Swett. (Under side.) 


3. Hydriomena speciosata var, ameliata Swett. (Type female.) 


4. Hydriomena grandis var. saanichata Swett. (Paratype female.) 


D. Petrophora defensaria vay. giganticaria Swett. (Paratype male.) 
Fig. 6. Petrophora defensaria var. giganticaria Swett.  (Allotype female.) 
Petrophora defensaria vay. conciliaqria Swett. “(Paratype male.) 
Potrophora defensaria yar, conciliaria Swett.  (Allotype female.) 
Petrophora defensaria vay. thanataria Swett. (Paratype male.) 


Petrophora defensaria var, thanataria Swett. (Paratype female.) 


Petrophora defensaria var, imephistaria Swett. (Paratype male.) 


Pelrophora defensaria yar. suppuraria Swett. (Paratype male.) 


(See page 18.) 


PLATE VII 


Lab ProvinciaL Museum Report. N 17 


mm which only occurs in high altitudes and in the extreme north; Cenonympha kodiak, 
., two specimens were taken (this I believe is new to Canada, its previously recorded 
locality being Alaska); W@neis uhleri, Rkvt., a Rocky Mountain species; Gneis norna var. 
ygete, Hub., a large series of this butterfly taken (this species was first recorded from 
abrador in 1824); Rusticus scudderi, Edw. (this is closer to the typical form than the 
Eastern specimens going under this name); and Hesperia centaur, Rambur (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, 
letabilis, 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 sutrina, Grote ; 
Anarta cordigera, Thunb. ; Anarta richardsoni, Curtis; and Autographa orophila, Hampson. 

Amongst the Geometride a large number of very desirable species were captured, including 
the following which are new to British Columbia, viz.: Hustroma destinata var. lugubrata, 
Mosch., a very handsome insect and quite rare; Rheuwmaptera hastata var. hastulata, Hub. ; 
Rheumaptera luctuata, D. & 8. ; Petrophora circumvallaria, Taylor (this species was described 
from specimens taken at Calgary, Alberta); and Leptomeris jrigidaria, 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 Noctuide are rare : 
Feralia columbiana, Smith; Rhynchagrotis niger, Smith ; Noctua calyary, Smith; Rancora 
solidaginis, Behr.; Euchalcia putnami, Grote; and Hosphoropteryx thyatiroides, Gue. Mamestra 
radix, Walker, is new to Vancouver Island, and the following are new to British Columbia : 
Autographa bimaculata, Stephens ; Melalopha albosigma var. specifoca, Dyar, belonging to the 
family Notodontide ; and Albuna pyramidalis var. montana, Hy. Edw., a member of the 
Sesiid group. In the Geometride, whilst nothing new was taken, there nevertheless were 
some very desirable species, of which the following ‘are worthy of mention: Hupithecia 
perfusca, Hulst ; Dysstroma occidentalis, Taylor; Hydriomena multiferata, Walker; Chlorosea 
nevadaria, Pack.; Aplodes darwiniata, Dyar ; EBuchlaena mollisaria, Hulst; 2. pectinaria, 
D. & 8.; 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 Noctuide being most worthy of note: Hadena allecto,“Smith ; Rhyncha- 
grotis trigona, Smith; Agroperina pendrina, Smith; HLuxoa obeliscoides, Gue.; and Graphiphora 
eurtica, Smith. However, one variety new to British Columbia was taken—Platyprepia 
virginalis var. guttata, Bdy., a moth belonging to the Arctiidze family. 

Mr. C. B. Garrett, of Cranbrook, also added four more species to the list, viz.: Agroperina 
lincosa, Smith; Mamestra canadensis, Smith, previously recorded from New Brunswick ; 
Syneda seposita, Hy. Edw.; and Ceryconis octus. Amongst the Geometride taken by Mr. 
Garrett there were three species new to the Province, viz.: Leptomeris ancellata, Hulst ; 
 Diastictis oceiduaria, Packard ; and Metanema determinata, Walker (this latter an inhabitant 
of the Atlantic States). In addition to these, the following desirable species were taken : 
_ Entrepia multivagata, Hulst; Marmopteryx marmorata, Packard ; Euchlena johnsonaria, 
Fitch; and LZ. astylusaria, Walker. 

_ * Mr. W. A. Newcombe, of Victoria, B.C., while in the Chilcotin District this past summer 
took five specimens of Basilarchia 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. 

B 


N 18 PROVINCIAL MusgeuM Report. 1916 


During the past two years Mr. E. H. Blackmore, of Victoria, B.C., who has been special- 
izing on the Geometride of British Columbia, has discovered one species and seven varieties 
new to science, viz.: Stammnodes blackmorei, Swett; Hydriomena speciosata var. ameliata, Swett ; 
Hgdriomena grandis var. saawichata, Swett; Petrophora defensaria varieties mephistarias 
giganticaria, conciliaria, thanataria, and swppuraria, all described by Swett. Mr. Blackmore 
has generously donated to the Museum collection paratypes of S. blackmorei, H. grandis ». 
saawichata, P. defensaria varieties giganticaria, conciliaria, and thanataria, and typical speci- 
mens of P. defensaria varieties mephistaria and suppuraria. 

Amongst a collection of Diptera sent to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 
for identification, three species were found to be new to science, which necessitated the erection 
of new genera by Mr. C. H. T. Townsend, who described them in the Canadian Entomologist, 
Vol. sapien No. 9, page 285, et seg. They are as follows :— 

Okanagania hirta, Tow ae This is a new genus with hirta as its genotype, and was 
described from a male taken by Mr. E. M. Anderson at Okanagan Falls on April 27th, 1913. 

Rhachogaster kermodei, Townsend. This is also a new genus with kermodei for its genotype, 
and was described from two males taken at Penticton by “Mr. Anderson on July 4th and 8th, 
1913. 

Another new genus, Psewdodidyma, was created by Mr. Townsend, having for its genotype 
a new species named pullula, described from a female taken at Farragut Bay, Alaska. Of a 
male taken by Mr. Anderson at Victoria on April 2nd, 1906, Mr. Townsend says: “It may 
be a new species, but seems congeneric with the above female.” 

During the present winter the two exhibition cases of Lepidoptera have been entirely 
overhauled ‘by Mr. Anderson, who has rearranged and relabelled the entire collection of butter- 
flies and moths down to the Geometride, the latter having been put in order by Mr. E. H. 
Blackmore, of this city, who has contributed many specimens in this group to make it more 
complete. The collection as it now stands is thoroughly up to date in nomenclature and 
scientific arrangement. 


Borany. 


Tn pursuance of the policy announced in the Museum Report for 1914, to devote more 
attention to the Botanical Branch, a request was made early in the year for the loan of the 
Herbarium formed by Mr. J. R. Anderson when Deputy Minister of the Department of 
Agriculture. This request was favourably considered and the transfer made to the Museum 
on April 28th. The collection of plants was made by Mr. J. R. Anderson in his leisure hours, 
both on Vancouver Island and in districts on the Mainland visited by him on his official tours. 
In some of these expeditions Mr. Anderson was assisted by the late Dr. James Fletcher, of the 
Dominion Experimental Farm at Ottawa, who was well known for his botanical zeal. Tt was, 
of course, impossible to cover more than a small portion of a Province of such a vast area as 
that of British Columbia, but a large number of rare and interesting plants were secured as 
occasion offered, and it is hoped that these may form the nucleus of a more fully representative 
collection, and also be more accessible to the general public than heretofore. To facilitate 
reference to these plants it is proposed to make a card catalogue of the collection, as unfor- 
tunately no record of the Herbarium accompanied it, except the data on the labels. By 
comparing these cards with the catalogues and supplementary lists published by Professor John 
Macoun in the Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada and in 
numerous other papers, and also with the “Flora of Southern British Columbia,” by Professor 
Henry, it will be possible to discover the species still absent from our collection and to set in 
motion certain agencies to fill the blanks. 

Professor John Macoun and his son, Mr. J. M. Macoun, have both interested themselves 
in this Herbarium for years. Mr. J. M. Macoun spent some hours in the Museum in September 
looking over the new collections. 

In the flowering season many inquiries are made as to the names of the more popular 
plants, and as to w here their description can be found. To meet these demands it is intended 
that specimens of some of the most noticeable plants may be mounted and placed in wall- 
frames, also that some of the more useful books will be held available in the office of the 
Museum in charge of Miss W. A. Andrew, who has shown great interest in this branch of 
our work. 


PLATE VIII. 


Papilio machaon var. aliaska Seudder. 


Parnassius smintheus var. nanus Neumocgen,  (Matle.) 


Parnassius smintheus var. nanus Neumoegen, 


Burymus hecla var. glacialis Maclachlan (Male.) 


Purymus heela var. glacialis Maclachlan. (Femate.) 


Brenthis polaris Boisduval. (Male.) 


Brenthis frigga var. saga Waden.  (Female.) 


Brenthis frigga var. improba Butler. 


Brenthis frigga vav. improba Butler. 


(See page 16.) 


(Under side.) 


(Under side.) 


(Female. ) 


(Fematle.) 
(Male.) 


PLATO VILL. 


PLATE IX. 
1. Brebia disa var. mancinus Doubleday.  (Male.) 
2. Mrebia disa yar. mancinus Doubleday.  (Female.) 
3. Oeneis jutta Wubner,  (Matle.) 
4. Oeneis jutta Wubner.  (emale.) 
5. Oeneis norna var. taygete Wubner. (Matle.) 
G. Oeneis norna var. taygete Wabner.  (ematle.) 


7. Oeneis ulleri Reakirt. (Male, northern form.) 


S. Oeneis ulhleri Reakirt. (Female, northern form.) 


9 Anomoguna lotabilis Zett.  (Male.) 


10. Anomoguna latabilis Zett.  (fematle.) 


(See page 16.) 


PLATE IX 


a. Vey ae Sere? Pe 


ule 


oO. 


Rhachogaster 


kermodei 


Magnified 444 times. 


Pseudodidyma 


pullula 


Magnified 8% times. 


Okanagania hirta Town 
Magnified 514 times. 


NEW 


‘Townsend. 


Townsend. 


send. 


PLATE 


Srreeiges 


Okanagan 


(See pag 


or 


Xx. 


DIPprera. 


Penticton, B.C., 


Victoria, B.C., 


Falls, BC., 


18.) 


July, 


April, 


April, 


LOTS 


1906 


1913 


(i. 


(Ie. 


(i. 


M. 


M. 


M. 


Anderson), 


Anderson ) . 


Anderson}. 


PLATE X. 


6 Gro. 5 PROVINCIAL Museum REpoRT. 


Amongst the accessions to the Herbarium are :— 

(1.) A collection made by Mr. E. M. Anderson in the Atlin region in 1914, to which 
brief mention was made in last year's report. This contains a number of rare species, and the 
collection has been listed as follows by Professov John Macoun and his son, Mr. J. M. Macoun, 
mentioned above :— 


Polypodium occidentale (Hook), Maxon. 

Aspidium spinulosum, Swartz. 

Aspidium fragrans, Swartz. 

Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. 

Lycopodium annotinum, L. 

Luzula spadicea melanocarpa, E: Meyer. 

Eriophorum polystachion, L. 

Veratrum viride, Ait. 

Tofieldia glutinosa, Willd. 

Tofieldia borealis, Wahl. 

Zygadenus elegans, Pursh. 

Cypripedium passerinum, Rich. 

Habenaria dilatata, Pursh. 

Habenaria hyperborea, R. Br. 

Habenaria obtusata, Richards. 

Smilacina sessifolia, Nutt. 

Smilacina amplexicaulis, Nutt. 

Orchis rotundifolia, Pursh. 

Polygonum viviparum, L. 

Silene acaulis, L. 

Cerastium arvense, L. 

Stellaria longipes, var. 

Arenaria lateriflora, L. 

Anemone multifida, Poir. 

Anemone patens, L., var. 
(Bess), Koch. 

Anemone parviflora, L. 

Caltha leptosepala, DC. 

Aquilegia formosa, Fisch. 

Corydalis aurea, Willd. 

Draba alpina, var. hebecarpa, Gray. 

Arabis lyrata occidentalis, 8. Wats. 

Arabis drummondii, A. Gray. 

Sedum stenopetalum, Pursh. 

Saxifraga occidentalis, Wat. 

Saxifraga tricuspidata, Retz. 

Saxifraga oppositifolia, L. 

Mitella trifida, Gray. 

Parnassia palustris, L. 

Rubus areticus grandiflorus, Ledeb. 

Potentilla dissecta, Pursh. 

Potentilla nivea, \. 

Potentilla fruticosa, L. 

Potentilla palustris, L. 

Dryas integrifolia, Ch. & Sch. 

Lupinus arcticus, Wats. 

Lupinus nootkatensis (2) 

Hedysarum boreale, Nutt. 


Woltgangiana 


Oxtropis lamberti, Pursh. 

Astragalus alpinus, L. 

Geranium erianthum, DC. 

Viola nephrophylla, Greene. 

Viola langsdorfii, Fischer. 

Epilobium latifolium, L. 

Epilobium augustifolium, L. 

Cornus canadensis, L. 

Moneses uniflora, Gray. 

Pyrola incarnata, DC. 

Cassiope mertensiana, G. Don. 

Kalmia glauca, Ait. | 

Ledum latifolium, Ait. 

Vaccinium cwespitosum, Mx. 

Primula sibiriea, Jacq. 

Asndrosace occidentalis, Pursh. 

Polemonium cerulewm, L. 

Polemonium elegans, Greene. 

Polemonium pulchellum, Bunge. 

Polemonium humile, R. & S. 

Mertensia platyphylla, Heller. 

Mertensia paniculata ( Ait.) Don. (albino). 

Myosotis sylvestris, L. 

Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris. 

Myosotis alpestris, Lehm. 

LPentstemon confertus ceruleo-purpureus, 
A. Gray. 

Pentstemon confertus, Doug). 

Mimulus langsdorfii, Donn. 

Pedicularis capitata, Adams. 

Pedicularis euphrasioides, Stephen. 

Pedicularis lanysdorfii, Fisch, 

Castilleja pallida, Kunth, 

Pinguicula vulgaris, L, 

Galium boreale, L. 

Linnea borealis, Gron. 

Valeriana sitchensis, Bong. 

Solidago multiradiata, Ait. 

Solidago multiradiata, Ait., var. scopu- 
lorum, Gr. 

Erigeron compositus, Pursh. 

Aster sibiricus, L. 

Achillea borealis, Bong. 

Arnica cordifolia, Hook. 

Senecio lugens, Rich. 

Senecio cymbalarioides, Nutt. 

Antennaria microphylla var. rosea, Greene. 


Koch. 


(2.) A collection from the Okanagan country by Mr. J. A. Munro (43 species). 
(3.) A collection from Bare Island, in the Gulf of Georgia, by Mr. W. B. Anderson (25 


species). 


(4.) A collection from Uchucklesit, Barkley Sound, by W. B. Anderson. 
(5.) A collection from Sahtlam District, Vancouver Island, by Mr. E. M. Anderson (35 


species). 


N 20 ProvinctiAL Museum Report. 1916 


(6.) A collection from Cranbrook, East Kootenay, by Mr. C. Garrett, now in the hands of 
Mr. J. M. Macoun, Ottawa. 

(7.) A collection from Chileotin District by W. A. Newcombe (over 100 species). 

Also minor accessions have been received from Professor Henry, of Vancouver, Dr. C. F. 
Newcombe, and several local specimens have been added by the Museum staff. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


Tn the absence of any separate lists of the flora of British Columbia, a short bibliography 
relating to some of the work done by the botanists of the Geological Survey of Canada is here 
presented, together with local lists prepared by certain non-official writers. 

Professor J. Macoun. 

Report Geological Survey of Canada, 1875-76— 

Page 110: Professor Macoun reaches Victoria May 2nd, 1875. 

Page 113: List of plants of Southern Vancouver Island for early part of May, 
1875. 

Page 118: List of plants of Yale. 

Page 186: List of plants of Vancouver Island; British Columbia to base of 
Rockies ; and Rocky Mountains. 

Same Report, 1878-79, Appendix E— 
Page 2198 : List of Dr. G. M. Dawson’s Queen Charlotte Islands plants. 
Same Report, 1879-80— 

Page 1438-1468: Dr. G. M. Dawson’s plants from northern part of British 
Columbia. 

Annual Report of Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada (New Series) — 

Vol. II., 1886, Appendix II. to Part B: List of plants obtained by Dr. G. M. 
Dawson on Vancouver Island and adjacent coasts in 1885. 

Vol. XI., page 864: A collection of 525 species of flowering plants and some 
cryptogams made in the Yellowhead Pass country by Mr. Wm. Spread- 
borough. 

Vol. XII., page 138: Reference made to 79 species of plants collected in Atlin 
region in 1899-1900 by J. C. Gwillim. 

Catalogue of Canadian plants, Parts 1-7. 

J. M. Macovun. 

Vol. XV., Annual Report of Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada. 

Page 469-471: Mention of collections made along International Boundary. 
These, with numerous alterations in nomenclature and additions to the flora 

of British Columbia, have for many years been listed by Mr. J. M. Macoun in 

his “Contributions to Canadian Botany,” published from time to time in the 

Canadian Record of Science and the Ottawa Naturalist. 

Additions to the Flora of Vancouver Island. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XX VLI., 

Nos. 11, 12.) 

F. 8. Cotuiys. The Marine Alge of Vancouver Island, Bull. 1, Geological Survey of 

Canada, 1913, page 99. 

J. K. Henry. The Flora of Southern British Columbia, August, 1915. 

Jno. A. Davipson. Second Annual Report of the Provincial Botanical Office, 1914. 

For other local ‘ Floras” reference may be made to the following :— 

Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island. Postelsia, a Year Book of the Minnesota Seaside 

Station, 1906. Records Vewberrya congesta and other rare species. 

Queen Charlotte Islands. United States Department of Agriculture, Biological 

Survey. North American Fauna No. 21, 1901. List of plants collected by 

W. H. Osgood, mainly identified by Coville. 

Canadian Rocky Mountains and Selkirks. Edith M. Farr. Contributions to a 

Catalogue of the Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk 

Range. Philadelphia, 1907. 

Other lists are also published in the reports of the Alpine Club of Canada. 

Useful comparison may be made between the above and the following :— 

Piper, C. V. Flora of Mount Rainer. 
Flett, J. B. Flora of the Olympian Mountains. The Mountaineer, Vol. 1, No. 4, 

Seattle, 1908. 


sr 


PLATE: NI. 


ite Mammoth tooth (Llephas primigenius Blum.), Shuswap Lake. 
Frederick Tlussey. 


2. Mastodon tooth (Mastodon americanus Cuvier), found 1903, 


Creek, Y.T. Bequest: the late Mrs. C. A. Coulson, 


(See page 21.) 


Presented by the late 


Dago Gulch, Hunker 


3. Mammoth tooth (Hlephas primigenius Blum.), Cordova Bay, Vietoria. 


PLATE XI 


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PALEONTOLOGY. 


Accessions to the paleontological collection have been of late years few and far between. 
Early in 1915, however, the finding of a tooth of a fossil elephant in the Mount Tolmie gravel 
aroused fresh interest in our small collection of mammalian remains. On comparing this 
specimen with fossil elephant-teeth from the Yukon country, it presented several marks of 
distinction. Photographs of two teeth from the Yukon and three from Vancouver Island and 
the neighbouring regions were sent to Dr. O. P. Hay, of Washington, who has written largely 
on the subject of Pleistocene fossils. He reported that, in his opinion, the northern specimens 
were true molars belonging to the hairy mammoth Llephas primigenius, while those from the 
south, which had fewer and wider plates, belonged to the Columbian elephant 2. colwmbi. 

Another specimen which has been in the Museum for many years was identified by Dr. 
O. P. Hay as the worn vertebra of some species of whale. This was found in Pleistocene 
gravels between Parson’s Bridge and Langford Lake, Vancouver Island, when collecting ballast 
for the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. 

In the year 1915 remains of bison were recorded from two parts of the Province. In the 
Atlin country Mr. E. M. Anderson found a fine skull with horns. In the low-lying ground 
between George Jay Public School and the Protestant Orphanage, east of Cook Street, Victoria, 
Dr. C. F. Newcombe found a fragment of horn which the Director identified as belonging to a 
species of bison. Both of these specimens were forwarded for examination to Mr. Lawrence 
M. Lambe, Vertebrate Paleontologist of the Geological Survey, Ottawa. The Victoria frag- 
ment, in his opinion, belongs to Bison bison. His report on the Atlin specimen is given here- 
with in his own words :— 

“The occiput with horn cores from the Atlin District is of Bison bison (L.), (B. 
americanus); that is, I regard it as such. It gives measurements which place it in this species. 
The range of the American bison extended up into the Mackenzie River District, and these 
animals are known to have passed well into the Rocky Mountains. It is probable that your 
Specimen was a straggler toward the Coast in the Far North, or possibly the range of the 
buffalo extended well westward from the Mackenzie District, the animals taking advantage of 
the broad and comparatively low passes through the northern mountains. The specimen is 
light and not at all fossilized. Whether it belonged to a wood buffalo, which appears to be 
not more than a subspecies of the plains buffalo, it is difficult to say.” 

Mr. Lambe was also good enough to make a careful examination of a tooth of a mastodon 
which has been for many years in the Museum. His report upon it follows :— 

“The tooth from Yukon is of Mastodon americanus (Cuvier), and is a lower third true 
molar of the left side. The front transverse ridge is broken off and with it the front root, 
which was slender and, in comparison with the hinder one, of small size. The specimen has 
been considerably shaken in transit and some fragments have become detached. These I have 
cemented back in place. Your tooth is an excellent one, although not complete. As you 
know, remains of mastodon are, in comparison with those of mammoth, rather rare in the 
extreme North-west.” 

Four casts of a scallop were presented by Mr. A. J. Dempster, found in a road-cut at 
Clo-oose, Vancouver Island. They seem to belong to Pecten branneri, Arnold, and to have 
come from the Monterey formation. 


GENERAL ACCESSIONS. 


Jan, 25. White-tail Ptarmigan. Presented by W. B. Conroy, Atlin. 
Feb. 15. Indian stone sharpener (?), found on Dallas Road foreshore, Victoria, and 
presented by Arthur Warren. 
" 24. Indian basket. Purchased. 
March 12. Western Evening Grosbeak (3), Parksville, V.I. Presented by H. Rawlins. 
" 17. Marine specimens (16), Prince Rupert. Presented by M. L. Bird. 
" 20. Fossil pectens, Clo-oose. Presented by A. J. Dempster. 
April 6. Indian stone anchor, found while excavating for breakwater, Dallas Road, 
Victoria. Presented by A. J. Elgee, C. E. 
" 18. Sparrows (2). Presented by Dr. E. Hasell, Victoria. 
" 26. Crayfish, Victoria Harbour. Presented by A. Halkett through the Natural 
Hlistory Society of British Columbia. 
May 24. Slate totem-poles, Queen Charlotte Islands. Purchased. 


22 ProvinctaL Museum Report. 1916 
June 5. Indian stone hammer, found on Graham Island. Presented by Pte. Geo. 8. 
Mayer, 48th B 3attalion, C.E.F. 
July 14. Sunfish, caught by Ucluelet abiding three miles offshore. Presented by 8.8. 
“Tees? through E. F. Jordan, second officer. 
n | 29) “Prionus californicus, Presented by Geo. Nelm, Ganges, B.C. 
Aug. 15. Silk-moth. Presented by Laura Carrington, Nicola. 
Sept. 5. 1 nest and eggs, Mallard 
2 i" Willow Thrush 
2 " Redstart 
1 " Audubon’s Warbler 
2 " Shufeldt’s Junco 
2 Squirrel ; 
1 Chipmunk Presented by W. A. New- 
1 White-footed Mouse + combe; collected in Chil- 
1 Sparrow Hawk cotin District. 
1 Gambel’s Sparrow 
1 Shufeldt’s Junco 
1 Western Meadowlark 
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
1 Willow Thrush 
Miscellaneous collection of 300 papered insects 
Sept. 6. Jack-hare, White Lake. Presented by C. deB. Green. 
" 14. Broad-finned Cod, Saanich Inlet. Presented by A. H. Maynard. 
" 20. Painted Fish, Gulf of Georgia. Presented by P. Walker. 
" 22. Sea Pen, Trial Island. Presented by B. Bonner. 
" 30. White Sea Bass, Port Alberni. Presented by Messrs. Butterfield and Mackie. 
Oct 7. California Quail, Victoria. Presented by R. Powell. 
" 20. Camp Robber’s nest and set of three eggs. Purchased. 
" —. Lynx. Presented by Beacon Hill Park. 
Noy 4. Indian Mask, Metlakatla. Purchased. 
" 6. Small mammals, Okanagan District. Purchased. 
" 15. Chipmunk (in alcohol). §. Hadwen. Experimental Farm, Agassiz. 
Dec 1. Stone sinker, found on Brentwood beach, V.I. Presented by A. Shotbolt. 
" 1. 80 specimens of mounted Geometride. Presented by E. H. Blackmore, 


Ex. Proc. No. 


US. 


Victoria. 
ACCESSIONS— PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 
Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. 


2063, Vol. 47—N.A. Parasitic Copepods, C. W. Wilson. 
2065, 1 48—Crustacea Euphausiacea of U.S.N. Museum, H. J. Hansen. 


2076, 1 48—New African Birds, E. A. Wesene: 

2077,  48—Extinct Marsupial, J. W. Gidley. 

2079, 1 48—Conchological Dlustrations, J. W. Gidley. 

2086, 1 48—Mammals of Pleistocene of N.A., O. P. Hay. 

2088, 1 48—Long-tailed Goatsucker, H. C. Oberholser. 

2090, 1 48—Ruddy Kingfisher, H. C. Oberholser. 

2091, « 48—Pourtales’ Haliotis. 

2092, . 49—Catalog of Washington Relics in U.S. National Museum. 
2094,  49—Fossil Mollusks, genus Rissoina, West Coast of America. 
2100,  49—Genera and subgenera of Raccoons. 

2104, 1 49—Philippine Land Shells. 

2106, 1 59—Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, Xantus. 

2110, 1» 49—Stegosaurus. 

MUU “tn Colored drawing of Medeba Mosiac Map of Palestine. 


1 2113, 1» 49—Extinet Sibenair desmostylus hesperus, Marsh. 
1 2114, 1 49—Eperetmus, new genus of Trachomeduce. 
Herbarium, 1 19—Flora of New Mexico, Wooton & Standley. 


" 


» 17, p. 6—Tropical N.A. species Panicum. 


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> al 


6 Gro. 5 ProvinciaL Museum Report. N 23 


Bull. No. 71, Pt. 1V.—Foraminifera of N. Pacific Ocean, J. A. Cushman. 
n ou 71 « V,—Foraminifera of N. Pacific Ocean, J. A. Cushman. 
»  82—Monograph of existing Crinoids, A. H. Clark. 
nu 88—Paleozoic Stelleroidea, C. Schuchert. 
» 1» 89—Armoured Dinosauria in U.S. Nat. Museum, C. W. Gilmore. 
» 1 90—Molluscan Fauna, Tampa, Fa., W. H Dall. 
n 1 91—Turton Collection of S.A. Marine Mollusks, P. Bartoch. 
» on 92, Vol. I.—Bibliographic Index of American Ordovician and Silurian Fossils. 
» 1 92, «1 II.—Bibliographie Index of American Ordovician and Silurian Fossils. 
Publication 2340 (from 1914 Report)—National Zoological Park, F. Baker. 
" 2360—Index to Museum Boltenianum, W. H. Dall. 
Reprint from Report 1913—Whale Fisheries. 
Miscellaneous Coll., Vol. 65, No. 12—Jaw of Piltdown Man, G. S. Miller. 
Ex. Proc. No. 2120, Vol. 49—Allosaurus fragilis, C. W. Gilmour. 


U.S. Department of Agriculture. 


Farmer’s Bull. 630—Birds useful to Farmers, F. E. L. Beal. 
" 621—To attract birds, W. L. McAtee. 
" 692—Game Laws, 1915. 
" 670—Field-mice Pests. 
Bull. 171—Food of Robins and Jays in U.S., F. E. L. Beal. 
» 185—Bird Migration, W. W. Cooke. 
» 217—Mortality among Waterfowls, Alex. Wetmore. 
»  187—Preliminary Concensus of Birds of U.S., W. W. Cooke. 
»  205—Eleven Important Ducks, W. L. McAtee. 
»  280—Food of Thrushes, F. E. L. Beal. 
»  292——North American Gulls and Allies, W. W. Cooke. 
n 301—Silver-fox Farming in Eastern North America, N. Dearborn. 
N.A. Fauna, No. 37—American Marmots, A. H. Howell. 
" » »38—American Moles, H. T. Jackson. 
" » 39—Pocket Gophers, g. Thomomys, V. Bailey. 


Dominion Government Publications. 


Museum Bull. No. 6—Arctic Coast Esquimo, V. Stefanson. 


" " 7—New sp. Dendragapus from Yukon, P. A. Taverner. 
" »  8—Timiskaming Region, W. H. Collins. 

" »  9—Skull of Eskinho, F. H. 8S. Knowles. 

" » 10—Winnebago Indians, Paul Radin. 

" » 11—Plateaus of B.C., Leopold Reinecke. 

" » 12—Horned Dinosaurs, L. M. Lambe. 

" » 13—Double-crested Cormorant, P. A. Taverner. 

" " pean eessect Is., J. W, Goldthwait. 

" 1 15—Gay Gulch Meteorites, R. A. Johnston. 

" " fae oats American Mythology, P. Radin. 

" » 17—Lake Timiskaming, M. Y. Williams. 

" 1 18—Ottawa and St. Lawrence Valleys, Kindle and Burling. 
" » 19—Nass River Indians, Ed. Sapir. 

" n 20—Niagara Formation of Ontario, M. Y. Williams. 


51-“Tawer Saskatchewan Ry. Valley, E. M. Kindle. 

Memoir 19 Gesthowal Boundary District of BG. E. O. LeRoy. 

» 30—Nelson & Churchill Rivers, W. WMelanis: 

»  34—Devonian of S.W. Ontario, C. P. Stauffer. 

» 36—Victoria and Saanich Districts, C. H. Clapp. 

0 38, Pt. I.—N.A. Cordillera at 49th Parallel, R. A. Daly. 

" 38, » IJ.—N.A. Cordillera at 49th Parallel, R. A. Daly. 

” 38, » ITT.—N.A. Cordillera at 49th Parallel, R. A. Daly. 

»  46—Troquois Radicals. 

«47, Pt. I1I.—Clay and Shale of Western Provinces. 


N 24 PROVINCIAL Museum ReEporv. 19T6 


Memoir 49—Malecite Tales, W. H. Mechling. 
1 53—Coalfields of Western Provinces, D. B. Dowling. 
»  56—Franklin Mining Camp, B.C., C. W. Drysdale. 
» 57—Corundum, A. E. Barlow. 
» )9—Coalfields of Canada, D. B. Dowling. 
»  61—Moose Mt. District, Alberta, D. D. Cairns. 
» 62—Nootka Salish, B.C., E. Sapir. 
1»  64—Clay Shale, Province of Quebec, J. Keele. 
» 65, 66—Clay and Shale, Western Provinces, J. Keele. 
»  67—Yukon Alaska International Boundary, D. C. Cairns. 
«  68—Geological Reconnaissance C.P.R., B.C., R. A. Daly. 
»  69—Coal of British Columbia, D. B. Dowling. 
» 70—Algonquin Indians. 
»  74—Canadian Mineral Occurrences, R. A. A. Johnston. 
»  75—Indians of Connecticut, F. G. Speck. 
»  76—Cranbrook Map Area, 8S. J. Scholfield. 
1 77—Ore Deposits at Rossland, B.C., C. W. Drysdale. 
" 78—Wabana Iron Ore, Newfoundland, A. O. Hayes. 
1» 79—Ore Deposit, Beaverdell Map Area, L. Reinecke. 
Summary Report of Geological Survey, 1913. 
" 1914. 
(Chemistry) Cire. No. 7 potash in Agriculture, F. T. Shutt. 
" Bull. » 80—Lime in Agriculture, F. T. Shutt. 
(Entomolgy) 1 1 9—Army-worm, A. Gibson. 
Reprint from Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XXIX.—Suggestions for Ornithological Work im 
Canada, P. A. Taverner. 5: 
" Summary Report, 1913—Anthropological Report. 
Preliminary Report No. 1, 1914—Natural History of the Herring, J. Hoyt. 
Division of Forage Plants—Summary of Results, 1914. 
" Field Husbandry —Summary of Results, 1914. 
Contributions Canadian Biology, Pt. I.—Marine Biology. 
" Pt. I1.— Marine Biology. 
Manitoba Fish Commission Report, 1910-11. 
Dominion Shad Fisheries Commission Report, 1908-1910. 
Summary Report Geological Survey (Dept. of Mines), 1913. 
" " (Dept. of Mines), 1914. 
ants, J. Adams. 
Reprint from Summary Report, 1914—Biology Division: Zoology. 


California Academy of Sciences. 


Zool. Ser., Vol. [V., Nos. 4, 5—Genus Plethodon from Mt. Rainier, Wash. ; Spotted Night. 
Snake from Calif. 
4th Ser, « IV., Pt. I.—Galapagos tsland Expedition. 
" » IV.—Neocene Record in Temblor Basin, Calif. 
a, Roseburg, Oregon. 
" 1» TV.—Reptiles and Amphibians, Islands of West Coast. 
" » IV.—Pocket Gopher, San Jacinto Peak. 
' 1 V., Nos. 1, 2—Report of Academy, 1914; Report Museum, 1914. 
" no V., » 3—Fauna Type Tejon, R. E. Dickerson. 
" 1 V., 4 4-——Amphibians and Reptiles of Utah. 
Constitution and By-laws, 1915. 


University of California. 


Vol. 12, No. 12—New Amphibia of 8. California, C. L. Camp. 
» 15, »  1—Records, Scripps Institution for Biological Research. 
» 12,  11—New Chipmunk of California, J. Gunnell 


mally 1G 1—Life History of Crithidia leptocorides, sp. nov., I. McCulloch. 


bo 
vr 


6 GEO. 5 PROVINCIAL Museum Report. N 


Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. 


Circular 135-—Dairy Herds. 
" 136—Dairy Herds. 
" 139—County Experiment Farm Law. 
" 140—Orchard Bark-beetles. 
" 142—Seventeen-year Locust. 
" 143—San Jose Scale. 
" 144—Experiments, Central Farm. 
«  145—County Experimental Farm. 
" 147—Cost of Tile Drainage. 
" 148—Spraying Orchards. 
" 149—Spraying Orchards. 
" 150—Tree Fillings, ete. 
" 151—Soil Fertilization. 
Bull. 249—Report, 1912. 
» 254—Forest Conditions. 
» 255—Mineral Analyses of Foods. 
» 259—Ohio Weather, 1912. 
» 260—Fertility. 
» 261—Soil Investigations. 
» 262—Poultry. 
» 265—Report, 1912-13. 
» 264—Bark-beetles. 
» 265—Cob Root of Corn. 
» 266—Corn-raising. 
» 267—Soy Bean. 
» 268—Fattening Swine. 
» 269—Forage Crops. 
»  270—Winter Lamb Production. 
» 271—Nutrition of Swine. 
" 272—Report. 
» 273—Paulding County Report. 
» 274—Miami County Report. 
» 275—6th Annual Report, Forestry. 
» 276—Clermont County Report. 
» 278—Report, 1913, 1914. 
" 279—Fertility. 

Technical Series, Bull. 5—Phosphorous Composition in Animal Melabolism. 
" » 6—Phosphorous. 
noe »8—Phosphorous. 

Circular 152—Swine. 

Bulletin 283—Swine Rations. 


American Museum of Natural History. 
Bull., Vol. XXXTIT., Article XL.—New Columbian Birds, F. M. Chapman. 
" Tee... 4 ee " VI.—Notes on Ptilosis, Miller. 
" 4 MXXTIV., » WIIT.—South American Sciuridie, Allen. 
American Association of Museums. 
Reprint from Proceedings, Vol. [V., 1910—Training of Museum Curators, Dr. A. R. Crook. 
Bureau of Science, Manila. 


“Mineral Resources, 1913 and 1914. 
Description new sp. Prionochilus. 


N 26 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT. 1916 


Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. 


Vol. TV., No. 1—Fishes of the Southern Pacific, A. Seale. 
un IV., « 2—Report, 1907. 
n TV., 1 3—Report, 1908. 
" EVE. " 4— Report, 1909. 
un IV., « 5—Report, 1910, and Index, Vol. IV. 
| Mey oy d= Plans 
.. « 2—Report, 1911. 
» 3—Flora, C. N. Forbes. 
n  V., « 4—Report, 1912. 
nV. 1» 5—Report, Journey around the World, 1912, W. T. Bingham. 
» WI, 1» 2—Report, 1914. 


Miscellaneous. 


Tllinois State Laboratory, Vol. X., Art. V.—Effect of Kerosene on Sea Mais. 


" un  X&, «  WI.—Midges in Illinois River. 

" " X., + VII, VIII—Two New Earthworms. 

" am Ges in I.—Relations of Animals to their Inland 
Environments. 


Fresh-water Fishes. 
National ‘Weueeure of Wales—Annual Report, 1913-14. 
Cincinnati Museum Association—Annual Report, 1914. 
U.S. Bureau of Education— The Educational Museum of St. Louis Schools.” 
Department of Agriculture, N.S. W—Science Bull. 2: Pests of Coconut Palm. 
" n —Catalogue of Scale Insects of Australia. 
" 1 —Farmer’s Bull. 95: Sheep Maggot Flies. 
Connecticut Natural History Society—Bull. 20: Birds of Connecticut. 
Manx Museum—Tenth Annual Report and List of Additions. 
Jahresbericht des Historischen Museums in Bern, 1914. 
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, H.I.—Handbook, Pt. I.: Hawaiian Collections. 
National Museum of Victoria, Australia—Ethnological Collections. 
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences—“ Fossil Birds in the Marsh Collection of 
Yale University.” 
Oakland Free Library—Report, 1914-15. 
Grand Rapids Public Library—Report, 1914-15. 
Reprint American Journal of Science—Arctic Paleozoic Fossils, by C. Schuchert. 
Pterophyllum Foliage, G. R. Wieland. 
" " Mammals and Horned Lizards of Niobrara Co., 
Wyoming, by R. 8. Lull. 
" " The Lower Ordovician at St. John, N.B., by 
F. H. McLearn. . 
u " Vertebrate Fossils of Rock Creek, Tex., by 
E. L. Troxell. 
" " American Fossil Cycads, by G. R. Wieland. 
" " Pleistocene Ground Sloth, Texas, by R. 8. Lull. 
Reprint Proceedings American Philosophical Society—Black Shale Deposition, C. 
Schuchert. 
1 “Sauropoda and Stegosauria,” by R. 8. Lull. 
» “Medina and Cataract Formations of the Siluric of New York and Ontario,” by 
Chas. Schuchert. 
Legislative Assembly of Ontario—Archeological Report, 1914. 
Reprint Royal Society of Canada—New sp. ‘Platy somus, Banff, L. M. Lambe. 
" " New &p. Aspideretes, L. M. Lambe. 
" " Bibliography of Canadian Geology, 1912, Wyatt 
Malcolm. 
" " Bibliography of Canadian Geology, 1913, Wyatt 
Malcolm. 


Gero. 5 PROVINCIAL Museum Report. Ne 2 


University of Michigan—Report of Museum of Zoology, 1915-14. 
Art, Historical and Scientific Association, eg anos 1975. 
National Museum, Melbourne— Memoir No. 2: Silurian Bivalved Mollusca. 
" Memoirs 3, ‘. and 5. 

Meecipen Industrial Bureau— Annual Report, 1914. 
Museum of History, Science and Art, Los Angeles—Guide to Fossils 1915. 
Zoological Society of Philadelphia— Annual Report, 1915. 
Entomological Society of British Columbia—Proceedings, 1914 and 1915. 
Colorado Museum of Natural History—By-laws and Annual Report, 1913 and 1914. 
Royal Canadian Institute—Transactions, May, 1915. 
Paper—‘ The Eyelids and Lachrymal Apparatus of Birds,” Dr. C. A. Wood. 
Reprint from Ottawa Naturalist—Rare Cases of Albinism, Prof. E. E. Prince. 

" " New Zealand Peripatus, Prof. E. E. Prince. 

" " Cheap Case for Small Museums, H. I. Smith. 

" " Additions to the Flora of Vancouver Island, J. M. 

Macoun. 
" " Geological Survey Work on Point Pelee, Ont., P. A. 
Taverner. 

Bristol Museum—Report, 1914 and 1915. 
Dominion Museum, New Zealand—Annual Report, 1914-15. 
Reprint from “The Auk,” Vol. XX XII—Water and Shore Birds of Puget Sound, 8. F. 


Rathbun. 
Charleston Museum, Vol. XI., No. 6—Natural History Notes. 

" " eh " 1—Report, 1914. 
" » XI, » 3—Financial Support of Museums. 
" » XI, » 4—Incorporation of the Museum Charter. 
" " ele » 5—Constitution. 
" » XI, « T—Notes from the Museum. 

» XI, » 8—Progress in School Work. 


Brooklyn ee antl Reports, 1913 and 1914. 
John Crerer Library—Report, 1914, and List of Books on the History of Industry, A. G. 
8. Hosephson. 
Pennsylvania Museum—Bulletins, 1915, and 39th Annual Report. 
Manchester Museum—Report, 1913-14, and Handbook “ Stela of Sebak-khu.” 
Field Museum, Zoological Pub., No. 185, Vol. X., No. 13—New Mammals from Brazil 
and Peru, W. H. Osgood. 
: " No. 184, Vol. ee No. 1—The Diamond, B. Lauffer. 
Philadelphia Museum—Annual Report, 1914. 


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Honourable J.D. MacLean, M.D., 
Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


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d-work in Okanagan and Shuswap Districts .......... PMR aro sch Cot ao bee Sete 12 
Pe mew TOmmritish GOLUMBIA 2.0.2... cae kee ee PD Pe SONI e Stas ig ho ale oy earn te eeasicnS 1s 
currence of Benthodcsmus atlanticus on the Coast of British Columbia ...............+-- 19 

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anical Specimens collected in the Lillooet District .......... 625+. ese ee ee ee cee eee eens 25 
ants collected in Henderson Lake District ..............- Baers tet coc tene Stee Siok ss Penh hays 30 
Y Jants PECL eINENOPO LOO LIS CLICE, << ..<(5<c + eb eSeeiinine ais 2 wialsicle’oiataklelwiciigie Siete + os oa.n le inlet 31 
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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT 


FOR THE YEAR 1916. 


In reviewing the activities of the Provincial Museum for the year ending December 31st, 
1916, it is to be noted that considerable progress has been made, and that a number of rare 
specimens have been added to the collection, with valuable data. 

At the beginning of the year the Director was informed that all departments of the Civil 
Service would be expected to exercise the strictest economy and still keep up efficiency. With 
that end in view the work in the Provincial Museum has been carried on throughout the year. 
Only two parties were sent afield for any length of time during the summer months. 

--—s Mr. J. A. Munro was engaged from the middle of April to the end of October to carry 
on the biological investigations commenced last year in the Northern Okanagan and Shuswap 
J Districts. 

Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, was stationed in the Lillooet District from the 
_ beginning of May to the end of July, headquarters being established at the Provincial Government 
Hatchery, at Seton Lake, by kind permission of Mr. J. P. Babcock, Assistant to the Commissioner 
of Fisheries. Mr. Anderson made trips to Blackwater Lake, and also ascended Mount McLean, 
where some good material was secured, of which no detailed reports have been received. 

The Director, accompanied by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, also visited this district, and secured 
‘some very interesting specimens for the Herbarium, also for the anthropological sections. 

of The matter of obtaining Bare Island for a permanent bird sanctury has not made any further 
advancement. However, the Director made special arrangements again with the Indian Depart- 
- tent for this Department to place a guard on the island during the nesting season to look after 
the preservation of bird-life. This arrangement has done away with the proposed matter of 
arbitration for the present, and is very satisfactory, as it does not prevent the Indians from 
- camping there while gathering “ camas,” which is used extensively by them for food. 

It will be noticed by the following lists that the field collectors have collected a vast amount 
of material other than their special line of birds and mammals, more particularly in collecting 
_ the plants of the district where they were located, which means a great deal of labour and 
time in addition to their other duties. Nearly all the betanical specimens have been identified 
by Mr. J. M. Macoun, of Ottawa, who has always shown a great interest in the Herbarium 
of the Provincial Museum. 

Mr. W. R. Carter, of Alberni, has also taken a keen interest in the botanical branch, and 
_ has secured some very rare and interesting specimens for this Department. 

The Director is also pleased to report that to the collection of fishes has been added several 
Species new to British Columbia, namely: Sunfish (Mola mola), giant black bass (Erilepis 
sonifer), also a species of frostfish (Benthodesmus atlanticus), of which there is only one other 
_ known specimen. 

The entomological collection has been greatly enriched by several new species, and others 
that are new to the Province. 

Several good additions have been made to the anthropological collection. Three stone 
hammers were presented to the Director for the Museum while on a trip to Seton Lake, and 
although the Indian reservations were visited by the Director and Dr. C. F. Newcombe, little 
or no information could be secured concerning them, the present generation not appearing to 
know for what use they had been intended. 

Information was received later from Lieutenant F. C. Swannell, B.C.L.S., of this city, who 
has one of these hammers in his possession, who states that he had received the information 
from the chief of the Lillooet Indians, which confirms our theory that these implements were 
used as pile-drivers. One of these specimens is figured in this report. 

One of the most interesting specimens that has been added to the collection of fossils is the 
molar tooth of an extinct Sirenian species (Desmostylus hesperus), which is a close relation 
to the recently extinct mammal, the arctic sea-cow of the North Pacific, that was practically 
exterminated about the year 1780. 


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The Provincial Museum wishes to extend grateful thanks to the following gentlemen who 
have greatly assisted with identifications in their respective branches of biology :— 

Identification of Birds and Mammats.—The Biological Survey, United States National 
Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Mr. Henshaw, Chief of the Biological 
Survey; also Mr. H. C. Oberholser and others. 

Identification of Entomological Specimens.—The Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D.C. 
(L, O. Howard. Chief); Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod, of Calgary; Doctors Barnes and McDunnough, 
of Deeator, Ill.; Mr. L. W. Swett, Boston, Mass.; and Mr. E. H. Blackmore, Victoria. 

The thanks of the Department are also due to Professor John Macoun, Naturalist of the 
Geological Survey, Ottawa, who is now a resident of Sidney, B.C.; Mr. J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., 
Curator of the Herbarium, Ottawa; C. F. Newcombe, M.D., Victoria, B.C.; Mr. Lawrence M. 
Lambe, Palwontologist. Ottawa: Dr. Merriam; Dr. Ralph Arnold, well-known geologist of 
Berkeley, California; and Mr. B. L. Clark, of the University of California. Also to the following 
for notes on bird migrations and for specimens presented to the Museum; J. E. Kelso, M.D.; 
W. B. Johnson and others at Edgewood, Lower Arrow Lakes; W. R. Carter, Deputy Game 
Warden, Alberni; W. A. Newcombe, Victoria. 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 
ACCESSIONS, 1916. 
Tsimshian. 


The following were purchased from Chief Aksidar, Kincolith :— 

Stone mortar (2882). <A large specimen; formerly used for pounding the native tobacco. 
Shaman’s head-dress of grizzly-bear claws (2883). 

Cellular lava (2884-2885). Used at dances. 

Cannibal dancer’s head-rings (3) of cedar bark (2SS6-28S87-2888) . 

Cannibal daneer’s neck-ring (2889). 

Basket, spruce-root (2898). From Kispiox, Skeena River. Presented by Lieutenant G. T. 


Emmons, U.S.A. > c 
Mirror, stone (2899). From Hoquelget, Bulkley River, a village site helonging to the 
Tsimshian Hazelton band. but occupied by the Hoquelgets, an Athabascan band (2900). 
Mask, copper, representing a human face. Used in winter dances. From Kispiox, Skeena 
River. From Lieutenant G. T. Emmons, U.S.A., in exchange. 


Salishan of the Coast. 


Pictograph (2874). Cast of an Indian carving on the surface of an outcrop of sandstone 
near Chase River, Nanaimo, B.C. From a mould made by Harlan I. Smith for the 
Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1898, and illustrated in his * Archeology of the Gulf 
of Georgia.’ Vol. IV., Mem. Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist. In exchange from Geological 
Survey of Canada. 

Arrow-head of chipped stone (2897). From dry bed of ancient lake, Gonzales Farm, 
Victoria, B.C. Presented by W. B. Anderson. 

Mat of coloured wool (2903). Shows designs used in the old ceremonial blankets. Purchased 
from Mrs. W. Charles. 


Salishan Interior—Lillocet. 


Nephrite boulder (2890). Slices have been sawed off it of which to make stone chisels, 
ete. From Seton Lake. Presented by lL. Keary. 

Hammer, stone (2883). Seton Lake. Presented by L. Keary. 

Ilammer, stone (2894). Seton Lake. Presented by J. P. Babcock. 

Pile-driver. stone, two-handed (2891). Seton Lake; probably used for driving piles when 
setting up fish-weirs. Presented by L. Keary. 

’ Pile-drivers (2), stone, two-handed (2895-2896). North shore, Seton Lake. Presented by 

W. R. Bellamy. i 

Hawimer, stone (2892). Purchased at Indian village, Lillooet. 


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Tlingit. 
Chilkat blanket (2901). Purchased from Hon. Mr. Justice Martin. 


Haidan, 
Hat, spruce-root, with painted crest (2902). Purchased from Mrs. Wm. Charles. 


Athabascan. 


Tobacco-bag, with ornamental bead-work (2877). From Hudson Hope, north of Peace River. 
Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons. 

Bag ornamented with beads (2879). Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons. 

Knife with wooden handle (2880). Used for barking trees. Presented by Chief Constable 
Thos. Parsons. 

Moccasins, rawhide (2881). Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons. 


Illustrations, Archawology of British Columbia. 


Plate I., Fig. 1. Stone pile-driver (2891). Size, 22 x 4% x 4% inches. Weight, 23% Ib. 
Three specimens of this type were obtained at Seton Lake in 1916, and with the exception of a 
few specimens in the collection of W. H. Keary, Esq.. of New Westminster, none others have 
been observed. So far as known, no such implements have been either described or illustrated 
and no reference is made to them in the report on the Lillooet Indians by the well-known writer, 
Mr. J. A. Teit, of Spences Bridge. 

Plate I., Fig. 2. Carved stone baton. Size, 13%4 x 2 inches. Collected at Hoquelget, Bulkley 
River, in 1897, and presented to C. F. Newcombe by A. T. Vowell, Esq., Indian Superintendent for 
British Columbia. The specimen was found with many others some feet below the surface of 
the ground when digging over the foundation of an old house by Chief Johnny Muldoe. 
Several of the batons were of hard stone and not carved, and these were suitable for use 
as weapons. Others, like that figured, were of sandstone, deeply carved and perforated, and 
were too brittle, both as to material and make, to be serviceable aS weapons. 

The tradition obtained from Indians says that these were last used by the Gitanmax or 
Hazelton band of Tsimshians nearly a hundred years ago when fighting with the Kitsegukla 
band in alliance with the Kit-ksuns of the Upper Skeena. 

The Gitanmax were nearly wiped out, but their weapons and insignia were collected after 
the battle by an old woman who cached them where they were found by the Babine chief 
mentioned. 

Several similar batons are in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, from Metlakatla. 
This type of batons has not hitherto been described or illustrated so far as known. 

Plate Il., Fig. 1. Stone implement (1801/557). Size, 644 x 51% inches. Of mica-schist. 
This specimen is shaped somewhat like the bone-bark choppers of certain Coast tribes or some 
of the fish-knives, having a straight upper edge and a curved lower one. It is, however, much 
thicker than either of these and the edge is blunt. ‘Three similar specimens were collected in 
an old kitchen-midden on Digby Island, near Prince Rupert, together with a great number of 
bone and stone objects, and another has been in the Provincial Museum since 1889. This was 
collected at Port Simpson by Mr. W. B. Anderson and is numbered 753. No information as to 
history and use could be obtained from the Tsimshian people. 

Plate Il., Fig. 2. Stone implement (1793/2382). Size, 3144 x 1% inches. Of porous sandstone, 
with numerous deep grooves. This is one of a few similar specimens found in the kitehen-midden 
at Digby Island, already referred to. No information as to use obtained from Indians. It is 
suggested that it might have served as a scraper for the gut used for bow-strings and other 
purposes. 

Plate II., Fig. 3. Stone hand-hammer (1786/561). Size, 7 x 4 x 1% inches. Weight, 414 Ib. 
Of tough igneous rock, rounded oblong, narrow at the ends, each of which has two shallow 
grooves. There are two flattened striking surfaces parallel to each other. 

In the Museum, collected from the kitchen-midden at Digby Island, there is a series of 
sixteen stones of similar size and shape, ranging from the natural smooth, water-worn pebble 
to the fully manufactured object. The series shows intermediate stages of manufacture 
beginning with shallow grooves made by battering the natural pebble with another hard stone. 


Q 12 Provincia Museum Report. 1917 


Some of the set are very symmetrical and pointed at each end. Others are squared off narrowed 
ends and one circular shallow pit on each flattened side, in this respect resembling hammer stones 
found in shell mounds near Victoria. 

The range of this implement is not confined to the Tsimshian country, as two similar 
specimens were collected by Dr. Newcombe at Masset, TACHE, where they had been found by 
Indians when digging up old house-sites. 


BARE ISLAND BIRD SANCTUARY. 


The Director arranged with Duncan C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian 
Affairs, Ottawa, to again give the Provincial Museum authority to place a guard on Bare 
Island during the nesting season of 1916. (This island is known as Indian Reserve No. 9, 
Saanich Tribe, and is situated in Haro Strait about twenty miles north-east of Victoria.) 

Mr. W. B. Anderson was again appointed warden, he being an ardent lover of nature, and 
much interested in the preservation of “ wild life.” I do not think the Government could have 
engaged a more competent person to take charge of the sanctuary. Mr. Anderson remained on 
the island from the middle of June until the end of July continuously. The Director made 
several trips to Bare Island during the nesting period, and it was very gratifying to note 
the benefit that had resulted in protecting this island for the last two seasons; the breeding 
glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucesceus) have about doubled in number. The pigeon guilie- 
mots (Cepphus columba) have increased, but not so great in numbers as the gulls: “and it is 
to be hoped that as the rabbits get killed off that had been turned out on the island several 
years ago,” that the guillemots will again be able to return, and take up their old nesting-places 
under the broken rocks and in the deep crevices. The violet-green cormorants (Phalacrocorar 
p. robustus) have increased in considerable numbers, as is to be noted by a visit to the high 
cliffs on the western side of the island, where these birds build their nests. The tufted puffins 
(Lunda cirrhata) do not seem to be returning, as only about four pairs were observed, they 
haying also been driven out of their deep burrows by rabbits. 

The guard was pleased to report that the Indians did not go to the island this last season 
to gather camas, also that the birds had not been disturbed during the incubation period, and 
that no other persons had been allowed to land on the island, other than those who had been 
given a special permit from the Director. 

Many thanks are due to W. FE. Ditchburn, Inspector of Indian Affairs for British Columbia, 
who gave Mr. Anderson a letter giving him protection, and a warning to any person or persons 
interfering with him in the discharging of his duties. 


REPORT ON FIELD-WORK IN OKANAGAN AND SHUSWAP DISTRICTS, 1916. 
By J. A. Munro. 


Biological inyestigations in the Okanagan and Shuswap Districts were continued during the 
season of 1916, from April 20th to October 31st. Several months were spent in the vicinity of 
Okanagan Landing, enlarging the collections and adding to the field-notes commenced last season. 
A résumé of the topographical and forest conditions of this district was published in the field 
report for 1915. Collecting trips were made to the following points :— 


NAHUN PLATEAU. 


Three camps were made on the Nahun Plateau. This plateau is on the west side of 
Okanagan Lake, twenty miles south of Okanagan Landing. The highest point is at the eastern 
end, where the altitude is 3.200 feet. Field operations were confined to this portion, where the 
fauna and flora is typically Canadian. A considerable quantity of zonal notes and data relating 
to the distribution and breeding hahits of some of the rarer species of birds were obtained. 

The principal trees are Murray pine (Pinus murrayana) and western larch (Larir 
occidentalis), with small stands of western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and clumps of Engelmann’s 
spruce (Picea engelmanni) in the bottoms. 

The yalley slopes gradually south-west to Bear Creek. As the altitude decreases zonal 
characters become less sharply defined. The Murray pine and western larch give way to yellow 
pine, which gradually becomes the prevailing tree. With the appearance of yellow pine there is 
a corresponding infusion of transitional faunal forms. 


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Swan LAKE. 


1 Several trips were made to Swan Lake. This is a shallow alkaline lake, about four miles 
_ long and half a mile wide, lying immediately north of the North Arm of Okanagan Lake. The 
shores are muddy and grown up with tules, rushes, and sedges. The rich bottom land is under 
cultivation as close to the water as possible, but sufficient cover to make the shores an attractive 
 breeding-ground for birds is afforded by dense patches of second growth, chiefly aspen (Populus 
4 tremuloides), mountain-bireh (Betula fontinalis), willow (Salix sp.), and alder (Alnus sp.). 

. The following species of birds were breeding :— 

’ Holbeell’s Grebe (Colymbus holballi). 

Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). 

Loon (Gavia immer). 

Black Tern (I/ydrochelidon nigra surinamensis ). 

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). 

Redhead (Marila americana). 

Ruddy Duck (FLrismatura jamaicensis). 

Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus). 

Coot (Fulica americana). 

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia). 

Killdeer (Oryechus vociferus). 

Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). 

Osprey (Pundion haliaetus carolinensis). 

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus). 

Western Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon caurina). 

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis). 

Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). 

Western Wood Pewee (Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni). 

Alder Flycatcher (2mpidonar trailli alnorun). 

Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). 

Western Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis). 

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus canthocephalus). 

Northwestern Redwing (Agelaius phaeniceus caurinus), 

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 

Bullock’s Oriole (Jeterus bullocki). 

Brewer's Blackbird (Buphaga cyanocephalus). 

Pale Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis pallidus). 

Western Vesper Sparrow (Pomcetes gremineus confinis). 

Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina arizone). 

Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia rujina). 

Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus). 

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amend). 

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum). 

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacea). 

California Yellow Warbler (Dendroica estiva brewsteri). 

Pacifie Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas arizela). 

Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). 

Western Marsh Wren (J'elmatodytes palustris plesius). 

Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus). 

Willow thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola). 

Western Robin (Planesticus migratorius propinquus). 

Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides). 


Suvuswar District. 


- The Shuswap District was visited in the early part of June and again in the latter part 
of October. Board was obtained at a ranch near Shuswap Falls. This proved much more 
_ Satisfactory than establishing a camp, as more time could be given to the collecting and 
preparing of specimens. 


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Although only slightly higher than the Okanagan, biological conditions are quite different. 
On the mountain-slopes the fauna and flora are distinctively Canadian. The principal trees 
are western white pine (Pinus monticola), Murray pine (Pinus murrayana), western larch 
(Larix occidentalis), Engelmann’s spruce (Picea engelmanni), and western hemlock (Tsuga 
heterophylla). 

Conditions in the wide bottoms show a surprising resemblance to the humid Coast belt. 
Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) is the prevailing tree, varied by clumps of giant black 
cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa). The black-headed grosbeak (Zamclodia melanocephala), a 
characteristic Coast bird, is a regular summer resident. 

Bird-life in these coniferous forests is not plentiful either in number of species or individuals. 
The following species could be called common and were undoubtedly all breeding :— 

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia). 

Western Redtail (Buteo borealis calurus). 

Dusky Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus saturatus). 

Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma gnoma). 

Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus monticola). 

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis). 

Northern Pileated Woodpecker (Phl@otomus pileatus abieticola). 

Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasciatus). 

Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus virginianus). 

Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). 

Western Wood Pewee (Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni). 

Wright’s Flycatcher (Hmpidonaxr wrighti). 

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttallornis borealis). . 
Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). 

Black-headed Jay (Cyanocetta stelleri annectens). 
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus). 

Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis arizone). 
Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia rufina). 
Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus ). 
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana). 

Tree Swallow (Jridoprocne bicolor). 

sank Swallow (Riparia riparia). 

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacea). 

Calaveras Warbler (Vermivora rubricapilla gutturalis). 
Audubon’s Warbler (Dendroica auduboni auduboni). 
Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). 

Rocky Mountain Creeper (Certhia familiaris montana). 
Rted-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). 

Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus ). 
Mountain Chickadee (Penthestes gambeli gambeli). 
Willow Thrush (/Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola). 
Olive-backed Thrush (Hyloecichla ustulata sivainsoni). 
Western Robin (Planesticus migratorius propingiuus ). 
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides). 


KertLe River Disrricr. 


Through the courtesy of Mr. George P. Melrose, of the Forest Branch, the writer was enabled 
to accompany a timber-cruising party to the Kettle River Divide. 

The party left Okanagan Landing for Penticton on September 25th, and reached Myra, on 
the Kettle River Railway, at noon of the next day. Camp was made close to the railway near 
Canyon Creek. Daily trips were made into the heavy forest on the north slope of Little White 
Mountain until October 1st, when the party returned to Vernon. 

Conditions where field-work was conducted may be described as follows: <A dense coniferous 
forest, sloping gradually east to the base of Little White Mountain and at a maximum altitude 
of 5,000 feet. The principal trees are Engelmann’s spruce (Picea engelmanni), which greatly 
outnumbered the other species; balsam fir (Abies lasiocarpa) ; and Murray pine (Pinus murray- 


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Provincia, Museum Report. Q 15 


There was no undergrowth, but the fallen timber made travelling impracticable off the 
fk Owing to the lateness of the season no insects or plants were collected. The weather 
Ww cold and stormy and 2 inches of snow fell. A small collection of mammals, principally 
aay oles of the genus Microtis, was taken, and specimens of the following species of birds :— 
J Franklin’s Grouse (Canachites franklini). 
Gray Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus umbelloides). 
Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus fasciatus). 
: Rocky Mountain Jay (Peresoreus canadensis capitalis). 
+ Lineoln Sparrow (Velospiza lincolni linecIni). 
Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak (Piniccla enucleator montana). 
Colftmbian Chickadee (Penthestes hudsonicus colianbianus). 
Mountain Chickadee (Penthestes gambeli gambeli). 
Varied Thrush (/roreus nevius nevius). ; 
‘ Goshawk (Astur atricapillus atricapillus). 
Richardson's Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni) and Northern Raven (Corvus 
-coraxr principalis) were seen, but none were secured. 
: During the early part of the summer and in the autumn the trapping of small mammals 
was Systematically pursued, at varying altitudes, in every locality visited. The results were 
particularly gratifying. Series of several species of the genus Microtis, hitherto unrepresented 
in the Provincial collection, were taken; also large series of the following mice, voles, and 
shrews: Lvotomys gaperi, Microtis mordaxr, Microtis drummondi, Microtis nanus canescens, 
_ Perognathus lordi, Peromyscus maniculatus artemisioe, Sorex obscurus, Sorex personatus, and 
many others which have not yet been classified. Altogether 290 specimens were preserved, a 
detailed report of which is being prepared. 
While a general collection of zoological material was attempted, particular attention was 
_ directed to the gathering of ornithological material and data. A check-list that will serve as 
a basis for future investigation is in the course of preparation. To determine the specific 
standing of the more mutable forms a considerable series of skins is required. The writer is 
pleased to report that a collection of the breeding species is now fairly complete for this locality. 
The series of each species includes breeding birds of both sexes, moulting adults and juvenals 
of both sexes in their various plumages. 
Nests and eggs of the following species were taken :— 
Holbell’s Grebe (Colymbus holballi). 
Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritus). 
Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis ). 
Redhead (Marila americana). 
Barrow’s Golden-eye (Clangula islandica). 
. Richardson's Grouse (Dendragopus obscurus richardsoni). 
Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). 
Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus virginianus). 
Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope). 
Western Wood Pewee (Mycochanes richardsoni richardsoni). 
j - Alder Flycatcher (2mpidonar trailli alnorum). E 
x Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). 
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Yanthocephalus ranthocephalus ). 
North-western Redwing (Agelaius phaniceus caurinus). 
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 


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: Brewer's Blackbird (“Muphagus cyanocephalus). 
& Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia merrilli). 
F Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus). 

ci Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amana). 


Western Marsh Wren (Velmatodytes palustris plesius). 
Redbreasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis). 

Willow Thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola). 
Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla ustulata siwainsoni). 
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana occidentalis). 
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides). 


Q 16 Provincial Museum Report. 1917 


The collection for the season numbered approximately as follows: 290 mammals, 528 birds, 
1,118 insects, 10 reptiles and batrachians, 300 plants, 35 fishes, 40 sets of birds’ eggs. 

The writer wishes to take this opportunity of expressing his thanks to Mr. George Heggie, 
of Vernon, for permission to shoot over the property of the Land and Agricultural Company ; 
to Mr. B. Thorlacson; Mr. William Johnstone and Mr. H. R. Hanna, of the Commonage, for a 
similar privilege; and to Mr. George N. Gartrell, Deputy Game Warden, of Summerland, for 
his valuable assistance in securing certain specimens. 

Some of the ornithological notes made during the past two years are as follows :-— 


HOLBELL’S GREBE (Colymbus holbelli). 


Found breeding Commonly at Swan Lake on May 18th and June Sth, 1916. Twenty nests 
were found and three sets of fresh eggs were taken. The nests were composed of dead rotting 
vegetation, held in place by growing rushes, and floating, half-submerged, in water from 2 to 
4 feet in depth. In some cases the eggs were partly or wholly covered when found, but usually 
were exposed. When a nest was visited both birds of the pair swam up and down in the open 
water 20 or 30 yards beyond the nest, showing no signs of alarm. <A peculiar fact noted was 
that near every nest, generally within a few yards, there was invariably a coot’s nest. 


RED-THROATED Loon (Gavia stellata). 


A juvenal female picked up dead on the shore of Okanagan Lake on November 22nd, 1915, 
is the first record of this species in the Okanagan. The body was in a very emaciated condition 
and the stomach and digestive tract empty and contracted. 


Barep Greve (Colymbus nigricollis californicus). 


This species was first recorded from the Okanagan by Major Allan Brooks on April 17th, 
1914. Another individual was seen by the writer two weeks later and was again noted on 
May 27th, 1915. 


Buiack Tern (Hydiochelidon nigra surinamensis ). 


Usually a scarce, irregular migrant. On May 18th, 1916, a breeding colony of twenty pairs 
(estimated) was observed at Swan Lake. On June Sth three sets of fresh eggs were taken. 
The nests consisted of a few pieces of water-soaked rushes or other aquatic plants, resting on 
the floating mass of dead tules that had drifted against the outer fringe of marsh. This bed 
of flotsam, anchored securely to the growing tules and rising and falling on the waves, without 
wetting its upper surface. formed an ideal nesting-place. While hunting for the nests, breast- 
deep in mud and water, the terns kept flying about in restless excitement, often within arm’s 
length. : 


BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Querquedula discors). 


Once fairly common throughout the Interior of British Columbia, this species has been of 
rare occurrence in the Okanagan during the past ten years. Five individuals were seen during 
May, 1915, and three of them secured. 


CINNAMON TEAL (Querquedula cyanoptera). 
Rare summer resident. Five were seen at Swan Lake on May 18th, 1916. 
REDHEAD (Marila americana). 


Found breeding at Swan Lake. On June Sth a nest with four fresh eggs was taken on the 
side of a musk-rat house. The hollow containing the eggs was well lined with dry tules, but 
as the female had not laid her complement of eggs, no down had been added. This is the 
commonest duck on Okanagan Lake during the winter; large flocks gather in the shallow water 
at the north end of the lake, reaching the maximum number about February 15th. 


Barrow’'s GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula islandica). 


A common summer resident. <A series of skins collected includes an adult male and half- 
grown and immature birds of both sexes. Usually for a nesting-site this species selects an old 
woodpecker’s hole that has Lecome enlarged by decay, and generally in a tree close to the shore 


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of a small lake. On May 12th, 1916, a nest containing eleven fresh eggs was found in the hay-loft 
of a log barn built on the shore of an alkaline lake. The nest was concealed in the hay under 
one of the big cross-beams. The loft was open in many places between the logs; there was also 
a large opening at the end of the building, and through this the female visited the nest. 


4 ‘BUFFLE-HEAD (Charitonetta albeola). 


os _ A common resident. A set of ten partly incubated eggs was taken on May 22nd, 1915. The 
nest was in an old flicker’s hole, 40 feet from the ground, at the top of a dead Douglas fir on 
~the shore of a small alkaline lake. he cavity was much enlarged by decay, and at a touch 
ji he whole side pulled away and exposed the eggs in their bed of down. The same nest had 
_ evidently been used for several years, as there were fragments of old shells in the bottom of 
the hole and mixed through the down. 


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_ Long-BILLepD Dowircner (Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus ). 


i ~ An adult male in summer plumage taken on July 30th, 1915, and two immature males taken 
on September 9th, 1916, are the only Okanagan records. 


_ Least Sanppirer (Pisobia minutilla). ; 
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-, Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when 
_ five were seen. A few seen daily until May 11th. 


_ YELLOw-LEGS (Totanus flavipes). 


} Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when 
_ one was seen which remained in the vicinity until May 11th. 


 Ricwarpson’s Grouse (Dendragopus obscurus richardsoni). 


On May 3rd, 1916, a nest containing ten fresh eggs was found under an old rail fence. The 
_ nest was a shallow depression in the ground § inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, well lined 
with pine-needles and grouse-feathers. A nest with seven partly incubated eggs was found in 
a a similar situation on May 13th, 1915. 


 Marsn Hawk (Cireus hudsonius). 


" Two pair found breeding at Swan Lake. Nest and eggs taken on May 15th and May 18th. 

he nests were loosely constructed of sticks, weed-stalks, and dry grass, built in the marsh 

20 yards from shore. The tules had been beaten down for a distance of 3 feet around the nest, 
forming a small clearing in the marsh. 


_ GosHawk (Astur atricapillus atricapillus). 


“a All specimens taken here appear to be referable to this form. Both adults and young are 
_ much paler than examples of striatulus from the Coast. 


Pyemy Own (Glaucidium gnema gnoma). 


Common summer resident, more plentiful in the region of Murray pine and larch. A nest 
containing seven downy young was found in a deserted woodpecker hole, 30 feet from the 
_ ground, in a dead larch, on June 9th, 1915. 


~ Arctic THREE-ToED WooprecKeR (Picoides arcticus). 


_ Resident in the Canadian Zone. Less common than fasciatus. A breeding female was 
taken on the Nalun Plateau on May 30th, 1916. 


_ ALASKA THREE-TOED WooprecKeR (Picoides americanus fasciatus). 


- : . : ® 
A common resident in the Canadian Zone, preferring the burnt areas of spruce and larch. 


Paken on the Nahun Plateau, at Shuswap Falls, and Little White Mountain. A juvenal male 
collected at Shuswap Falls on June 17th showed the yellow crown patch, but more restricted 
_ than in the adult male. 


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OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (Nuttallornis borealis). 


A common summer resident in the Canadian Zone. Taken on the Nahun Plateau and at 
. 
Shuswap Falls. 


YELLOW-HEADED Brackpirp (Vanthocephalus ranthocephalus). 


Several breeding colonies found at Swan Lake, the only locality in this region where the 
writer has found them breeding. An example of how very local some species are in mountainous 
countries: On May 15th a number of incompleted nests were found, and on June 8th four sets 
of eggs were taken. The nests are more loosely constructed than those of the North-western 
Redwing, and are lined with flat pieces of tule fibre. Those of the North-western Redwing are 
lined with coarse grass. Nests of both species were found close together and they made common 
cause in driving away crows, marsh hawks, and other marauders from the vicinity of the nests. 
In common with other blackbirds, the males of this species have the habit, when uttering their 
harsh grating song, of elevating the shoulders and erecting the feathers until the singer appears 
twice his natural size. 


WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus ) . 


This handsome, unobtrusive little sparrow is common locally breeding on the dry, open hill- 
sides above Vernon. They arrive early in May and remain until the second week in October; 
one of the last sparrows to leave in the fall. Contrary to the published accounts of this bird’s 
habits, it is the writer’s experience that the males generally sing while on the ground or hidden 
in a thick clump of sage-brush. On only two occasions has the writer heard it singing while 
clinging to a weed-stalk or bush in full view. A series of skins collected includes breeding males, 
moulting adults, and juvenals. 


SLATE-COLOURED JUNCO (Junco hyemalis hyemolis) ; SuHureipt’s Junco (Junco hyemalis connec- 
tens) ; MONTANA JuNCO (Junco hyemalis montanus). f 


These three subspecies occur here as migrants; also another form, evidently intermediate ~ 
hetween oreganus and connectens. The breeding form has not yet been determined. 


BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Zamelodia melanocephala). 


An adult maletaken on August 24th, 1916, is the only local record. Major Allan Brooks 
found the species breeding in the Shuswap District, but it was not observed by the writer. 


TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (Dendroica toirnsendi). 


Of regular occurrence during migrations at Okanagan Landing; also taken on the Nahun 
Plateau on May 30th, where it appeared to be common. : 


FISHES. 


HRarly in the month of June the Director drew the attention of Dr. C. H. Gilbert, of Stanford 
University (who was visiting the Museum), to a strange fish that had heen caught and presented 
to the Museum by the Bentinck Island fishermen, near Race Rocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 
ten miles south of Victoria. Dr. Gilbert noticed at once that the specimen was one that he had 
never seen in this portion of the Pacific, and identified it as a species of Benthodesmus; also 
suggesting that I send it to him at Stanford University, along with other fishes, which he would 
be pleased to examine and identify for this Department upon his return to California. The 
extract from his letter of November 27th, 1916, is here quoted :— 

“The long silvery fish which you showed me last summer turns out to be a Benthodesmus, — 
as we thought at the time. There are three other species of this genus known—one from New 
Zealand, one from Japan, and one from the Atlantic; each of these is known from a single 
spécimen. <A careful comparison with the brief description indicates that your specimen cannot 
be identified with either of the known species from the Pacific, but the differences from the 
Atlantie species are so small in amount that I do not care to risk describing it as a distinet 
species. This is the more unfortunate that the Atlantic species has received the name 
‘atlanticus.’ ” 


“Ya CRMOPTA ‘UIMOSNTY [LOULAOAT UL Uottpoody ‘snolpunj.D snwusapoypuag 


PLATE III. 


PLATE IV. 


Sunfish (Mola mola). 


Proyinciat Museum Reporr. Q 19 


Nore.—The United States National Museum, Washington, have accepted for publication 
_ the notes prepared by Dr. C. H. Gilbert, announcing the discovery of this interesting species 
~ Benthodesmus in the Pacific. 

The Benthodesmus atianticus is uniform silvery in colour throughout, with traces of dark 
colour on the head and tail—length, 4144 inehes—and was caught by fishermen fishing for cod 
near Victoria on May 30th, 1916. (IF. IX.) pas 

“The only other known specimen was taken from the stomach of a halibut’ caught on the 
western edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland in SO fathoms.” (Goode & Bean.) (See 
Plate III.) 


ON THE OCCURRENCE OF BENTHODESMUS ATLANTICUS (GOODE & BEAN) ON THE 
; COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 


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By Dr. C. H. G1ILeert, PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY, STANDARD UNIVERSITY, CAL. 


A specimen of Benthodesmus, 41% inches long, was obtained on May 30th, 1916, from a fish- 
dealer in Victoria, B.C., having been caught by fishermen off Bentinck Island, which lies near 
Race Rocks, about ten miles by water from Victoria. The specimen is the property of the 
Provincial Museum of Victoria, and has been submitted to us for identification by Mr. F. 
Kermode, the Director of the Museum. 

Description: Greatest width of body, 234 in height at vent. Length of caudal peduncle, 
half greatest height of body. Least height of tail, 44 bony interorbital width. Greatest width 
of head, % its length. Greatest height of head, 354 in its length. Width of interorbital area 
(bony), % height of head. Length of snout, 244 in head. Tip of maxillary not reaching the 
orbit, the length of maxillary equalling the postorbital part of head. Length of lower jaw, 17% 
times greatest height of body. Flexible part of Vem. un short in the preserved specimen, 
about 44 diameter of orbit. Kye postmedian, 544 in head, 2% in length of snout. 

Sides of maxillary with nine or ten triangular teeth, aniah decrease froin middle of sides of 
jaw both forwards and backwards. Two pairs of narrow compressed fangs in the anterior part 
of the upper jaw. the anterior pair immediately behind the tip, the posterior pair separated by 
a considerable interspace, but located in front of the series of compressed lateral teeth already 
described. In advance of th: most anterior of the compressed lateral teeth a series of six or 
seven short slender conical teeth continued forwards to the anterior pair of fangs and passing 
outside the posterior pair of fangs. Side of mandible with fourteen or fifteen compressed 
triangular teeth in a single series, decreasing in length forwards, and inclined slightly towards 
the front of the jaw. In advance of these, on each side of the symphysis, are two pairs of 
_ short retrorsely directed teeth, the anterior pair much shorter than the posterior pair. Other 
_ bones of the mouth toothless. 

First gill-arch with four or five or seven or eight slender short distant rakers, the longest 
about 2 mm. in length. Each rise from a plate which bears short spines, and between each pair 
of these plates, on the outer surface of the arch, are interposed two similar smaller plates which 
do not bear rakers. The rakers are borne only on the posterior third of the horizontal limb of 
the arch, but the spinous plates are continued farther forwards, and become merged along the 
anterior part of the arch in a narrow spinous strip. The other arches are similar to the first, 
but contain fewer free rakers. The upper pharyngeals are well toothed and work against the 
spinous plates on the horizontal limbs of the arches. 

First dorsal ray slightly in advance of the middle of the operculum, the front of the orbit 
midway between the first ray and the tip of the snout. There are 142 rays in all, the posterior 
the longest. The rays rise from the anterior ends of a series of interneural bones which form 
a sharp ridge along the dorsal profile. 

The vent is benéath the 46th dorsal ray, its distance from the tip of the snout 3'/; times 
the length of the head. Distance from vent to postanal seute, 54 diameter of orbit. Immediately 
behind the scute begins a series of eighty-eight interhwemals, which forms a continuous sharp 
ridge along the lower profile. The anterior ones befr no rays, but these gradually appear 
: posteriorly, about forty of the posterior plates bearing evident free rays, which increase in 
length posteriorly. 
> The pectorals contain twelve rays, the lower distinctly the longest, equalling the postorbital 

length of the head. Ventrals mutilated, their base posterior to that of pectoral by %5 diameter 


Q 20 Provincia, Museum Report, 1917 


of orbit. Caudal deeply forked, its longest ray equalling the diameter of the orbit. Colpr 
silvery, becoming posteriorly steel-grey, and finally black. Lips black, as are also the inside of 
the mouth and the gill-cavity, including the gill-arches. Peritoneum also black. 

One specimen, 4114 inches long, the property of the Provincial Museum of British Columbia. 

Benthodesmus elongatus (Clarke) from New Zealand differs notably from this species in 
the much more elongate form, the depth scarcely exceeding one-fortieth of the length. The 
third species of the genus B. tenuis (Guenther) from Japanese waters has much shorter vertical 
fins, the dorsal having but 126 rays and the anal but 71 rays. The specimen in hand differs in 
only minor respects from the description of B. atlanticus given by Goode & Bean. The width 
of the body is slightly greater, 234 in its height; the snout slightly longer, its 244 in the head; 
the mandibular tip shorter, 14 the orbit; the eye smaller, 24% in the snout. And there are four 
long teeth in the upper jaw, instead of three. The species has been known hitherto from a 
single specimen.—Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 66, No. 18. 


In addition to the record in last year’s report, there has been a second occurrence of the 
sunfish (Mola mola) in British Columbia waters. ‘The specimen was caught by an Indian, 
Charles Stewart, off the coast of Princess Royal Island (which is about 450 miles north of 
where the first specimen was secured on Barkley Sound, V.I.); the second specimen was 
also secured and forwarded to the Museum by Mr. N. BE. Wheeling, Butedale Cannery, at 
Butedale, B.C. 5 

The sunfish in colour is a dark grey; sides greyish-brown, with silvery reflections; belly 
dusky; a broad blackish bar running along bases of dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. Pelagic, 
inhabiting most temperate and tropical seas, swimming slowly about near the surface, the 
high dorsal above the surface. (See Plate IV.) 

The following is a list of species of fishes which the Director sent to Dr. Gilbert for 
identification :-— 

Two species of whitefish, Coregonus quadrilateralis and Leucichthys pusillus, collected by 
F. Kermode in Atlin Lake, September 29th, 1913; Menominee whitefish (Coregonus quadrilat- 
eralis), sent from Carcross, Yukon, by W. T. Townsend; Mylochilus caurinus, Ptychocheilus 
oregonensis, Coregonus williamsoni, collected by J. A. Munro, Okanagan Lake; Leuciscus 
richardsoni, Ptychocheilus oregonensis, Cottus asper, Salmo gairdneri, Rhinichthys cataracte, 
collected near Hanceyille by W. A. Newcombe; Salvelinus malma, collected at Edgewood, Lower 
Arrow Lakes, by G. E. T. Pittendright; Salmo gairdneri, Salmo mykiss, collected by W. R. 
Carter, Deputy Game Warden, Alberni. 

Giant bass (Hrilepis zonifer). This fish was presented to the Museum by A. L. Hager, 
manager of the Canadian Fishing Company, Vancouver, who also kindly gave permission to 
reproduce the accompanying photograph, which gives the comparison of its great size. 

The BPrilepis weighed when taken from the water 159 lb.; measured 5 feet 91% inches in 
length and 19 inches in depth; was caught on halibut gear, the hooks being bated with herring, 
in 200 fathoms of water off the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands, fifteen miles from Tasu, 
by the Canadian Fishing Company's schooner * Borealis,” Captain Chris. Johnson. (See Plates 
Vi; VE) : 


FURTHER NOTES ON ERILEPIS, THE GIANT BASS-LIKE FISH OF THE 
NORTH PACIFIC. 


By WitiiAm F. Thompson, OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. 


In Copeia for April 24th, 1916 (No, 30), the writer noted the second occurrence of Erilepis 
conifer (Lockington) in the North. Pacific. Since then several interesting facts have come to 
light concerning this huge fish that have modified what was previously said. It is especially 
noteworthy that there is no special reason for believing the fish a stray from Japan, as has 
been conjectured. s 

According to one of the fishermen, the specimen already recorded has been taken in South- 
eastern Alaska, in one of the long inland straits which form the inland passage, either in 
Frederick Sound or Chatham Strait: The captain of the halibut-schooner, when seen at a 
later date, stated positively that the specimen was taken off the western coast of the Queen 


PLATE \ 


Giant Bass (Lrilepis zonifer) Weight, 159 1b., and measured 5 feet 9% Inches 


PLATE VI 


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harlottes, near the northern end. His record is undoubtedly correct, and it is evident that 

_ Brilepis was taken on the continental shelf, rather than in enclosed waters. 

While in Vancouver during November, at the plant of the Canadian Fishing Company, the 

writer was shown two other specimens of this fish. . 

Under the heading of “ A Freak Fish,” a statement with a photograph of the larger was 

_ given in the Pacific Fisherman for November, as follows :-— 

While the halibut-schooner * Borealis” was fishing with halibut-trawls in 240 fathoms of 

water in Rennel Sound, on the west coast of Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia, during 

October, a fish which weighed, in the round, 175 Ib., and when dressed 145 lb., was caught. If 

measured 5 feet 10 inches in length. The opinion was expressed that it was “a large sea-bass ” 

from Southern Pacifie waters. Through the kindness of the company manager a smaller 
specimen caught at the same time was sent to Stanford University in a frozen condition. There 

3 it has heen carefully examined and compared witb a Japanese specimen, undoubtedly the same 

_ Species. 
It will be noted that the locality was the same as the corrected one for the first specimen. 
The probability is that there is an available explanation for the occurrence. In the region 

2 indicated the continental shelf drops with great rapidity to oceanic depths, and a halibut-trawl 

_ set in 150 fathoms on its shoreward end frequently drops as far as its buoys will allow it on 

_ the seaward end. This may be as much as 400 fathoms. It has only been in recent years, 

_ particularly in the winter, that halibut-fishing has been carried on in depths of 140 fathoms 
and more, as has been shown in the reports of the British Columbia Commissioner of Fisheries 
for 1915. The cousin of the present species, the Alaska black cod (Anoplopoma), inhabits 
considerable depths also, and in the last few years more of them are being caught by the 

halibut-boats. The fishermen even occasionally bring up Macrouroid species, formerly utterly 
unknown to them. This “rare fish” then has perhaps been caught by the fishermen while they 

Were utilizing unusual depths, and it may well be common and relatively abundant in its 
peculiar habitat. 

. The Japanese fishermen, it is worthy of note, fish their waters more closely than is done 
on our coasts, and Dr. Jordan and Professor Snyder say: ‘ According to Kuma Aoki, an 
intelligent fisherman of Misaki, it is occasionally taken in the Kuro Siwo, it is not rare, and 

: reaches the weight of 200 lb. Although so rare in collections, the species is well known to the 
fishermen.” There is no good reason why more extensive exploitation of our fishing-ground will 
not bring to light at least an abundance equal to that of the species in Japan. It is hence 
unjust to call the fish a “stray.” and one must be reserved in calling it “rare.” Since the only 

_ specimens known to be preserved in museums have come from Japan, and the type of the 
species (from Monterey, California) which was in the collection of the California Academy of 
Sciences in San Francisco has been destroyed, the following notes regarding the specimens now 
at hand are appended :— 

The fish, 112 em. in fotal length and 9S to base of caudal, is bass-like, with massive head 
and rotund body; its width 24 its depth, but with somewhat slender caudal peduncle, nearly 
_ round and quickly tapering. The interorbital is wide, convex, and the preorbitals are prominent, 

nearly overhanging. The eyes are small, slightly oval lateral in outlook, and over a wide sub- 
orbital. The maxillary ends below the centre of the pupil. The lower jaw projects somewhat, 
its tip lying in the axis of the body, continues the profile lines of the head and body, which taper 
anteriorly and posteriorly. 

The teeth are in a band six or seven series wide anteriorly in the upper jaw, four or five 
. below, narrowing posteriorly ; recurved, slender, and sharp; none of them canine-like or enlarged ; 

in a V-shaped patch on yvomer; in narrow hands on palatines. 

The gill-arches and viscera were removed when the fish was frozen. : 

The dorsals are apparently separated by the space of two spines, but dissection shows these 
_ to be present, buried below the thick skin; two anterior spines are very short; the third is the 
longest, with the margin of the fin falling straightly to the first buried spine. Preceding the 

Soft rays are two unjoined rays (or spines), closely applied to the third. The soft dorsal is 

highest at the fifth ray, slightly amarginate in outline. When supine the longest dorsal ray 

_ reaches over the bases of the seven following rays, while at the similarly shaped anal reaches 

ate the base of the last. The last rays in both fins are less in length than the eye diameter. 


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Q 22 Proyvincian Museum Reporr. 


The pectorals are a little faleate in shape, and extend back to the pevel of the eighth dorsal _ 
spine. The ventrals are inserted a short distance behind the pectorals. 

Scales are present everywhere on exposed surfaces save the lips, edges of fins, membranes 
of spinous dorsal, edges of branchiostegal flaps, and the inner surfaces of paired fins; rough to 
touch, they are not roughly ctenoid; they appear non-imbricate because buried deeply. 

The colour is very dark, save for projecting whitish edges of scales; only traces of dark 
bands are present, one as wide as 24 of the head-length lying under the pectorals, three others 
of equal width respectively just before the vent, over the posterior 24 of the anal, and on the 
caudal peduncle. Ventrally the body is not markedly lighter than dorsally. The peritoneum. 
is seraped away, but the buccal lining shows very dark. Lips and the fin edges are black, with 
strong tinges of blue. 

The measurements follow: Head, 0.82 of length to base of caudal; 0.30 depth; body width, 
0.19; eye, 0.045; maxillary length, 0.18; width, 0.032; suborbital width, 0.04; snout length, 0.11; 
mandible, 0.16; interorbital, 0.12; pectoral base, 0.075; length, 0.18; ventral, 0.125; third dorsal 
spine, 0. ; fifth dorsal ray, 0.11; last, 0.087; fifth anal ray, 0.12; last, 0.0837; soft dorsal 
hase, 0.25; anal hase, 0.16; depth of caudal peduncle, 0.085; width, 0.07; dorsal rays, XIII., 
11, 17; anal, 11, 13; pores in lateral line, 126; scales from lateral line obliquely forward and . 
upward to dorsal insertion, 80; downward and backward to anal, 51; pectoral rays, 19; 
branchiostegals, 7.—(Published by permission of J. P. Babcock, Assistant to the Commissioner 
of Fisheries.) 

ENTOMOLOGY. 


The season of 1916 was a very poor one from an entomological point of view, owing to the 
abnormal weather conditions experienced during the first part of the year. The spring was 
late in opening up, and the weather was cold and wet until well on in May. In addition, the 
Lower Mainland and the southern portion of Vancouver Island were visited by exceedingly cold 
winds which prevailed, more or less, until the end of July. Owing to these conditions there was 
a dearth of the early insects, and this adverse influence was felt right throughout the summer, 
causing collections to be far below normal, both in quantity and quality. However, in spite of 
this, many desirable insects were taken at various points, some of them being new to the Province. 


LiLLooer District. 


Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, collected in the vicinity of Lillooet from the 
beginning of May until the end of July. Headquarters were established at the Provincial 
Government Hatchery at Seton Lake, about three miles from Lillooet. 

On May 21st a trip was made over the Blackwater Trail about thirty miles from Seton 
Lake, starting in at the southern end of Anderson Lake and finishing at Blackwater Lake, 
getting back to headquarters on June 3rd. 

An ascent of Mount McLean, which is situated eight miles north of Seton Lake, was made. 
on July 15th, and many good things were taken during the twelve days’ sojourn on the mountain, 
at altitudes varying from 2,000 to 7,000 feet, chief of which was that very rare mountain butterfly, 
Oeneis beanii Elwes. The only previous record of this butterfly for British Columbia is Mount 
Cheam, near Chilliwack; its type locality is the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. 

The total number of insects taken on the trip numbered 1,065, made up as follows: 
Lepidoptera, 510; Coleoptera, 251; Hymenoptera, 71; Diptera, 157; and 76 of various other 
orders. 

The most noteworthy captures amongst the butterflies, of which 157 were taken, in addition 
to the one noted above, were: Pontia napi flava Edw.; Phyciodes mylitta pallida Edw.; Incisalia 
polios Cook & Watson; Strymon sepium Bdy.; and Pamphila juba Scud. Amongst the Sphingida, 
two specimens of that beautiful little sphinx, Prosperinus clarkiew Bdy. were taken. The noctuids 
on the whole were disappointing, as sugaring was a complete failure owing to the cold winds 
prevailing at the time of their greatest abundance. In the early part of May, however, cherry- 
blossoms were attractive to a few species, and a long series of Polia crotchti Grote was taken (a_ 
moth new to British Columbia), also a fair series of Vylomiges perlubens Grote. Other noctuids 
taken during the season and worthy of special mention are: Sidemia longula Grt.; Oncocnemis 
ertremis Em.; Spargaloma sexpunctata Grt.; Syneda alleni Grt.; and S. hudsonica G. & R. 
The Geometridwe made a better showing: 153 specimens were captured, comprising thirty-eight 


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PLATE VII. 


NOCTUIDAE NEW TO BRITISH COLUMBIA. 


Catocola faustina race cvrulea Bert. 
Okanagan Landing, B.C. (Munro). 


tpatela tartarea Sim. Bomolocha palparia Walk. 
Cowichan Lake, B.C, (Blackmore), Goldstream, B.C. (Blackmore). 
Scotogramma. trifolii vace albifusa Walk. Polia crotehi Grote. 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). Lillooet, B.C. (Anderson). 
Huroa andera Sm. Bpidemas melanographa Wamp. 


Okanagan Landing, B.C. (Munro). Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 


PLATE VII. 


Gro. 5 Provincial Museum Report. Q 23 


‘species, the following being new to the Museum collection, viz.: Hesperumia sulphuraria form 
baltearia Hulst; Paraphia subatomaria Wood; Sabulodes cervinaria Pack.; and S. forficaria Gn. 
Other desirable species taken were as follows: Wpirrhe alternata Mull.; Xystrota hepaticaria 
Gue.: Acidalia fuscata Hulst; Bapta semiclarata Walk.; Dasyfidonia avuncularia Gue.; Drepanu- 
latric falcataria Pack.: D. pulveraria Hulst: and Spodolepsis substrialaria var. danbyi Hulst. 
Amongst the Microlepidoptera. Pyrausta funebris Strom. and Adela septentrionella Wals. were 
the most noteworthy. The Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera have not, as yet, been worked 
over, but there are many in each order new to the Museum collections. 


OKANAGAN DISTRICT. 


Mr. J. A. Munro collected in the neighbourhood of Okanagan Landing from April 20th until 
September 28th. 

Trips were made to the Nahun Plateau, twenty miles south of Okanagan Landing, where 
some good insects were taken at an altitude of 3,200 feet. In June five days were spent aft 
Shuswap Falls, about thirty miles east of Vernon; the insect fauna here is somewhat different 
from that in the vicinity of Okanagan Landing, and a representative collection of some 200 
insects were taken during the week. The total number of insects taken during the season was 
1.118, comprising: Lepidoptera, 730; Coleoptera, 184; Hymenoptera, 101; Diptera, 45; and 58 
of various other orders. Amongst the butterflies worthy of notice were Parnassius smintheus 
yar. magnus Wright: Papilio bairdii var. oregonia Edw.; Argynnis leto Behr.; A. meadii Edw. ; 
@neis chryrus Db.-Hew.; Nomiades lydgamas var. oro Seud.; Cupido icarioides var. pembina 
Edw.:; Lrynnis comma var. manitoba Seud.: and Pholisora catullus Fab. 

(In the above list V. lydgamas var. oro Seud. is new to British Columbia; it has been 
probably associated with N. lydgamas var. behrii in Mainland collections, the males of these two 
forms bearing a close resemblance to each other. They are in the males differentiated by the 
much paler blue of the upper side of oro; in the females they are more easily separated, oro 
being of a uniform smoky brown with a few blue scales scattered at the base of the wing, while 
behrii is blue with a broad black border. The ground colour of the under side of oro is brown, 
that of behrii a light stone colour; the maculation is practically the same in both forms. Cupido 
icarioides var. pembina is also a new name to the British Columbia list. This insect has been 
masquerading under no less than four different names during the last fifteen years—viz., pheres, 
fulla, phileros, and lycea.) 

The weather conditions were much better during the summer months in the Okanagan 
District than they were west of the Cascade Range; consequently the noctuid moths taken were 
greater, both in number and variety, than those taken in the Lillooet District during the same 
period. In the Catocalwe two species were taken new to British Columbia—a short series of 
Catocala faustina var. caerulea Edw. and a single specimen of C. californica Hy. Edw. A 
beautiful specimen of the rare C. relicta Walk. was also taken at sugar on August 25th. 

Other specimens wortby of record are the following: Caradrina ertimia Walk.; Rhyncha- 
grotis rufipectus Morr.; R. variata Grt.; Abagrotis erratica Sm.; Poresagrotis catenula Grt.; 
Mamestra discalis Gue.; Heliothis scutosus Fabr.; Heliaca nevilis Morr.; and Syneda annera 
Hy. Edw. 

The Geometride were far below the average both in quantity and quality, although two 
species new to the Museum collection were taken—Eudule mendica Walk. and Sabulodes lorata 
Grt. Other desirable species taken were Cosymbia lumenaria Hub.; Acidalia subfuscata Taylor ; 
aud Metanema inatomaria Guen. 

The Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera still await classification and determination. 
Many of them, however, are new to the Museum collections, especially in the order Coleoptera. 


VicrortIA DIstricr. 
The following list of noctuids taken in the vicinity of Victoria during the past season by 
Mr. E. H. Blackmore, of this city, are of more than passing interest, as the first three are new 
to British Columbia, while the others are of rare occurrence: Rhynchagrotis morrisonistigma 
Grt.; Scotogramma trifolit var. ulbifusa Walk.: Bomolocha palparia Walk.; Cerma cuerva 
Barnes; Hadena plutonia Grt.; Epidemas melanographa Hamp.; Polia radix Walk.; Pyrophila 
tragopoginis Linn.: Adelphayrotis apposita Grt.: Buroa costata Grt.: Polia restora Sm.; 
Zosteropoda hirtipes Grt.; Stretchia muricina Grt.; Nylina dilatocula Sm.; Helotropha reni- 


formis Grt.; and Ipimorpha nanaimo Barnes. 


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Q p24. 4 Provincia Musreum Reporr. 1917 


Amongst the Geometridse the same collector took a specimen of Hydriomena furcata var. 
periclata Swett. This is the first record for British Columbia of this insect, its type locality 
being San Francisco, Cal.; also two specimens of Ania limbata Haw., and one specimen of 
Metanema inatomaria Gue. These are the first captures of these two geometers that have been 
recorded for over twelve years from this district. 


ow GEOMETRIDAE NEW TO SCIENCE. 


Through the activities of Mr. E. H. Blackmore, who is still pursuing his studies of the 
British Columbia Geometrid:e, two species and four varieties new to science have been discovered. 
They have been described by Mr. L. W. Swett, the well-known geometrid specialist of West 
Somerville, Mass., the descriptions appearing in the Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLVIII., page 
249 et seq. (July, 1916), and Vol. XLIX., page 64 et seq. (February, 1917), and are here 
illustrated for the first time. (See Plate VIII.) 

They are as follows: Nomenia obsoleta Swett, described from three specimens taken at 
Goldstream and Victoria, B.C., found in the collection of the late Captain R. V. Harvey, and 
one specimen found in the Provincial Museum collection taken at Victoria, and all dated April, 
1908. The latter was made a male paratype and is now in the exhibition collection of the 
Museum; Hydriomena californata ab. niveifascia Swett, described from two specimens—one 
taken at Goldstream and the other at Victoria—found in the collection of the late Captain 
Harvey; Diastictis andersoni Swett, deseribed from three specimens taken by E. M. Anderson 
on his trip to Atlin, B.C., in 1914. A male paratype of this new species is also in the Museum 
exhibition case; Dysstroma mulleolata ab. sobria Swett, described from a single male taken 
by E. H. Blackmore at Victoria in June, 1914; D. mulleolata ab. subumbrata, Swett, described 
from five specimens taken by Mr. Blackmore at Victoria in June and July, 1914-15; and D. 
mulleolata ab. ochrofuscaria Swett, deseribed from specimens taken by Mr. BE. H. Blackmore at 
Victoria, B.C., and by Mr. G. O. Day and Mr. A. W. Hanham, at Dunean, B.C. 

Mr. Blackmore has kindly donated to the Museum collection a female paratype of D. 
mulleolata var. subumbrata Swett, and a typical specimen of D. mullicolata var. ochrofuscaria 
Swett. 


CORRIGENDA AND ADDENDA. 


Owing to a further examination of the types of North American butterflies by that eminent 
lepidopterist, Dr. J. McDunnough, of Deeatur, Il., two of the species figured in the Provincial 
Museum Report for 1915 have been found to he named incorrectly. 

Parnassius smintheus var. nanus Neu. (page 16 and Figs. 2 and 38, Plate VIII.) should be 
corrected to Parnassins smintheus Db.-Hew. (vide.Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Barnes & McDunnough, 
Vol. IIL, No. 2, Dec., 1916). The specimens taken at Atlin in 1914 are identical with the type 
specimens in the British Museum taken by Lord Derby in the Canadian Rockies. The aberration 
nanus Neu. occurs in the male only, and is distinguished by having the two red occelli on the 
secondaries replaced by one black spot. 

Brenthis frigga var. improba Butler (page 16 and Figs. 8 and 9, Plate VIII.) turns out to 
be Brenthis youngi Holland, described from Alaska in 1900. This is another new record for 
3ritish Columbia and was taken at Atlin in 1914. ; 

On page 17 Gneis norna var. taygete Hub. should be changed to G2. taygete Hub., as the. 
latter is a species quite distinct from norma Thun. 

Owing to an oversight on the part of those making the “cut” of Rhachogaster kermodei 
Townsend (Plate X., Fig. 1) the name of the artist was omitted. The drawing was made by 
Mr. C. W. Young. who is attached to the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, and is an excellent 
piece of work. 


PLATE 


VIII. 


GEOMETRID.W. 


Dysstroma mulleolata tWualst. 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Dusstroma mulleolata form ochrofuscaria Swett. 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Hudriomena furcata race pericluta Swett. 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Vomenia obsoleta Swett. 
Goldstream, B.C. (Harvey coll.). 
(New to science.) 


Dusstroma mulleolata form subumbrata Swett. 


Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Alcis sulphuraria form baltearia Wulst. 


Lillooet, B.C. (Anderson). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Hudriomena californiata form niveifascia 
Victoria, B.C. (Harvey coll.). 
(New to science.) 


Diastictis andersoni Swett. 
Atlin, B.C. (Anderson). 
(New to science.) 


Swett. 


PLATE VIII. 


ear ty ES y : 
os Provincia Museum Reporr. - Q 25 


BOTANICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN THE LILLOOET DISTRICT, 1916. 


By F. KerkMope ann I. M. ANDERSON. 
(Identified by J. M. Macoun, Curator of Herbarium, Ottawa.) 


POLY PODIACE®. 


> Aspidium spinulosum (O. F. Miiller) Sw. Mount Melean. 
Pers Cystopteris fragilis (L..) Bernh. Mount MeLean. 
es Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth. Mount McLean. 
Woodsia scopulina D. C. Baton. Lillooet. 


Ss “s LyYcoropiace.®. 
% 
" P Lycopodium complanatum I. Lillooet. 
; PINACEX. 
% Is Juniperus communis TL. Mount Mclean. 
Rr E Pinus contorta Douglas. Mount McLean. 
; eo SELAGINELLACE.. 
— Selaginella 2. Wallacei. Lillooet. 
og GRAMINE®. 
Agropyron tenerum Vasey. Lillooet. 
rm - Bromus sterilis L. Lillooet. 
“— Poa pratensis L. Lillooet. 
= Phleum alpinun Tl. Mount Mclean. 
Koeleria cristata Pers. var. major. Lillooet. 
Calamagrostis purpurasceus R. Rd. Mount McLean. 
ia Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. Lillooet. 
7 JUNCACEE. - 
—— Luzula spicata (L.) D.C. Mount McLean. 
- 


LILIACE.®. 


“Allium stellatum Ker. Lillooet. 

a. Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl. Tillooet. 

Clintonia uniflora (Schult.) Kunth. Mount MeLean. 

g Disporum creganum (S. Wats.) Benth. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
2 Disporum trachycarpum S. Wats. Lillooet. 


y Lilium parvifiorum (Hook.) Holz. Seton Lake. (F.K.) 
Smilacina racemosa (1..) Desf. Seton Lake. (IF. IX.) 
Veratrum viride Ait. Mount McLean. 
Zugadenus venenosus S. Wats. Mount McLean. 


ORCHIDACE.®. 


“ Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes. Lillooet. 

a Crypripedium montanum Dougl. Mount McLean. 
Corallorrhiza multiflora Nutt. (maculata Rat.) 
Habenaria leucostachys. Mount Mclean. 


SALICACE. 


Populus tremuloides Michx. Lillooet. 
Populus trichocarpa T. & G. Lillooet. 
Salix sp. Mount MeLean. 

Salir Bebbiana Sargent. Lillooet. 
Salix Scouleriana. Lillooet. 


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BETULACE.Z. 
Betula alba var. papyrifera (Marsh) Spach. Lillooet. 
SANTALACE®. 
Gomundna pallida A. D.C. Seton Lake. (I. K.) 
TOLYGONACE®. 


Briogonum subalpinum Greene. Mount McLean. 
Oxyria digyna (.) Hill. Mount McLean. 
Polygonum Convolvulus TL. Lillooet. 

Rumexr Acetosella VL. Lillooet. . 


CHENOPODIACE®. 


Chenopodium sp. Lillooet. ; j 
Chenopodium album. Lillooet. 


AMARANTHACE®. 
Amaranthus retroflerus Tl. Willooet. 
CARYOPHYLLACE. 


Arenaria capillaris yar. nardifolia (edeb.) Regel. Mount McLean. 
Arenaria sajanensis Willd. Mount McLean. 

Cerastiun arvense L. var. A. Lillooet. 

Cerastium arvense lL. var. B. T.illooet. 

Cerastium Behringianum C. & SS. Mount McLean. 

Silene acaulis L. Mount McLean. 

Silene Menziesii Hook. Mount McLean. 


PORTULACACE ©. 


Claytonia perfoliata Donn. Seton Lake. (IF. IK.) 
Claytonia lanceolata Pursh. Mount McLean. 


RANUNCULACE®. 


Anemone multifida Poir. Seton Lake. (F.K.) 
Anemone occidentalis S. Wats. Mount McLean. 
Anemone parviflora D.C. Mount McLean. 

Aquilegia formosa Fisch. Seton Lake. (EF. K.) 
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. Lillooet. 

Delphinium bicolor Nutt. Seton Lake. (F. KK.) 
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Lillooet. 
Ranunculus Eschscholizii Schlecht. Mount McLean. 
Trollius larus Salish. Mount McLean. 


BERBERIDACEE. 
Berberis aquifolium Pursh. Lillooet. 
FUMARIACE®. 
Corydalis aurea Willd. Seton Lake. (F. K.)' 
CRUCIFERA. 


Arabis sp. (? addition to fiora of British Columbia). Lillooet. 
Arabis canescens T. & G. Lillooet. 

Arabis Drummondii Gray. Mount Mclean. 

Arabis hirsuta (1.) Seop. Mount McLean. 


Capsella Bursa-pastoris (.) Medic. Lillooet. 

Draba alpina LL. and var. glacialis Dickie. Mount McLean. 

Draba aurea Vahl. Mount Mclean. 

Drabha nemorosa L. Lillooet. 

Draba nivalis Lilj. (fruit wanting; identification not positive). Mount McLean. 
Brysimum parviflorum Nutt. Lillooet. 

Lepidium apetalum Willd. Lillooet. : 
Radicula nasturtium aquaticum (.) Britton. Seton Lake. 

Sisymbrium incisum Engelm. Lillooet. 


CRASSULACE®. 


Sedum divergens S. Wais. Mount McLean. 
Sedum stenopetalum Pursh. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 


SAXIFRAGACE-®. 


Heuchera cylindrica Doug). Lillooet. 
Mitella trifida Graham. Mount McLean. 
Philadelphus Lewisii Pursh. Lillooet. 
Ribes irriguum Dougl. Lillooet. 
Saxifraga bronchialis L. Mount McLean. 
Savifraga cespitosa L. Mount McLean. 
Savifraga occidentalis S. Wats. Mount McLean. 
Sarifraga nivalis L. Lillooet. 

Sacifraga oppositifolia L. Mount McLean. 
Tellima parviflora Hook. Lillooet. 
Tiarella unifoliata Hook. Mount McLean. 


RoSace®. 


Amelanchier florida Lindl. Lillooet. 
Amelanchicr Cusickii Fern. Lillooet. 
Crategus brevispina (Dougl.) Heller. Lillooet. 
Dryas octopetala L. Mount McLean. 

FPragaria cuneifolia Nutt. Mount McLean. 
Fragaria glauca (S. Wats.) Ryal. Lillooet. 2 
Geum triflorwm Pursh. Seton Lake. (PF. K.) 
Potentilla fruticosa L. Mount McLean. 
Potentilla oregana Nutt. Lillooet. 

Potentilla glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb. Lillooet. 
Potentilla glaucophylla Lehn. Mount McLean. 
Potentilla monspeliensis V.. Lillooet. 
Potentilla nivea L. Mount McLean. — 
Potentilla rivalis Nutt. Mount McLean. 
Prunus demissa (Nutt.) Dietr. Lillooet. 
Rosa pisocarpa Gray. Lillooet. 

Rosa sp. Lillooet. 

Rubus parviflorus Nutt. Lillooet. 

Rubus leucodermis Doug). Lillooet. 

Spirea discolor Pursh. Lillooet. 

Spirwa lucida Dougl. Seton Lake. 


LEGU MINOS-E. 


Astragalus tenellus Pursh. Lillooet. (F. IK.) 
Hosackia denticulata S. Wats. Lillooet. 
Lupinus arcticus S. Wats. Lillooet. 

Lipinus Lyatlii Gray. Mount McLean. 

Vicia angustifolia Reich. Lillooet. 

Vicia sativa L. Lillooet. 


— * 


= yr 


28 


ANACARDIACE®. 


Rhus Rydbergii Small. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
Rhus glabra occidentalis Torr. Lillooet. 


ACERACE. 
Acer Douglasii Hook. Lillooet. 
RHAMNACE. 


Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh. Lillooet, 
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. -Lillooet. 


VIOLACE-E. 


Viola adunca Smith. Mount McLean. 
Viola canadensis L. Mount McLean. 
Viela orbiculata Geyer. Mount McLean. 
Viola mistassinica Greene. Lillooet. 


LOASACE®. 
Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl. Lillocet. 
EXLAEAGNACEX. 
Elwagnus argentea Pursh. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
ONAGRACEAS. 


Bpilobium alpinum L. Mount MeLean. 
EBpilobium angustifolium TL. Lillooet. 
Bpilobium paniculatum Nutt. Lillooet. 


ARALIACEX. 
Aralia nudicaulis L. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
U MBELLIFER2. 


Heracleum lanatum Michx. Mount McLean. 
Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt.) C. & R. Lillooet. 
Lomatium triternatum (Nutt.) C. & R. Lillooet. 


CoRNACE. 
Cornus pubescens Nutt. Lillooet. 
ERICACE. 


Cassiope Mertensiana Don. Mount McLean. 
Kalmia glacua Ait. Lillooet. 


~Moneses uniflora (.) Gray. Mount McLean. 


Phyllodoce empetriformis (Sm.) D. Don. Mount McLean. 
Pyrola secunda L. Mount McLean. 

Pyrola chlorantha Hook. Mount McLean. 

Rhododendron albifiorum Hook. Mount McLean. 
Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg. Mount McLean. 


PRIMULACE. 


Androsace occidentalis Pursh. Mount McLean. 
Dodecatheon vulgare (Hook.) Piper. Lillooet. 


GENTIANACE. 


Gentiana acuta Miechx. Mount McLean. 


Provincial MuspumM Report. 


* APOCYNACE2. 
Apocynum androsamifolium l.. Seton Lake. (F. KK.) 


POLEMONIACE. 


Polemonium humile R. & SS. Mount McLean. 
Philo diffusa Benth. TAllooet. 
Gilia gracilis Hook. Lillooet. 


TiyproPHYLLACE. 


Phacelia lencophyhila Torr. Lillooet. 
Phacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr. Lillooet. 
Phacelia sericea (Graham) A. Gray. Mount McLean. 


BORAGINACE.E. 


Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm. Lillooet. 
Lappula hispida (A. Gray) Greene. Lillooet. (F. K.) 


Lappula Redowskii (Hornem.) Greene, var. occidentalis (Wats.) Rydb. 


Lithospermum angustifolium Michx. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
Lithospermun pilosum Nutt. Seton Lake. 
Myosotis alpestris Schmidt. Mount McLean. 


‘LaBIATR. 
Nepeta cataria L. Lillooet. 


ScCROPH ULARIACEA. 


Castilleja angustifolia Nutt., var Bradburii Fernald. Lillooet. 
Castilleja miniata Doug]. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 

Castilleja Suksdorfii Gray. Mount McLean. 

Collinsia grandifiora var. pusilla Gray. Lillooet. 

Pentstemon diffusus Doug]. Mount McLean. 

Pentstemon procerus Dougl. Mount McLean. 

Pentstemo: Scouleri Dougl. Mount McLean. 

Pedicularis bracteosa Benth. Mount McLean. ~ 

Pedicularis Langsdorfii. Mount McLean. S 
Veronica alpina L. Mount McLean. 


RUBIACE. 
Galium aparine L. Lillooet. 
PLATAGINACE.&. 
Plantago Purshii R. & S. Lillooet. 
CAPRIFOLIACE.. 


Lonicera ciliosa Poir. Seton Lake. (PF. K.) 
Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Lillooet. 


VALERIA NACE. 
Valeriana sitchensis Bong. Mount MeLean. 


COMPOSIT.2®. 


Achillea Millefolium L. Seton Lake. (F.K.) 
Agoseris glauca (Pursh.) Steud. Mount McLean, 
Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene. Mount MeLean. 
Antennaria Howellii Greene. Lillooet. 

Antennaria rosea Greene. Mount McLean. 
Antennaria nulvinata Greene. Mount McLean, 


Lillooet. 


Q 30 


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Antennaria racemosa Greene. Lillooet. 
Aplopappus Lyalli Gray. Mount McLean. 
Arnita cordifolia Hook. Lillooet. 

Arnica latifolia Bong. Mount McLean. 
Artemisia frigida Willd. Seton Lake. (F. 5K.) 
Artemisia discolor Dougl. Lillooet. 

Artemisia racemosa. Mount McLean. 
Balsamorhiza sagittata Nutt. Seton Lake. (F.K.) 
Carduus undulatus Nutt. Lillooet. 

Chrysopsis villosa Nutt. Lillooet. 

Crepis intermedia Gray. Seton Lake. (F. K.) 
Brigeron callianthemus Greene. Mount McLean. 
Drigeron compositus Pursh. Mount Mclean. 
Brigeron fitifolius. Lillooet. 

Brigeron speciosus DC. Lillooet. 

Gaillardia aristata Pursh. Lillooet. 

Hieracium albifiorum Hook. Lillooet. 

Solidago corymbosa Nutt. Mount McLean. 
Senecio exaltatus Nutt. Mount McLean. 
Senecio Fremontii T. & G. Mount McLean. 


PLANTS COLLECTED IN HENDERSON LAKE DISTRICT, 1916. 


By W. A. Newcomer. 
POLYPODIACE®. 


Phegopteris polypodioides Fee. 

PINACE.E. 
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 

LILIACcE.®. 
Tofieldia intermedia Rydb. 
Brythronium revolutum Smith. 
Fritillaria lanceelata Pursh. 
Disporum oreganum (Wats.) B.& Ti. 


ORCHIDACE.E. 
Habenaria stricta Lindl. 
RANUNCULACE®. 
Ranunculus Bongardi Greene. 
Trautvetteria grandis Nutt 
Anemone Lyallii Britt. 
Coptis asplenifolia Salisb. 
Aquilegia formosa Fischer. 
CRUCIFERE. 
Arabis sp. 
SAXIFRAGACEE. 
Boykinia occidentalis T. & G. 
Tiarella trifoliata L. 
Tellima grandiflora Dougl. 
Tolmiea Menziesii (Pursh) T. & G. 


ROSAce®. 
Pyrus sitchensis (Roem.) Viper. 
Sanguisorba latifolia (Hook.) Coville. 
Geum macrophyllum Willd. 
Rosa sp. 
HYPERICACE. 
Hypericum Scouleri Hook. 


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VIOLACE.E. 
Viola sp. 
‘ ONAGRACE. 
Epilobium sp. 

-U MBELLIFER.S. 


Lomatium Martindale’ var. angustatum C. & R. 


CORNACE. 
Cornus canadensis L. 
ERICACE. 
Menziesia ferruginea Smith. 
GENTIANACE.E. 


Gentiana sceptrum Griseb. Uchucklesit Harbour. 
Menyanthes erista-galli Menz. 
POLEMONIACE.E. 
Philos diffusa Doug. 
HyprorpHYLLAce.®. 


Romanzofiia sitchensis Bong. 


af ScROPHULARIACE.Z. 


Pentstemon Menziesii Hook. 
Pentstemon diffusus Doug. 
Castilleja miniata Doug. 
Mimulus Lewisii Pursh. 
’ RusBIace®. 
Galium cymosum Wiegand. 
V ALERIANACE.E. 


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Valeriana sitchensis Bong., var. Scouleri (Rydb.) Piper. 


CoMPposir-x. 
Brigeron sp. 
Brigeron sp. 
Briophyllum lanatum (Pursh) Forbes. 
Achillea Millefolium 1. 
Petasites speciosa (Nutt.) Piper. 
Arnica sp. 
Luina hypoleuca Benth. 
Nabalus alatus Hook. 


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PLANTS COLLECTED IN CRANBROOK DISTRICT. 
By C. B. Garrett. 
(Identified by J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Curator of Herbarium, Geological Survey, Ottawa.) 
POLYPODIACE 4. 


Phegopteris Dryopteris (1..) Fée. St. Mary's Lake. 

Pteris aquilina 1... var. lanuginosa Bong. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Asplenium cyclosorum Rupr. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Woodsia scopulina D. C. Eaton. Whitefoot Creek. 


CYPERACE. 
Carer Richardsonii R. Br. Cran'rook. 
Carex tenella Schk. Cranbrook. 

JUNCACES. 


Luzula glabrata Desy. Whitefoot Creek. 


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LILiAcez. 


Zygadenus Chloranthus Rich. Cranbrook. 

Zygadenus venenosus Wats. Cranbrook. 

Allium cernuum Roth. Cranbrook. 

Lilium parviflorwm (Hook.) Holtz. St. Mary's Lake and Whitefoot Creek. 
Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. Cranbrook. 

Brythronium grandifiorum Pursh, var. parviflorum Wats. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Calochortus elegans Pursh. St. Mary's Lake. 

Calochortus macrocarpus Dougl. Cranbrook. 

Clintonia uniflora Kunth. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf. Cranbrook. 

Disporum trachycarpum B. & AH. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Smilacina amplexricaulis Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 


TRIDACE. 
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller. Cranbrook. 
ORCHIDACE. 


Habenaria elegans Boland. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Habenaria dilatata Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Spiranthes Romanzofiana Cham. Cranbrook. 
Calypso bulbosa (.) Oakes. Whitefoot Creek. 


BETULACE. 
Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 


SANTALACE2. 


Comandra pallida A. DC. Cranbrook. 


VPOLYGONACEX. 


Briogonum umbellatum Torr. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Polygonum amphibium L. Cranbrook. 


CARYOPHYLLACE®. 


Arenaria laterifiora L. Cranbrook. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Cranbrook. 
Stellaria graminea lL. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Stellaria longifolia Muhl. Cranbrook. 
Cerastium arvense L. Cranbrook. 
Cerastium viscosum L. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Silene Menziesii Hook. Cranbrook. 


PORTULACE. 


Claytonia lanceolata Pursh. Whitefoot Creek. 
Lewisia rediviva Pursh. Cranbrook. 


RANUNCULACEX. 


Ranunculus Flammula L., vay. reptans (L.) Meyer. Cranbrook. 
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Cranbrook. 

Ranunculus Macounii Britt. Glabrate. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Ranunculus Eschscholtzii Schlecht. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Anemone patens V.., var. Wolfgangiana (Bess.) Koch. Cranbrook. 
Anemone nultifida Poir. Cranbrook. 

Anemone occidentalis Freyn. St. Mary's Lake. 

Clematis columbiana Hornem. Cranbrook. 

Trollius larus Salish. St. Mary’s Lake. 


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Delphinium columbianum Greene. Cranbrook. 
Actaca arguta Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 


BERBERIDACE-E. 
Berberis aquifolium Pursh. Cranbrook. 


FUMARIACE. 
Corydalis aurea Willd. St. Mary’s Lake. 


CRUCIFER®. 


Alyssum calycinum L. Cranbrook. 

Lesquerella Douglasii Wats. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Thlaspi arvense L, (introduced). Cranbrook. 

Capsella Bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. Cranbrook. 

Sisymbrium incisum Engelm. Cranbrook. 

Sisymbrium incisum Engelm., var. Hartwegianum (Fourn) Wats. Cranbrook. 
Brysimum asperum DC. Cranbrook. 

Brysimum parviflorum Nutt. Cranbrook. 

Cardamine pennsylvanica Muhl. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. Whitefoot Creek. 


CRASSULACE. 


Sedum stenopetalum Prush. St. Mary’s Lake. 
SAXIFRAGACEE. 


Savifraga occidentalis Wats. Cranbrook. 
Savifraga bronchialis L. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Mitella pentandra Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Mitella trifida Graham. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Heuchera glabella T. & G. Cranbrook. 
Tellima tenella (Nutt.) Walp. Cranbrook. 
Ribes viscosissinum Pursh. Whitefoot Creek. 


RosaceEx®. 


Spiraea lucida Dougl. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Pyrus sitchensis (Roem.) Piper. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Fragaria platypetala Rydb. Cranbrook. 
Potentilla monspeliensis L. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Potentilla fruticosa L. Cranbrook. 
Potentilla anserina L. Cranbrook. 

Geum strictum Ait. Cranbrook. 

Rubus pedatus Smith. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Rubus pubescens Raf. Cranbrook. 

Rosa sp. Cranbrook. 

Prunus demissa Walp. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Purshia tridentata DC. Mission. 


LEGUMINOS. 


Lupinus argenteus Pursh. Cranbrook. 

Trifolium repens L. St. Mary's Lake. 

Trifolium hybridum L. (introduced). .St. Mary's Lake. 
Astragalus campestris Gray. Cranbrook. 

Astragalus spicatus Nutt. Cranbrook. 

Oxrytropis monticola Gray. Cranbrook. 

Vicia americana Muhl. Cranbrook. 

Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. Cranbrook. 


Aquilegia formosa Fisch., var. flavescens (Wats.) Frye & Rigg. St. Mary’s Lake. 


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GERANIACEX. 
Geranium viscosissimum F. & M. St. Mary’s Lake. 
ACERACEZ. 
Acer Douglasii Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 
RHAMNACE. 
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. St. Mary’s Lake. 
HYPERICACE. 
Hypericum Scouleri Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 


VIOLACEE. 
Viola sp.? Cranbrook. 
Viola adunca Smith, var. Cranbrook. 
Viola nephrophylla Greene. Cranbrook. 
Viola orbiculata Geyer. Whitefoot Creek. 
Viola glabella Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Viola canadensis L. St. Mary’s Lake. 


ONAGRACEAE. 
@nothera muricata L. Cranbrook. 
ARALIACEZ. 
Aralia nudicaulis L. Cranbrook. 
UMBELLIFER2. 


Lomatium triternatum (Nutt.) Cranbrook. 
Leptotaenia multifida Nutt. Whitefoot Creek. 


CoRNACE. 
Cornus stolonifera Michx. Cranbrook. 
Cornus canadensis Ll. St. Mary’s Lake. 

ERICACE. 


Moneses uniflora (.) Gray. Cranbrook. 
Pyrola secunda L. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Pyrola bracteata Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 


Phyllodoce empetriformis (Sm.) D. Don. Whitefoot Creek. 


Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Cranbrook. 
PRIMULACE. 
Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene (?). Cranbrook. 


GENTIANACE2E. 


Gentiana Amarella L., var. acuta (Michx.) Herder. Cranbrook. 


Gentiana affinis Griesb. Cranbrook. 
Menyanthes trifoliata L. Cranbrook. 
POLEMONIACE. 
Phlox diffusa Benth. Cranbrook. 
Gilia linearis (Nutt.) Gray. St. Mary’s Lake. 
HyDROPHYLLACEA. 


Phacelia Menziesii Torr. (R. Br.). Cranbrook. 


Phacelia leucophylla Torr. St. Mary’s Lake. 


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Lappula occidentalis (Wats.) Rydb. Cranbrook. 
Lappula diffusa (Lehm.) Greene. Whitefoot Creek. 
Mertensia oblongifolia Don. Mission. 
Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. Cranbrook. 


LABIATAE. 


Scutellaria galericulata LL. Cranbrook. 
Prunella vulgaris L. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Stachys scopulorum Greene. Cranbrook. 
Monarda mollis L. Cranbrook. 

Mentha canadensis L. Cranbrook. 


ScrRoPH ULARIACE. 


Collinsia parviflora Lindl. Cranbrook. 

Pentstemon sp. Cranbrook. 

Pentstemon confertus Doug]. Cranbrook. 

Pentstemon scopulorum Piper. St. Mary’s Lake, = 
Pentstemon Scouleri Dougl. Cranbrook. 

Mimulus nasutus Greene. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Veronica americana Schwein. Cranbrook. 

Veronica alpina L. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Veronica humifusa Dickson. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Castilleja angustifolia Don., var. Bradburii Fernald. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Orthocarpus tenuifolius Benth. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Pedicularis racemosa Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 


LENTIBUARIACE. 
Utricularia vulgaris L. Cranbrook. 


RUBIACE2. 
Galium boreale lL. Cranbrook. 
Galium trifidum I., var. St. Mary’s Lake. 


CAPRIFOLIACEA:. 


Lonicera involucrata (Richards.) Banks. Cranbrook. 

Linnea borealis 1.., var. americana (Forbes) Rehder. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Sambucus melanocarpa Gray. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Sambucus racemosa L. St. Mary’s Lake. 


CAMPANULACE®. 


Campanula rotundifolia L. Cranbrook. 


Composit. 


Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Chrysopsis hirsuta Nutt. Cranbrook. 

Solidago decumbens Greene. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Brigeron acris . St. Mary's Lake. 

Brigeron acris i. (a form of). Cranbrook. 
Brigeron corymbosus Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake. 


_ Brigeron hispidissimus (Hook.) Piper. Cranbrook, 


Brigeron salsuginosus (Rich.) A. Gray. St. Mary’s Lake. 
Brigeron speciosus DC. St. Mary's Lake. 

Aster multiforus Ait. Cranbrook. 

Aster stenomeres Gray. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Antennaria racemosa Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 


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Antennaria rosea Greene. Cranbrook. 

Antennaria anaphaloides Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Antennaria Howellii Greene (small leaves form). Cranbrook. 
Anaphalis margaritacee (.) B. & H. Cranbrook. 
Balsamorhiza sagittata Nutt. Cranbrook. 

Gaillardia aristata Pursh. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Achillea lanulosa Nutt. Cranbrook, 

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. Cranbrook. 

Arnica gracilis Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Arnica cordifolia Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Arnica fulgens Pursh. Cranbrook. 

Arnica grandifolia Greene. Cranbrook. 

Senecio triangularis Hook. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Senecio pseudaureus Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Senecio canus Hook. (unusual form with dentate leaves). Cranbrook. 
Hieracium albiflorum Hook. Whitefoot Creek. 

Hieracium sp. Cranbrook. 

Crepis intermedia Gray. St. Mary’s Lake. 

Crepis gracilis (D. C. Katon) Rydb. Cranbrook. 


PLANTS COLLECTED IN OKANAGAN DISTRICT, 1915. 


By J. A. Muwnro. 
POLYPODIACE. 


Asplenium Filir-femina (L.) Bernh. 
Polypodium vulgare WL. 
LILIACcEA. 

Zygadenus venenosus S. Watts. 
Allium cernuum Roth. 
Lilium parviflorum (Hook.) Holz. 
Fritillaria lanceolata Pursh. 
Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. 
Calochortus macrocarpus Doug]. 
Clintonia uniflora Kunth. 
Smilacina stellata (.) Desf. 
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt. 

ORCHIDACE®. 
Cypripedium montanum Doug. 
Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. 
Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Gray. 
Habenaria unalaschensis (Spreng.) Wats. 
Habenaria obtusata (Pursh) Richards. 
Habenaria elegans Lindl. 
Epipactis decipiens (Hook.) Ames. 
Listera convallarioides Torr. 
Corallorrhiza multifiora Nutt. 
Calypso bulbosa (.) Oakes. 

SANTALACEE. 
Comandra pallida A. DC. 

POLYGONACE, 
Polygonum acre A. B. K., var. leptostachyum Meisn. 
Polygonum lapathifolium L. 
Briogonum angustifolium Nutt. 


CARYOPHYLLACE®. 


Agrostemma Githago L. (introduced). 


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RANUNCULACEE. 


Clematis columbiana (Nutt.) T. & G. 
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook, 
Delphinium sp. 
Actaea arguta Nutt. 

SAXIFRAGACE. 
Tellima parviflora Hook. 

Rosace®. 

Spirewa lucida Dougl. 
Spirea discolor Maxim. 
Potentilla anserina 1. 
Potentilla monspeliensis L. 
Geum triflorum Pursh. 

LEGUMINOS®. 
Astralagus campestris Gray. 
Vicia americana Mubl. 
Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. 

GERANIACEA. 


Brodium cieutariwm (L.) L’Herit. 


MALYACE&. 
Spheralcea acerifolia Nutt. 
HyPerrIcace&. 
Hypericum Scouleri Hook. 
VIOLACE. 


Viola adunca Smith. 
Viola canadensis L. 

ONAGRACE, 
EBpilobium angustifolium L. 
Bpilobium adenocaulon Haussk. 

PRICACER. 

Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi L. 

PRIMULACE. 


Dodecatheon Meadia L., var. pauciflorum Durand. 
Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf. 


TiyDROPHYLLACE®. 


Phacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr. 


ScRoPH ULARIACE 
Pentstemon Scouleri Lindl. 


OROBANCH ACE. 
Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. : 
Orobanche uniflora L. 

PLANTAGINACE. 
Plantago Purshii R. & 8S. 

RuUBIACKA. 

Galium boreale L. 

CAPRIFOLIACE. 


Linnea borealis L., var. americana Forbes. 
Lonicera involucrata (Richards) Banks. 


VALERIANACE.E. 


Valerianella macrocera T. & G. 


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CAMPANULACE. 
Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. DC. 


CoMPOSIT. ~ 


Chrysopsis hispida (Hook.) Nutt. 
Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. 
Solidago ellngata Nutt. 

EBrigeron macranthus Nutt. 
EBrigeron corymbosus Nutt. 
Brigeron philadelphicus L. 
Antennaria rosea Greene. 
Gaillardia aristata Pursh. 
Arnica cordifolia Hook. 

Agoseris aurantiaca Hook. 
Hieracium columbianum Rydb. 
Sonchus arvensis L. 

Crepis intermedia A. Gray. 


PLANTS COLLECTED IN CHILCOTIN DISTRICT, 1915. 


By W. A. NEWCOMBE. 
(Identified by J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Curator of Herbarium, Geological Survey, Ottawa.) 


POLYPODIACEE. 


Cheilanthes Feei Moore. 

Cheilanthes gracillima D. C. Baton. 

Pellea occidentalis (Nels.) Rydb. Alexis Creek. 
Cryptogrammea acrostichoides R. Br. Hell’s Gate, Fraser River. 
Crystopteris fragilis (.) Bernh. 

Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. 

Woodsia oregana D. C. Eaton. Hell’s Gate, Fraser River. 
Woodsia scopulina D. C. Eaton. 


OPHIOGLOSSACE®. 
Botrychium Lunaria L. 
PINACES. 
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 
Juniperus communis .., var. sibirica (Burgsd.) Rydb. 


NATADACE. 

Triglochin palustris L. , 
GRAMINE. 

Phragmites communis Trin. 

CYPERACE®. 
Bleocharis palustris (L.) R. & G. 
Carex sp.? 
Carex vesicaria L. 

LILIACE. 


Zygadenus venenosus S. Wats. 
Allium cernuwm Roth. 
Lilium parviflorwn (Hook.) Holtz. 
Fritillaria pudica (Ph.) Spreng. 
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt. 
TRIDACE. 


Sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller. 


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OrCHIDACES. 


Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. 
Orchis rotundifolia Banks. 
Habenaria obtusata (Ph.) Richards. 
Habenaria dilatata (Ph.) Gray. 


SALICACE. 
Salix ? myrtilloides L. ” 
Salir melanopsis Nutt. 
Salix sp. 
Populus tremuloides Michx. 
Populus trichocarpa T. & G. 
BrrUuLace&. 
Betula glandulosa Michx. 
Alnus sp. 
SANTALACES. 
Comandra pallida A. DC. 
POLYGONACE. 
Briogonum heracloides Nutt. 
CHENOPODIACE. 


Chenopodium capitatum (l.) Ascher. 


CARYOPHYLLACE. 
Stellaria longipes Goldie. 
Cerastium arvense L. 
Cerastium ? nutans Raf. 
Silene Menziesii Hook. 
RANUNCULACE. 


Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. 
Ranunculus delphinifolius Torr. 
Ranunculus seeleratus L. 
Ranunculus Macounii Britt. 
Ranunculus pedatifidus Smith. 
Ranunculus abortivus L. 
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. 
Thalictrum occidentale A. Gray. 
Anemone multifida Poir. 
Aquilegia brevistyla Hook. 
Delphinium bicolor Nutt. 
Actea arguta Torr. 


FUMARIACE2. 
Corydalis aurea Willd. 
CURCIFER®. 


Draba nemorosa B., var. leiocarpa Lindbl. 
Sisymbrium incisum Engeln. 
Brysimum cheiranthoides L. 
Cardamine probably pennsylwanica Muhl. 
Arabis brachycarpa (T. & G.) Britt. 
Arabis lyrata L., var. occidentalis S. Wats. 
Arabis hirsuta Scop. 

CRASSULACE. 


Sedum stenopetalum Pursh. 
SAXIFRAGACEZ. 


Heuchera columbiana Rydb. 
Chrysosplenium alternifolium 1. 


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Parnassia palustris L. 

Ribes hudsonianum Richardson. 

Ribes oryacanthoides L. 
ROSACcEx. 

Spirea lucida Dougl. 

Amelanchier florida Lindl. 

Fragaria chiloensis (.) Duch. 

Potentilla gracilis Doug}. 

Potentilla glandulosa Lindl. 

Potentilla anserina lL. 

Potentilla anserina I., var. concolor Ser. 

Potentilla pennsylwanica lL. 

Potentilla strigosa Pursh. 

Geum rivale L. 

Geum strictum Ait. 

Geum triflorum Pursh. 

Rubus strigosus Michx. 

Rubus triflorus Richards. 

Rubus arcticus L. 

Rosa acicularis Lindl. 

Prunus demissa Nutt. 


LEGUMINOS&. 
Astragalus alpinus L. 
Astragalus campestris Gray. 
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. 
Vicia americana Muhl. 
Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. 
Astragalus hypoglottis L. 
LINACES. 
Linum Lewisii Pursh. 
GERANIACEE. 
Geranium erianthum DC, 
VIOLACEE. 


Viola adunca Smith. 
Viola blanda Willd. 
Viola canadensis I. 
Viola cognata Greene. 
DHLAAGNACEA. 
Bleagnus argentea Pursh. 
Shepherdia canadensis (1.) Nutt. 


ONAGRACBE. 
Epilobium angustifolium WL. 


UMBELLIFERE. 
Cicuta ? vagans Greene. 
Heracleum lanatwm Michx. 
CorN ACEZ. 
Cornus stolonifera Michx. 
ERICACE®. 


Pyrola uliginosa Torr. 
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi (.) Spreng. 


PRIMULACEZ. 


Androsace saptentrionalis I. 
Lysimachia thyrsifiora L. 


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APOCYNACEAS. 
Apocynum androsemifolium L. 
POLEMONIACE. 
Gilia linearis (Nutt.) Gray. 
Polemonium elegans Greene. 
HypDROPH YLLACE2. 


Phacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr. 


BoraGInace. 


Lappula Redowskii (Hornem.) Greene, var. occidentalis (Wats.) Rydb. 


Lithospermum angustifolium Michx. 
Lithospermum ruderale Doug. 


LABIAT. 
Mentha arvensis L. 
; ScroPHULARIACE®. 


Pentstemon Scouleri Lindl. 

Pentstemon procerus Doug. 

Mimulus Langsdorfii Donn. 

Mimulus peduncularis Dougl. 

Veronica americana Schwein. 
Castilleja angustifolia (Nutt.) G. Don. 
Castilleja miniata Doug]. 

Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. 


OROBANCHACE.®. 
Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. 
RUBIACE. 
Galium boreale L. ; 
CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 


Lonicera involucrata (Richard.) Banks. 
Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. 
Linnea borealis L. 

Viburnum paucifiorum Pylaie. 


VALERTANACEE. 


Valeriana sitchensis Bong. 
ComPosiT&®. 


Chrysopsis hispida (Hook. ). Nutt. 
Aster multifiorus Ait. 

EBrigeron flagellaris A. Gray. 
Brigeron philadelphicus L. 
Brigeron speciosus DC. 

Brigeron compositus Pursh. 
Antennaria lanata (Hook.) Greene. 
Antennaria rosea Greene. 
Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. 
Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 
Gaillardia aristata Pursh. 

Achillea Millefolium L. 

Artenisia discolor Dougl. 

Petasites speciosa (Nutt.) Piper. 
Arnica alpina (l.) Ol. & Tad. 
Arnica cordifolia Hook. 


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Senecio canus Hook. 

Senecio cumbalarioides Nutt. 
Senecio mutabilis Greene. 
Cichorium Intybus L. 

Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Steud. 
Crepis occidentalis Nutt. 


PAL-HONTOLOGY. 


A noteworthy addition to the small collection of Tertiary fossils in the Provincial Museum 
was acquired in October, 1916. This consists of a fossil tooth of the rare Desmostylus, an 
extinet race of the mammalian group of sirenians, to which the living dugong and the recently 
extinct Steller’s sea-cow belong. 

The tooth referred to was found by Miss M. Egerton, of Victoria, in the fossiliferous sand- 
stone cliff near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, in the summer of 1916, and was forwarded by 
R. E. Gosnell, at the suggestion of the Director, to Lawrence M. Lambe, Dominion Vertebrate 
Paleontologist, Ottawa, for determination. Mr. Lambe’s reply included the following statement :— 

“The tooth from Otter Point, in the Sooke District, Vancouver Island, belongs to the sirenian 
species, Desmostylus hesperus Marsh, of Pliocene (? Miocene) age. This tooth is of particular 
interest as it is the first one of this kind found to our certain knowledge in Canada. Last year 
Dr. Newcombe, of Victoria, B.C., presented to this Department a large, perfect, unworn tooth 
which he obtained from a curio-dealer, and was supposed to be from Alaska. Miss Egerton’s 
specimen was happily secured in situ, and possibly a further search at the locality may reveal 
other remains of the species. It appears to be the first right upper molar; Dr. Newcombe’s 
being the second left molar. It is probable that the beds from which the specimen comes are 
of Miocene age, but the genus may have ranged up into the Pliocene. Remains of Desmostylus 
have been found in Japan, California, and Oregon. The genus is closely related to the existing 
Manatus of Florida and the recently extinct Rhytina (Steller’s sea-cow) of the North Pacific. 
The specimen has been broken off at the top of the roots, which have remained in the rock, and 
may possibly still be recovered to make it complete if a visit is made to the locality and care is 
exercised in their removal.” 

As several finds of Desmostylus had been reported from California, from which State the 
first specimen had been described, it was thought advisable to write to the well-known geologists, 
Dr. Merriam and Dr. Ralph Arnold, for further information. The former had already taken 
much interest in the Sooke formations and had published preliminary descriptions of fossils 
found in them in 1897 and 1899. In the years 1906 and 1911 he had also published notes on the 
genus Desmostylus, with special reference to the remains found on the Pacific Coasts of America 
and Japan. Dr. Arnold, it was known, had devoted a great deal of time to the Tertiary faunas 
of the Pacific Coast, and had in view a publication which might continue the work so well 
commenced by his report on the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Dr. 
Arnold had also sent field parties to our Coast, who had made large collections of fossils at and 
near Sooke. 

Permission was readily given to make use of such conclusions as had been arrived at by 
the above geologists with regard to the age of the formation from which our Desmostylus tooth 
came. 

Quoting from a letter received from Mr. B. L. Clark, of the University of California, who 
is now examining and describing the Tertiary fossils of this Coast in collaboration with Drs. 
Merriam and Arnold, the following statements are of interest :— 

“ After studying the fauna from the Sooke beds and that from the Carmanah Point beds, 
my conclusion is that they belong to the same period of deposition and, very probably, to the 
same faunal horizon. A number of species common to the beds of the two localities are distinc- 
tive forms, such as, I believe, may be taken as good horizon markers. Some of these species 
are Agasoma acuminatum, Bullia buccinoides, Hudolium petrosu, Molopophorus Newcombei, 
Macrocallista vancouverensis, and Chione ? n. sp. 

This fauna, from both localities, apparently belongs to the same horizon as that found in 
the Restoration Point beds near Seattle. ‘These were referred to the Seattle formation by 
Arnold and Hannibal, and to his Blakely horizon by Weaver, the fauna of which he designates 
as that of the Acila geitysburgensis zone. 


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Coal Creek, Sooke, B.C. 


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“The question as to the exact position of the Acila gettysburgensis zone is debatable. 

Professor Weaver places it as the uppermost faunal zone of the Oligocene. 

“My study of the Oligocene fauna of middle California, together with that of Oregon and 

Washington, appears to me to show that the faunas of the different horizons of the Oligocene 

of Oregon and Washington, as recognized by Arnold and Haunibal, and by Weaver, are very 

closely related. Much more work, however, must be done before the sequence and relative 

importance of the different faunal zones can be established for a certainty.” 

Plate IX., Fig. 1. View of fossiliferous sandstone cliff near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke. 

The low Tertiary cliff is covered by heavy glacial deposits with heavy growth of timber. Erosion 

is going on with great rapidity, leaving ice-worn boulders on nearly level rocky beach, which 

extends far out to sea at low water. 

Plate IX., Figs. II. and III. Tooth of Deeniestiin believed to be of, the species hesperus 

of Marsh. The tooth is formed of several cylindrical pillars, each consisting of a thick layer 

of enamel enclosing a small body of dentine. The grinding surface shows a circular depression 

at the end of each of the principal pillars, the lip of which is formed by enamel, and the central 

pit is excavated by wear into the softer dentine. 

Until this tooth was found the Desmostylus was only known to occur in America in Oregon 

and California; outside of America it has also been found in Japan. 

A. Side view of tooth showing pillars. 

B. Grinding surface, showing circular pits. Height, 22 mm.; length, 35 mm.; width, 
24 mm. 


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16, No. 12—Notes on the Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) of the California 
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16, No. 14—The Feeding Habits and Food of Pelagic Copepods and the Question 
of Nutrition by Organic Substances in Solution in the Water. Calvin O. Esterly. 
16, No. 15—The Kinetonucleus of Flagettates and the Binuclear Theory of Hart- 
mann. Olive Swezy. 

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17, Nos. 1, 2—1. Diagnoses of Seven New Mammals from Fast-Central California. 
Jos. Grinnell and Tracy I. Storer. 2. A New Bat of the Genus Myotis from the 
High Sierra Nevada of California. Hilda Wood Grinnell. 

17, No. 8—Spelerpes platyecephalus, a New Alpine Salamander from the Yosemite 
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3-171. Summary Report of the Geoelogical Survey, Department of Mines, 1915. 

3-172. Museum Bulletin No. 22, Geol. Series 31—The Age of Killarney Granite. W. H. 
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16-158. Bull. 282—Corn Experiments. 

16-159. Bull. 288—Swine. 

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58-7. Zoological, Vol. I1., Nos. 3, 4—Birds of Para, Brazil. 


Bull. 287—Ohio Weather for 1914. 

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Bull. 289—Dairy Heifers. 

Bull. 290—Apples. 

Bull. 295—Mineral Metabolism of the Milch Cow. 
Bull. 299—lodine Contents of Foods. 


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FOR THE YEAR 1917 


THE GOVERNMENT OF 
THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 


PRINTED BY 
AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 


VICTORIA, B.C.: 
Printed by Wittiam H. Currin, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 
1918. 


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To His Honour Sir Frank StivuMan Barnarp, K.C.M.G., 
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. 


May rr pease Your Honovr: 


The undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Provincial 
Museum of Natural History for the year 1917. 


J. D. MacLEAN, 
me; oS Provincial Secretary. 
Provincial Secretary’s Office, Victoria, 


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a March 7th, 1918. 


ProvinciaL Museum or Naruran Hisrory, 
Vicroria, B.C., March 7th, 1918. 


The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., 


Provincial Secretary , Victoria, B.C. - 


Sir,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natur: 1 
History, to lay before you the Report for the year ending December 31st, Agt 


covering the activities of the Museum. 


I have the honour to be, 
TS enigsann 
Your obedient servant, 
FRANCIS KERMODE, 


Director. — 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT 


FOR THE YEAR 1917. 


Since the last Annual Report of the Provincial Museum it has been found that it was still 
necessary that the strictest economy must be exercised in the maintenance of public institutions, 
expending moneys only where it was absolutely necessary, and still keep up to the objects of 
the “ Provincial Museum Act,” viz. :— 
(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province: 
(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province: 
(c.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Province, and to increase and diffuse knowledge regarding 
the same. 

Although quite a large number of specimens haye been added to the collection during the 
year, little actual field-work was undertaken, as at the usual time to start field-work it was 
not possible to secure the desired assistants. 

However, Dr. C. F. Newcombe, who has always been only too willing to assist in building 
up the collections of the Provincial Museum, offered his services voluntarily, and accompanied 
the Director on a trip to the Bella Coola District in the month of June. 

While in Bella Coola special efforts were made to collect the flora of the district, as this 
was particularly needed in mapping out the distribution of the different species of plants in 
this Province. Quite a large representative collection was secured and prepared, of which 
special mention is made in the botanical report. A number of plants were also collected at 
Ocean Falls while waiting there for a steamer to Victoria. J 

Advantage was also taken of the information conveyed to the Director by Mr. W. H. 
Gibson, the missionary at Bella Coola, that he thought it would be possible to secure a number 
of old ceremonial masks, which had been in possession of the tribe for a great number of years, 
from an old Indian chief, “ Captain Schooner.” 

Dr. Newcombe and the Director paid several visits to the old reserve to see the old chief, 
and after using a great deal of diplomacy and secrecy (which is necessary when dealing with 
Indians in such matters, especially with chiefs), these ceremonial masks were secured with 
their stories and legends. 

In the month of April the Department was fortunate in purchasing from Lieutenant F. C. 
Swannell, B.C.L.S., of Victoria, a collection of Indian relics from the Northern Interior of the 
Province, from which locality the Museum had very little material; these specimens belonged 
to a number of tribes, which, like others, are fast disappearing. Lieutenant Swannell had 
collected these specimens several years ago while out with survey parties in the northern 
_ portions of the Province. 

Two very valuable collections of anthropological material were donated to the Museum, one 
by Mrs. Gertrude A. Croucher, Yale, B.C., in memory of her much respected husband, the late 
Rey. Charles Croucher. This collection, numbering 158 specimens, was collected by Rey. Mr. 
Croucher many years ago, and has been much coveted by a number of the museums of America; 
but the late reverend gentleman was loyal to this Province, and would not allow his collection 
to go out of British Columbia, and always said that at his death the specimens were to be 
donated to the Provincial Museum at Victoria, so that they would be accessible to students in 
the study of the life-history of the aboriginal races of this North-west Coast of America. 

The other anthropological collection, numbering eight specimens, was donated by Mrs. 
Blanche Dewdney, in memory of her late husband, the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, P.C., 
ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the North-west Territory and ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the Province 
of British Columbia. In this collection will be found a valuable set of bone gambling-dice, with 

sticks as counters, used by the Kootenay Indians. Specimens similar to these are seldom seen 
in any collection of anthropology. 

Early in the month of October, Professor John Macoun, F.R.S.C., Naturalist to the 
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, who now resides at Sidney, B.C., received permission 
from the Director of the Geological Survey, Mr. R. G. McConnell, to present to the Proyin- 


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cial Museum his fine collection of the Vancouver Island flora, numbering approximately 900 
specimens, all named and classified. The Director undertook to transfer these specimens 
personally from Sidney to Victoria, so that they would be handled with the greatest care, 
These specimens have now been deposited in the Herbarium under the supervision of Mr. 
W. R. Carter, and are now available for reference to those who are interested in the study 
of botany. 

It will be seen in the report on botany that special work has been carried out in this 
particular branch during the past year, with the assistance of several volunteer collectors, who 
have helped materially to make the Herbarium the most representative collection in the Proyince. 

The exhibition cases of British Columbia butterflies on the second floor of the Museum have 
been entirely rearranged by Mr. E. H. Blackmore, of this city, in accordance with the new 
Check-list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, issued by Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough, 
of Decatur, Ill., in February, 1917. This list is recognized as the standard authority by the 
Victoria Memorial Museum at Ottawa, and also by the majority of the principal museums in 
the United States. 

The nomenclature has undergone radical changes and the sequence of’ genera is entirely 
different to that of Dr. Dyar’s catalogue of North America Lepidoptera, published in 1902, 
which has hitherto been followed. The style of labelling has been altered, the names being 
typewritten in two colours, the generic and specific names in purple and the author’s name in 
red, thus ensuring greater legibility than was formerly the case in the old hand-written labels. 
The labels are also placed on the supporting pin at the same height as the insect, thereby 
rendering them more easily readable to the general public. It is hoped to be able to continue 
this work on the Museum collection of moths during the coming year. 

It is very gratifying to note that a number of teachers, both in public and private SeROOTEE 
are bringing their classes to the Museum in connection with their nature-studies, which I am 
sure has been greatly appreciated by the scholars, and without doubt has been a great benefit 
to them individually, judging from the manner in which they have gone around the exhibition 
halls taking notes. The Director or one of the staff is always on hand to give the young folk 
all the information possible. 

The number of visitors that have signed the register in the entrance hall during the year 
1917 was 35,672; this does not give the number of visitors by any means, as the school-children 
are not asked to register their names, neither are a large number of Orientals and others. 

The Director has had a number of requests from other museums, societies, and persons 
who are interested in the several branches of natural sciences for the loan of specimens for | 
comparison, which has always been willingly granted whenever possible. 

By permission of the Honourable Provincial Secretary, the annual meeting of the British 
Columbia Entomological Society was held in the Botanical Room in the Provincial Museum, 
when a number of very interesting papers were read by members on systematic and economic 
entomology. 

The Honourable Minister of this Department also gave the Director permission to haye 
the meetings of the Natural History Society held in the Museum on evenings when subjects 
are being discussed on natural-history specimens that are represented in the collections; this 
arrangement is most satisfactory, as it saves loaning specimens, and I think is of more interest 
to members and has been greatly appreciated by the society. 

The Director wishes to extend grateful thanks to the following persons that have assisted 
with the identifications in their respective branches of biology :— 

Identification of Botanical Specimens.—Vrofessor J. Macoun, Sidney, B.C.; J. M. Macoun, 
C.M.G., Chief of Biological Department, Ottawa; C. F. Newcombe, M.D., Victoria; and Pro- 
fessor J. K. Henry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. 

Identifications in Entomology.—Doctors Barnes and McDunnough, Decatur, Ill.; Professor 
E. M. Walker, University of Toronto, Ont.; L. W. Swett, Lexington, Mass.; R. S. Sherman, 
Vancouver, B.C.; and EH. H. Blackmore, Victoria, B.C. 

Thanks are aiso extended to a number of persons who have donated specimens. 

Botanical specimens have been received from the following: Professor J. Macoun, Sidney; 
W. B. Anderson, Victoria; Dr. C. EF. Newcombe, Victoria; W. R. Carter, Alberni; W. A. 
Newcombe, Victoria; J. R. Anderson, Victoria; and Professor J. K. Henry, Vancouver. 


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: Notes on bird observations have been received from the following: J. E. Kelso, M.D., and 
W. B. Johnson, Lower Arrow Lakes; A. H. Palmer, New Westminster; J. A. Munro, Okanagan 
Landing; and others. 


BARE ISLAND BIRD SANCTUARY. 


(This island is known as Indian Reserve No. 9, Saanich Tribe, and is situated in Haro 
Strait about twenty miles north-east of Victoria.) 
, Owing to certain conditions it was not deemed advisable to place a warden on this island 
during the last nesting season, and it was expected that after this island had been guarded so 
closely for the two previous seasons, and persons warned to keep away, no person would go there 
to molest the gulls, guillemots, puffins, and cormorants that make this island their nesting ground. 
But in a report that was sent to me by Mr. Leonard S. Higgs, who lives on one of the 
neighbouring islands, it seems imperative that a guard must be maintained on Bare Island 
during the nesting season and continued indefinitely. The following is a quotation from his 
letter :— ‘ 
“As perhaps you know, I take a deep interest in the few sea-bird breeding-places in the 
neighbourhood, and especially in that on Bare Island, which I have visited practically every 
summer for twenty-five years. 
“The policy of the Government in placing a warden on Bare Island for a couple of months 
during the breeding-season was admirable, and was responsible for raising the number of breed- 
ing pairs to at least double what it was two or three years ago. But it is a policy which 
should be continued indefinitely. 
“ My experience this summer has been as follows: I visited the island early in June, when 
the nests were just made, and contained either one or two eggs. I counted over 100 eggs in an 
area perhaps equal to one-thirtieth of the breeding-ground, taking an average of one egg and 
a half to each nest at that time. When the full hatehes should have been laid, the number of 
eggs available for hatching should have been 6,000. I called again after an interval of ten 
days, and should have had difficulty in finding 100 eggs upon the entire island, practically every 
nest being empty. No bird, however prolific, can stand such treatment.” 


ANTHROPOLOGY, 
ACCESSIONS, 1917. 
By Purchase from Lieutenant F.C. Swannell (Nos. 2912-2964). 


1. Athabascan. From the Northern Interior of British Columbia. This portion of the 
collection consists of 100 specimens which were acquired by Lieutenant Swannell at the follow- 
ing localities: Lac la Hache, Chestalla Lake, Fraser Lake, Stuart Lake, Stella Lake, and the 
Babine River country. It consists principally of articles of stone, such as arrow and spear 
points, knives, chisels, skin-scrapers, hammers, pipes, and a polished mirror. There are also 
snow-shoes, bone skin-scrapers, adzes, fish-spears, knives with iron blades, and birch-bark 
baskets. 

2. Salishan. From Lillooet seventeen specimens include a two-handed stone pile-driver of 
the rare type, illustrated in last year’s report. There are also a few specimens from the Lower 
Fraser River, Victoria, and the Bella Coola region belonging to this stock. 


Rev. C, Croucher Collection, mostly from Yale, B.C. (Nos. 2979-8137). 


2996 to 2999 and 3137. A remarkable set of carved stone dishes. Of these, No. 2996 is of 
Soapstone in a very fine state of preservation. Like Nos. 2998 and 3000, it represents a seated 
human figure. No. 2997 is of bird form, and 2999 closely resembles a turtle. No. 3137 is a very 
large, crudely carved object of animal form. 

There are also four small figures of human shape, and a knife-handle of horn, boldly carved 
to represent certain ancestors of its Indian maker. 

The rest of the collection includes stone dishes (some of cigar-holder shape), a stone labret, 
and a great number of stone chisels, hammers, arrow-points, etc. 


Collection presented by Mrs. Dewdney on behalf of the late Edgar Dewdney (Nos. 2904 to 2911). 


2904. Salish. Medicine-man’s head-dress of two paws of grizzly bear with claws. 


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2905. Gambling set of four long polished bone, marked with diagonal and circular lines. 
Set of twelve sticks for counting. Kootenay. 

2906. Salish. Spindle-whorl of big maple, carved to show two thunder-birds. 

2907. Salish. Tension-ring of wood, a carved bird with ring below, used to cause tension 
while spinning. Lower Fraser. 

2908. Salish. Two mat-creasers of maple, used when making rush mats. Lower Fraser. 

2909. Salish. Halibut-hook of hemlock wood, U-shaped, bone barb, spruce-root wrapping 
lanyard of twisted gut. Lower Fraser. 

2910. Salish. Stone chisel. Lower Fraser. 

2911. Salish. Spoon of mountain-goat horn, the carved handle riveted to bowl; raven below 
holding inverted man. 

Bella Coola Collection. 


From Chief Schooner were purchased the following ceremonial objects :— 

1. Nos. 2965 to 2973. Masks used at potlatches and dances and representing crests and 
legends of the chief’s clan. 

2965. Eagle mask (TsEIkt). 

2971. Loon Mask (Squsin). his crest was also observed in the graveyard. 

2972. Setting-sun mask (Nothokomai). This is now the property of Schooner’s son. It is 
shown at potlatches over a screen at the back of the dance-house, the wearer himself being out 
of sight. 

2978. Wagle mask. This is one of the chief’s principal family crests, and is shown at the 
same time as— 

2969. Raven mask (Qoaxmanikwulla). 

2966. Killer-whale mask (Suit). A large mask in three parts which represent the head 
(enq), the dorsal fins (qutleik), and the tail (sliamont). The story relating how this crest 
came into the chief’s family is, in part, as follows :— 

In far-distant days Schooner’s ancestors lived in a large chief’s house in the sky. The first 
of them of whom there is still any tradition was named Tamaltsen. This man when he danced 
used two masks, the eagle and the killer-whale. These were obtained by him at an old village 
named NuskElste, a place half-way up the River THintz, which runs past Bella Coola. Of this 
place it is said that at one time the sea rose so high that it filled up all the streams and 
reached the tops of the mountains to the west of Bella Coola, driving out all the natives from 
their houses until they could climb no higher. Just in time to save them from extermination 
a huge killer-whale swam close up to their last place of refuge on the mountain-tops and most 
of the people were able to climb inside and so were saved. The whale was as large as a big 
house and here all were cared for until the waters subsided. When land was seen once more 
the raven flew up and down croaking joyfully that so many people had escaped from drowning. 

2967, 2968. Small masks representing two of the people who were saved. 

2. Nos. 2974 to 2976. Masks used in the cannibal winter dance. These are all bird masks 
with long narrow beaks differing slightly in certain details, and all are called Hauhau, the 
Bella Coola form of the Kwakiutl Hohok. These are only parts of a complete set belonging to 
the winter dance, but supplement specimens purchased at Bella Coola some years ago. It was 
then found impossible to obtain from any one owner a perfect series such as belong to several 
Kwakiutl chiefs. Chief Schooner’s consent had to be obtained in every instance, and he also 
promptly annexed a large part of the purchase-money, without opposition from the seller. It 
was stated that outlying parts of the set used in the cannibal dance were held by different 
individuals belonging to the society and were liable to be called for. 

Schooner said that his family came into possession of the cannibal dance in early days. 
One of his ancestors was walking along the beach near Bella Coola when suddenly there 
appeared rising out of the sea a large chief's house. Some people came to the door and 
invited him to go inside. Here he saw, sitting at the far end of the house, a chief whose 
name was Qomoqoya, who was wearing a ceremonial hat of great size. The visitor at once 
produced a valuable * copper” and presented it to Qomoqoya. 

Two of the ancestor’s brothers had been made prisoners and taken to this house, but soon 
after were drowned. For this reason the use of the cannibal masks was explained to him and 
the right to use them was granted. 


PLATE I. 


NOCTUID.L NEW TO BRITISH COLUMBIA. 


Ufeus electra Sm. Sideridis rosea Harv. 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). Rossland, B.C. (Danby). 

Polia nugatis Sm. Lasionycta rainieri Sm. 
Lillooet, B.C. (Phair). Lillooet, B.C. (Phair). 
Tholera americana Sm. Eucoa ochrogaster vace insignata Walk. 
Lillooet, B.C. (Phair). Victoria, B.C, (Blackmore). 


Autographa nicholle Wamp. 


Rosedale, B.C. (Blackmore). 


Chytolita morbidalis Gue. 


Cloverdale, B.C. (Blackmore). 


EBuwroa cinereopallida Sm. 


Lillooet, B.C. (Phair). 


Bomolocha abalienalis Walk. 


Rosedale, B.C. (Blackmore). 


PLATE I 


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The house was named Nuskoabltnaixsta. Certain important chiefs in it were Smaiyakila, 
the head; SixsEkilaixla was a brother of the last; Atikuntan and Nunatsonajen were also big 
chiefs and rulers. These were the spirits who presided over the cannibal dance. 

2977. Storage-box (Pilkwa). This is a Bella Bella box. 

2978. Spindle-whorl. Bella Coola. 


BIRDS AND MAMMALS. 


During the early part of the year a collection of bird-skins numbering 68 and mammal-skins 
numbering 154 were purchased from Mr. J. A. Munro, of Okanagan Landing; these skins are 
prepared in a most satisfactory manner, a number of them being collected in the Nicola District, 
from which the Department had very few specimens, thus making ‘them very valuable in mapping 
out the distribution of species. 

The Provincial Game Warden at Vancouver sent to the Museum two skins of wapiti, which 
had died while being transferred from the Colony Farm to be turned out in the Lillooet District. 
These animals were unfortunately badly skinned—in fact, ruined entirely for mounting purposes. 

The raccoon group (Procyon lotor) in a wild crab-apple tree, which have been mounted for 
a great number of years and had become very much worn and faded, have been replaced by 
three good specimens, presented by Mr. J. N. Evans, Duncan, B.C. 

The Museum was also fortunate in having a (albino) squirrel, “ Vancouver Island 
Chickaree” (Sciurus hudsonius vancouvcrensis), presented by Mr. W. Fairall, which he shot 
on the Malahat, west side of Saanich Inlet, September 16th, 1917. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 


By E. H. Brackmore. 


The weather conditions of the past season were very similar to those of the previous year, 
a very wet spring and early summer being followed by a dry hot spell which extended until 
late in September. 

Throughout the valley of the Lower Fraser, the Coast District, and Vancouver Island the 
heavy rains of the early spring were continued on and off until the end of June. To those 
insects that in the pupal state pass the winter underground an abnormally heavy rainfall does 
a great deal of damage, causing many of the pup to rot, thereby reducing the number of 
individuals of those species. It also delays the appearance of many other species which, when 
they do emerge, are quickly killed off by the cold wet weather. On account of these conditions 
collecting in the early part of the season was exceedingly poor. 

The late summer and early fall were very dry and warm, the sunny days being practically 
continuous for nearly three months. This continued hot weather brought out in greater numbers 
species which as a rule are rather scarce. 

There was a rather seyere outbreak of cutworms in the Victoria and Vancouver Districts 
during the month of May and the early part of June. A great deal of damage was done to 
small gardens and cultivated lots; in some instances whole beds of garden produce were com- 
pletely devastated. The chief offenders were the dingy cutworm (Feltia ducens Walk.), the 
glassy cutworm (Sideria devastator Brace), and the caterpillars of Duroa messoria Grote, Buroa 
excellens Grote, and Feltia vancowverensis Grote. This latter species has not hitherto been 
considered of much economic importance, but I am convineed that it does as much damage as 
any of the others, with the possible exception of Sideria devastator. 

During September a particularly bad infestation of shade and ornamental trees occurred in 
Victoria. This was caused by the larve of an undetermined species (Tenthredo sp.) of sawfly. 
In normal years they confine their ravages to the Lombardy poplar (Populus dilatata Ait.), 
which is their natural food-plant, but this year they occurred in such countless numbers that 
they attacked everything in sight, even invading houses and office buildings. The lary when 
full grown measure from 144 to 1% inches in length and are of a brilliant yellow colour marked 
with round black spots on each segment. They are generally mistaken for the caterpillars of 
moths or butterflies, but they can always be distingushed by the fact that they have from six 
to eight pairs of prolegs; the false legs situated behind the three pairs of genuine legs near 
the front end of the body, while lepidopterous larve never have more than five pairs. 


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Lower FRASER VALLEY DISTRICT. 


At the request of the Director I made a three-weeks’ collecting trip through this district, 
starting on June 11th and returning July 2nd. Taking into consideration the remarkable scarcity 
of insects in general up to the end of June, and also the number of wet days that occurred, the 
total amount of insects taken was very satisfactory; out of a total of nineteen days’ actual 
collecting, there were six days of heavy rain, three days dull and cloudy, and ten days of bright 
sunshine. 

On the rainy days, beating for Geometride and searching for Coleoptera was undertaken in 
the daytime, and at night collecting noctuids by “light” was successful. It was noticeable that 
more moths came to “light” on the wet nights than on those nights which had been preceded 
by a bright sunny day. 

The localities visited were Vancouver, Cloverdale, and Rosedale. The Vancouver District 
was not at all productive, although trips were made to all the chief collecting-grounds, includ- 
ing Cauldfield (nine miles west of North Vancouver, on the P.G.E.), the famous Lynn Valley, 
Stanley Park, and South Vancouver, including the Eburne District. 

Three days were spent at Cloverdale, twenty-five miles east of Vancouver, where some good 
material was taken, including some very interesting geometers taken while “ dusking.’ The 
best district of all from a collecting point of view was certainly at Rosedale, where some 
valuable material was taken, some of it new to British Columbia. 

Rosedale is situated at the apex of the valley, being about eighty miles from Vancouver, 
and is on the south side of the Fraser River (nearly opposite to Agassiz, at which place the fine 
Experimental Farm belonging to the Dominion Government is situated). It is heavily timbered 
on the north side, but skidways belonging to the shingle-mills in operation there furnished a 
convenient means of getting into the heart of the woods. 

Mount Cheam, rising to a height of 6,925 feet, is situated about two miles away and is a 
magnificent sight when the rays of the setting sun strike its rugged peaks. An ascent of this 
mountain was contemplated, as some very desirable alpine species are known to occur there, but 
owing to the great depth of snow on the trails this was found to be impossible; in some places 
the snow was estimated as being from 30 to 40 feet in depth; three fresh falls of snow occurred 
during the nine days spent there. I found out from some of the inhabitants that the ascent to 
the top cannot be undertaken until the last week in July on account of the snow, and then it is 
only possible for about three or four weeks. 
_ The total number of insects taken on the trip was 885, made up as follows: Lepidoptera, 
589; Coleoptera, 72; Hymenoptera, 105; Diptera, 102; and Odonata, 15. The Lepidoptera were 
comprised of the following: Butterflies, 55; moths (other than geometers), 170; geometers, 
272; and Microlepidoptera, 92. 

The nomenclature used is that contained in Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough’s Check-list of 
Lepidoptera of Boreal America, which has been adopted by the Museum, and which will be 
followed in all future Museum publications. 

The scarcity of butterflies seen on the trip was very noticeable, a short series of Pontia 
napi marginalis Sead. being taken, while Parnassius clodius claudianus Stich. was captured 
at North Vancouver and at Rosedale. These were the only two species worthy of mention. 
Amongst the noctuids a nice series of both Acronycta hesperida Sm. and A. oblinata A. & S. 
were taken, most of them being newly emerged. Three specimens of that very desirable species 
Autographa nicholle Hamp. were taken at “light” at Rosedale. Other species of interest were: 
Polia lubens glaucopis Hamp; Luperina passer Gue.; and Hyppa rylinoides Gue. In the sub- 
family Hypenine a number of specimens were taken, including a good series each of Chytolita 
morbidalis Gue. and Hypena humuli Harr. Three female specimens of Bomolocha palparia 
Walk. were captured at Rosedale; these are, to my knowledge, the first of this sex recorded 
for British Columbia, although I took a male specimen at Goldstream on June 16th, 1915; this 
was figured in the Report of the Provincial Museum, 1916, Plate VIT. 

A fine male specimen of Bomolocha abalienalis Walk. was taken at Rosedale on June 25th. 
This has never been recorded previously from British Columbia, and is an inhabitant of the 
Eastern and Middle States. 

A nice collection of Geometridze was made, including a single specimen of Hydrelia albifera 
Walk., at Rosedale on June 26th; this is the first authentic record of this species west of Kaslo. 


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Other desirable species taken at various localities in the valley were: Cosymbia lwmenaria 
Hbn.; Calocalpe undulata Linn.; Dysstroma occidentata mutata Taylor; Xanthorh@ designata 
emendata Pears; Buphyia multiferata Walk.; Hpirrhe alternata Mull.; Pupithecia casloata 
Dyar; 2. castigata Hub.; and Metanema quercivoraria Gue. 

Amongst the micros two of particular interest are Pyrausta ochosalis Dyar, taken at 
- Cloverdale (only previous record from Kaslo), and P. funebris Strom., captured at Rosedale. 
> The Coleoptera and Hymenoptera have not been worked over as yet, but some work has 
- been done on the Diptera, many of which, however, await further determination. 


OpDONATA (DRAGON-FLIES ). 


A small collection of about forty specimens were recently submitted to Dr. E. M. Walker, 
of Toronto, for identification. They comprised seventeen species, three of which, it is pleasing 
to note, are species that have not previously been recorded from British Columbia, viz. :— 
Canagrion resolutum Hagen. One female taken by W. A. Newcombe at Chilcotin on June 
25th, 1915. 

Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen. Two males taken by J. A. Munro at Okanagan Landing on 
July Gth, 1916, and one male taken by W. R. Carter at Alberni on July 29th, 1915. 

Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen. One male taken by W. A. Newcombe at Chilcotin on June 
22nd, 1915. 

Hereunder we publish a list of the remaining fourteen species, with their localities, and 
hope at some future date to give a complete list of the Odonata of British Columbia, an order 
which has hitherto been somewhat neglected :— 

bs Bnallagma calverti Morse. Vancouver (. H. Blackmore). 

Enallagma cyathigerum Charp. Chilcotin (W. A. Newcombe); Cranbrook (C. Garrett). 
Enallagma carunculatum Morse. Alberni (W. R. Carter). 

Ashna interrupta nevadensis Walker. Quesnel Forks (Newcombe). 

Tetrageneuria spinigera Selys. Alberni (Carter). 

Cordulia shurtlefi Scudd. Vancouver (Blackmore); Cranbrook (Garrett). 

Libellua quadrimeulata Linn. Cranbrook (Garrett). 

Libellua lydia Drury. Cloverdale (Blackmore); Rosedale (Blackmore). 

Sympetrum scoticum Donovan. Quesnel Forks (Newcombe). 

Sympetrum costiferum Hagen. Okanagan Landing (Munro). 

Sympetrum decisum Hagen. Okanagan Landing (Munro). 

Sympetrum obtrusum Hagen. Okanagan Landing (Munro). 

Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen. Okanagan Landing (Munro). 

Leucorrhinia hudsonica Selys. Vancouver (Blackmore); Cranbrook (Garrett). 


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RARE AND UNCOMMON INSECTS TAKEN IN British CoLUMBIA DURING 1917. 


Under this heading we propose to give a list of the rare and uncommon insects which have 
been taken during the past season at various localities in the Province of which we have any 
knowledge. Properly authenticated records of these insects from any collection in the Province 
will be gladly welcomed. It is hoped by this means to get a better knowledge of the distribution 
and geographical range of our lesser-known species, which in some instances may eventually 
prove of great economie value. 

Victoria.—During the past season the writer, with the assistance of Mr. Edward Cooke and 
Mr. Arthur Robinson, of this city, has been fortunate in taking many desirable species of noctuids 
and geometrids. 

From a pupa found in the city park I bred a splendid female specimen of Smerinthus cerisyi 
opthalmicus form pallidulus Edw. This is a very rare form and is new ‘to British Columbia. 
The ground colour is of a beautiful pale fawn, in contradistinction to the dark olive-brown 
colour of typical opthalmicus. Amongst the noctuids taken were the following uncommon 
species: Euxoa intrita reuda Streck; E. terrena Sm. (very rare); 2. divergens Walk.; 2B. 
atrifera (rare); Matuta apposita Grt.; Eriopyga infidelis Dyar; Eurotype contadina Sm.: 
Bumichtis loda Streck; Septis antennata purpurissata B. & McD. (rare): Trachea cinefacta 
Grt.; Ufcus electra, Sm.; Luperina passer Gue. (rave); and Autographa ampla Walk. This 
latter is the first record from Victoria that I know of, although it has previously been taken at 
Dunean and Wellington. 


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Several interesting specimens were taken amongst the Geometride, including two new to 
the Province—viz., Venusia duodecemlineata Pack. and Hupithecia borealis Hist. The former 
was taken at rest on an electriclight pole by the writer in April. It is closely allied to V. 
pearsalli Dyar (which is one of our commonest spring species), but can be distinguished by its 
generally darker colour and the wavy extra-discal line on the forewings. The latter was taken 
at “light” by Mr. A. Robinson en June 27th, and another specimen was taken by Mr. W. Downes 
at Oak Bay on the 30th of the same month. This species was originally described from 
Manitoba. 

The other geometers of more than passing interest were: Lobophora nivigerata Walk.; this 
has been an exceedingly rare species until this year, when we had the good fortune to take half 
a dozen specimens; Cosymbria dataria Hist.; Calocalpe undulata Linn.; Nematocampa limbata 
Haw. As recorded in last year’s Annual Report, this pretty little geometer had not been recorded 
from this district for twelve years until 1916, when two specimens were captured at “light.” 
This season a special look-out was kept, with the result that a nice series of eleven specimens $ 
were taken. It is evidently very local. Metanema inatomaria Gue.; a single specimen was 
taken at “light” in the same locality as the one taken last year. Pero occidentalis Hulst.; 
two males were taken on June 4th and 7th respectively. This is a very interesting record, as 
it is rather a rare species and not previously known west of Penticton. 

We haye specimens from the latter locality and also from Rossland. The Azelina occi- 
dentalis Tulst., given as “generally distributed” in the 1906 Check-list of British Columbia 
Lepidoptera, is an error, as the species there referred to is Pero giganteus Grossb., which has 
a known range from Vancouver Island to Kaslo. The chief determining character of occidentalis 
is the dentate antenne of the male; in the other three species of Pero which occur in British 
Columbia the antenne are filiform in both sexes. 9 

Mr. W. B. Anderson, Inspector of Indian Orchards, took a single specimen of Neptyia 
phantasmaria Streck in September. This is also an interesting record, as this, together with 
one taken by the writer in September, 1915, constitutes the only known records of this species 
in Victoria. ; 

The same collector also took a specimen of Hemorrhagia diffinis rubens Hy. Edw. in his ~ 
garden at Oak Bay in September. This species is single-brooded and flies about the first week 
in May; the most probable explanation is that the cocoon, which is generally spun up under 
fallen leaves, was lying in an exposed place subject to the direct rays of the sun, and conse-~ 
quently brought to maturity at the end of the summer instead of lying dormant until the 
following May. 

The following noctuids, collected by Mr. W. Downes, of Oak Bay, are worthy of mention: 
BHuxroa catenula Grt. (new to this district); H. esta Sm. (rare); Polia lubens glaucopis 
Hamp.; Septis multicolor Dyar (rather rare) ; T'rachea finitima cerivana Sm.; and Autographa 
celsa Hy. Edw. He also took a short series of Hupithecia obumbrata Taylor on Mount Tolmie 
in May. This is the first record of this species in Victoria. It is evidently a mountain form, | 
as it has been taken by Mr. Day on Mount Tzouhalem, near Duncan, and also on the mountains 
at Goldstream. 

I nearly forgot to mention that a school-boy captured ‘a specimen of Pseudohazis eglanterina 
Bdy. (the sheep-moth) near the Ross Bay Cemetery. This is the first record of this species 
that we have from Victoria; it occurs sparingly at Goldstream, Shawnigan, and Duncan. 

Goldstream.—On one of the writer’s occasional trips to this locality a number of noctuid 
moths were taken after dark feeding on a large patch of cultivated sunflowers, amongst which 
were specimens of Huroa esta (rare); L. tessellata tesselloides Grt.; and Rhynchagrotis rufi- 
pectus Morr. On another occasion a beautiful specimen in perfect condition of Cleora excelsaria 
Streck was taken. This is the first capture of this exceedingly rare geometer that has been 
recorded for about thirteen years. It was taken at rest on a fire-blackened tree-trunk early on 
the morning of June 4th. An extensive search for further specimens was made, but no others 


were seen. 

A nice series of Perizoma costiguttata Hulst. was obtained on the 3rd and 4th of the same 
month; this species is evidently very local in its habits. 

Duncan.—Myr. G. O. Day, of Quamichan Lake, has succeeded in breeding a short series of 
that uncommon deltoid Bomolocha toreuta Grt. The larvee were found feeding on dogwood in 


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‘August of 1916, and the adults emerged at the end of the following May. This is a valuable 
record, as the knowledge of the food-plants of a great many of our species is very limited. 
It is also interesting to note that Mr. Day also took a fine specimen of Venusia obsoleta 
Swett on April 18th. This species was described last year from specimens found in the Harvey 
and the Museum collections taken in 1908, and was figured in the Provincial Museum Report for 
1916 on Plate VIII. a 
Mr. A. W. Hanham, also of Quamichan Lake, took a beautiful geometer on June 20th, which 
turned out to be Slamnoctenis morrisata Hulst., a species which was described from Arizona and 
is entirely new to our fauna. 
: Cumberland.—A few specimens of Cercyonsis alope ariane Bdy. were taken in this district 
in July. ‘This is noteworthy as no species of this genus has ever been recorded from Vancouver 
Island before. Boopis Behr., a form of ariane with fewer spots on the under-side, occurs in the 
Interior from Lillooet to Cranbrook. 5 
Savary Island.—Mr. R. 8. Sherman, of Vancouver, who spends his annual vacation on this 
island, reports that he has seen specimens of Danaus archippus Fabr. (the milkweed butterfly) 
there every year for several years, and that this year he found several patches of milkweed 
growing there. As this is the natural food-plant of archippus, the probabilities are that it breeds 
on this island, but this fact will have to be proved before it can be accepted as such. This 
butterfly has a cosmopolitan range, but has not been known to breed in British Columbia, 
although occasional specimens have been taken in various parts of the Province. He also 
mentions that Mpargyreus tityrus Fabr. (the large silver-spotted skipper) was very common 
in July. It has been previously recorded from Vancouver and doubtfully from Glacier. 
Cloverdale.—Mr. Bevan L. Hugh, who collected a number of geometers during the past 
Season, Captured a specimen of Philobia ulsterata Pearson. This is an exceedingly rare 
 geometer, and is the first taken to my knowledge since 1908, when the late Mr. A. H. Bush 
took one in Vancouver. Amongst others taken by the same collector was a nice series of 
Spargania magnoliata pernotata Hulst. and a fine specimen of Selenia alciphearia ornata B. 
& MeD. 
Quesnel Forks.—While engaged on business connected with the Provincial Fisheries Depart- 
ment in this district in late August and September, Mr. W. A. Newcombe, of Victoria, collected 
a few insects which proved of great interest, as we had not received any material from this 
particular district previously. The butterflies taken were Phyciodes campestris Behr.; Polygonia 
progne Cram.; and Aglais J.-album Bdy. & LeCon. 
A short series of Hypoprepia miniata Kby. (the scarlet-winged lichen-moth). was obtained; 
this has previously been recorded from Kaslo. The Noctuid:ze comprised Huroa mimallonis 
gagates Grt.; Graptolitha georgii Grt.; Catocala briseis Edw. (previously recorded from Kaslo) ; 
Autographa rectangula Kirby; and Scoliopteryx libatrix Linn. The geometers proved scarce, 
only three species being taken, viz.: Lygris rylina Hulst.; Hydriomena furcata Thun; and 
Ceratodalia gueneata Pack. 
Lillooet.—In the beginning of August Mr. A. W. A. Phair took two or three specimens of 
a bright coppery-red butterfly which we identified as Heodes cupreus Edw. It was taken at 
Mount McLean at an altitude of 7,000 feet, and is a new record for British Columbia. lt is 
very closely allied to H. snowi Edw., which also occurs in British Columbia, but is very rarely 
_ taken; cupreus is brighter in colour and more heavily spotted than snoiwi. He has kindly 
donated a pair for the Museum collection. 
Mr. Phair, on a recent visit to Victoria, brought with him a large amount of material for 
identification; as many of the noctuids were new to us, we sent them to Dr. J. McDunnough 
for determination, with the result that many of them proved new to British Columbia, and 
materially add to the known lepidopterous fauna of this Province. 
The following is a list of those new to British Columbia: Huxoa cinereopallida Sm.; 
Agrotis piscipellis Grt.; Rynchagrotis vittifrons Grt.; Lasionycta rainieri Sm.; Polia nugatis 
Sm.; Polia farnhami Grt.; Tholera americana Sm.; and Cerapoda oblita Grt. Amongst the 
others were some very desirable species, the following being of special interest as extending our 
knowledge of their known range; Huvroa satiens Sm.; EL. murdocki Sm.; Lasiestra phoca luteola 
Smn.; and Pseudanarta flava Grt. 


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“New British CoLuMBIA [LEPIDOPTERA. 


Under this heading we publish an annotated list of those new species and varieties which 
have been described during the past season. We believe that this list will be of value to those 
entomologists in the Province who are unable to keep in touch with all the current literature 
on the subject, but who are desirous of keeping their collections and check-lists up to date in 
nomenclature and scientific arrangement. 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia Skin. This new race of lygdamus was described by Dr. 
Henry Skinner in the Ent. News for May, 1917. The type and paratypes are from Port Columbia, 
Wash. Amongst other localities mentioned for this species is Corfield, Vancouver. We presume 
this is meant for Corfield, near Duncan, on Vancouver Island. This pretty blue butterfly is 
fairly common all over the Island about May, and has been going under the name of G. lygdamus 
behrii Edw. (vide Report, Provincial Museum, 1916). The true behrii is a California race of 
lygdamus, with San Francisco as its probable nimotypical locality; columbia differs from 
behrii in being of a much deeper shade of blue and the spots on the under-side of the wings 
being larger. 

In Vol. III., No. 4, Cont. Lept. No. Amer., March, 1917, Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough 
describe a number of new species and varieties of Geometridz, amongst which are eight new 
to British Columbia. As these *“ Contributions’ were published subsequent to the issuance of 
their new check-list, the following additions must be made to it :— 

Trichodesia albovittata tenuifasciata B. & McD. This form was described from Spirit Lake, 
Idaho. In the Barnes collection there were specimens from Wellington, B.C., and the writer 
has a specimen taken by Mr. W. H. Danby at Ymir in 1900. In this variety the white band 
of primaries is much narrower, being only 1 mm. in width. 

Thera georgii benesignata B. & McD. This racial name has been given to the Vancouver 
Island form on account of its larger size, paler colour, and the strong contrast between the 
brown median and basal areas and the ground colour. Typical georgit is now restricted to 
the Nevada species. The types of Denesignata are from Wellington and the paratypes from 
Duncan. 

Mesoleuca gratulata latialbata B. & McD. Described from three specimens from Plumas 
County, Cal. In this form the median white band is strongly constricted centrally below the 
cell, due to an outward bulge in the dark basal area and a strong inward bend below vein 4 
of the outer dark area. I have a specimen from Kaslo which Dr. McDunnough considers this 
form, although the basal line is not quite typical. 

Bpirrhe plebeculata vivida B. & MeD. ‘This is the species hitherto known as Rheumaptera 
rubrosuffusata Pack., which occurs commonly throughout the Island and Lower Mainland. 
Rubrosuffusata has been found to be a synonym of plebeculata, which was described by Guenee, 
from California, and the racial name of vivida is proposed for our Vancouver Island form on 
account of the coloration being much better defined. 

In deseribing a new species, Phasiane ponderosa, Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough mention 
a variety of it under the form name of demaculata, in which the cross-lines tend to become 
obsolescent, especially in the females. The types are from Calgary, Alta., but one of the female 
paratypes is from Field, B.C. We have two rather worn females, one from Atlin, taken by E. M. 
Anderson, and one from Chilcotin, taken by W. A. Newcombe, so that although uncommon it is 
widely distributed. 

Itame plumosata B. & McD. This pretty yellow and brown geometer was described from 
specimens taken in various localities in Arizona and Utah. We have a male specimen from 
Mount McLean near Lillooet, taken in July, 1916, by E. M. Anderson. It is rather remarkable 
that this species should turn up here, as it is a long way from its nimotypical locality; it is 
apparently a high altitude species and may turn up on any of the high mountains in the inter- 
vening country. 

Cleora satisfacta B. & McD. Described from one male and one female taken at Kaslo. 
This is closer in general habitus to exrcclsaria Streck and albescens Wulst. than to any other 
Cleora that occurs in the Province. _ 

Bthaloptera anticaria fumata B. & McD. This is the insect from Kaslo that has been 
previously known as 4/. intertala Walk. Dr. McDunnough states that anticaria should be used 
for the common Eastern species instead of intexrtata, and proposes the name of fumata for the 


SPAR OY s 0 OE 


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Cleora ercelsaria Streck. 


Goldstream, B.C. (Blackmore). 


(Very rare.) 


Xanthorhe blackmorci Swett. 
(Paratype male.) 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 


(New to science.) 


Xanthorhe macdunnoughi Swett. 


(Allotype female.) 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Philobia ulsterata Pears. 


Cloverdale, B.C. (Bevan Hugh). 


(Very rare.) 


Itame plumosata B. & McD. 
Armstrong, B.C. (Downes). 


(New to British Columbia.) 


PLATE II. 


GEOMETRID.¥. 


Luygris destinata race schistacea 


Stamnoctenis morrisata Hulst. 
Duncan, B.C. (Hanham), 
(New to British Columbia.) 


XNanthorhe blackmorei Swett. 
(Paratype female.) 
Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Nanthorha atlinensis Swett. 
(Paratype male.) 
Atlin, B.C. (Anderson). 
(New to science.) 


Kaslo, B.C. (Cockle). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Drepanulatrix carnearia Hulst. 
Rossland, B.C. (Danby). 
(New to British Columbia. ) 


Warr. 


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Kaslo race, which is more evenly suffused with smoky brown and with the lines more or less 
obsolescent. The types are six males from Kaslo, presumably taken by Mr. J. W. Cockle. This 
locality is the only one from which we have any record of this species. 

In addition to the foregoing, it is as well to note that Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough have 
given the study of Sicya macularia Harris and its various races considerable attention, with the 
result that crocearia Pack. is rescued from the synonymy and applied to the form that occurs 
in the Great Basin Region of the United States, and also to a similar form occurring on Van- 
couver Island. For the benefit of those collectors who may think that they have two different 
varieties of this species, it is as well to add that this form is sexually dimorphic. In a long 
series taken by the writer it is noticeable that while the females in general are much scarcer 
than the males, the dimorphic female is far more prevalent than the ‘typical one. 

In Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 1, May, 1917, Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough have 
revised the whole of the genus Hydriomena. Many radical changes have been made and new 
species added, some of which refer to our British Columbia forms, so that it will be advisable 
for collectors to alter their check-lists accordingly. 

Hydriomena ailbifasciata victoria B. & McD. ‘This has always been listed as reflata Grt. in 
British Columbia collections, but this name has been restricted to an Arizona race of albifasciata, 
and the name victoria has been given to the Vancouver Island form; the types being three males 
and two females from Victoria. 

Hydriomena exculpata tribulata B. & MeD. This is a grey form of erculpata, a new species 
described from Ketchikan, Alaska. The localities given for the form tribulata are Oregon, 
Colorado, and Kaslo, B.C. 

Hydriomena perfracta erasperata B. & McD. The race erasperata was described from ‘two 
specimens taken by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor, one at Departure Bay, near Nanaimo, and the 
other at Wellington. It is evidently very rare. One male specimen was taken by the writer at 
Victoria on May 19th, 1914. 

Hydriomena renunciata columbiata form pernigrata B. & McD. The types of this form 
came from Glacier National Park, Montana; the paratypes, one male and one female, from 
Skagit Basin, B.C.; and one male from Stikine River, B.C. The latter probably collected by 
Theodore Bryant, of Ladysmith, who collected in that district when with a survey party. 

Hydriomena edenata grandis B. & McD. The racial name of grandis has been given to our 
Vancouver Island form, which has been previously known as edenata Swett. Typical edenata, 
which was described from Eden Valley, Monterey County, Cal., is very much smaller than the 
one we get here and is shaded with a warm brown, while our form is tinged with green. 

The genus Xanthorhe, which contains several distinct groups of species, has been badly 
mixed up in the past, and much misidentification of species has ensued. 

As it was also felt that there were several species, or at least good varieties, going under the 
same name, the writer collected extensively in this genus for several years, with the result that 
Mr. L. W. Swett, the well-known geometridist, described several new forms of the defensaria 
group, which were illustrated in the Annual Report of the Provincial Museum for the year 1915, 
Plate VII., Figs. 5 to 12. 

In the pontiaria-fossaria group Mr. Swett has just described the following three new species 
in the Can. Ent., Vol. 50, No. 1, p. 17 et seq.:— 

Xanthorhe macdunnoughi Swett. This occurs all over the southern portion of Vancouver 
Island, but it is not common by any means. The types are from specimens taken by the writer 
at Victoria. Paratypes of each sex have been placed in the Museum collection. 

NXanthorhe atlinensis Swett. This species was taken at Atlin by I. M. Anderson in 1914, 
and was described from eight specimens, all male. It is close to fossaria Taylor, which was 
described from Mount Cheam. Paratypes are in the Museum collection. 

Xanthorhe blackmorei Swett. Described from material taken by the writer at Goldstream 
and Victoria. This species is very distinct, as in most cases the blackish median band becomes 
obsolescent below the median vein. A male paratype has been placed in the Museum collection. 
Illustrations of these new species will be found in an accompanying plate. 


BOTANY. 


During the season of 1917 there have been numerous accessions to the Herbarium of the 
Provincial Museum, notably the presentation of a large collection of plants of Vancouver Island, 


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collected, mounted, and named by Professor John Macoun since he has resided at Sidney, B.C., 
together with a collection of Musci and Lichens made by him on Vancouver Island and a portion 
of the Mainland of this Provinee. This collection, made and named by so eminent a botanist. 
will be a valuable acquisition as a source of reference in the identity and for determination of 
other specimens. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson, of Victoria, has contributed a large number of plants, collected in his. 
leisure hours, from the Interior, which cover many localities, from Fort George to Penticton and 
extending through West Kootenay. This collection will undoubtedly add much new material to 
the Herbarium, especially as regards distribution. 

The Fort George specimens cover a new area not hitherto represented in the collection. 
A few of the plants from the various localities mentioned are as follows :— 


Chenopodium botrys. Physostegia parviflora. 

Axyris amarantoides. Orthocarpus luteus. 

Calochortus elegans. Potentilla flabelliformis. 

Melampyrum lineare. Galeopsis tetrahit. 

Anemone virginiana. Crepis tectorum. 

Chrysothamnus nauseosus. Behium vulgare. 

Chimaphila menziesii. Hieracium scouleri var. ceynoglossoides. 
Antennaria rosea. Brigeron acris var. drebachiensis. 
Anthriscus sativa. Senecio balsamite var. thomsoniensis. 


Gilia aggregata. 

Among these Axryris amarantoides L. and Crepis tectorwm L., introduced plants, appear to 
be additions to the flora of British Columbia. 

Mr. W. A. Newcombe has also donated a representative collection made in the vicinity 
of Quesnel Lake and a portion of the Chilcotin country during the seasons of 1916 and 
1917; amongst the rarer species and some not previously reported from these regions are the 
following :— 

CHILcorin, 1916. 
Stephanomeria minor. Solidago decumbens. 
Calochortus macrocarpus. Mentzalia levicaulis. 


QUESNEL LAKE, 1917. 


Epipactis repens var. ophioides. Alnus tenuifolia. 
Habenaria orbiculata. Mitella nuda. 
Parnassia palustris. Ribes glandulosum. 
Rubus strigosus. Ribes oxryacanthoides. 
Spiraea menziesii. Vaccinium canadense. 
Dracocephalum parviflorum. Hieracium umbellatum. 
Stephanomeria minor. Senecio eremophilus. 


In this as in Mr. Anderson’s collection there are a number of doubtful specimens, which 
have been forwarded to Mr. J. M. Macoun, Chief of the Division of Biology, Geological Survey, 
Ottawa, and Professor J. K. Henry, of the University of British Columbia, for comparison with 
authenticated specimens and identification, and until such time as this work has been completed 
no adequate list can be chronicled. 

Specimens of two additions to the flora of Vancouver Island, Arnica cordifolia and Roman- 
cofia unalaschensis, collected by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, of Victoria, have been donated by him to 
the collection in the Herbarium. 

On June 16th, 17th, and 18th, Mr. F. Kermode, Director, accompanied by Dr. F. C. Newcombe, 
of Victoria, made a small collection of the more uncommon plants growing around Bella Coola; 
the following, which are usually plants growing at much higher altitude, were collected on the 
river-bottom, a little above sea-level :— 

Bpilobium latifolium. Pentstemon diffusus. 

Mimulus lewisii. 

In the matter of distribution the following interesting species were collected in close — 
proximity to salt water :— 


Trautvetteria grandis. Corydalis sempervirens. 
Ranunculus orthorynchus var. platyphyllus. Aralia nudicaulis. 
Hemieva ranunculifolia, Senecio balsamite yar. thomsoniensis. 


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The Director and his assistant made a small collection on August 1st and 2nd of the more 
interesting plants of Mount Arrowsmith, undoubtedly one of the richest floral fields of Vancouver 
Island. The following specimens were collected, which appear to be additions to the flora of 
Vancouver Island not hitherto recorded :— 

Oxryria digyna. Draba nivalis. 

Lewisia pygmea. Silene acaulis. 

Savifraga lyallii. Osmorrhiza purpurea. 

Antennaria rosea. Agoseris glauca. 

Other species of interest were :— 

Lewisia columbiana. Ranunculus eschscholtzii. 

Brysimum elatum. Saxifraga bronchialis. 

Sazvifraga punctata. Savifraga tolmici. 

Potentilla dissecta var. glaucophylla. Potentilla villosa. 

Lomatium martindalei var. augustatum. Bpilobium anagallidifolium. 

Cladothamnus pyroleflorus. Dodecatheon pauciflorum. 

Mimulus alpinus. Phyllodoce glanduliflorus. 

Pedicularis ornithoryncha. Arnica latifolia. 

Arnica amplericaulis. Senecio triangularis. 

A few plants were also collected in the vicinity of Long Beach, on the west coast of 
- Vancouver Island, the latter part of September, including :— 

Polypodium scouleri. Botrychium silaifolium. 

Carex macrocephala. Hydastylus brachypus. 

Listera caurina. Empetrum nigrum. 

Gentiana douglasiana. Franseria bipinnatifida. 

Stachys ciliata var. pubens. 

A large number of specimens have been mounted by Miss H. J. Hendry, now in charge of 
the office of the Museum, and placed in the collection of the Herbarium; a card-index has been 
completed of the mounted specimens, and the whole have been arranged in their systematic 
order of families, according to the check-list of the plants of Gray’s Manual. 

A record has also been made of all duplicates and unmounted material, and the same placed 
in genus-covers and arranged in the same systematic order. 

The nucleus of the Herbarium, the original collection loaned by the Department of Agricul- 
ture, and made by Mr. J. R. Anderson at the time he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture, has 
been rearranged and placed in the accepted order; this collection still remains in its original 
genus-covers and is in an excellent state of preservation, due to the great care Mr. Anderson 
took in preparing his specimens, many of which were collected twenty years ago. 

From an educational standpoint the collection now in the Herbarium is available to teachers 
and other students of botany, and should prove a great facility to them for comparison in 
identifying any plants they do not know. A number of the latest and most authentic books on 
our flora are also at hand for reference; these will be found in the office of the Museum, 


LIST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND PLANTS COLLECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE 
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 


By Proressor JoHN Macowun, or Sipney, B.C. 


POLYPODIACE®. 
Adiantum pedatum L. Polypodium occidentale (Hook.) Maxon. 
Aspidium spinulosum (O. F. Miiller) Sw., Polystichum braunii (Spenner) Fée, var. 

var. dilatatum (Hoffm.) Hook. andersoni. 

Asplenium felix-famina (L.) Bernh. Polystichum munitum (Kault.) Presl. 
Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. Pteris aquilina lanuginosa Bong. 
Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. Woodwardia radicans (Smith), var. amert 
Lomaria spicant Desy. cana Hook. 

OPHIOGLOSSACE®. 
Botrychium simplex Hitche. Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. 


Botrychium silaifolium Presl. 
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EQUISETACE®. : 
Bquisetum arvense LL. Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 
Equisetum sylvaticum L. 
LYCOPODIACE.2. , 
Lycopodium clavatum I. Lycopodium lucidulum Michx. -* 
SELAGINELLACE.E. 
Selaginella wallacei Hieron. : 
Is@Tace-®. 
Isoetes echinospora Durieu. ail 
TAXACER. q 
Taxrus brevifolia Nutt. r 
PINACEX. 
Abies grandis Lindl. Pinus. monticola Dougl. 7 
Chamecyparis nootkatensis (Lamb.) Spach. Pseudotsuga taxifolia Britt. iam 
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. Thuja plicata Doun. 
Picea sitchensis Carr. Tsuga heterophylla (Rat.) Sarg. 
Pinus contorta Dougl. ; 
TYPH ACE. Y 


Typha latifolia L. 


SPARGANIACE.®, 


Sparganium americanum Nutt., var. andro- 
cladum Engelm. 


GRAMINACE®. 


Agropyron  pseudorepens — var. 
Scribn. & Smith. 

Agrostis alba L. 

Agrostis alba L., var. stolonifera. 

Agrostis crarata Trin. 

Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) Tuckerm. 

Agrostis microphylla Steud. 

Agrostis vulgaris (With.) Thurb. 

Aira caryophyllea L. 

Aira precox L. 

Alopecurus californicus Vasey. 


MAGNUM 


Alopecurus geniculatus T., var. fulvus 
(Smith) Sonder. 

Alopecurus pratensis L. ; 

Anthoxranthum odoratum L. 

Arrhenatherum avenaceum Boiss. 

Avena fatua l., var. glabrata Peter. 

Bromus carinatus hookerianus (Thurb.) 
Shear. 


Bromus commutatus Schrad. 
Bromus glabrescens (Coss.) Shear. 
Bromus hordeaceus L. 

Bromus marginatus Nees. 
Bromus maximus Desf. 
Bromus paciflcus Shear. 
Bromus secalinus L. 

Bromus sitchensis Bong. 
Bromus sterilis L. 

Bromus tectorum L. 

Bromus vulgaris Shear. 

Cinna latifolia (Trey.) Griseb. 
Cynosurus cristatus L. 


Sparganium simplex Huds. 


Cynosurus echinatus LL. 
Dactylis glomerata lL. 
Danthonia americana Scribn. 7 
Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauy. ig 
Deschampsia cespitosa (l.) Beauy. 
Deschampsia calycina Presl. 
Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro. 
Elymus arenarius WL. 

Elymus borealis Seribn. 

Blymus glaucus Buck. X 
Blymus glaucus Buekl., var. hirsutus Malte. — 
Blymus vancouverensis Vasey. , 
Festuca bromoides 1. 

Festuca elatior L. 

Festuca megalura Nutt. 
Festuca occidentalis Hook. 
Festuca pacifica Piper. : 
Festuca rubra L. a 
Festuca subuliflora Seribn. 

Festuca subulata Trin. 

Glyceria borealis (Nash) Batchelder. 
Glyceria nervata Trin. 


Piper. 
Glyceria paucifiora Presl. 
Glyceria scabra Malte., sp. nov. 
Holeus lanatus WG. 
Hordeum nodosum L. 
Hordeum murinum LL, 
Keleria cristata (l.) Pers. 
Lolium multifiorum Lam. 
Lolium perenne I. 


Phalaris arundinacea UL. 
Phalaris canariensis L. 
Phleum pratense 1. 
Phragmites communis Trin. 
Poa annua L. 

Poa compressa WL. 

Poa confinis Vasey. 

Poa howellii Vasey. 

Poa pratensis L. 


ProvinctaL Musnum Reporr. 


CYPERACE. 


Carex arcta Boott. 

Carex athrostachya Olney. 
Carex aurea Nutt. 

Carex bolanderi Olney. 
Carex canescens L. 

Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Mey. 
Carer deweyana Schwein. 


Carex diandra Schrank, var. ampla Bailey. 


- Carex dives Wolm. 
Carex festiva Dew. 


* Carex festiva pachystachya (Cham.) Bailey. 


Carer furva (Bailey). 
Carex hendersoni Bailey. 
Carer howellii Bailey. 
Carex leviculmis Meinsch. 
Carer leptalea Wahl. 
Carex mirata Dew. 
« Carex ederi Retz. 
Carex pennsylvanica Lam., var. vespertina 
Bailey. 


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Poa sandbergii Vasey. 
Poa triflora Gilib. 
Poa trivialis L. 
Polypogon monspeliensis (.) Dest. 
Polypogon littoralis (With.) Smith. 
Puccinellia lemmoni Vasey. 
Puccinellia distans (L.) Parl. 
Stipa minor (Vasey) Seribn. 
Stipa nov. sp. Malte. 
Carex pheocephala Piper. 
Carex pratensis Drejer. 
Carex rossii Boott. 
Carex stellulata Good, yar. cephalantha 


Bailey. 
Carex stipata Muhl. 
Carex teretiuscula ramosa Boott. 
Carex utriculata Boott. 
Carer vulgaris lipocarpha Holm. 
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britt. 
Eleocharis palustris (.) R. & 8S. 
Scirpus americanus Pers. 
Scirpus microcarpus Presl. 
Scirpus occidentalis (Wats.) Chase. 
Scirpus riparius (R. Br.) Spreng. 
Scirpus robustus Pursh. 
Scirpus validus Vahl. 


ARACEE. 


Lysichiton camtschatcensis (L.) Schott. 


LEMNACE. 


Lemna trisulea l. 


Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Sechleid. 


7 = JUNCACE.®. 


Juncus balticus Willd. 

Juncus bufonius L. 

Juncus columbianus Coville. 

Juncus effusus L., var. brunneus Engel. 
Juncus effusus gracilis Hook. 

Juncus effusus L., var. pacificus F. & W. 
Juncus ensifolius Wiks. 

Juncus falcatus E. Meyer. 

Juncus falcatus var. alaskensis Coville. 

Juncus gerardi Loisel. 

Juncus lescurii Boland. 


Juncus occidentalis (Coville) Wiegand. 

Juncus tenuis Willd. 

Luzula campestris (L.) DC. 

Luzula campestris (.) DC., var. subsessilis 
Wats. 

Luzula comosa 3. Meyer. 

Luzula comosa . Meyer, var. macrantha 
Wats. 

Luzula parviflora (Elrh.) Desy. 

Luzula spicata (i) DC. 


LILiace®. 


Allium acuminatum Hook. 
Allium cernuum Roth. 

- Allium geyeri Wats. 
Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) Coville. 
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Coville. 
Disporum oreganum (Wats.) B. & TI. 
Erythronium giganteum Lindl. 


Fritillaria lanceolata Pursh. 

Hookera hyacinthina (Lindl.) Kuntz. 
Lilium parviflorum (Wook.) Tolzinger. 
Maianthemum bifolium dilitatum Wood. 
Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. 
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt. 
Stenanthium occidentale Gray. 


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Streptopus amplevifolius (.) DC. 
Tofieldia intermedia Rydb. 
Trillium ovatum Pursh. 


TRIDACEX. 


Hydastylus borealis Bicknell. 
Olsynium grandiflorum (Dougl.) Raf. 
Sisyrinchium birameum Piper. 


ORCHIDACE. 


Calypso bulbosa (.) Oakes. 
Corallorrhiza maculata Raf. 
Corallorrhiza mertensiana Bong. 
Corallorrhiza stricta Lindl. 
Habenaria dilitata Hook. 
Habenaria elegans Boland. 
Habenaria gracilis Wats. 


SALICACE®. 


Populus tremuloides Michx. 

Populus trichocarpa T. & G. 
Populus vancouveriana Trelease. 
Salix geyeriana Anderss. 

Salix geyeriana Anderss, X sitchensis. 


MYRICACE. 
Myrica gale WL. 
BETULACE®. 
Betula occidentalis Hook. Alnus oregona Nut. i 
. 
FAGACE. 
Quercus garryana Dougl. 
URTICACE. 


Ulmus campestris L. 


ARISTOLOCHIACE. 


Asarum caudatum Lindl. 


POLYGONACE. 


Polygonum amphibium LL. 

Polygonum aviculare LL. 

Polygonum aviculare Ta, 
Ledeb. 

Polygonum convolvulus L. 

Polygonum erectum I. 

Polygonum fowleri Robinson. 

Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. 

Polygonum lapathifolium T. 

Polygonum minimum Wats. 

Polygonum paronychia Cham. & Schlecht. 


var. vegetum 


CHENOPODIACEA. 


Atriplex patula L. 

Atripler patula L. var. hastata (.) Gray. 
Chenopodium album T. 

Chenopodium humile Hook. 


AMARANTHACE. 


Amaranthus retroflerus L. 


NYCTAGINACE®. 


Abronia latifolia Esch. 


Veratrum viride Ait. 
Zygadenus venenosus Wats. 


Sisyrinchium idahoénse Bicknell. 
Sisyrinchium macounii Bicknell. 


Habenaria leucostachys (Lindl.) Wats. 
Habenaria unalaschensis (Spreng.) Wats. 
Listera caurina Piper. — 

Listera convallarioides (Sw.) Torr. 
Peramium decipiens (Hook.) Ames. 
Spiranthes romanzofiana Cham. 


Saliz hookeriana Barratt. 
Salix lasiandra Benth. 
Salix sitchensis Sanson. 
Salix scouleriana Barratt. 


Urtica lyallii Wats. 


Polygonum persicaria L. 
Polygonum spergularieforme Meisn. 
Rumezx acetosella WL. : 
Rumex conglomeratus Murr. 
Rumex crispus L. 

Rumez obtusifolius L. 

Rumex obtusifolius L., var. discolor. 
Rumex occidentalis Wats. 

Rumex persicarioides L. 

Rumex pulcher WL. 


Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. 
Salicornia ambigua Michx. 
Sueda maritima (L.) Dumort. 


Arenaria macrophylla Hook. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. 
Cerastium campestre Greene. 
Cerastium viscosum L. 
Dianthus armeria L. 
Lychnis vespertina L. 
Sagina crassicaulis Wats. 
Sagina occidentalis Wats. 
Saponaria officinalis L. 
Silene anglica L. 

Silene antirrhina L. 

Silene gallica L. 

Silene menziesii Hook. 


ProvinciAL Muspum Reporv. 


CARYOPHYLLACE2. 


Silene noctiflora L. 

Silene scouleri Hook 

Spergula arvensis L. 

Spergula sativa Boenn. 

Spergularia marina (1.) Griseb. 

Spergularia rubra radicans Presl. 

Stellaria borealis Bigel., var. 
(Fries) Britt. 

Stellaria brachypetala Bong. 

Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schlecht. 

Stellaria longipes Goldie. 

Stellaria media (L.) Cyrill. 

Stellaria nitens Nutt. 


alpestris 


PORTULACACE. 


Calandrinia caulescens menziesii Hook. 

Claytonia dichotoma Nutt. 

Claytonia howellii (Wats.) Piper. 

Claytonia linearis Dougl. 

Claytonia parviflora Doug}. 

Claytonia parviflora Dougl., var. depressa 
Gray. 


Claytonia parvifolia Moc. 
Claytonia perfoliata Donn. 
Claytonia sibirica L. 
Claytonia spathulata Dougl. 


NYMPH EACE. 


Brasenia schreberi Gmel. 


Nymplwa polysepala (Engelm.) Greene. 


RANUNCULACES. 


Anemone lyallii Britt. 

Anemone hudsoniana (DC.) Richards. 
Anemone oregana Gray. 

Anemone multifida Poir. 

Aquilegia formosa Fisch. 

Delphinium ajacis L. 

Delphinium menziesii DC. 

Myosurus apetalus lepturus Gray. 
Ranunculus acris L. 

Ranunculus aquatilis L. 


Ranunculus bongardi Greene, var. douglast: 
Howell. 

Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh, var. saai- 
montana Fernald. 

Ranunculus flammula reptans (L.) Schlecht. 

Ranunculus flammula (L.), var. wnalas- 
chensis (Bess.) Ledeb. 

Ranunculus flammula (L.), var. intermedius 
Hook. 

Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt. 


Ranunculus aquatilis pantothrix (Brot.) Ranunculus orthorhynchus Hook. 
Piper. Ranunculus othorhynchus Hook., var. platy- 
Ranunculus aquatilis L., var. trichophyllus phyllus Gray. 
Gray. Ranunculus repens L. 
Ranunculus bongardi Greene. Thalictrum occidentale Gray. 
BERBERIDACE. 
Achlys triphylla (Smith) DC. Berberis nervosa Pursh. 
Berberis aquifolium Pursh. 
j PAPAVERACE®, 
Eschscholzia californica Cham. Papaver somniferum L. 
Papaver dubium L. 
FUMARIACE. 
Dicentra formosa DC. 
CRUCIFER. 


Alyssum alyssoides (.) Gouan. 
Arabis hirsuta (L.) Seop. 
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. 


Arabis perfoliata Lam. 
Brassica campestris L. 
Cakile edentula (Bigel.) Hook. 


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Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz. 
Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medie. 
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. 
Cardumine pennsylvanica Muhl. 
Coronopus didymus (.) Smith. 
Dentaria tenella Pursh. 

Draba verna lL. 

Brysimum occidentale (S. Wats.). 
Hesperis matronalis L. 

Lepidium menziesii DC. 

Lepidium sativum Wl. 


Sedum spathulifolium Hook. 


Heuchera cylindrica Doug. 
Heuchera micrantha Doug}. 
Leptavis menziesii (Pursh.) Raf. 
Mitella pentandra Hook. 

Ribes bracteosum Dougl. 

Ribes divaricatum Dougl. 

Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir. 
Ribes lobbii Gray. 

Ribes nigrum L. 


Alchemilla occidentalis Nutt. 
Amelanchier florida Lindl. 
Cotoneaster pyracantha (.) Spach. 


Crategus brevispina (Dougl.) Heller. 


Crataegus orycanthoides L. 


Drymocallis wrangeliana (Fisch. & Lall.) 


Rydb. 
Fragaria bracteata Heller. 
Fragaria crinita Rydb. 
Fragaria cuncifolia Nutt. | 
Fragaria helleri Holzinger. 
Geum macrophyllum Willd. 
Geum oregonense Scheutz. 


Osmaronia cerasiformis (T. & G.) Greene. 
Physocarpus opulifolius (.) Maxim. 


Potentilla anserina L. 
Potentilla dichora Rydb. 
Potentilla gracilis Doug. 
Potentilla monspeliensis L. 
Potentilla palustris (.) Scop. 


Cytisus scoparius (l.) Link. 
Hosackia bicolor Doug). 
Hosackia denticulata Drew. 
Hosackia parviflora Benth. 
Lathyrus latifolius L. 

Lathyrus maritimus (.) Bigel. 
Lathyrus nuttallii Wats. 
Lathyrus pauciflorus Fernald. 
Lupinus bicolor Lindl. 

Lupinus lepidus Doug. 


Lepidium strictum Rattan. 
Neslia paniculata (1.) 
Nasturtium palustre DC., var. 


Radicula curvisiliqua (Wook.) Greene. 


Radicula obtusa (Nutt.) Greene. 
Radicula pacifica (Wowell) Greene. 
Raphanus sativus L. 

Sisymbrium altissimum LL. 
Sisymbrium officinale L. 


Sisymbrium officinale (.), var. leiocarpum 


DC. 


CRASSULACE®. 


SAXIFRAGACE2E. 


Ribes sanguineum Pursh. 
Sazifraga bongardi Presl. 
Saxifraga integrifolia Hook. 
Saxifraga rufidula (Small) Piper. 
Tellima bulbifera Rydb. 

Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Doug]. 
Tellima parviflora Hook. 

Tiarella laciniata Hook. 

Tiarella trifoliata L. 


Rosacez&. 


Potentilla recta L. 

Prunus demissa (Nutt.) Dietr. 
Prunus emarginata (Dougl.) Walp. 
Prunus emarginata villosa Sudw. 
Pyrus diversifolia Bong. 

Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. 

Rosa nutkana Pres. 

Rosa pisocarpa Gray. 

Rosa rubiginosa L. 

Rubus chamemorus L. 

Rubus laciniatus Wilhd. 

Rubus leucodermis Doug). 

Rubus macropetalus Dougl. 
Rubus parviflorus Nutt. 

Rubus spectabilis Pursh. 
Sanguisorba occidentale Nutt. 
Npirea discolor Pursh. 

Spiraa douglasii Hook. 

Spir~@a menziesii Hook. 


LEGUMINOS.®. 


Lupinus littoralis Doug). 
Lupinus micranthus Dougl. 
Lupinus microcarpus Sims. 
Lupinus nootkatensis Donn. 
Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. 
Medicago apiculata Willd. 
Medicago hispida Gaertn. 
Medicago lupubina L. 
Medicago sativa L. 
Melilotus alba Desr. 


ProyvinciAL Museum Reporr. 


Melilotus indica (L.) All. 
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 
Psoralea physodes Doug). 
Robinia pseudo-acacia Dougl. 
Trifolium albopurpureum T. & G. 
Trifolium cyathiferum Lindl. 
Trifolium dubium Sibth. 
Trifolium fimbriatum Lindl. 
Trifolium hybridum L. 
Trifolium incarnatum L. 
Trifolium microcephalum Pursh. 
Trifolium microdon Hook & Arn. 
Trifolium oliganthum Steud. 


Geranium bicknellii Britt. 
Geranium carolinianum LL. 
Geranium dissectum L. 
Geranium molle L. 
Geranium pusillum Burm. 


Acer douglasii Hook. 


Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh. 
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. 


Malva moschata L. 
Malva parviflora L. 
Malva rotundifolia L. 


Viola adunca Smith. 

Viola glabella Nutt. 

Viola howellii Gray. * 

Viola macloskeyi Lloyd. 

Viola nuttallii premorsa (Dougal.) Wats. 


Shepherdia canadensis (.) Nutt. 


Boisduvalia densiflora (Lindl.) Wats. 
Cireea pacifica Asch & Magn. 
Epilobium adenocaulon Haussk. 
Bpilobium anagallidifolium Lam. 


Fatsia horrida (Smith) B. & H. 


Angelica genuflera Nutt. 
Anthriscus sativa L. 
~ Carum gairdneri (Hook. & Arn.) Gray. 
Caucalis microcarpa Hook. 
Cicuta douglasii (DC.) C. & R. 
Cicuta purpurea Greene. 
Cicuta vagans Greene. 
Coniosclinum gmelini (Cham. & Schlecht.) 
C..& R. 


Trifolium pratense L. 
Trifolium procumbens L. 
Trifolium repens L. 

Trifolium tridentatum Lindl. 
Trifolium variegatum Nutt. 
Ulex europeus L. 

Vicia americana Muhl. 

Vicia americana truncata (Nutt.) Brewer. 
Vicia angustifolia (L.) Reich. 
Vicia gigantea Hook. 

Vicia hirsuta (L.) 8S. F. Gray. 
Vicia sativa L. 

Vicia tetrasperma (.) Moench. 


GERANIACE.22. 


Mrodium cicutarium (L.) L’Her. 
Brodium moschatum (L.) L’Her. 
Buphorbia peplus L. 

Buphorbia serphyllifolia Pers. 


ACERACE.Z. 


Acer macrophyllum Pursh. 


RHAMNACER. 


Rhamnus purshiana DC, 


MALVACE®. 


Malva sylvestris L. 
Sidalcea hendersonii Wats. 


VIOLACEX. 


Viola palustris L. 

Viola retroscabra Greene. 

Viola sarmentosa Doug). Macoun. 
Viola sempervirens Greene. 

Viola tricolor L. 


¥ EL AGNACE. 


ONAGRACE. 


Bpilobium angustifolium L. 
Epilobium minutum Lindl. 
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. 


ARALIACE. 


UMBELLIFER®. 


Conium maculatum WL. 

Daucus carota L. 

Daucus pusillus Michx. 

Heracleum lanatum Michx,. 
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f. 
Leptotenia dissecta Nutt. 

Lomatium levigatum (Nutt.) C. & R. 
Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) C. & R. 
Lomatium utriculatum (Nutt.) C. & R. 


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@nanthe sarmentosa Pres. Sanicula arctopoides H. & A. R 

Osmorhiza divaricata Nutt. Sanicula bipinnatifida Doug). 

Osmorhiza leibergii (C. & R.) Suksdorf. Sanicula howellii C. & R. 

Pastinaca sativa L. Sanicula menziesii Hook. & Arn. 
CoRNACE. 

Cornus canadensis L. Cornus occidentalis (T. & G.) Coville. 

Cornus nuttallii Audubon. : 
ERICACE®. 

Allotropa virgata T. & G. Pyrola bracteata Hook. 

Arbutus menziesii Pursh. Pyrola clata Nutt. 

Arctostaphylos tomentosa (Pursh) Dougl. Pyrola picta Smith. 

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (l.) Spreng. Pyrola picta dentata Smith. 

Chimaphila wbhellata (L.) Nutt. Pyrola picta integra Gray. 

Gaultheria ovatifolia Gray. Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. 

Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small. Vaccinium cuneifolium Nutt. 

Kalmia glauca Ait. Vaccinium oxycoccus intermedius (Gray) 

Pterospora andromedea Nutt. Piper. . 


Pyrola aphylla Smith. 
PLUMBAGINACEX. 
Statice armeria L. 


PRIMULACE. 
Anagallis arvensis L. Glaue maritima I. 
Centunculus minimus L. Lysimachia thyrsiflora L. 
Dodecatheon latifolium (Hook.) Piper. Trientalis arctica Fisch. 
Dodecatheon vulgare (Hook.) Piper. Trientalis latifolia Hook. 
GENTIANACE. 
Centawrium centaurium (L.) W. F. Wight. Gentiana sceptrum Griseb. 
Gentiana acuta Michx. Menyanthes trifoliata L. 
APOCYNACEE. 
Apocynum androsamifolium L. 
CONVOLVULACE. 
Convolvulus arvensis L. : Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich. 
Convolvulus sepium L. Cuscuta epithymum Murr. 
Cuscuta squamigera Engel. 
POLEMONIACE-E. 
Collomia heterophylla Hook. Gilia bicolor (Nutt.) Piper. 
Collomia grandiflora Doug). Gilia gracilis (Dougl.) Hook. 
Gilia achilleefolia Benth. Gilia squarrosa H. & A. 


HypROPHYLLACE. 


Nemophila parviflora Doug). Phacelia linearis (Pursh) Holzinger. 

Nemophila sepulta Parish. Romanzofia sitchensis Bong. 
BORAGINACEAE. 

Allocarya plebeia Greene. Myosotis lara Lehn, 

Amsinckia intermedia Fisch & Meyer. Myosotis versicolor (Pers.) J. E. Smith. 

Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm. Plagiobothrys tenellus (Nutt.) Gray. 


Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill. 
: VERBEN ACE. 
Verbena hastata L. 


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LABIAT. 

Lamium amplexicaule L. Mentha spicata viridis L. 
Lycopus Americanus Muhl. Micromeria chamissonis (Benth.) Greene. 
Lycopus uniflorus Michx. Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevisan. 
Marrubium vulgare L. Prunella vulgaris L. 
Mentha arvensis L., var. canadensis (L.) Scutellaria galericulata L. 

Briquet. 2 Stachys ciliata Dougl. 

: SOLAN ACE. 
Solanum nigrum var. villosum L. 
ScROPHULARIACE®, 

Castilleja angustifolia bradburii (Nutt.) Orthocarpus attenuatus Gray. 

Fernald. Orthocarpus bracteosus Benth, 
Castilleja levisecta Greenman. Orthocarpus hispidus Benth. 
Collinsia grandiflora pusilla Gray. Orthocarpus pusillus Benth. 
Collinsia tenella (Pursh) Piper. Rhinanthus crista-galli L. 
Timosella tenuifolia Wolf. Veronica arvensis L. 
Linaria vulgaris Hill. Veronica americana Schwein. 
Mimulus alsinoides Dougl. Veronica peregrina 1. 
Mimulus grandiflorus Howell. Veronica serpyllifolia L. 
Mimulus langsdorfii Donn. Veronica scutellata L. 
Mimulus moschatus Dougl. Veronica tournefortii C.C. Gmel. 


Mimulus nasutus Greene. 
LENTIBULARIACE. 


Utricularia vulgaris L., var. americana Gray. 


OROBANCHACES. 
Orobanche uniflora L. Orobanche pinetorum Gray. 
Orobanche comosa Hook. 

PLANTAGINACES. 
Plantago bigelovii Gray. Plantago major L. 
Plantago lanceolata L. Plantago major L., var. asiatica (L.) Dene. 
Plantago macrocarpa Cham. & Schlecht. Praag <s Poet 

RUBIACE. 
Galium aparine L. Galium trifidum pacificum Wiegand. 
Galium aparine L., var. vaillantii (DC.) Galium triflorum Michx. 
Koch. Sherardia arvensis L. 

Galium boreale L. 

CAPRIFOLIACE.2. 
Linnea americana Forbes. Sambucus callicarpa Greene. 
Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) Poir. Sambucus glauca Nutt. 
Lonicera hispidula Doug}. Symphoricarpus mollis Nutt. 
Lonicera involucrata Banks. Symphoricarpus racemosus Michx. 


VALERIANACE. 
Valerianella anomala Gray Valerianella congesta Lindl. 


CUCURBITACE®. 
Echinocystis oregana T. & G. 


CAMPANULACE.2. 


Campanula scouleri Hook. Specularia perfoliata (.) A. DO. 
ComPosir2. 
Achillea lanulosa Nutt. ; Adenocaulon bicolor Hook. 


Achillea millefolium L. Agoseris grandiflora Nutt. 


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Agoseris laciniata (Nutt.) Greene. 
Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) B. & FH. 
Anaphalis margaritacea occidentalis Greene. 
Anaphalis margaritacea subalpina Gray. 
Antennaria concolor Piper. 

Antennaria howellii Greene. 

Anthemis arvensis LL. 

Arctium minus Bernh. 

Arctium minus Bernh., var. tomentosum Mill. 
Arnica amplericaulis Nutt. 

Arnica latifolia Bong. 

Artemisia suksdorfii Piper. 

Aster douglasii Lindl. 

Aster foliaceus. 

Balsamorhiza deltoideda. 

Bellis perennis L. 

Bidens amplissima Greene. 

Cichorium intybus L. 

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum LL. 
Chrysanthemum parthenium (.) Pers. 
Cirsium arvense (.) Scop. 

Cirsium edule Nutt. 

Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Scop. 

Cotula coronopifolia L. 

Crepis capillaris (L.) Wallr. 

Crocidium multicaule Hook. 

Brigeron canadensis L. 

Brigeron philadelphicus L. 

Briophyllum lanatum (Pursh) Forbes. 
Franseria bipinnatifida Nutt. 


LIST OF MUSCI COLLECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM. 


By Proressor JOHN Macoun. 


SPHAGNACE®. 


Sphagnum acutifolium Russ & Warnst. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum Russ & Warnst. 
Sphagnum fuscum Von Wlinggraeff. 


ANDRE ACE. 


Andreea petrophila Elrh. 


DICRANACEAB, 


Dicranella heteromatla Schimp. 
Dicranum congestum Brid. 
Dicranum fuscescens Turn. 
Dicranwn hovwellii. 


CERATODONTE®. 


Ceratodon pupureus Brid. 


POTTIE®. 


Leptotrichum flexicaule FHampe. 
Barbula convoluta Hedw. 

Barbula leptotricha C. M.-& Kindb. 
Barbula megalocarpa Windb. 


ProvinciaL Museum Report. 


Gnaphalium purpureum TL. 

Gnaphalium palustre Nutt. 

Gnaphalium microcephalum Nutt. 

Grindelia integrifolia DC. 

Helenium autumnale grandiflorum (Nutt.) 
Gray. 

Hicracium albiflorwm Hook. 

Huypocheris glabra Ml. 

Hypocheris radicata L. 

Lactuca scariola integrata Gren. & Godr. 

Lactuca spicata (Lam.) Hitche. 

Lapsana communis L. 

Luina hypoleuca Benth. 

Madia erigua (Smith) Greene. 

Madia racemosa (Nutt.) T. & G. 

Madia sativa Molina. 

Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter. 

Petasites speciosa (Nutt.) Piper. 

Preanthes alata (Hook.) Gray. 

Senecio vulgaris L. 

Senecio sylvaticus 1. 

Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. 

Solidago elongata Nutt. 

Solidago glutinosa Nutt. 

Solidago lepida DC. 

Sonchus asper (.) Hill. 

Sonchus oleraceus lL. 

Tanacetum vulgare L. 

Tararacum officinale Weber. 

Tragopogon porrifolius L. 


Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. 
Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. 


Dicranum scoparum Hedw. 
Dicranum strictum Drumm. 
Dicranum subpalustre C. M. & Kindb. 
Dicranum sulcatum Windb. 


Distichium capillaceum Brunch & Schimp. 


Barbula mucronifolia Bruch & Schimp. 
Barbula ruralis Hedw. 

Barbula subulata Beauv. 

Barbula vinealis Braun. 


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Scouleria muelleri: Kindb. * 
Racomitrium canescens Brid. 
Racomitrium eriocoides Bruch & Schimp. 
Racomitrium heterostichum Brid. 
Racomitrium varium, 


Amphoridium californicum Lesq. & James. 
Clota phyllantha Mitt. 
Orthotrichum lyellii Hook & Tayl. 


Bruch & Schimp. 


Bartramia pomiformis Hedw. 
Philonotis macounii Lesq. & James. 


Leptobryum pyriforme Schimp. 
Webera albicans Schimp. 

Webera nutans Hedw. 

Bryum capillare Linn. 

Bryum cirrhatum Hoppe. & Hornsch. 
Mnium afins Bland. 


Aulacomnium androgynum Schwaegr. 


Atrichum undulatum Beauv. 
Catharinew undulata (L.) Web. & Mohr. 
Pogonatum alpinum Roehl. 
Pogonatum alpinum var. 
Brid. 


septentrionale 


Fontinalis antipyretica Linn. 
Fontinalis chrysaphylla Card. 
Fontinalis kinbergii Can. Muse. 


Alsia abictina Sulliv. 
Neckera douglasii Hook. 


Heterocladium heteroptoides Best. 
Heterocladium heteroptoides var. filicens 
Best. 

Thuidium crispifolium (Wook.) WKindb. 


Funaria hygrometrica Sibth., var. calvescens 


BrYExX. 


GRIM MIE. 


Hedwigia ciliata Whrh., var. 
Schimp. 

Braunia californica Lesq. 

Braunia californica var. pilifera Lesqg. & 
James. 


leucophaa 


ORTHOTRICHE. © 


Orthotrichum puchelion Brunton. 
Bncalypta streptocarpa Hedw. 


PHYSCOMITRIEX. 


BARTRAMIE®. 


Philonotis fontana Brid. 
Philonotis marchica Brid. 


Mnium glabrescens. 

Mnium inclinatum Lindb. 
Mnium insigne Mitt. 
Mnium menziesii C. Muell. 


Mnium spinulosum Bruch. & Sehimp. 


Mnium venustrum Mitt. 


AULACOMNIUM. 


Aulacomnium palustre Schwaegr. 


TIMMIE.®. 
Timmia austriaca Hewd. 
GEORGIACE. 
Georgia genuflera. 
POLYTRICHEX. 


Polytrichum commune Lindb. 
Polytrichum juniperinum Willd. 
Polytrichum piliferum Sechreb. 
Polytrichum strictum Banks. 


FONTINALCE, 


Fontinalis patens. 
Dichelyma cylindricarpum Aust. 


NECKERE. 


Neckera menziesii Drumm. 
Homatlia macounii C. M. & WKindb. 


Neckera douglasii WHook., var. macounii 
Kindb. * 
LEUCODONTE®. 
Antitrichia californica Sulliv. 
HYPNEX. 


Camptothecium nuttallii Kindb. 
Camptothecium lutescens Bruch. & Schimp. 
Brachythecium albicans Bruch. & Schimp. 
Brachythecium asperrimum Mitt. 


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Brachythecium rivulare Bruch. & Schimp. 


Brachythecium rutabulum Bruch. & Schimp. 
Brachythecium salebrosum Bruch. & Schimp. 


Scleropodium cespitosum Bruch. & Schimp. 

Scleropodium calpophyllum. 

Seleropodium obtusifolium Windb. 

Isothecium cardoti Windb. 

Tsothecium brewerianum Lesq. & James. 

Isothecium lentum Lesq. & James. 

Tsothecium myurellum Kindb. 

Tsothecium nuttallii. 

Isothecium stoloniferum Brid. 

Burynchium stokesii Bruch. & Schimp. 

Burynchium semiasperum C. M. & WKindb. 

Raphidostegium roellii Ren. & Card. 

Thamnium liebergii. 

Plagiothecium denticulatum Bruch. & 
Schimp. 


Plagiothecium erichapherum. 

Plagiothecium sylwaticum Bruch. & Schimp. 

Plagiothecium undulatum Bruch. & Schimp. 

Amblystegium serpens Bruch. & Schimp. 

Amblystegium riparium Bruch. & Schimp. 

Hypnum circinale Hook. 

Hypnum curvifolium Wedw. 

Hypnum cohearens. . 

Hypnum filicmum Linn. 

Hypnum kneiffii Bruch. & Schimp. 

Hypnum kneiffii var. gracilescens Bruch. 
& Schimp. 

Hypnum palustre Huds. 

Hypnum robustum Hook. 

Hypnum subimponens Lesq. 

Hypnum vernicosum Lindb. 

Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. 


ACCESSIONS—PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 


Ext. Proce. No. 2166, Vol. 51—Summary of the Mollusks of the Family Alectrionidie of the 
West Coast of America. William Healey Dall. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2165, Vol. 51—A New Species and Three New Species of Parasitic Isopod 
Crustaceans. W. P. Hay. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2172, Vol. 51—New Species and Varieties of Foraminifera from the Philippines 
and Adjacent Waters. Joseph A. Cushman. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2174, Vol. 52—North American EKarthworms of the Family Lumbericidie in 
the Collections of the United States National Museum. Frank Smith. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2175, Vol. 52—The Birds of Bawean Island, Java Sea. Harry C. Oberholser. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2177, Vol. 52—Fossil Fishes in the Collection of the United States National 
Museum. Chas. R. Eastman. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2181, Vol. 52—New Tertiary Insects. T. D. A. Cockerell. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2182, Vol. 52—New Species of South Dakota Cretaceous Crabs. 
Rathbun. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2183, Vol. 52—Diagnoses of New Species of Marine Bivalve Mollusks from 
the West Coast of America in the Collection of the United States National Museum. 
William Healey Dall. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2186, Vol. 52—A New Species of Polychetous Annelid from Panama, witb 
Notes on a Hawaiian Form. Aaron L. Treadwell. 

PExt. Proc. No. 2187, Vol. 52—Notice of a New Paleocene Mammalma, Possible Relative of 
the Titanotheres. J. W. Gidley. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2188, Vol. 52—Mammals collected on the Chain of Islands lying off the 
Western Coast of Sumatra, with Descriptions of Twenty-eight New Species and Sub- 
species. Dr. W. L. Abbott and Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2189, Vol. 52—New Species of Fossil Beetles from Florissant, Colorado. 
H. F. Wickham. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2190, Vol. 52—Rotatoria of Los Angeles, California, and Vicinity, with 
Descriptions of New Species. Frank J. Myers. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2191, Vol. 52—On certain Secondary Sexual Characters in the Male Ruddy 
Duek, Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmelin). Alexander Wetmore. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2203, Vol. 53—A New Species of Bear-Naimalcule from the Coast of North 
Carolina. W. P. Hay. 

Ext. Proe, No. 2210, Vol. 53—Some Fossil Insects from Florissant, Colorado. 
Cockerell. 


Mary J. 


T D2 AS 


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Ext. Proce. No. 2212, Vol. 53—Description of New Species of Extinct Horse, Equus lambei, 
from the Pleistocene from the Yukon Territory. Oliver P. Hay. 

Ext. Proc. 2144, Voi. 51—New Brachiopods of the Genus Spirifer from the Silurian Maine. 
Henry Shaler Williams. 

Pxt. Proe. 2160, Vol. 51—A New Mollusk of the Genus Pisidium from Alaska, with Vield 
Notes. G. Dallas Hanna and Victor Sterki. 

Ext. Proe. No. 2162, Vol. 51—A Contribution to the Fauna of the Oligocene Beds of Flint 
River, Georgia. W. H. Dall. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2169, Vol. 51—Mollusks from the Type Locality of the Choctawhatchee Marl. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2170, Vol. 51—The Californian Land Shells of the Epiphragmophora Traskii 
Group. Paul Bartsch. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2193, Vol. 52—Descriptions of New West American Marine Mollusks, and 
Notes on Previously Described Forms. Paul Bartsch. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2196, Vol. 53—Some Effects of Environment and Habit on Captive Lions. 
N. Hollister. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2198, Vol. 53—Description of a New Species of Mastodon, Gomphotherium 
elegans, from the Pleistocene of Kansas. Oliver P. Hay. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2194, Vol. 53—-North American Parasitic Copepods belonging to the Lernzidas, 
with Revision of the Entire Family. Charles Branch Wilson. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2209, Vol. 53—New and Little Known Species of South American Fresh- 
water Mussels of the Genus Diplodon. William B. Marshall. 

Ext. Proe. No. 2214, Vol. 53—Descriptions of a New Species of Crab from the California 
Pleistocene. Mary J. Rathbun. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2215, Vol. 53—Fossil Remains of what appears to be a Passerine Bird from 
the Florissant Shales of Colorado. R. W. Shufeldt. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2217, Vol. 53—Notes on the Shells of the Genus Epitonium and its Allies of 
the Pacifie Coast of America. William Healey Dall. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2225, Vol. 54—Nuculites from the Silurian Formations of Washington County, 
Maine. Henry Shaler Williams. 

Ext. Proe. No. 2226, Vol. 54—Altitudinal Distribution of Entomostraca in Colorado. Gideon 
S. Dodds. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2232, Vol. 54—Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on Various Islands in the 
Java Sea. Harry C. Oberholser. 

Ext. Proce. No. 2207, Vol. 53—A Monograph of West American Malanellid Mollusks. Paul 
Bartsch. 

Ext. Proe. No. 2218, Vol. 58—Fossil Echini of the Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. 
Robert Tracy. 

Ext. Proc. No. 2223, Vol. 54—Chitons taken by the United States Fisheries Steamer 
“Albatross” in the North West Pacific in 1906. S. Stillman Berry. 

Contributions, Vol. 35, No. 3—To the Comparative Histology of the Femur. J. 8. Foote, M.D. 

Contributions, Vol. 20, No. 1—The Mexican and Central American Species of Ficus. Paul 
C. Standley. 

Contributions, Vol. 20, No. 2—The Middle American Species of Lonchocarpus. Henry Pittier. 

Contributions, Vol. 18, Part 6—New and Noteworthy Plants from Colombia and Central 
America. Henry Pittier. 

Contributions, Vol. 18, Part 7—Grasses from the West Indies. A. 8. Hitcheock and Agnes 
Chase. 

Contributions, Herbarium, Vol. 17—Systematie Investigations in Lichens and Ferns, Grasses, 
and other Phanerogams. Maxin, Hasse, Hiteheock, Hitehcock and Chase, Standley 
and Cook. 

Bulletin No. 71, U.S. Nat. Museum—A Monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific 
Ocean. Joseph Augustine Cushman. 

Bulletin No. 95, U.S. Nat. Museum—The Fishes of the West Coast of Peru and the Titicaca 
Basin. Barton Warren Evermann and Lewis Radcliffe. 

Bulletin No. 96, U.S. Nat. Museum—<A Synopsis of American Early Tertiary Cheilostome 
Bryozoa. Ferdinand Canu and Ray S. Bassler. 

Bulletin No. 98, U.S. Nat. Museum—The Birds of Anamba Islands. Harry C. Oberholser. 


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Bulletin No. 100, U.S. Nat. Museum—The Philippine Land Shell of the Genus Amphidromus. 
Paul Bartsch. ; 
Bulletin No. 101, U.S. Nat. Museum—The Columbian Institution for the Promotion of Arts 
and Sciences. Richard Rathbun. 

Bulletin No. 102, U.S. Nat. Museum—The Mineral Industries of the United States. Joseph 
E. Pogue. 

Bulletin No. 102, U.S. Nat. Museum—Part 1: The Mineral Industries of the United States. 
Chester G. Gilbert. 

Annual Report of U.S. Nat. Museum, 1915-16. 

Annual Report of U.S. Nat. Museum, 1916-17. 

Mise. Collections, Vol. 66, No. 1S—On the Occurrence of Benthodesmus atlanticus, Goode 
and Bean, on the Coast of British Columbia. Dr. C. H. Gilbert. 

Mise. Collections, Vol. 67, No. 1—Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. Chas. D. Walcott. 

Mise. Collections, Vol. 67, No. 2—The Albertella Fauna in British Columbia and Montana. 
Charles D. Waleott. 


CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 


4th Ser., Vol. VII., No. 1, pp. 1-31—Archaelogical Notes on Western Washington and Adjacent 
British Columbia. Albert B. Reagan. 

4th Ser., Vol. VII., No. 2, pp. 33-839—Concerning the Origin of the Soft-shelled Turtle, 
Aspidonectes californiana Rivers. 

4th Ser., Vol. VIL., No. 3, pp. 33-39—Notes on the Herpetology of Guam, Mariana Islands. 
John Van Denburgh. 

4th Ser., Vol. 1V.—Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 

4th Ser., Vol. IV., No. 4, pp. 41-124—Stratigraphie and Faunal Relations of the Martinez to 
the Chieo and Tejon of Southern California. Clarence A. Waring. 

4th Ser., Vol. V.—Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 

4th Ser., Vol. V., No. 5, pp. 125-156—The Fauna of a Medial Tertiary Formation and the 
Associated Horizons of North-eastern Mexico. Roy E. Dickerson and W. 8S. W. Kew. 

4th Ser.. Vol. VII., No. 6—Climate and its Influence upon the Oligocene Faunas of the 
Pacific Coast, with Descriptions of some New Species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis 
Zone. 

4th Ser., Vol. VII., No. T—Climatie Zones of Martinez Eocene Time. 

4th Ser., Vol. VII., No. S—Ancient Panama Canals. Roy E. Dickerson. 

4th Ser., Vol. VII., No. 9, pp. 207-227—Geology of a Portion of the McKittrick District, a 
Typical Example of the West Side San Joaquin Valley Oil Fields, and a Correlation of 
the Oil Sands of the West Side Fields. G. C. Gester. 

4th Ser., Vol. VI., No. S—Report of the President of the Academy for the year 1916. C. E. 
Grunsky. 

4th Ser., Vol. VI., No. 9—Report of the Director of the Museum for the Year 1916.—Barton 
Warren Evermann. 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 


Vol. 13, No. 18—The Inheritance of Extra Bristles in Drosophila melanogaster Meig. Edna 
M. Reeves. 

Vol. 15, No. 2—Continuation of Hydrographic, Plankton, and Dredging Records. Ellis L. 
Michael and George F. McEwen. 

Vol. 15, No. 83—Summary and Interpretation of the Hydrographic Observations. George F. 
McEwen. 

Vol. 16, No. 1S—The Anatomy of Heptanchus maculatus. J. Frank Daniel. 

Vol. 16, No. 19—Some Phases of Spermatogenesis in the Mouse. Harry B. Yocom. 

Vol, 16, No, 20—Specificity in Behaviour and the Relation between Habits in Nature, and 
Reactions in the Laboratory. Calvin O. Esterly. 

Vol. 16, No. 21—The Occurrence of a Rhythm in the Geotropism of Two Species of Plankton 
Copepods when certain Recurring External Conditions are absent. Calvin O. Esterly. 


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Vol. 17, No. T—The Subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis, with Description of a New Form, 
from the Sierra Nevada, and Systematic Notes on other California Lizards. Charles 
Lewis Camp. 

Vol. 17, No. S—Osteological Relationships of Three Species of Beavers. I. Harvey Holden. 

Vol. 17, No. 9—Notes on the Systematic Status of the Toads and Frogs of California. Charles 
Lewis Camp. 

Vol. 17, No. 10—A Distributional List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of California. Joseph 
Grinnell and Charles Lewis Camp. 

Vol. 16, No. 22—On some New Species of Aphroditidse from the Coast of California. Christine 
Essenberg. 

Vol. 16, No. 17—Distribution of the Land Vertebrates of South-eastern Washington. Lee 
Raymond Dice. 

Vol. 16, No. 23—Notes on the Natural History and Behaviour of Emerita analoga (Stimp- 
son). Hargld Tupper Mead. 

Vol. 16, No. 24—Ascidians of the Littoral Zone of Southern California. William BE. Ritter 
and Ruth A. Forsyth. 

Vol. 18, No. 1—Mitosis in Giardia microti. William C. Boeck. 

Vol. 18, No. 3—Description of some New Species of Polynoid:e from the Coast of California. 
Ohristine Essenberg. 

Vol. 18, No. 4—New Species of Amphinomidze from the Pacific Coast. Christine Essenberg. 

Vol. 17, No. 16—Publications: Zoology. William Emerson Ritter and Charles Atwood 
Kofoid. 

Bulletin Nos. 1 and 2—Scripps Institution for Biological Research. 

Bulletin No. 3—Scripps Institution for Biological Research of the University of California : 
Modern Conceptions of Heredity and Genetic Studies at the Scripps Institution. Francis 
B. Summer. 

Bulletin No. 4—Scripps Institution for Biological Research: Field Research and Laboratory 
Experiment: their Places in ascertaining and explaining Habits in Nature. Calvin O. 
BEsterly. 

DOMINION GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. 

Memoir S84—An Exploration of the Tazin and Taltson Rivers, North West Territories. 
Charles Cammsell. 

Memoir 88S—Geology of Graham Island, British Columbia. J. D. MacKenzie. 

Memoir 89—Wood Mountain-Willowbunch Coal Area, Saskatchewan. Bruce Rose. 

Memoir 91—The Labrador Eskimo. E. W. Hawkes. 

Memoir 92—Part of the District of Lake St. John, Quebec. John Dresser. 

Memoir 93—The Southern Plains of Alberta. D. B. Dowling. 

Memoir 94—Ymir Mining Camp, British Columbia. Chas. Wales Drysdale. 

Memoir 96—Sooke and Duncan Map-areas, Vancouver Island. G. H. Cooke and H. G. Clapp. 

Memoir 97—Scroggie, Barker, Thistle, and Kirkham Creeks, Yukon Territory. D. D. Cairns. 

Memoir 98—Magnesite Deposits of Grenville District, Argenteuil County, Quebec. M. E. 
Wilson. : 

Memoir 101—Pleistocene and Recent Deposits in the Vicinity of Ottawa, with the Descrip- 
tions of the Soil. W. A. Johnston. 

Museum Bulletin No. 25—Recent and Fossil Ripple-marks. HE. M. Kindle. 

Geological Survey—Summary Report for 1916. Wheaton District, Southern Yukon. D. D. 
Cairns. 

Geological Survey—Summary Report, 1915. D. D. Cairns. 

Reprint from the Scientific Monthly—The Development of Museums and their Relation to 
Education. Harlan I. Smith. 

Reprint from the Bighth Annual Report of the Commission of Conseryation—The Couserya- 
tion of the Fur Resources of Northern Canada. C. Gordon Hewitt. 

Bighth Annual Report, Commission of Conservation of Canada, 1917. 


CoLorADO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 


Colorado Museum of Natural History—Annual Report, 1916, 
Colorado University Bulletin, Vol. XVII., No. 1—University Studies. 


(Je) 
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ProyinctaL Museum Reporv. 1918 


Unirep STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 


Farmers’ Bulletin No. 755—Common Birds of South-eastern United States in Relation to 
Agriculture. F. EB. L. Beal, W. L. McAtee, and EB. R. Kalmbach. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. 770—Canaries: their Care and Management. A. Wetmore. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. 882—Trapping Moles and utilizing their Skins. Theo. H. Scheffer. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. SG9—The Muskrat as a Fur Bearer, with Notes on its Use as Food. 
David E. Lantz. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. 896—The House Rats and Mice. D. E. Lantz. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. 910—Game Laws for 1917. 

Farmers’ Bulletin No. 911—Laws relating to Fur-bearing Animals, 1917. David E. Lantz. 


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OHIO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 


Bulletin No. 308—The Mineral Metabolism of the Milch Cow. 

Bulletin No, 11. 

Bulletin No. 808—Annual Report, 1915. 

Bulletin No. 8306—Liming and Lime Requirements of Soil. 

Bulletin No. 8307—The Lesser Peach Tree Borer. 

Bulletin No. 809—Spray Calendar, with Seed, Soil, and Disinfection Treatment Methods. 

Bulletin No. 810—The Soldier Bug. 

Bulletin No. 812—Soy-beans: their Culture and Use. 

Bulletin No. 318—Dependable Fruits. 

Bulletin No. 311—Distribution of the Ohio Broods of Periodical Cicada with Reference to 
Soil. 

Bulletin No. 314—Ohio Weather for 1916. 

Bulletin No. 315—Thirty-sixth Annual Report, 1916-17. 


JoHN CRrERAR LIBRARY. 


Officers, Committees, By-laws, and Record of Organization. 
Books on the History of Science. 

Library Cataloguing Rules. 

Twenty-second Annual Report, 1916. 

A Selected List of Books on Military Medicine and Surgery. 


Detroir MuseuM or ART. 


Bulletin, Vol. XI., Nos. 4, 5, 7, and S. 
Bulletin, Vol. XII., Nos. 1 and 2. 


PENNSYLVANIA MusEuUM. 
Bulletin, January, 1917. 
Bulletin, July, No. 58. 
Bulletin, October, No. 59. 
Forty-first Annual Report, 1917. 
Fretp MuseuM. 
Publication 186, Vol. V., No. 1—Annual Report of the Director, 1915. 
Publication 194, Vol. V., No. 1-——Annual Report of the Director, 1916. 
Publication 198, Vol. XII., No. 1—Zoological Series. Notes on Little Known Species of 
South America Birds, with Descriptions of New Subspecies. C. B. Cory. 
Publication 195, Vol. VI., No. 4—Three Etruscan Painted Sarcophagi. IF. B. Tarbell. : 
Publication 191, Vol. X., No. 15—The Fishes of the Fresh Waters of Panama. Seth E. Meek 
and 8. F. Hildebrand. 
MILWAUKEE PuBLIic MUSEUM. 
Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 1—The Washo Indians. S. A. Barrett. 
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. 


University Studies, Vol. XVI., No. 4. 


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Province ov ONTARIO: Reports. 
Archiwological Report, 1916. 
The Forty-seventh Annual Report, 1916 (lntomological). 


British CoLumMBiA GOvVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. 


Circular No, G—Trees and Shrubs. J. W. Gibson, M.A. 
Roger WittiAMs Park Museum. 
Park Museum Bulletin, Vol. IX., Nos. 1, 2, 5, 4, and 5. 
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 


Museum Journal, Vol. VII., No. 4. 
Museum Journal, Vol. VILE.» Now. 


MANCHESTER MUSEUM. 
Annual Report, 1915-16. 
Bureau Or ScreENCE, MANILA, 


The Mineral Resources of the Philippine Islands for the Year 1915. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA. 


Bulletin No. 831—Gopher Destruction. J. I. Grisdale, B.Agr. 


- Bulletin No. 14—Canadian Bark Beetles. Part 1: Descriptions of New Species. J. M. 


Swaine. 
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 

Bulletin, Vol. XXXVIL., Art. XLV.—Notes on West Indian Synutomidze and Arctiidze (Lepi- 
doptera). .-Wm. T. M. Forbes. 

Bulletin, Vol. XXNXVII., Art. XIII.—A New Rabbit and a New Bat from Neotropical Regions. 
H. BE. Anthony. 

Bulletin, Vol. XXNXVII., Art. I1V—New Fossil Rodents from Porto Rico, with Additional 
Notes on Blasmodontomys obliquus Anthony and Heteropsomys insulans Anthony. 
KE. H. Anthony. 

Bulletin, Vol. XXXVII., Art. XIV.—Two New Fossil Bats from Porto Rico. KE. H. Anthony. 

Bulletin, Vol. XXXVITI., Art. XVITI.—The American Museum Congo Expedition Collection 
of Bats. J. A. Allen, Herbert Lang, and James P. Chapin. 

A Check List of Mammals of the North American Continent, the West Indies, and the 
Neighbouring Seas. D. G. Elliot, D.S.C. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 
Annual Report, 1916, 
Publicatious issued by the Library since 1897. 


STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. 
Vol. VI., Parts 1 and 2. 

WaGNeER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, PHILADELPHIA. 
Annual Announcements, 1917-18. 
Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, Vol. VIII., 1917. 

PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM AND ScHooL or INDUSTRIAL ART. 
Bulletin No. 56, October, 1916. 
Museum Journal, June, 1917. 
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM. 
Museum Journal, Vol. VII., No. 2. 
Museum Journal, Vol. VILI., No. 3. 
New York ZooLoGicaL Society, N.Y. 

Report of the Director of the Aquarium. 
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OFS Provincia Museum Reporr. - 1918 — 


Crry Arr Museum, Sr. Louis, Mo. 


Bulletin, Vol. III., Nos. 1, 2, 8, and 4. 
Exhibition Catalogues, Nos. 1, 2, 38, 4, 5, and 6. 
Annual Report, 1916. 


MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART. 


Bulletin, Vol. VI., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,-6, 7, §,-and 9. 
Annual Report of the Governing Members, 1916. 


BERNICE PAUAHI BisHor MuseuM or PoLyNESIAN ENTHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HuIsToRY. =a 


Occasional Papers, Vol. III., No. 3—Some New Species of Amastra. C. Montague Cooke, Jr. 
Occasional Papers, Vol. III., No. 4—The Hawaiian Rat. Witmer Stone, A.M., Sc.D. Notes 
on the Hawaiian Rat. John EF. G. Stokes. 
Annual Report for 1916. 
_ WRITINGS ON ARCHAOLOGY. 


(By Clarence B. Moore.) 


Aboriginal Sites on Tennessee River. Moore. 

Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas. A Report on a Collection of Crania 
and Bones from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Dr. A. Hrdlicka. 

Antiquities of the St. Francis, White, and Black Rivers, Arkansas. Moore. 

Certain Mounds of Arkansas and ef Mississippi. Moore. 

Moundville Revisited; Crystal River Revisited; Mounds of the Lower Chattahoochee and 
Lower Flint Rivers. 

Notes on the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida. Moore. 

Some Aboriginal Sites on Mississippi River. Moore. 

Some Aboriginal Sites on Green River, Kentucky. 

Some Aboriginal Sites on Lower Ohio River. 

Additional Investigation on Mississippi River. Moore. 

Some Aboriginal Sites on Red River. Moore. "<a 

Antiquities of the Ouachita Valley. Moore. 

Report on an, Additional Collection of Skeletal Remains from Arkansas and Louisiana. — 
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka. 


MIsceLLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. 


Ninth Annual Report of the Kent Science Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1914. 
Tenth Annual Report of the Kent Science Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1915. 
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery—Report, 1916. 
Illinois State Museum of Natural History—Report, 1911-12. ; 
Illinois State Museum of Natural History—Report on the Progress and Conditions for the % 
Years 1913-14-15-16. A. R. Crook, Ph.D. 3 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. XIII., Nos. 1, 2, and 3. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. XIII, No. 4—Notes on Trees and Shrubs. Paul M. — 
Rea. 
Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. XIII, No. 5. 
3ulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. XIII.—The Polar Bear Group; Bird Life in 
Charleston. Paul M. Rea. / 
Contributions from the Charleston Museum—A list of Avian Species for which the Type ) 
Loeality is South Carolina. Arthur Trezevant Wayne. 
Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. XI., Nos. 1, 8, and 4. 
Annual Report of the Children’s Museum of Boston, Vol. IIL, No. 3. > 
Annual Report, Department of Agriculture of Alberta, 1915. 
Ninth Annual Report of the National Museum of Wales, 1915-16. 
Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Vol. XV., Nos. 87, SS, 89, 96, and 91. 
Reprint from the Canada Year Book, 1915—Iaunas of Canada. 
Sulletin of the Dominion Experimental Farm, No. 7—Seasonable Hints. 
Bulletin No. 1—Natural Resources Survey of Canada. 


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ProvincrAn Museum Report. O 35 


Bulletin of the Geological Society of America—Silurian Formations of South-eastern New 

York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Charles Schuchert. 

Bulletin of the New York Botanical Gardens. Vol. 8, No. 31. 

Cleopatra’s Barge Exhibition Catalogue. 

Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Grand Rapids Publie Library, 1916-17. 

Thirty-sixth Annual Réport of the Cincinnati Museum Association. 

Ext. from Proe. of the International Congress of Americanists, Stuttgart, 1904—The Origin 

of Syphilis (Morbus Americanus). Dr. Iwan Bloch. 

The Lorquinia Vol. I. 

The Lorquinia Vol. II., Nos. 2 and 4. 

Ext. New South Wales Handbook—Zoology of New South Wales: The Insects. Walter W. 

Froggatt. 

Proc. of the Linnean Society of New South Wales—Australian Neuroptera, Part II. Esben- 

Petersen, Silkeborg. 

Proc. of the Linnean Society of New South Wales—<Australian Neuroptera, Part I. Esben- 

Petersen. 

Reprints from the American Journal of Sciencee—Two New Fresh-water Gastropods from 

the Mesozoic of Arizona. W. L. Robinson. 

Reprints from the American Journal of Science—On Pre-Cambrian Nomenclature. Charles 
Schuchert. bi * 

Reprints from the American Journal of Science—Hebert’s Views of 1857 regarding the 

Periodic Submergence of Europe. Chas. Schuchert. 

Reprints from the Vroe. of the National Academy of Science—The Earliest Fresh-water 

Arthropods. Chas. Schuchert. 

- Reprints from the Report of the Commission of Education—Education work of the Museum, 

1916. Paul M. Rea. 

Reprints from the Journal of Geology—On the Structure and Classification of the Stroma- 

toporoidea. M. Heinrich. . 

Reprints from the American Anthropologist (N.S.)—A Remarkable Pipe from North-western 

American. H. I. Smith. 

Reprints from the American Anthropologist—Noteworthy Archeological Specimens from the 

Lower Columbia Valley. Harlan I. Smith. 

Reprints from Science, N.S., Vol. XXIII., No. 588S—Preliminary Notes on Archeology of the 

Yakima Valley. Harlan I. Smith. 

Reprints from the American Journal of Science—The Preblem of Continental Fracturing 

and Diastrophism in Oceanica. Chas. Schuchert. 

Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 95, Dept. of Agriculture, New South Wales—Sheep-maggot Flies. 

W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S. 

Ext. from the Australian Zooligist, Vol. I, Parts 1 and 2. 

Guide to the Peabody Museum. 

Report for 1915-16, Oakland Free Library. 

Separate from the Philippine Journal of Science—New or Noteworthy Philippine. 

Winnipeg Industrial Bureau—Tenth Annual Report, 1916. 

Miscellaneous Publications, No. 1860 of the Agriculture Gazette of N.S.W.—Dips and Dress- 

ings used for Protecting Sheep from Blowflies. 

Proce. of the Paleontological Society—Correlatiou and Chronology in Geology on the Basis 

of Paleography. Charles Schuchert. 


VICTORIA, B.C. : 
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The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., 


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History, to lay before you the Report for the year ending December 31st, 1918, 


covering the activities of the Museum. 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT 


FOR THE YEAR 1918. 


Sinee the last Annual Report, although no actual field-work” was undertaken, a great deal 
of time was devoted to the study collection in going through the specimens which have been 
:  eollected from time to time and are stored in the annex. All the specimens have been rearranged, 
_ labelled, and listed, so as to make them more accessible to those who wish to consult them in 
the several branches of natural sciences. | 
In this building, which is not in any way fire-proof, is stored a very large and valuable 
eollection of anthropological material, which, if it were to be destroyed by fire, would be 
impossible to duplicate; this also applies to a large number of totem-poles in the basement 
under this building. The older people of the aboriginal races of this Province are fast disappear- 
‘ing, and as the younger people do not appear to have any interest in the work done by their 
forefathers, it will be only a short time at the longest when all the old wood-carvings will be 
a thing of the past; although without doubt, in many portions of the Province, archeological 
specimens of the stone age may be unearthed in the vicinity of some of their old camp-sites. 
This building also contains the Museum study series of bird-skins, numbering over 4,500 
specimens. A number of the leading museums and ornithologists make application for the loan 
of specimens from time to time for comparison in determining species and subspecies, also for 
working out the distribution and migration of birds on this continent. The same applies to 
the mammal study collection, numbering nearly 1,500 specimens. 
There is no way of accurately recording the number of visitors who visit the Museum during 
the year, as a large number of people, including children and Orientals, do not sign their names; 
however, a glance at the register shows that the average attendance is maintained, as over 
_ 30,500 persons having recorded their names in the book which is placed in the entrance-hall for 
_ that purpose. 
It will be seen from the report on the Botanical section, written by Mr. W. R. Carter, 
Assistant Biologist, that Professor John Macoun, of Sidney, B.C.; J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief 
_ of the Biological Division, Ottawa; Dr. C. F. Neweombe, Victoria; and others have still main- 
tained their friendly interest in the Provincial Herbarium, by presenting specimens to fill in 
the gaps, principally of the Vancouver Island flora, and as Director I am pleased to say that 
in the Herbarium to-day there is to be found almost every plant and flowering shrub that is to 
_ be found on or recorded from Vancouver Island. 
A large number of the specimens that were added this year to the Herbarium had been 
eollected by Mr. W. R. Carter before he was appointed to the staff of the Provincial Museum. 
Mr. BE. H. Blackmore has continued to carry on the systematic work in the Entomological 
section; this work is done by Mr. Blackmore gratuitously, and he has written considerable 
material of interest to entomologists in this report, giving bases of new and rare specimens 
recently deseribed or found in this Province. 
A great deal of the time of the Director has been taken up with game matters during the 
year. I was instructed by the Attorney-General’s Department to go over to Vancouver in the 
latter part of March, and take over the Game Department temporarily before it was handed over 
to the administration of the Provincial Police. This necessitated the Director being in Van- 
couver a considerable time each week until the offices were transferred to Victoria. The Director 
was also made Secretary of the Game Conservation Board by Statute, and has to give consider- 
able of his time to that work, which is under the administration of the Honourable Attorney- 
General’s Department. - 
The Director hopes that, if funds will permit this year, to carry on more scientific research 
in the field, so as to fulfil the object of the Provincial Museum. 
Very little anthropological material was secured during the year; several small collections 
were offered to the Department for purchase, but owing to the fact that the appropriation was so 
limited and the strictest economy was to be exercised, it was thought advisable not to make 
any of these purchases at present. However, several good specimens of stone pestles (Nos. 3138 


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and 3139), also stone chisels (Nos. 3140, 3141, and 3142) and spear-points (Nos. 3148 to 3147), 
were collected many years ago at Port Haney, and presented by Mr. Hector Ferguson, of Van- 
couver, B.C., to the Provincial Museum. These specimens had been sent to the Provincial Library 
by mistake some time ago; however, they were finally located and transferred to this Department. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 
By E. H. BLackMore. 


Very little field-work has heen done during the past season, but some of the material taken 
by the Museum coHectors during the past three years has been further worked over and many 
interesting facts brought to light. We have kept in touch with several of the collectors in various 
parts of the Province, and have obtained some new records, together with an added knowledge 
of the distribution of many of our species, the results of which are embodied in the following © 
pages. 

The weather conditions were vastly different to those of the previous seasons; during the 
last three weeks in April of this year (1918) we had a continuation of bright sunshine with a 
temperature far above the average, which brought about the emergence of many species far in 
advance of their normal times of appearance. Amongst the Geometridie this was especially 
noticeable, as in many cases they were from four to six weeks earlier than usual; in one case, 
Cosymbria lumenaria, a difference of two months, a specimen being taken in fine condition on 
April 27th in the Lower Fraser Valley. My earliest previous record of this species is June 15th, 
1915, that particular year being rather an early one. It is generally taken from the first to the 
middle of July. 

In August we had a very wet month (I am now referring to Vancouver Island and the — 
Lower I'raser Valley), which is very unusual, as that month is practically the hottest and driest 
of the whole year. A very noticeable feature of the past summer was the prevalence of high 
winds for continued periods, a factor which militates greatly against the collection of specimens, 
especially of diurnals and geometers who will not attempt to fly in the face of a strong wind. 

One of the outstanding features of the season in this district was the remarkable scarcity 
of noctuids, this being the poorest season by far, for many years, from a collecting point of view, 
although in the Interior conditions did not seem quite so bad. 

The damage done by cutworms this year was very light as compared with the two previous 
seasons; this was rather to be expected, as the season following a particularly heavy outbreak 
is generally comparatively light, owing to the heavy increase of parasitism amongst the lary 
and pup», thus enabling nature to restore her balance. 

Unfortunately, to offset this, there was a very heavy infestation of the forest tent-caterpillar 
(Malacosoma pluvialis Dyar); in fact, the heaviest infestation we have had for many years. 
In normal years they confine themselves to the trees and bushes on yacant lots and on the road- 
side, but this year they were in such numbers that they attacked everything in sight, invading 
gardens and orchards and defoliating all kinds of fruit and shade trees. Wherever one went 
their ugly, unsightly webs were in evidence. A remarkable feature of the late summer was the 
presence all over the Province in large numbers of Aglais californica Bdy. (the tortoise-shell 
butterfly). This butterfly occurs regularly in certain sections of the Province, but I do not 
think that it has ever been so abundant and reported from so many widely separated localities. — 
Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, reported it from Fort George right 
through to Stuart Lake, all through the Cariboo and Chilcotin Districts down to Lillooet. Ina _ 
letter under date of August 6th, Mr. A. W. Phair, who is a resident of the latter locality, says — 
in part: “There is a very interesting outbreak here of what I take to be Vanessa californica. 
It is working at about 4,000 feet on a shrub with a heavy laurel-like leaf. The outbreak extends — 
at least fifty miles in a straight line. The shrubs are all eaten off and one little branch would 
have about a hundred ¢aterpillars on it.” 

Mr. Phair sent me some twenty pup, which emerged the day of their arrival, and it is 
curious to note that they are all about one-third less in size than the average, and, although 
I have specimens from all parts of the Province, these are the only dwarf ones I have seen. It 
may be the altitude, or, what to my mind is more probable, there was such an enormous number 
of them that they did not get suflicient food to eat, and consequently transformed into pup in 
a somewhat stunted state, which was reflected in the smaller size of the imagines. They also 
occurred from Cranbrook in the east, through the Keremeos District, down the valley of the 


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‘Lower Fraser, and all over Vancouver Island, quite a number appearing in Victoria, even 
‘invading the houses. This is the first time I have seen this species in this city during my 
eight years’ residence here. 
Another insect which was extremely prevalent throughout the same general localities as 
the one just mentioned was a noctuid moth (Autographa californica Edw.) commonly known 
as the alfalfa-looper. It is widely distributed in Western North America, but was only known 
as a pest in Canada since 1914, when a very severe outbreak occurred in this Provinee. It was 
so abundant that summer on Vancouver Island that wherever one went a score or more would 
fly up out of the grass at nearly every step one took. It belongs to one of the few groups of 
noctuid moths which fly in the daytime, and it is also attracted to certain flowers about sundown. 
. An important discovery of what may prove to be a serious pest was made by Mr. W. B. 
- Anderson at Chase, B.C., in the early part of August, where one of the tussock-moths (Hemero- 
campa vetusta gulosa Hy. Edw.) was found to be devastating the Douglas fir. Further notes on 
Z ‘this moth will be found under the heading of “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” 
Another interesting and important discovery, especially from an economic aspect, was the 
finding of the apple-maggot fly at Royal Oak, B.C., by Mr. W. Downes, Field Officer, Entomo- 
logical Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, who is in charge of the Vancouver Island 
District. It has been identified by Dr. J. M. Aldrich as Rhagoletis pomonella. The only previous 
record of this fly in British Columbia is two specimens taken by Mr. R. C. Treherne at Penticton, 
 B.C., on July 26th, 1916. Mr. Downes has also discovered that the host-plant is the common 
snowberry (Symphoricarpus racemosua) and has bred a number of flies from it. In Eastern 
_ Canada it is one of the worst of the fruit pests, but so far no signs of its attacking the apple in 
_ British ColumDia have been observed. 


RARE AND UNCOMMON INSECTS TAKEN IN BritisH COLUMBIA DURING 1918. 


In continuing this section, as was proposed in last year’s report, we would like to impress 

upon the entomologists of this Province, especially those residing in the more outlying districts, 

the necessity of sending in records of their important captures, accompanied by full data, by 

December 31st of each year. It is only by this means that we shall get a fuller knowledge of 

our British Columbia species and their distribution, a knowledge which is most essential both 
from an economic and a taxonomie standpoint. 

Victoria —Although, as stated previously, the season was a poor one for noctuids generally, 
_ the writer has been fortunate in picking up a few species of more than passing interest. 

A male specimen of Apantesis ornata complicata Wik. was taken on June 16th. This pretty 
_tiger-moth occurs regularly, but is very uncommon; three specimens in any one year in this 
district is the most that I have any record of. 

On April 12th I took one specimen each of Xylomyges rubrica Hary. and X. perlubens Grt., 
at rest on an electric-light pole. These are the first records I have of these two species occurring 
in Victoria. ; 

2 In Vancouver rubrica occurs regularly with pulchella, although much less common. Perlubens 

is plentiful at cherry-blossoms in some districts on the Mainland. 

. A specimen of Trachea impulsa Gue. was taken at light on July 6th, which is also a new 
record for this district; it has previously been recorded from Kaslo. Another new record for 
this district is Autographa metallica Grt., a specimen of which I took on June 21st; it occurs 

at Agassiz and in the Kettle Valley District. Other rare noctuids taken were Polia variolata Sm. 
and Septis plutonia Grt. 
Amongst the Geometridx it is interesting to note that two specimens of Diactinia silaceata 
 albolineata Pack. were taken here for the first time, although I have taken it at points farther 
up the Island. One specimen was taken on April 30th in fine condition on a store window, and 
the other at rest on a fence on July 24th, thus indicating that it is double-brooded. Two speci- 
mens of Hydriomena edenata grandis B. & MeD. were taken on electric-light poles on March 16th. 
They were both females, but could not be induced to lay eggs. This species is rather scarce here, 
although it is much more plentiful at Dunean, forty miles north of here. 

Mr. W. Downes, of Oak Bay, took a nice specimen of Polia restora Sm. on August 3rd. This 
also occurs regular, but not more than one or two seem to be captured in any one year. He also 
took a specimen of that pretty little noetuid, Sarrothripus revayana columbiana Hy. Edw., on 
April Sth. This species seems exceedingly rare. Mr. Downes also took a geometer not previously 


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recorded from Victoria—viz., Duphyia luctuata Schiff—on June 14th; also another specimen of — 
Bupithecia borealis Wulst., the first records for British Columbia of this species being mentioned 
in last year’s Museum Report, page 12. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson whilst collecting noctuids at light took a nice specimen of the peach- 
blossom moth (Huthyatira pudens Gue.). This is an exceedingly rare moth in this district. 
He also took a short series of Hydriomena crokeri Swett on April 29th. This geometer is as a — 
rule very uncommon and is extremely local. I do not know of any other locality in British 
Columbia where it has been taken, and even here it seems to be restricted to one section of the 
city. The same collector took a single specimen of Hrannis vancouverensis Hulst. on November 
30th. This is the first record since I took a solitary specimen here on Noyember 22nd, 1914. 

Mr. W. R. Carter, Assistant Biologist of the Provincial Museum, took a fine specimen of that 
uncommon noctuid, Rhynchagrotis niger Sm., on July 15th; also a specimen of Autographa 
rectangulata Kirby, which is a new record for this district. In the Report of the Provincial 
Museum, 1917, p. 12, mention was made of the taking of a specimen of Neptyia phantasmaria 
Streck, which, together with one other, were the only known records from Victoria. It is — 
interesting to note that Mr. Carter took a specimen on September 16th in Beacon Hill Park; 
from that time on he visited the park daily, with the result that up to October 3rd he had taken 
twenty-six specimens (twenty-four males and two females). It has evidently started to breed 
here, and as it is a pine-feeder there is no doubt but what it will become established here from 
now on. 

My theory is that odd specimens come over on the boats from Vancouver, where it is 
extremely common in September. They are probably attracted by the bright lights of the ship 
at night at Vancouver, and settle on some portion of the rigging, flying off the next morning in 2 
Victoria, as all specimens found have been in the immediate vicinity of the sea-shore. 

Goldstream.—On July 3rd*the writer took a trip up Mount MacDonald, one of the mountains 
to the south of Goldstream, and was fortunate enough to take a couple of male specimens of 
Plebeins melissa Bdw., a rather rare butterfly on Vancouver Island. I was pleased to take this, 
as it had been eliminated from the 1906 Check-list of B.C. Lepidoptera, and I was rather 
undecided as to its inclusion in a new Check-list which is in preparation. 

On another trip on July 5th to Mount Braden, which is west of Goldstream, I took a geometer _ 
which at first sight seemed new to me, but later I recognized it as Stamnoctenis morrisata Hulst., — 
the first specimen of which was taken at Duncan last year (vide Report Provincial Museum, 
1917, p. 18). I went again on July Sth to the same place and succeeded in taking another one, 
but an extended search failed to reveal any more specimens. Both of them were males and in 
fine condition. 

Mr. A. W. Hanham, of Duncan, also took two at light and Mr. G, O. Day took one at Maple ~ 
Bay, so the species looks like it was going to become established. 

Other Heterocera of interest taken by the writer at Goldstream were Autographa mappa 
G. & R.; A. corusea Streck; Lnypia packardata Tayl.; and Hyperetis trianguliferata Pack. 

Vernon.—Mr. W. Downes took a specimen of Pieris beckeri Edw. on September 30th, This 
butterfly seems very uncomomn and is rare in British Columbia collections. He also took a fine 
specimen on May 24th of Acronycta mansucta Em., a rather rare noctuid, and a specimen of 
Xanthorhe ferrugata on the same date, a geometrid which is not at all common. 

Mr. M. Ruhman captured on April 26th one of our rarest arctids—Phragmatobia fuliginosa 
borealis Staud. ‘To my knowledge there have been only three specimens taken in British Colum- 
bia—the one just mentioned, one taken by the late Captain R. V. Harvey at Vancouver on April | 
23rd, 1907, and one taken at Alberni, V.I., by Mr. W. R. Carter in May, 1915. 

Kaslo.—Mr. J. W. Cockle has taken a specimen of Macaria purcellata Taylor, which is the 
first that has turned up since the types were taken; he has also taken WM. minorata incolorata 
Dyar., which is a very rare geometer and was described from Kaslo in 1904. 


NEW BRITISH COLUMBIA INSECTS. 


The following twelve insects have been described as new to science during the year 1918. 
They comprise four species of Lepidoptera, three species of Hymenoptera, and five species of 
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LEPIDOPTERA. 


In Cont. Lept. No. Amer., Vol. TV., No. 2, p. 187, May, 1918, Messrs. Barnes and MeDunnough 
describe a new geometrid under the name of Hustroma fasciata, from Ketchikan, Alaska, and 
_ Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. The types are one male and three females, one of the 
females being taken in June at Cowichan Lake. This new species is closely allied to 2. nubilata 
_ Pack, which is fairly common throughout the Province, especially the second brood in the early 
fall. The chief distinguishing features are that in fascita the antemedian white band has much 
_ more regular edges and is less bent in at the costa, also that there is no trace of any yellow 

shading. 
“ Hydriomena macdunnouyhi Swett is described in the Can. Ent., Vol. L., No. 9, p. 296, 
_ September, 1918, from specimens taken at Atlin, B.C., on June 11th, 1914, by Mr. E. M. Anderson. 
his new species bears a close superficial resemblance to H. ruberata Frey., but differs materially 
in the male genitalia. In the 1906 Check-list of British Columbia Lepidoptera, ruberata was 
erroneously listed as occurring at Kaslo; we have no authentic records of the occurrence of this 
“Species in any part of British Columbia. 


MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 


Tn the Can. Ent., Vol. L., No. 7, p. 231 et seqg., Annette F. Brown describes several new species 
of Microlepidoptera, two of which are described from Field, B.C. One of them belongs to the 
family Yponomeutide and is named Sivcammerdamia cuprescens, Four species were bred from 
larye feeding from birch; they are gregarious and live in webs, pupating in August and appear- 
ing the following May. Larve were also taken at Glacier, B.C., feeding on alder, but for some 
reason or other failed to reach maturity. It is a close ally of the European SN. heroldella, which 
is also a birch-feeder. The other one belongs to the family Gracilariide and is ealled Ornir 
spireifolicila. This species is a leaf-miner and feeds on the under-side of the leaves of Spirea 
sp.; this also pupates in the fall and emerges in the following spring. 


HYMENOPTERA. 


The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XXXII., No. 4, p. 71, October 1918, contains a key to the species 
of the genus Vespa, occurring in Canada, by F. W. L. Sladen. In the course of his paper he 
describes four new forms, three of which occur in Canada and one in Alaska. The three 
oecurring in Canada also occur in British Columbia and are as follows :— 

= (1.) Vespa norvegicoides, which has a range from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. It is 
 ¢losely related to diabolica Saus., which is our commonest wasp, and differs from it, amongst 
other minor details, by the yellow band on segment, one being narrower and uninterrupted; by 
the male antenne being black beneath instead of testaceous; and by the hairs being longer and 
less dense. 

(2.) Vespa acadica, recorded from Noya Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and British 
Columbia; the specific localities for British Columbia-being given as Kaslo and Victoria. This 
species makes an aerial nest and is near to vidua Saus., which oceurs only in Ontario, as far 
as Canada is concerned. 

(3.) Vespa atropilosa, described from one female and many workers. The female was taken 
at Lethbridge, Alta., while the workers or neuters were all taken in British Columbia, specific 
localities recorded being Vernon, Okanagan Landing, and Keremeos. 

It is interesting to note that, out of eleven species of wasps known to occur in Canada, as 
many as eight of them are taken in British Columbia; these are enumerated in the following 
 jist:— 

Vespa maculata Linn. This is the well-known “black hornet,” which makes an aerial nest. 

Y. diabolica Saus. This species is found in Southern British Columbia up to an altitude of 

. 5,000 feet. 

V. norvegicoides Sladen. 

Y. arctica Rohw. (= borealis Lewis). Parasitic in nests of V. diabolica. 

V. occidentalis Cr. . 

V. austriwa Pz. This a parasitic species and so far has only been recorded in this Provinee 
from Kaslo, in mid-July. 

V. acadia Sladen. 

V. atropilosa Sladen. 


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DIPTERA. 


In the Annals of the Ent. Socy. of America, Vol. XTI., No. 4, December, 1918, Mr. F. W. Pettey 3 
gives “A revision of the genus Sciara of the family Mycetophilide. In the course of his x 
revision he describes some thirty new species from North America, two ef which are from British _ 
Columbia. The first is Neosicara lobosa, described from one male collected at Carbonate, B.C., — 
by a Mr. J. C. Bradley in Juiy, 1908, at an altitude of 2,600 feet. Carbonate is situated about 
twenty miles south-east of Golden. 

The other is Neosciara ovata, described from one male taken at Howser, B.C., by Mr. Bradley 
on June 22nd, 1905. Howser is situated on the Lardeau River about thirty-five miles north of 
Kaslo. It would be as well to state here that Neosciara is a new genus erected by Mr. Pettey, 
to include those species which have no setie on the cubitus and media, and which would formerly 
have been placed under the old genus Sciara, which have set on these veins. 

Two species of the genus Drapetis, belonging to the family Empididie, are described by — 
A. L. Melander in the Annals of Ent. Socy. Amer., Vol. XI., No. 2, June, 1918. The first is | 
Drapetis aliternigra, which is very widely distributed, it being found in New York, Massachusetts, 
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and British Columbia. The second is Drapetis infwmata, 
described from two specimens, the type specimen being taken at Nelson, B.C., on July 17th, 1910, 
and the paratype at Priest Lake, Idaho, on August 1st, 1915. : 

Sarcophaga vancouverensis Parker is described in the Can. Ent., Vol. L., No. 4, p. 122, April, 
1918. This new species was described from eight specimens (seven males and one female) taken 
by Mr. R. S. Sherman on Sayary Island, B.C., and at Vancouver, B.C., on various dates from 
May 12th to July 3rd, 1916. 

We extend our congratulations to Mr. Sherman on his discovery of a new species, as he has 
done so much to advance our knowledge of the dipterous fauna of this Province. 

We would like to mention an article written by Dr. A. E. Cameron (who was Dominion 
Field Officer in charge of the pear-thrips investigation at Royal Oak, B.C., for two years) and 
published in the Annals of the Ent. Soey. Amer., Vol. XI., No. 1, March, 1918. The article is 
entitled the “ Life-history of the Leaf-eating Crane-fly, Cylindrotoma splendens Doane.’ It gives 
a complete account of its habits and its life-history from the egg to the image. 

It is illustrated with some very fine drawings by the author, representing the lary and its 
most important parts, the pupa and the image. The larye of this crane-fly was discovered at 
Westholme, on Vancouver Island, some forty miles north of Victoria. The value of the discovery — 
lies in the fact that this represents the first finding of the immature stages of any species of this 
genus on the American Continent. 


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ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA. 


We have thought that it may be of more interest and benefit to the entomologists in various 
parts of the Province to describe more fully the insects illustrated in the plates contained in the 
Annual Reports of the Provincial Museum, and a beginning is made with those moths figured on — 
the two plates accompanying this article. The species in the following annotated list are given 
in their proper scientific order, the numbers appearing before each name corresponding with a 
similar number in Messrs. Barnes and MecDunnough’s Check-list of No. Amer. Lepidoptera, — 
February, 1917. Those with a star prefixed to them have been described since that list was — 
published. 5 

Noctuip (PLATE I.). 


1815. Euxoa quinquelinea Sm. This is a moth that has not hitherto heen recorded from 
British Columbia. Recently, upon working over a collection of noctuids made by Mr. W. H. 
Danby at Rossland, B.C., some twenty years ago, I found several species that were entirely new 
to me. These were subsequently submitted to Dr. J. MeDunnough, of Decatur, Ill., for identi- 
fication, some of them proving new to British Columbia. This species is one of them; it is 
evidently a mountain species, as its habitat is the Sierra Nevadas of California. 

B. lutulenta, which was also described by Dr. J. B. Smith at the same time (vide Trans. — 
Am. Ent. Soey., XVITI., p. 50, 1960), is now placed as a geographical race of quinquelinea. We 
also have a specimen of this form taken at Vernon, B.C., in 1916. 

1682. Polia negussa Sm. This was also taken by Mr. Danby at Rossland, B.C., in 1898, and 
is also new to British Columbia. It was described by Smith in the Can. Ent., XXXII., August, 


“y 


PLATE I. 


NOCTUID.E AND LYMANTRITD.1. 


Gortyna pallescens Sin. Arzama obliqua Walk. 
Alberni, B.C. (W. R. Carter). Dunean. B.C. (i. M. Skinner). 
(Very rare.) (New to British Columbia.) 
-Lndropolia adon Grt. Huroa quinquelinea Sm. 
Dunean, B.C. (iE. M. Skinner). Rossland, B.C. (W. TL. Danby). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 
Tpimorpha nanaimo Barnes. Polia variolata Sim. 
Victoria, B.C. (BE. H. Blackmore). Victoria, B.C. (&. I. Blackmore). 
(Very rare.) (Very rare.) 

Polia negussa Sim. Autographa V-alba Ottol, 
Rossland, B.C. (W. H. Danby). Rossland, B.C. (W. H. Danby). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 
Tlemerocampa vetusta gulosa Wy. Edw. Bomolocha toreuta Grt. 

Chase, B.C. (W. B, Anderson). Dunean, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
(New to British Columbia.) (Very rare.) 


PLATE 


ProvinciAL Museum Report. La fa | 


1900, from two males and two females taken by F. H. Wooley Dod at Calgary, Alta. It is very 
closely allied to segregata Sm. and gussata Sm., Dr. MeDunnough being of the opinion that they 
are probably forms of ene species. 

P. segregata was described from Laggan, Alta., and is recorded from Kaslo, B.C. I have a 
specimen of it from Sicamous, B.C. It is also a mountain form and evidently very uncommon. 
These two species are very much alike in maculation, negussa being more reddish-brown in colour 
and lacking the black markings of segregata. 

1702. Polia variolata Sm. This specimen was described from Washington Territory by 
Smith in 1887, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., X., p. 467, from one male and one female. We have a 
specimen in the Museum Collection labelled “ Victoria, B.C.,” and presumably taken about 1902. 
There is no other record of its occurrence in British Columbia that I know of until the capture 
of the specimen figured in the plate, on July, 1918. It must be exceedingly rare when a period 
of sixteen years elapses without its capture being recorded, especially in a district which is 
continually and regularly worked over. 

2646. Gortyna pallescens Sm. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at 
Alberni, B.C., in August, 1915; one was also taken by Mr. Downes at Armstrong, B.C., on 
August 28th. It was also recorded in the 1906 Check-list of B.C. Lepidoptera, under the name 
of medialis Sm., as occurring at Kaslo. 

In Bulletin 52, U.S. Nat. Mus., Dr. Dyar places pailesnona as a synonym of medialis Sm.. 
but in Barnes and MecDonnough’s new Check-list they are treated as separate, although closely 
allied species. In the British Columbia Check-list the name medialis should be eliminated, and 
pallescens substituted for it. It is interesting to note that this uncommon insect has been taken 
in two districts whose climatic conditions are the exact opposite of each other. Alberni being 
an extremely wet district, while Armstrong is in the hot dry belt. 

2524. Andropolia @don Grt. One specimen without date taken by the late E. M. Skinner at 
Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, presumably in 1896. This has not hitherto been recorded from 
British Columbia. Its habitat is Colorado, Nevada, and Washington. One of the types is in 
the British Museum. 

2725. Ipimorpha nanaimo Barnes. This delicate ochre-coloured moth is very uncommon in 
this district. There is a specimen in the Museum collection taken in Victoria on August 2nd, 
1898. I have no other record from here until the one I took at rest on a fence on August 18th, 
1918, just twenty years later. The one in the Museum collection was determined many years 
ago by Dr. Smith as pleonectusa Grt., which, although agreeing in maculation, is decidedly 
smaller and darker in coloration, being of a very dark fawn colour on both primaries and 
secondaries. The latter occurs throughout the Atlantic States, Colorado, and Utah. Mr. A. W. 
Hanham, of Duncan, B.C., took this latter species in Victoria many years ago, and I was fortunate 
enough to take one specimen in perfect condition at light on August 25th, 1916. 

2784. Arzama obliqua Wik. This species is new to British Columbia and was taken by the 
late E. M. Skinner at Quamichan Lake on June 26th, 1906. This is a very interesting record, 
as it is rather surprising to find it on the Pacifie Coast; it is distributed over a wide area on the 
American Continent, from Eastern Canada south to Florida, and thence west to the Mississippi. 
It is a reed-feeder, the larva feeding from the top downwards until the whole of the reed is 
eaten out, then returning to the top and forming its pupa there. Bellura gortynoides Wk. is 
yery closely allied, and is reported from Wellington and Vancouver, although I have not as yet 
seen the species. . 

3245. Autographa V-alba Ottol. Taken by Mr. W. H. Danby at Rossland about the year 
1900, but without specific date. This is also new to British Columbia, and was described from 
Wyoming by Dr. Ottolengui in Jn. N.Y. Ent. Soey., X., p. 73, 1902. It is a very pretty species 
and bears a strong superficial resemblance to speciosa, from which it can readily be distinguished 
by the shape of the “ Y”’ mark. 

8571. Bomolocha toreuta Grt. This species was referred to in the Provincial Museum Report, 
p. 12,1917. In the 1906 B.C. Check-list it is reported from Cameron Lake, and one specimen was 
taken by Mr. R. C. Treherne at Agassiz on August Ist. This latter record would indicate that 
it is double-brooded, or at least partially so, as Mr. Day’s specimens emerged in May from larye 
taken the preyious August. The ground colour is a rich smoky brown, the white blotch in the 
inner margin being very striking. It occurs from New York to Texas. 


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LyMANTRIID% (PLATE I.). 


3704 (b.) Hemerocampa vetusta gulosa Hy. Edw. This moth, which has hitherto not been 
recorded from British Columbia, is very interesting from both a systematic and economic stand- 
point. It was discovered by Mr. W. B. Anderson, who is Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, 
on one of his periodical trips in the Interior. It was taken at Chase, B.C., where it was doing 
much damage to the Douglas fir. Imagines and full-fed larve were taken together on August 
6th, showing it to be double-brooded. The females are wingless and live solely for the purpose 
of oviposition; having laid her eggs she covers them with hairy scales, which she plucks from _ 
her body and mixes them with a gummy secretion, which on drying becomes hard and brittle; 
as her mission in life is then ended, she dies. 

The full-fed lary noted above spun up about August 12th, emerging in the breeding-cage 
on September 1st and 2nd. There are three closely allied forms—vetusta Bdy., described from 
the Coast region of California in 1852; gulosa Hy. Edw., described from the same general 
locality in 1881; and cana Hy. Edw., described from the Sierra Nevadas of California in the 
same year. After a careful comparison with the descriptions published by Neumoegen and 
Dyar in their “ Preliminary Revision of the Bombyces of America,” Jn. N.Y. Ent. Socy., Vol. II., 
p. 29, March, 1894, I have not the slightest hesitation in referring this British Columbia form 
to gulosa, which together with cana are made races of vetusta in Barnes and McDunnough’s 
new Check-list. It is also a near relative of H. leucostigma A. & S. (the white-marked tussock- 
moth), whose ravages upon shade-trees and shrubbery in the Atlantic States are well known. 


GEOMETRID.Z (PLATE IT.). 


4002 (a.) Dysstroma formosa boreata Tay]. This is rather an interesting record, as its 
capture is of very rare occurrence. It was taken near Victoria by Mr. W. Downes on July 28rd, 
1917. It was described in the Can. Ent., Vol. XLII., p. 87, March, 1910., from two specimens 
taken by Mr. T. Bryant near the Stikine River, in Northern British Columbia, on July 24th 
and 25th, 1905. Im Barnes and MeDunnough’s new Check-list it is placed as a race of formosa 
Hulst., and in my opinion rightly so, as the maculation is practically the same, with the exception 
of the extra basal bar, which is quite distinct and perfectly black instead of red or orange. 

Typical formosa, which was described from Colorado, also occurs in British Columbia, the 
writer haying in his cabinet a rather poor specimen taken at Lillooet on June 23rd, 1916, and 
there is a specimen in the Swett collection taken by the late Mr. Livingstone at Cowichan 
Bay, B.C. 

* Hydriomena macdunnoughi Swett. This specimen, new to science, is noted fully under 
the heading of “ New British Columbian Insects.” 3 

* Hydriomena perfracta exasperata B. & McD. In last year’s Museum Report mention was 
made of the new forms of //ydriomena, described by Messrs. Barnes and McDunnough in their 
revision of that group, Cont. Lept. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 1, May, 1917. The specimen figured 
is one of them and was taken by the writer near Victoria on May 19th, 1914, whilst beating for 
Geometride. It was described from two specimens, both males, one taken at Departure Bay 
and the other at Wellington, both localities being on Vancouver Island; it is a geographical race 
of perfracta Swett, whieh is taken in the Catskill Mountains, N.Y. The latter was originally 
described as a variety of carulauta Fabr. (autumnalis Strom), but is now considered as distinet, 
on account of difference in the shape of the uncus in the two forms. 

4860 (a.) Phasiane respersata teucaria Stkr. This little geometrid was listed in the 1906 
B.C. Check-list as Macaria teucaria with a question-mark; later it was determined as respersata . 
Hulst., but finally it has been identified as tewcaria, which was described from Seattle, Wash., 
and is really only a large form of respersata, whose nimotypical locality is Colorado. Teucaria 
occurs on Mount Tzouhalem, near Dunean, and although I haye collected assiduously in the 
vicinity of Victoria for the past eight seasons, I had only taken two specimens until last May 
(1918), when I took thirty-seven at Mount Tolmie on May 28th. In a long series they are rather 
variable as regards the intensity of the markings, and also in the presence or absence of the 
intradiscal line; in some forms this line is present from the costa to the median vein only, 
giving the insect quite a different appearance. (For earlier notes on this species see Proc. Ent. 
Socy., B.C., No. 6, p. 110, June, 1915.) 

4372 (b.) Phasiane neptaria sinuata Pack. Both neptaria Gu. and sinwata have been listed 
in previous B.C. Check-lists as occurring here, the latter being retained in the list on account 


PLATE II. 


GEOMETRID.E. 


Lucia ursaria Walk. Gabriola dyari Vaylor. 

Ltossland, B.C. (W. TH. Danby). Victoria, B.C. (KE. H. Blackmore). 
(New to British Columbia.) (Very uncommon.) 
Buchlana albertanensis Swett. Dysstroma formosa boreata Taylor. 
Armstrong, B.C. (W. Downes). Victoria, B.C. (W. Downes). 
(New to British Columbia.) (Very rare.) 

Gonadontis formosa IHulst. Phasiane respersata teucaria Streck. 
Lillooet, B.C. (A. W. Phair). Victoria, B.C. (i. H. Blackmore). 


(New to British Columbia.) 


Cleora albescens Tulst. Phasiane neptaria sinuata Pack. 
Dunean, B (G. O. Day). Goldstream, B.C. (18. Ht. Blackmore). 
(Very rare.) 


Hydriomena perfracta exrasperata B. & MeD, Huydriomena macdunnoughi Swett. 
Victoria, B.C. (i. I. Blackmore). (Paratype male.) 
(New to British Columbia.) Atlin, B.C. (i. M. Anderson). 


(New to science.) 


PLATE II. 


ProvinciAL MuspumM Reporr. T.38 


of its being described from one male specimen taken at Victoria by a Mr. G. R. Crotch, who 
collected in this district, about the year 1873. Apparently this species had disappeared, and 
all the specimens taken in recent years have been named neptaria, which was described from 
California, 

The solution to this apparent disappearance lies in the fact that the two species are practi- 
eally alike in maculation, the only difference being the larger size of sinwata; therefore the 
latter is now considered to be a northern race of neptaria. 

Sinuata oceurs right across the southern portion of British Columbia from Vancouver Island 
to the Rocky Mountains. The specimen figured is typical. Neptaria must now be eliminated 
from our Check-list. 

4554. Cleora albescens Hulst. One of our very rare geometers. It was described from 
Seattle, Wash., by Hulst in Trans. Am. Ent. Socy., XXIII., p. 355, September, 1896. There are 
very few records of its capture in British Columbia. The late Rey. G. W. Taylor took it many 
years ago at Wellington; the late A. H. Bush took one specimen at Vancouver on May 22nd, 
1902; and Mr. G. O. Day took two or three at Maple Bay, near Dunean, in August, 1911; and 
although it has been diligently searched for, none have been taken since. These are the only 
authentic records that I know of. This and excelsaria Strks., which was figured in Annual 
Report of the Provincial Museum, 1917, Plate II., were previously placed in the genus Selidosema; 
but this genus, together with the genus Alcis, has been discarded, and all the species belonging 
_ to these two genera have been transferred to the genus Cleora. 

4608. Lycia ursaria Walk. This is an Atlantic States species and is entirely new to our 
fauna; it was taken by W. H. Danby at Rossland some eighteen years ago. It was described 
from Albany, N.Y., in 1860, and the type specimen is in the D’Urban collection of North America 
Lepidoptera, which is now’ the property of the Entomological Society of Ontario, and is in the 
collection of the Agricultural College at Guelph. 

4612. Gabriola dyari Tayl. Described from four male specimens taken in August, 1903, on. 
Gabriola Island, opposite Nanaimo. In his deseription (Can. Ent., Vol. XXXVI., p. 256, Septem- 
ber, 1904) Taylor says that it seems to be not uncommon on Vancouver Island and that he has 
not seen a female. It may be more common in the Nanaimo District, but it is not so in the 
vicinity of Victoria. 

I have taken four specimens (three males and one female) in six years of collecting exclu- 
sively for geometrids. The female has the same markings as the male, but is larger, the male 
measuring in alar expanse 24 mm., while the female expands to 28 mm., the antenne of the 
female is filiform, while the male antenne are heavily pectinated. 

4691. Gonodontis formosa Tulst. Taken at Lillooet on October 4th, 1917, by Mr. A. W. 
Phair. This species is new to British Columbia, and its capture so far north is rather unexpected, 
as its habitat ih Colorado and Southern California. The specimen figured is a little worn; when 
in a fresh condition it is evidently a rather handsome insect. 

* Buchlena albertanensis Swett. On looking over a collection of Lepidoptera made by 
Mr. W. Downes at Armstrong, B.C., a few years ago, I came across four specimens of a species 
of Buchlena that were decidedly different to any that I had seen before. Knowing that the 
Species going under the name of pectinaria Pack. in our British Columbia collection was wrongly 
named, I listed them provisionally as pectinaria, especially as they agreed fairly well with 
Packard's description in Mon. Geom. U.S. Geol. Survey, Vol. X., 1876. Recently in sending some 
material to Dr. MeDunnough for identification I included one of these Armstrong specimens, 
and he informs me that it is albertensis Swett. This new species was described in Can. Ent., 
Vol. 49, p. 351, October, 1917, the male type coming from Calgary, Alta., and the female type 
from Edmonton, Alta. 

Mr. Downes’s specimens comprise three males and one female, and were captured on April 
25th and 80th, 1914; they are the only specimens I have seen, although I have worked over 
considerable material taken at Vernon and Okanagan Landing during the last three years. 

Mr. Downes informs me, however, that the insect fauna of Armstrong in some respects 
differs very materially from that of Vernon, although the two localities are only twelve miles 
apart. There is more bush at Armstrong and the climate is more humid. It may be as well to 
state here that the moth going under the name of pectinaria in local collections is in reality 
BE. tigrinaria sirenaria Streck. 


TA + British CoLuMBIA. 


Borany. 
As no field-work of any description was undertaken during the season of 1918, there is little 
to chronicle in the Botanical section of the Provincial Museum during this period; however, the : 
collection in the Provincial Herbarium has been materially increased and a number of specimens 
not hitherto in the collection have been added from the following sources :— 
Additions to the collection of Professor John Macoun, Boeeticd from Mr. J. M. Macoun, Chief 
of the Division of Biology, Geological Survey, Ottawa :— 


MARSILEACE, ; 
Marsilea vestita Hook. 

SALVINIACEZ:. 
Azolla caroliniana Willd. 

LyCOoPopIACcE.®, 


Lycopodium annotinum L., var. alpestre. Lycopodium selagovar.miyoshianum Makino. 
Lycopodium selago L. Lycopodium sitchense Rupr. 


NAJADACE®, 


Phyllospadix scouleri Hook. Potamogeton costerifolius Schum. 
Phyllospadi« torreyii Wats. Ruppia maritima L. 
Potamogeton pusillus L. Zostera marina 1. 


Potamogeton prelongus Wulf. 

JUNCAGINACE, 
Triglochin maritima L. 

ARACE. 
Lysichiton kamtschatcense Schott. 
ORCHIDACE®. 

Habenaria gracilis Wats. 

SAXIFRAGACE 2. 


Ribes bracteosum Doug}. Saxrifraga mertensiana Bong. 
Saxifraga bongardi Presl. - Savifraga rufidula Smal. 
Sazvifraga emarginata Small. Savifraga vespertina Small. 


Saxvifraga integrifolia Hook. 
CALLITRICH ACE. 
Callitriche bolanderi Weg. 
GENTIANACEE. 
Gentiana sceptrum Griseb. 7 
ScROPHULARIACE. 


Orthocarpus erianthus Benth. 


CoMPosIt&. 
Arnica gracilis Rydb. Crocidium multicaule Hook, 
Artemisia suksdorfii Piper. Tanacetum huronense Nutt. 


Cotula coronopifolia I. 
A collection of Musci from Professor John Macoun, Sidney, V.I., B.C. :— 
SPHAGNACE-E. 


Sphagnum capillaceum Andrews, var tenel- Sphagnum fuscum Vou Wlinggraeff. 
lum. 
Sphagnum capillaceum Andrews, var rubel- 
lum. 
DICRANACE-E. 
Onchophorus virens Brid. 
WEISIEX. 
Dicranoweisia cirrhata Lindb. Dicranoweisia crispula Lindb. 
CERATODONTE. 


Ceratodon purpureus Brid. Distichium capillaceum Bruch & Schimp. 


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PoOTTIEX. 
Didymodon rubellus Bruch & Schimp. 
GRIM MIE. 
Grimmia apocarpa Hedw. Racomitrium hypnoides. 
Grimmia calyptrata Hook. 
7 : ORTH OTRICHE®. 
q Orthotrichum rupestre Schleich. 
f BARTRAMIER. 
-. Philonotis fontana Brid. Bartramia halleriana Hedw. 
< PHYSCOMITRIE. 
2 Funaria hugrometrica Sibth. 
c= BryEX. 


«i Bryum duvalii Voit. 
, Leptobryum pyriforme Schimp. 


Mnium punctatum Hedw. 


AULACOMNIE®. 


" Aulacomnium palustre Schwaegr. 


POLYTRICHE.E. 


% Polytrichum juniperinum Willd. 


Polytrichum strictum Banks. 


HyPNnace®. 


Amblystegium riparium Bruch & Schimp. 
: Amblystegium serpens Bruch & Schimp. 
Calliergon schreberi Willd. 
; Camptothecium nitens Schimp. 

Hypnum cristi-castrensis Linn. 


Hypnum curvifolium Hedw. 

Hypnum fluitans Linn. 

Hypnum hamulosum Bruch & Schimp. 
Hypnum lycopodiodes Schwaegr. 
Hypnum uncinatum Hedw. 


o A small collection of grasses and plants collected in British Columbia by Mr. J. M. Macoun. 
g A short series from Lytion collected by Mr. W. B. Anderson. <A collection of Vancouver 
_ Islands plants, approximately 650 specimens, from W. R. Carter, Assistant Biologist. This 
“ collection was made prior to Mr. Carter being appointed to the staff of the Provincial Museum, 
and it represents chiefly the flora of the Alberni District and illustrates the luxuriant growth 
of the Humid Transition area; this collection includes original specimens of a number of plants 

_ not previously recorded from Vancouver Island, together with two which are new to Canada. 


These collections have been mounted by Miss H. J. Hendry, Recorder in the office of the 


Museum, and placed in the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum. 
The following list taken from these collections are additions not previously in the collection :— 


Polypodium scouleri Hook. & Grey. 


Adiantum pedatum L., var. aleuticum Rupr. 


Sparganium minimum Fries. 
Lilea subulata A. & P. 
Agropyron biflorum (Brign.) R. & 8. 

2 Agropyron inerme (S. & 8S.) Rydb. 
Agropyron tenerum Vasey. 

Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. 
Briza media L. 

Calamagrostis langsdorfit (Link.) Trin. 
Danthonia californica Bol. 

— Danthonia intermedia Vasey. 
Echinochloa erusgatli (.) Nash. 
Festuca idahense Elmer. 

Glyceria nervata Trin. 
Hierochle odorata (l.) Wablenb. 
Keleria cristata (.) Pers. 
Melica bella Piper. 

Melica hartfordii Bol. 


Melica subulata (Griseb.) Serib. 
Oryzopsis hymenoides R. & S. 
Panicum occidentale Scrib. 

Carex cnea Fernald. 

Carex deweyana var, bolanderi Boot. 
Carer exrsiccata Bailey. 

Carex feta Bailey. 

Carer flava L. 

Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. 

Carex leersti Willd. 

Carex pheocephala Piper. 

Carex preslii Steud. 

Carer pyrenaica Wahl. 

Carex sitchensis Bong. 

Bleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Sehultes. 
Juncus mertensianus Bong. 

Juncus oreganus Wats. 

Juncus subtriflorus Coville. 

Luzula piperi (Cov.). 


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Allium cernuum Roth., form alba, Lathyrus palustris L. 
Allium crenulatum Wiegand. Trifolium arvense L. 
Asparagus officinalis L. Vicia eracca L. 4 
Disporum smithii (Hook.) Piper. Lythrum salicaria L. 
Erythronium grandifiorum Pursh. Ludvigia palustris Ell. 
Sisyrinchium segetum Bicknell. Myriophyllum verticillatum L. 
Salix hookeriana Barr, var. lawrifolia. Sanicula septentrionalis Greene. 
Salix mackenziana Barr. Hypopytes. 
Betula papyrifera Marsh. Hypopytes. 
Alnus oregana Nutt. Newberrya congesta Torr. 
Alnus sitchensis (Regel.) Sarg. Vaccinium sp. deliciosum Piper. 
Corylus rostrata Ait. Dodecatheon puberulum (Nutt.) Piper. 
Briogonum subalpinum Greene. Apocynum cannabinum L. 
Polygonum douglasii Greene. Gilia capitata Dougl. 
Polygonum nuttallii Small. Myosotis ? scorpioides L. 
Arenaria verna L. Prunella vulgaris L., form alba. 
Montia chamissoi (Led.) Dur. & Jack. ; Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata form 
Coptis asplenifolia Salisb. erubesceus Fernald. j 
Platystigma oreganum (Nutt.) Benth. & Scutellaria lateriflora L. 
Hook. Solanum nigrum L. 

Corydalis scouleri Hook. Chelone nemorosa Doug. 
Subularia aquatica L. Gratiola virginiana lL. 
Athysanus pusillus Greene. Gratiola ebracteata Benth. 
Thysanocarpus curvipes Hook, Orthocarpus castilleoides Benth. 
Drosera anglica Huds. Pedicularis ornithoryncha Benth. 
Leptarrhena amplezifolia (Sternb.) Ser. Boschniakia strobiliacea Gray. F 
Mitella caulescens Nutt. Plantago major var. minimum Dene. 
Parnassia finbriata Banks. Galium trifidum L., var. subbiflorum Wieg. 
Sazifraga delicatula Rydb. Valerianella macrocera 'T. & G., a form. 
Saxvifraga emarginata Small. Lobelia dortmanna IL. 
Saxifraga sarimontana BB. Nels. Madia glomerata Hook. 
Ribes laxiflorum Pursh. Petasites frigida (1.) Fries. 
Aruncus sylvester Kost. Senecio fastigiatus macounii (Greene.) 
Sanguisorba microcephala Pres. Greenman, 


Spirea menziesii Presl., form alba. 

A number of named and identified specimens of plants collected in Alaska and the islands 
of the Behring Sea have also been donated by Mr. J. M. Macoun, of Ottawa; these plants are 
a most valuable acquisition for reference and comparison with any collection made in the 
northern areas of this Province. 

While the collection in the Herbarium is steadily growing, it is as yet far from representa- 
tive of the flora of British Columbia; there are still several large areas of the Province not 
represented, and much new material may be looked for in the northern and north-eastern fields, 
and especially on portions of the mountain ranges on the west coast of Vancouver Island, where 
a number of plants known to occur on the Olympic Mountains, in Washington, and unknown 
to us, may appear. 

The increase of introduced plants around our cities and railways is largely in evidence; 
many of these, being noxious weeds, can hardly be looked upon as a beneficial exchange for our 
native flora which is fast distppearing from these settled areas. 


VICTORIA, B.C.: 
Trinted by Witi1am H. CuLuin, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, 
1919. 


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‘PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 


| REPORT 


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| PROVINCIAL MUSEUM 


a: NATURAL HISTORY 


. FOR THE YEAR 1919 


PRINTED BY 
AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 


VICTORIA, B.C.: 
Printed by Wittiam H. Cuiii, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 
1920. 


- PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 


REPORT 


OF THE 


PROVINCIAL MUSEUM 


Ree U RAL HISrOR Y 


POR THE YEAR 1919 


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AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 


VICTORIA, B.C.: 
Printed by Witttam H. Corin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 
1920. 


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To Colonel the Honourable Enwarp GAw ier Prior, 
‘A Member of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, 
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. 


May 1r PLEASE your Honovr: 


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Museum of Natural History for the year 1919. 


J. D. MacLEAN, 


The undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Provincial 


Provincial Secretary. 


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Srmr,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natur: 
History, to lay before you the Report for the year ending December dist, 1919, 
covering the activities of the Museum. 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT 


FOR THE YEAR 1919. 


In making the Annual Report for the year it is deemed advisable to give as much as 
possible of the inception, history, and progress of the Institution. 

A museum is an institution for the preservation of those objects which best illustrate Nature 
and the works of man; the use of these for the increase of knowledge and for the culture and 
enlightenment of the people; its special functions being to preserve and utilize objects of nature 
- and works of art and industry. It supplies a need which is felt in every intelligent community, 
which cannot be supplied by any other agency ; it does not exist, except among highly enlightened 
people, and attains its highest development only in great centres of civilization. 

The growth of a museum from day to day may seem very small, but, if taken year by year, 
it shows what is accomplished with hard work and deep study. 

It was on December 2nd, 1886, that the Provincial Museum was formally opened in a small 
room, 20 x 12 feet, in the old Government Building in the City of Victoria. The first Curator 
was the late John Fannin, who was informed that he would have to make the best of the 
accommodation until better quarters could be secured; in these quarters the first three years 
of the life of the Museum was spent. 

On the removal of the Supreme Court to a new building, the Provincial Museum was moved 
into the old Supreme Court Building, and was formally opened to the public on May 24th, 1889, 
and the work of building up the institution was commenced in earnest. Gradually, but surely, 
the development of the Museum advanced until again the accommodaticn was totally inadequate. 
Then, again, when the present Legislative Buildings were erected, the east wing was allotted to 
the Provincial Museum, into which building the natural-history specimens were transferred in 
April, 1898S, but the mineral exhibit, which had been part of the Provincial Museum up to this 
time, was transferred to the old Legislative Building for exhibition, and became part of the 
Department of Mines. The natural-history collections have now greatly outgrown the present 
building, which is used for exhibition purposes. All the valuable study series and a mass of 
material are stored in a wooden frame building at the rear, and cannot be exhibited on account 
of lack of exhibition space. 

The collection is worthy of a large building, and is a eredit not only to the Government, 
under whose direction it is managed, but to the people of the Province, whose individual efforts 
in the way of contributions have done so much to assist its growth. 

The only financial support the institution receives is the annual vote granted by the Legis- 
lative Assembly, which is used as economically as possible, so.as to get the best results. 

It was not until February 21st, 1913, that an Act of Legislature was passed, endorsing the 
establishment of a Provincial Museum, making it statutory, defining its objects, and making 
regulations governing the working of the institution. The Department is under the control of 
the Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., C.M., Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education. 


OBJECTS. 


(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province. 
(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province. 
(c.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences, relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Province, and diffuse knowledge regarding the same. 


ADMISSION. 


The Provincial Museum is open, free, to the public daily throughout the year from 9 a.m. to 

65 p.m. (except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day); it is also open on Sunday 
- afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May 1st until the end of October. 

VISITORS. 


The number of visitors to the Provincial Museum during the year 1919 has been a slight 
increase over that of 1918, over 40,000 having signed the visitors’ register. 


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These figures are by no means accurate, as a great many people do not seem to like 
the idea of recording their names, and no record has been kept of the number of classes 
from the public schools of the city who, accompanied by their teachers, visited the Museum in 
connection with their nature-study. There have also been a number of specialists in several 
branches of natural sciences from some of the large museums of the continent who wished to 
examine the study series, which are stored in the annex, for which permission was gladly given 
by the Director. 

It will be noticed, by referring to the first register that was kept by the Museum, in 1888, 
that only 500 people left their signatures. The number of visitors increased year by year until 
the year 1914, when, on the outbreak of the European war, the tourist travel to the West at 
that time received a considerable set-back. For about two years this seemed to affect the travel, 
but from then on, I am pleased to say, the visitors again began to increase not only throughout 
the summer seasons, but also a great many came from Alberta and Saskatchewan during our 
winter seasons on account of our milder climate. x 


ACTIVITIES. 


As will be seen by the report in the several branches of natural history, no actual field 
parties were sent afield during the last summer, but this does not mean that the activities of 
the Museum were dormant, as considerable work has always to be done in connection with the 
Museum, in classification and identification of specimens from time te time, to make them more 
accessible to inspection and for study. 

This work is carried on by a very small staff, all scientific work involving upon the Director 
and the Assistant Biologist, who are assisted by a few personal friends. The invaluable assis- 
tance afforded the institution by members of the large institutions of America, more particularly 
the staff of the Smithsonian Institution and the Biological Survey of the United States National 
Museum of Washington, D.C. (to whom a large number of specimens are sert for their specialists 
to identify and verify), cannot be too highly appreciated. 

The specific identification of many of our small mammals is a difficult problem, owing to the 
lack of any large series from many localities, and not having the necessary appliances for the 
examination of cranial and dental characters, upon which determinations are greatly based. 

In many instances it is also necessary to make comparison with type specimens, most of 
which are to be found in the largest institutions of America and Europe, and for this reason 
we have to rely greatly on the generosity and kindness of several well-known scientists. 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 


Very little material has been added to the anthropological collection this year, with the 
exception of seyeral small specimens. 

Mr. G. E. Darby, Medical Superintendent of the Bella Bella Hospital, donated to the 
Museum a piece of rope made of cedar-bark, which he states was found by an Indian, Moses 
Knight, who found a considerable quantity of it concealed in a cave on a small island near 
Bella Bella. 

Miss Dorothy Matthews presented an Indian skull which she had found at Patricia Bay, 
North Saanich, in July, 1917. This skull is typical of the Indians of the Saanich Tribe of the 
Coast-Salaish Indians. 

Mr. J. P. Babcock, the Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries, presented an Indian blanket made 
from the feet of the grey timber-wolves. This blanket was made by the Babine Indians at Babine 
Lake, B.C., which tribe of Indians belongs to Athapascan or Déné stock. 


MAMMALS. 


The Museum has received, through the efforts of Mr. H. W. Dodd, Government Agent at 
Telegraph Creek, a magnificent pair of locked caribou antlers in a perfect state of preservation. 
These antlers were found on Cariboo Mountain, West Cassiar, by Mr. W. Beach, of New York 
City, a big-game hunter, who was hunting at the headwaters of the Stikine in 1918. The battle 
which caused the death of these animals took place, no doubt, in the month of September, 1917, 
as traces of the velvet still remain on the antlers. The dimensions of the antlers are:—No. 1: 
Length of beam, 52 inches; spread, 4414 inches; points, 29 inches. No. 2: Length of beam, 


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5 % inches; spread, 32 inches; points, 29 inches. These two heads make a magnificent exhibit 
on the walls of the Museum. 

Mr. BE. W. Nelson, Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department 
_ of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., wrote asking for the loan of our study series of Ochotona, 
commonly called Little Chief Hare, as Mr. A. H. Howell, a specialist in their Department, was 
- working on a revision of this genus, and wished to have specimens from every available portion 
of the country, so as to assist him in his classification and distribution of this interesting little 
; mammal. Bighteen skins and skulls were loaned by this Department, which in due course were 

returned. 


Bounties oN WOLVES. * 


According to the Orders in Council passed under the “ Game Protection Act,” all applications 
for bounties on wolves must be sent to the Director of the Provincial Museum for verification. 
. It is interesting to note that the Government, for the year 1919, was only called upon to pay 
the bounty on 100 timber-wolves, the bounty on which was $10 per head, but was increased by 
_ Order in Council to $15 on September ist, 1919. It will be noticed that most of these applications 
_ have come from the Northern Coast and Northern Interior of the Province, very few applications 
for bounties being made south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and I haye no 
_ record of any applications being made on a wolf that was killed on Vancouver Island during the 
year. Wolves must be getting very rare on Vancouver Island, as the price now offered in the 
fur market ranges from $25 to $40, plus the Government bounty of $15 per head. This makes 
the pelts quite valuable, and therefore these animals would not be passed up by any hunter or 
trapper. 

Several coyotes have been turned in with the timber-wolves by persons making applications 
for bounty; these, however, have been identified as coyotes, and bounty refused, unless the pelts 
were turned in to the Government to receive the Government bounty, which is only $2 on this 
animal. 


‘ DISTRIBUTION IN BritIsH COLUMBIA OF SOME FAMILIES OF THE ORDER RODENTIA. 


; Small Mammals.—Animal life is very generously represented in British Columbia, probably 
due to the varied climate, resulting from the variance of altitude within its borders and a wide 
range of physiographic conditions. The life-zones range through the Transition, Canadian, and 
Hudsonian to the Arctic-Alpine zones on the summits of the highest mountain ranges; the Upper 

_ Sonoran zone covering a small strip of country in the Southern Okanagan. 

Under such conditions it is hardly to be wondered that many of the species overlap in their 
range of distribution and subspecies become numerous. When the biological research of this 

_ Province has been completed, where well-defined races are known to exist in these areas, no doubt 

_ many new phases of intergrading will be revealed in the intervening territery. 
} 4 The series of small mammal-skins in the collection of the Provincial Museum numbers some 

1,200 skins; a greater portion of these, however, belong to the order Rodentia, or rodents, and 
it is proposed here to give a short account of the distribution througbout the Province of some 
families belonging to this order. 


Muride. 
Genus Peromyscus. 


This genus includes the so-called wood-mice, deer-mice, vesper-mice, or white-footed mice, 
and is by far the most numerous in species and subspecies of all our small rodents, and in some 

form or another inhabit almost every portion of North America. 

From a large series of skins there might be an unlimited discussion of the variation in 
Peromyscus, and.one would deduct from the study of groups of a long series from various 
localities that intergradation existed more widely than generally supposed; individual variation 

being greatest in specimens from localities between the ranges of two well-established forms. It 
a would therefore appear certain, with such a wide and frequent distribution, perfect intergrada- 
tion must take place between related forms of different faunal areas. Classification in such 
cases would depend largely upon a set standard, and on which side of the fence intergrading 


specimens belong must remain a matter of individual opinion. 
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In April, 1909, the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, 
published a revision of the American genus Peromyscus by Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood. ‘This work 
has made it possible, to a reasonable degree of certainty, to classify, at least geographically, the 
several species occurring throughout our range, represented by the following :— 

Peromyscus maniculatus arcticus (Osgood). Geographically distributed through the interior 
of North-west Canada, from South-eastern Saskatchewan north along the Mackenzie River, west 
to the upper waters of the Yukon River, then south to Eastern Alberta, in the Canadian and 
Hudsonian zones. 

The British Columbia specimens identified as this species were taken in the Cariboo and 
Telegraph Creek Districts. 

Peromyscus maniculatus oreas (Bangs). Type locality, Mount Baker Range, B.C., A. C. 
Brooks, distributed through the Puget Sound region in the mountains and coast of Western 
Washington, north to Southern British Columbia, south to the Columbia River. 

Peromyscus maniculatus keeni (Rhoads). A small white-footed mouse occurring on the 
Queen Charlotte Islands, the type of which is from Masset, Graham Island. 

Peromyscus maniculatus macrorhinus (Rhoads). On the Coast of the Mainland of 
Northern British Columbia and Southern Alaska; type collected by the Rev. J. H. Keen at 
the North Pacific Salmon Cannery, mouth of the Skeena River. 

Peromyscus maniculatus artemisie (Rhoads). Ranges through South-Central British 
Columbia, south through parts of Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana, in the Transition 
and Canadian zones; type from Ashcroft, B.C. 

Peromyscus maniculatus saturatus (Bangs). Type locality, Saturna ‘Island, Gulf of Georgia, 
B.C., to which it is entirely confined. 

Peromyscus maniculatus austerus (Baird). Geographic distribution over the Coast region 
of Puget Sound, Washington, north to Southern British Columbia and including Vancouver 
Island. 

Peromyscus sitkensis prevostensis (Osgood). So far only recorded from Prevost Island, 
Queen Charlotte Islands, and Forrester Island, Alaska. 


Genus Microtus. 


Voles, or meadow-mice, occur throughout the greater part of the Northern Hemisphere north 
of the Tropics, and both species and individuals reach their maximum abundance in the Canadian 
and Transition zones, a few species occurring to the north in the Hudsonian and Aretie “ODER 
even in the barren grounds north to the Arctic Coast. 

They adapt themselves to the most diversified conditions of environment, inhabiting all 
classes of ground, from dry arid regions to wet swamps, a few species being aquatic in their 
habits. 

The following species are represented in the Province of British Columbia :— 

Microtus drummondi (Aud. & Bach.) (Drummond's Vole). Geographically distributed from 
the Hudson Bay to the west slope of the Rocky Mountains, the type locality being in the vicinity 
of Jasper House, Alberta. 

Microtus townsendi (Bachman) (Townsend Vole). Distributed through the low country 
west of the Cascades, from Port Moody, B.C., south to the Willamette Valley and to Yaquina 
Bay, Oregon, in the Transition zone. 

Microtus tetramerus (Rhoads) (Vancouver Vole). The distribution of this vole, so far as 
known, is the southern end of Vancouver Island; type from Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, and 
described from the type, and seventeen specimens collected near type locality. 

Microtus mordaz (Merriam). Ranges from latitude 60, Rocky Mountains and outlying 
ranges, to Northern New Mexico; common in Canadian and Hudsonian zones; specimens recorded 
from Nelson, Sicamous, Hope, Shuswap, Glacier, Okanagan, and Bennett City. 

Microtus serpens (Merriam). Distributed through the low country of Southern British 
Columbia and Northern Washington between the Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound. 4 

Microtus nanus canescens (Bailey) (Gray Vole). East of the Cascades in Northern 
Washington and Southern British Columbia; specimens recorded from Okanagan, Vernon, and 
Ducks, B.C. 


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‘ Genus Neotoma. 


a The wood-rats of this genus are confined to North America. The bushy-tailed wood-rats 
occurring in this Province were separated from the round-tailed species, as the genus Teonoma, 
by Gray in 1843; although this name has been regarded by most later authors as only of 
_ subgeneric rank. 
= The bushy-tailed wood-rats are confined chiefly to the boreal zones in the Sierra Nevada and 
Rocky Mountain regions, extending nearly to north latitude 60, They are chiefly found in the 
mountains, where they dwell and seek protection among the cliffs and caves, being expert 
climbers. Occasionally we hear of wood-rats in the vicinity of camps and farm-houses, where 
they appear to develop a fascination of kleptomania, and ludicrous are the stories told of missing 
knives, forks, spoons, clothing, and other articles too numerous to mention, carried away and 
added to the nest material. Four mew species occur within our limits, none being known on 
Vancouver Island. 
: Neotoma cinerea (Ord) (Grey Bushy-tailed Rat). Distributed throughout the Rocky 
Mountain region in Southern British Columbia, Montana, Idaho, and several adjoining States. 
Neotoma cinerea drummondi (Richardson) (Bushy-tailed Wood-rat). Throughout the 
Canadian zone in the Rocky Mountains of Eastern British Columbia and Western Alberta, 
north of the range of NV. cinerea. 
4 Neotoma cinerea saramans (Osgood) (Osgood Bushy-tailed Wood-rat). Geographic dis- 
tribution in Northern British Columbia, west of the Rocky Mountains, in the Canadian and 
Hudsonian zones; limits of range unknown. 
Neotoma cinerea occidentalis (Cooper, M.C.) Baird (Western Bushy-tailed Wood-rat). 
_ From the Pacific Coast region of South-western British Columbia south to Northern California. 
Leporide. 


Genus Lepus. 


With the exception of Vancouver Island and most of the smaller islands on the Pacific 
Coast, hares and rabbits are more or less distributed throughout a greater portion of British 
Columbia. 

Until some ten years ago, when Mr. E. W. Nelson, of the Biological Survey, United States 
Department of Agriculture, made a revision of the rabbits of North America, very little was 
known of the number of species and their geographic races. 

From an economic view, hares and rabbits of this genus, when numerous in agricultural 
areas, do considerable damage to gardens, crops, fruit-trees, and young plantations. A peculiarity 
also is that when they become very numerous an epidemic in the form of disease decimates them, 
until hardly any can be found, and this state continues for a few years, when for the next few 
years they again multiply very fast, and once more attain their zenith of abundance. This takes 
place about every seven years, and up to the present period the exact cause is little understood. 

The following species are represented in the Province :— 

Lepus campestris townsendi (Bachman) (Western White-tailed Jack-rabbit). It occurs in 
a narrow tract of land along the Okanagan Valley, terminating at Fairview, also in the 
Similkameen Valley for twenty miles north of the boundary. 

| Lepus americanus macfarlani (Merriam) (Mackenzie Varying Hare). Distributed through 
all the Yukon Territory, Western Mackenzie, and Northern British Columbia; its extreme 
northern limit coincides with that of the trees. 

Lepus americanus columbiensis (Rhoads) (B.C. Snow-shoe Rabbit). Ranges through the 
Rocky Mountain region of South-eastern British Columbia (except the extreme south-eastern 
corner), and from Vernon, in the Okanagan, to Jasper House, Alberta. 

Lepus washingtoni (Baird) (Washington Varying Hare). This hare occurs on the Coast 
from the Fraser River Valley to the western slope of the Cascade Mountains, at low altitude. 

Lepus bairdi (Hayden) (Rocky Mountain Snow-shoe Rabbit). Distributed through the 
higher parts of the Rocky Mountains from Idaho south; a series of skins in the collection of 

the Provincial Museum from Cranbrook, B.C., collected by Mr. C. B. Garrett, are referred to in 
this species. 

Lepus bairdi cascadensis (Nelson) (Cascade Mountain Snow-shoe Rabbit). Ranges from 
Hope, B.C., on the Fraser River, to the Okanagan, south on the east side of the Cascade Moun- 
tains into Washington. 


Pag British CoLtumptra. 1920 — 


Ochotonide. 
Genus Ochotona. 

The Pika, or Little Chief Hare, has the appearance of a miniature brown rabbit, althougi 
it represents an independent family, being neither a hare nor a rabbit. Its habitat is high up 
on the mountain ranges of the West, from near timber-line up to the line of perpetual snow. 

They live among the caves and crevices of the rock-slides and are to be found sitting on the 
top of some prominent rock; at the least alarm they give a shrill call and disappear into their 
retreats, only to appear again to see if the intruder has gone away. 

These little animals are very industrious, and work constantly through the day, gathering 
grass and various alpine plants, which are piled up (like miniature stacks of hay) among the 
rocks for their winter use. 

The series of skins in the collection of the Provincial Museum are all from the Mainland of 
the Province, and have recently been identified by Mr. Howell, of the Biological Survey, United 
States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 

So far as is known, there is no record of the genus occurring on Vancouver Island; although 
it is quite possible that biological research in our Alpine-Arctic zones may add this mammal to 
the fauna of Vancouver Island. 

Species known to occur in British Columbia are as follows :— 

Ochotona princeps princeps (Richards). Distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains in 
British Columbia, northward to the South Branch of the Mackenzie River. 

Ochotona collaris (Nelson). This is a northern species found in the mountains from south 
of Fort Yukon, including Atlin District, Northern British Columbia. The two skins in the 
Museum collection from White Mountain, Moose Arm, Tagish Lake, Atlin, presented by the late 
F. H. Mobley, M.P.P., are identified as this species. 

Ochotona cuppes (Bangs). Throughout the Gold Range, British Columbia. Type locality, 
Monishe Divide. 

Ochotona feniser, Distributed through the Okanagan and Tulameen, the data of skins in 
the Museum collection recording an altitude of from 3,500 to 4,000 feet. 

Ochotona feniser brooksi. Skins recorded from Sicamous to Mount McLean, Lillooet. A 
comparatively new subspecies ranging through the Cascades. 

Ochotona minimus (Lord). Distribution in British Columbia near the boundary-line. 
Limits of range unknown. Type from Ptarmigan Hill, Cascade Range, B.C. 


ORNITHOLOGY. 


Birds.—In this branch considerable work has been carried on throughout the year with the 
study series, ten new specimen sectional storage-cases having been added. The collection has 
been considerably worked over and made more accessible for students, and at the present time 
we are installing another sixteen sectional cases to take care of the balance of the valuable 


study skins, which have been stored in boxes and were not very accessible to those persons who — 


wished to consult our large bird-skin collection of the birds of this Province. 

Since Mr. J. W. Gibson, the Director of Elementary Education, has inaugurated his nature- 
study in the public schools of this Province, considerable call has been made on the Museum, 
more particularly in the study of bird-life. Numbers of classes have been brought here by their 
teachers, and the Director and his assistants have given all the possible instruction to these 
young students in their study of ornithology. The Department has also loaned a number of 
skins to several of the school-teachers upon request, so that they should have them handy for 
instructions in their nature-study at different times during the school term. 

This, however, is not very satisfactory, on account of breaking into the series that should 


not really be loaned out for this purpose. It would be a capital idea if the Department of 


Education would take up the matter of having small collections of mounted specimens under 
their own jurisdiction; these to be sent round from school to school throughout the Province 
in cities and towns and districts where there are no measures similar to the Natural History 
Museum in Victoria. This would assist the children greatly in their identification of species, 
and also give them an idea of what to look for in their rambles throughout the country. 

Numbers of requests come from time to time from other museums for the loan of ornitho- 
logical material for study by specialists who are working out the exact species and subspecies, 
that vary so in different portions of America, according to geographical conditions. 


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Provincia Museum Report. Pus 


Mr. J. Grinnell, Director of the Museum of the University of California, wrote this year 
asking permission of the Provincial Museum to loan to Mr. Harry 8S. Swarth, ornithologist of 
their Department, our collection of bird-skins of the genus Passerella (fox-sparrows), as he is 
- working on a monograph of this species and is very anxious to secure the specimens from this 
northern portion of the country. Twenty specimens of this genus were loaned for comparison 
and have been returned—namely, three P. i. townsendi, four P. i. fuliginosa, two P. i. meruloides, 
five P. i. sinwosa, and six P. i. altivagans. 


OOLOGY. 


During the year the Provincial Museum was very fortunate in having a magnificent collection 
_ of birds’ eggs presented by Mr. W. F. Burton, of this city. 

Mr. Burton is an enthusiastic student of bird-life and a careful collector. He has added a 
number of sets of eggs not heretofore represented in the Oological division in the Museum. 
It has been the request of the donor that these specimens be exhibited in a case and kept by 
_ themselves as the W. F. Burton collection. 


List of EaGs IN THE Burton COLLECTION. 


Species. Common Name, 
Gavia immer (Brunnich) ...2.6...08ce cee ees Loon. 
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) ..............+. Red-throated Loon. 
Bunda errhata (CPallas)) 2 oi. psec esas oe sess. Tufted Puffin. 
Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas) .......++++-+++ Rhinoceros Auklet. 
Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas) ...........- Cassin’s Auklet. 
SIU PUse CEALNSS) 5 2 <aos eee estes os on Least Auklet. 
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin) Pieris o 5 cs Ancient Murrelet. 
Cepphus columba Pallas ............c22cce00- Pigeon Guillemot. 
Uria troille californica (H. Bryant) .......... California Murre. 
Rissa brevirostris (Bruch) ..........+.eseeeee Red-legged Kittiwake. 
Larus glaucescens Naumann .............++-- Glacous-winged Gull. 
Larus atricilla Linneus ..............-0.00ss Laughing Gull. 
Ferri COSDstE ANOSEe chs is.e Seine slain cian acess « Caspian Tern. 
Sterna hirwndo Linneus ............--.----+> Common Tern. 
Diomedea albatrus Pallas .............22-.00% Short-tailed Albatross 
Fulmarus rodgersi Cassin ....--...+-.+-- aay care Rodger’s Fulmar. 
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) .........-+.- Slender-billed Shearwater. 
Oceanodroma fureata (Gmelin) .........-.+-- Forked-tailed Petrel. 
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot) ..... Bie atta ete Leach’s Petrel. 
Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte) .........-. Black Petrel. 
Oceanodroma socorransis C. H. Townsend ..... Socorro Petrel. 
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) .........-. Brandt’s Cormorant, 
Phalacrocorax pelagicus robustus Ridgway ..... Violet-green Cormorant. 
Pelecanus californicus Ridgway ..........+.+- California Brown Pelican. 
Branta canadensis canadensis Linneus .......- Canada Goose. 
Botaurus lentiginosus (Montague) .........+.- Bittern. 
Ardea herodias fannini Chapman ...........-.. Northwestern Coast Heron. 
Nycticorax nycticorar nevius (Boddert) ...... Black-crowned Night Heron. ~ 
~Grus mewicana (Muller) .....4..2-05.s 20000. Sandhill Crane. 
Rallus virginianus Linneus ..........+..++++ Virginia Rail. 
Recurvirostra americana Gmelin .......+.++++. Avocet. 
Gallinago delicata (Ord) «.........e0sseeves- Wilson’s Snipe. 
Actitis macularia (Linneus) ..........2.0006. Spotted Sandpiper. 
Numenius americanus Bechstein ...........++- Long-billed Curlew. 
Oxryechus vociferus (Linneus) ..........+0055 Killdeer. 
gialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte) ...... ..... | Semipalmated Plover. 
Lophortyx californica californica (Shaw) ..... California Quail. 
Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (Ridgway)... | Sooty Grouse. 
Bonasa umbellus sabini (Douglas) ..........-. Oregon Ruffed Grouse. 
Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied .........+. Turkey Vulture. 
Blanoides forficatus (Ginnwus) ...........+4. Swallow-tailed Kite. 
.Accipiter velom (Wilson) .........ceeeecseses Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Buteo borealis calurus Cassin .........020000% Western Red-tailed Hawk. 
Buteo lineatus elegans Cassin ......0.e cece eee Red-bellied Hawk. 


P14 BritisH CoLuMBIA. 1920 
List or EcGs IN THE BuRTON CoLLEcTION—Continued. 
No. of Set 
Bggs | with Species. Common Name. 
inSet.| Nest. 
———e——————————eeEeEE——E—EE———————————————— 
3 Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmelin)... | Rough-legged Hawk. 
2 Aquila chrysaétos (Linnseus) ................ Golden Eagle. 
24 Haliwetus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Linneus) | Bald Eagle. 
4 Falco peregrinus pealei Ridgway ............-+. Peale’s Falcon. 
5 Falco sparverius sparverius Linnweus .......... Sparrow Hawk. 
3 D's Pandion haliaétus carolinensis (Gmelin) ....... Osprey. 
4 Nest | Otus asio kennicotti (Elliot) ................: Kennicott’s Sereech Owl. 
3 nits Bubo virginianus pacificus Cassin ............. Pacific Horned Owl. 
4 Nest | Dryobates villosus harrisi (Audubon) ......... | Harris’s Woodpecker. 
7 a Dryobates pubescens gairdneri (Audubon) ..... | Gairdner’s Woodpecker. 
5 = Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis (Suckow) .......- Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker, 
4 - Phleotomus pileatus abieticola (Bangs) ....... Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 
6 5, Asyndesmus Tewist Riley. o..cticencceesc ccs sue Lewis’s Woodpecker. 
2 %) Catynte.coste iC BOuUrGieE) © aieisistoucieivei costs selene Costa’s Hummingbird. 
75 A Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin) ................- Rufus Hummingbird. 
4 A Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson) ............. | Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
3 or EPmpidona® 26righti Baird. 2) 2. si. «iste ereeistsin ee oie Wright’s Flycatcher. 
5 Nest | Cyanocitta stelleri stelleri (Gmelin) .......... Steller’s Jay. 
4 SPINUS DUNS AGW ALSON))! seretcnste reverse -peceroretel ere Pine Siskin. 
4 Re Junco hyemalis oreganus (J. IK. Townsend) .... | Oregon Junco. 
4 af Passerella iliaca fuliginosa Ridgway ........... Sooty Fox Sparrow. 
4 = Pipilo maculatus oregonus Bell ............-+. Oregon Towhee. 
4 Zamelodia melanocephala (Swainson) ......... Black-headed Grosbeak. 
4 a Passerina GmMena (Say) «cise «ec cis eleven. «ts ale ee Lazuli Bunting. 
4 rf Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) .............-.. Western Tanager. 
4 rf Vireosylva gilva swainsoni (Baird) ........... Western Warbling Vireo. 
5 * Lanivireo solitarius cassini (Xantus) ......... Cassin’s Vireo. 
4 5 Vermivora celata lutescens (Ridgway) ......... Lutescent Warbler. 
4 - Dendroica auduboni auduboni (J. IK. Townsend) | Audubon’s Warbler. 
4 5 Oporonis tolmiei (J. K. Townsend) ........... Macgillivray’s Warbler. 
3 7 Wilsona pusilla pileolata (Pallas) ............ Pileolated Warbler. 
5 3 Cinclus mexricanus unicolor Bonaparte ......... Dipper. 
5 = Thryomanes bewicki calophonus Oberholser .... | Seattle Wren. 
5 } Nannus hiemalis pacificus (Baird) ............ Western Winter Wren. 
6 - Certhia familiaris occidentalis Ridgway ........ California Creeper. 
i 5 Sttta canadensrs’ Winneus) 6 .\0). <3 oe eee ses ae Red-breasted Nuthatch. 
7 i Sitta pygmea pygmea Vigors ...........------ Pygmy Nuthatch. 
8 a Penthestes rufescens rufescens (J. IX. Townsend) | Chestnut-backed Chickadee. 
5 ys Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird .............. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. 
5 * Myadestes townsendi (Audubon) ............. Townsend's Solitaire. 
33 » | Hylocichla guttata guttata (Pallas) ........... Alaska Hermit Thrush. 
3 » | Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis (Belding) ...... Sierra Hermit Thrush. 
4 s Txoreus nevius nevius (Gmelin) ............. Varied Thrush. 
‘ 


Sialia mexicana occidentalis J. K. Townsend ... 


FISHES. 


Western Bluebird. 


Early in February the Director sent a specimen of the broad-fin cod (Zaniolepis latipinnis) 
to Dr. GC. H. Gilbert, Department of Zoology, Stanford University, California, for verification. 
It was a very peculiar fish with the tail lacking. 


Later I received from Dr. Gilbert the following: 
identification and return it to-day. 


“T have received your specimen sent for 
It proves to be a mutilated specimen of Zaniolepis latipinnis. 


It seems a marvel that a fish, left apparently without means of locomotion, should be able to 
make its way in the world and to reach an adult condition as well nourished as this seems to be. 
I do not recall haying seen a similar case in the course of my long experience of fishes.” 

This peculiar specimen was taken by one of Watson’s seine-boats in Stamp Harbour, near 
Alberni, V.I., and was presented to the Museum by Mr. A. A. Rhoades. 

Mr. A. L. Hager, general manager of the New England Fish Company, Vancouver, who has 
always shown great interest in having his employees look out for rare specimens for the Museum, 
and through whose efforts several species have been added to the Provincial Museum collection, 


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wrote to the Director on February 11th, “that Mr. Walter White, for many years employed 
as a halibut-fisherman on the vessels of the New England Fish Company, and latterly as mate 
on the S.S. ‘Kingsway,’ brought to their office a rock weighing about 2% 1b. Mr. White states 
that he personally took this rock from the stomach of a halibut weighing about 60 lb. The 
§.S. ‘Kingsway’ was fishing off Bonilla Island at the time in about 35 fathoms of water. It 

occurred to us that you might like to receive and preserve this rock.” 
a This rock was eventually sent to the Provincial Museum by Mr. Hager. Later I sent a copy 
of the letter, as requested by Mr. Hager, to Mr. Will F. Thompson, Assistant in charge of the 

_ Long Laboratory, California, for his information. 

Mr. Thompson is a well-known fish expert on the halibut fishes, and has done considerable 
‘scientific research-work in the Northern British Columbia halibut waters. In reply, Mr. Thomp- 
son writes as follows :— 

“ Many thanks for your letter with the copy of the note on the rock swallowed by the halibut. 
It is perfectly possible. The halibut are famous eaters of small things, and they pick from the 
ground, rocks, ete., and all sorts of things, including sea-anemones, clam-siphons, etc., and in the 
process of doing so they frequently take in many things which are not intended to find a lodging 
in the stomach of fish. ‘The famous stones which the cod takes in (as ballast) in storms are the 
results that follow too reckless eating on the part of the cod. The size of the stone, however, 

- is a most surprising thing. It bears witness to the reckless habits of the halibut.” 

The Museum also received a specimen of a fish, donated by Mr. Harry Pidcock, Quathiaski 
Cove, B.C., which appears to me to be that of an immature alligator fish (Podothecus acipen- 
serinus), but this has not been verified by an authority. 

The Department also received a specimen of an immature pipe-fish (Aulorhynchus flavidus), 
presented by Mr. H. A. Cox, Esquimalt, B.C. A small species of fish (Sebastodes sp.?) was also 

presented by Mr. A. S. Grice on July 30th, 1919. : 

This specimen I have not fully identified, and it will have to be sent through to Dr. Gilbert, 
who has always shown a great interest and is willing to do any work in the identification of 
fishes for this Department. 

BOTANY. 


The whole collection in the Herbarium has been numbered consecutively, and all duplicates 
correspondingly numbered and catalogued. This will eliminate a great disadvantage in connec- 
tion with any correspondence concerning any particular species. 

The number of mounted specimens in the collection of flowering plants at the present time is 
approximately 6,000. For some time past there have been many requests for a Check-list of the 
Flora of Vancouver Island, and it was deemed by the Director desirable to prepare the same, 
This entailed a considerable amount of work in the research of the earliest records of botanical 
collectors on the Pacifie Coast. 

The manuscript for this work, which was compiled by Mr. W. R. Carter, has now been 
completed, and it is to be hoped that the Department will be able to have it in the press before 

long. This Check-list also includes the plants known to occur on the islands adjacent, together 
with the Queen Charlotte Group. 

Through the kindness of several collectors, a small number of specimens have been added to 
the collection, and thanks must be extended to the following gentlemen for the same :— 

Professor J. K. Henry, for a small series collected in the Sicamous and adjoining districts, 
including: Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl.; Gilia pharnaceoides Benth.; Castillea lutescens (Green- 
man) Rydb.; Utricularia intermedia Hayne; Chanactis Douglasii H. & A.; Botrychiwn lunaria 
(L.) Sw.; and Lotus corniculatus L. from Elgin, B.C. 

Dr. C. F. Newcombe, for several rare specimens from the southern portion of Vancouver 
Island: Vissa macrotheca (Hornem) Britt.; Ranunculus Lobbii Gray; Hosackia gracilis 
Benth.; Limnanthes Macounii Trelease; also for access to his valuable botanical library in 
research of data difficult to obtain. 

Mr. J. R. Anderson, for a large collection of plants, a few of which have made appreciable 
additions to the Herbarium, especially Abronia acutalata Standley and Achillea californica Poll., 
the latter a new record for Vancouver Island. 

Among this collection were a number of specimens collected by his brother, Mr. W. B. 
Anderson, in various portions of the Province, which include: Beckmannia eruceformis (1.) 
Host.; Chenopodium urbicum L.; Uhelypodium integrifolium (Nutt.) Endl.; Gilia Hookeri 


Piven SUP SF eo ee 
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Benth.; Lupinus ornatus Dougl.; Pentstemon ovatus Dougl.; Anogra pallida (Lindl.) Britt.; — 
Spheralcea munroana (Dougl.) Spach.; and Tetradymia canescens DC. : 

During the last summer a collection of plants was donated to the Museum by the authorities 
of the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection had belonged to the late Captain R. V. 
Harvey, who was one of the founders of the school. These plants, while mounted on small-size 
sheets, and in most instances showing little more than the inflorescence, can hardly be looked — ; 
upon as Herbarium specimens. 

Professor J. Macoun, senior Botanist of the Geological Survey of Canada, who has always 
taken a great interest in the Provincial Herbarium, and several years ago added to our collection 
over 900 named and classified specimens, mostly of the flora of Vancouver Island, has continued 
his great support to this division, and has made an offer to the Proyincial Museum, subject 
to the approval of Mr. R. G. McConnell, Deputy Minister of Geological Survey, Ottawa, of a 
collection of Cryptogammes upon which he has been working and classifying for a considerable 
time. 

The idea is for the Provincial Museum to take over for the time being the whole of his 
collection, with the understanding that a division be made on some future date (as there are 
a number of duplicates of each species) between this Department and the Department at Ottawa. 

Both Professor Macoun and J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Division of the 
Department of Mines, Ottawa, have always shown a great interest in the Provincial Museum, 
and have done a great deal of work, more particularly in the Botanical section, in the 
identification of plants from every section of this Province. 

Mr. J. M. Macoun has also been filling in blanks in our collection from time to time from 
the Ottawa collection and from a number of plants that both he and his reyered father have 
collected throughout British Columbia in their botanical survey of Canada. The Provincial 
Museum has at different times sent many specimens (of which a number at present are still 
there) to Ottawa to be verified by Mr. Macoun. These specimens, it is to be hoped, will be 
returned in due course. 

In Memoriam. 

Mr. J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Chief of the Biological Survey Department, Ottawa, died on 
January Sth, 1920. The late Mr. Macoun was one of the highest authorities on botanical research 
in Canada. He was a faithful and courageous public servant and a man of high standing in 
scientific research. His loss will be keenly felt not only by the Department with which he had 
been so long connected, but also by the Provincial Museum in Victoria, to which he was a 
constant visitor when on the Pacific Coast. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 


The Museum collection during the year has been greatly enriched by the donation of the 
valuable collection of the late Captain R. V. Harvey, which was donated by the authorities of 
the Mount Tolmie University School. This collection is especially rich in Diptera, of which 
the late Captain Harvey was a recognized authority in British Columbia. 

The Coleoptera and Hymenoptera collections are also particularly acceptable, and, as they 
are representative of the whole of Southern British Columbia, they will enable us to enlarge and 
extend our own collections in these orders. Provision is being made for the incorporation of 
these collections with those already existing in the Museum, and when finally installed they will 
prove of incalculable value to students. 

The thanks of the Department are due to Mr. E. H. Blackmore, President of the British 
Columbia Entomological Society, for his valuable services, which were instrumental in securing 
this highly desirable collection for this institution. 

Mr. Blackmore has always done considerable work in the Entomological division of this 
Department, both in identification and arranging the collection for study and inspection, and he 
has also written the following paper on entomology 


ENTOMOLOGY. 


By E. H. Brackmore, F.E.S. 
Practically no entomological field-work of any description was undertaken by any of the 
Museum staff during the past season, and therefore there is not so much as usual to write about 
in connection with the actual work of the Museum. I have, however, been able to gather a few 


LYCAENID.12, HESPERITD.L, 


Plebeius icarioides blackmorei TR. & Med. 


(Male paratype.) 
Goldstream, B.C. (i. TH. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Plebeius icarioides blackmorci B. & MeD. 


(Under-side mate.) 
Goldstream, B.C. (12. HW. Blackmore). 


Heodes cupreus dw. 
Lillooet. B.C. (A. W. A. Phair). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Mitoura spinetorum Bay. 
Fairview, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). 
(Very rare.) 


Apantesis blakei diecki Neum, 
Lillooet, B.C. (A. W. A. Phair). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


AND ARCTIIDA. 


Plebeius icarioides blackmorei TB. & MeD. 
(Female paratype.) 
Goldstream, B.C. (i. H. Blackmore). 
(New to seience.) 


Plebeius icarioides pembina Edw. 
(Under-side male.) 
Rossland, B.C. (W. TI. Danby). 


Callipsuche behri Edw. 


Osoyoos, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). 
(Very local.) 


Hesperia centauree Ramb. 
Atlin, B.C. (I. M. Anderson). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Veoarctia beani Neum. 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Provincia Museum Reporr. 12a 4 


interesting facts from other workers in the Province; a little more previously undetermined 
material has been worked oyer; and these, together with some of my own captures, will enable 
us to present a fairly comprehensive account of the work done in the Province in this particular 
A branch of science during the year 1919. 
Tn last year’s report mention was made of the remarkable scarcity of noctuids during that 
year, but this past season was far worse. In fact, this scarcity extended to all orders of insects, 
and was not confined to any particuiar district, but was noticeable in every section of the 
Province. There is no reasonable explanation that can be given of this sudden diminution of 
numbers, and even of species. 
As usual, there were a few exceptions to the general rule, one of them being our old friend (7?) 
the forest tent-caterpillar (Malacosoma pluvialis Dyar). ‘The larve of this moth were particu- 
larly numerous in the early spring, even worse than the year previous. but fortunately before 
they became “ full-fed”’ they were attacked by a disease—of a fungoid or bacterial origin—which 
killed them off in thousands. * 
In the south-eastern part of the Province, especially along the border, a great deal of damage 
was done by several species of locusts—one of the worst invasions we have had for many years. 
‘Mr. E. R. Buckle, of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, has been working in the infected 
area during the season, studying the conditions and using remedial measures with a view to 
preventing the occurrence of a further outbreak. 
In the Report of the Provincial Museum, 1918, on page 12, is a note on the occurrence of 
Hemerocampa vetusta gulosa at Chase, B.C., in which the writer stated that the insect was 
double-brooded. ‘This I find is not the case, as in a subsequent letter from Mr. R. C. Treherne, 
Dominion Field Officer for British Columbia, he remarks that from the data in his possession 
he is quite satisfied that this destructive insect is only single-brooded. It is interesting to note 
in this connection that Mr. W. B. Anderson found a slight outbreak at Armstrong during the 
past year in addition to the one reported from Chase the year previously, which latter had spread 
much farther than when first noted. 


Rare AND UNCOMMON INSECTS TAKEN IN Britist! COLUMBIA DURING 1919. 


Owing to the dearth of insects in the Province during the past season, it would be only 
reasonable to suppose that this section of our report would be smaller than usual; nevertheless, 
quite a few items have been reported which are of more than passing interest. 

Victoria.—In late May two worn specimens of that rather rare Sphingidie, Proserpinus 
clarkie Bdy., were taken at rest on a peach-tree at Swan Lake. A very fine specimen of Polia 
variolata Sm. was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter on July 11th; this capturé is exceedingly interest- 
ing in view of the facts set forth in last year’s Museum Report, wherein this species was figured. 
The same collector also took a nice specimen of Jpimorpha nanaimo Barnes, to which, curiously 
enough, the same remarks apply. 

In addition to the specimen of Cucullia omissa Dod, which is figured on Plate IIJ., another 
specimen was taken in the Hollywood District by David Livingstone, a young and enthusiastic 
collector, who has kindly donated it to the Museum collection. 

A male specimen of Hrebus odora Linn. was captured the first week in October by Mr. W. R. 
Nairnes, of this city. It was taken about 4 o’clock in the afternoon of an exceedingly windy 
day, and at first sight Mr. Nairnes thought it was a large leaf being blown about. This is the 
first capture of this Florida “ migrant” we have heard of for several years. 

Goldstream.—The writer spent a few hours at the Goldstream Flats on July 20th, and 
amongst other interesting material obtained was a short series of Epirrhe alternata Mull, a 
pair of Dysstroma occidentata Tayl., and a single specimen of Stamnodes blackmorei Swett. 
Fitzgerald.—This station is situated about eleven miles north of Goldstream and is in the 
midst of a mountainous district. Mr. W. R. Carter, of the Museum staff, spent many week-ends 
_in the locality and obtained many desirable species. Amongst the Diurnals several specimens 
were taken of both sexes of that rather uncommon little skipper, Buphyes vestris Bdy. The 
most interesting noctuids were Huroa ochrogaster gularis Grt.; Feltia herilis Grt.; Zosteropoda 
hirtipes Grt.; Septis multicolor Dyar; and S. plutonia Grt. Amongst the geometers the follow- 
ing were of special interest: Cosymbia lumenaria Hbn.; Didctinia silaceata albvolineata Pack. ; 
Bupithecia eretaceata Pack.; Drepanulatrix faminaria Gn.; and Sericosema juturnaria Gn. 
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Island, and this is the most southerly point yet recorded. Mr. A. W. Hanham, in a recent 
letter, tells me that he has a specimen given him by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor. labelled Cameron 
Lake, July 23rd, 1903, and Mr. G. O. Day writes me that he took one specimen at Cowichan 
Zay, July 7th, 1915. The date of the Fitzgerald specimen is June 15th. On the Mainland, 
anywhere from Lillooet to the Kootenays, this particular geometer is very abundant, some years 
being a perfect nuisance. 

Maillardville—This small settlement is about a mile from Fraser Mills and some five miles 
from New Westminster. Mr. L. E. Marmont, the Reeve of the district and an old-time ento- 
mologist, has taken some very interesting species there. The most desirable of the Noctuide are 
Rynachgrotis gilvipennis Grt.; Trachea impulsa Gn.; and Bomolocha palparia Wik. (uncommon). 

Mention must be made of two remarkable aberrations; one of Namagana praacuta Sm. is 
a peculiar melanic form, the ground colour of the primaries being of a dark sooty brown, with 
the orbicular, reniform, and s.t. line of a light-ash colour and standing out in startling relief. 
The other one is Zale m inera norda Sm., and in place of the usual mottled appearance, with its 
abundance of fine wavy lines, the whole of the wings are light brown, being only relieved by a 
wide black t.p. line, black discal mark, and black basal area. Amongst the geometers taken, 
Philobia ulsterata Pears. in very uncommon, and we were glad to get the record of Caripeta 
equaliaria Grt., taken on May 17th. This latter seems to be exceedingly rare, as we have very 
few records of its capture. i 

Lillooet—During the first week in July Messrs. Day & Hanham, of Duncan, made a 
collecting-trip to Lillooet, and, although owing to the poor season the general result was rather 
disappointing, a few good specimens were taken, especially in the Geometride. Amongst some 
of the latter submitted to us for identification we noted the following: Drepanulatrix wnical- 
cararia Gne. and its form cervinicolor Hist.; D. faminaria Gne.; and D. carnearia Hulst. The 
latter is an exceedingly good capture and is the first male and the third record we have from 
the Province, the other two being a female from Kaslo and another female from Ymir. 

A single specimen was taken of Dysstroma formosa Wulst. This is the first record we have 
had of this for three years, Mr. A. W. Phair having taken a single specimen at the same place 
on June 23rd, 1916. 

On looking over some material recently sent by Mr. Phair, we found a nice specimen of 
Smerinthus cerisyi opthalmicus form pallidulus Edw., taken on August 16th, 1919. This is the 
latest date we have of this form, although Mr. Cockle reports one taken at Kaslo on August 9th, 
1901. Amongst the Noctuids, Rynchagrotis vittifrons Grt. and cerapoda oblita Grt. are the best. 
Up to the present we have no record of either of these species being taken in any other locality. 

Spences Bridge.—Mr. W. A. Newcombe, who is connected with the Provincial Department of 
Fisheries, spent the latter part of August in this district, and in his spare time collected a little 
material, some of which was very desirable, noticeably Huroa costata idahansis Grt.; Rhizagrotis 
flavicollis Sm.; and Lycophotia nigra Sm. The latter name has been used in many British 
Columbia collections for a somewhat similar species—L. astricta subjugata Dyar. The only other. 
authentic records of nigra that we have besides this are from Armstrong, Rossland, and Kaslo. 
Only one geometer was taken, Jt@me matilda Dyar. 

Quesnel Dam.—During September Mr. Newcombe spent a few weeks in this locality, but as 
the season was getting late nothing much was taken; however, we are always pleased to get 
material from here, as very little collecting has been done in this district. Polygonia satyrus 
Edw., P. faunus rusticus Edw., Aglais j-album Bdy. and Le C., were the only Diurnals taken. 
A short series of Agrotis inopinatus Sm. was captured, the only noctuid observed. Geometers 
were also scarce, three specimens of Dysstroma being all that were seen. Two of these belong 
to the citrata group, the other one being D. formosa boreata Tayl., which is a very rare form 
and one that we are pleased to receive. 

Osoyoos.—In addition to the Diurnals mentioned under the heading of “ Illustrated Lepi- 
doptera,’ Mr. W. B. Anderson succeeded in getting a few specimens of Marmopteryxe marmorata 
Pack. This is an exceedingly pretty geometer on the under-side, the marbled effect being 
especially striking. The first specimens we saw of this species were a pair collected by Mr. 
I. M. Anderson on May 7th, 1918, at Vaseaux Lake, just south of Penticton. 

Fort Steele.—Mr. W. B. Anderson took the first specimen of Huptoieta claudia Cram. recorded 
from British Columbia on September 28rd, 1919. This is a most interesting record, and we are 
glad that Mr. Anderson, who is a most indefatigable worker, has added this to our list of 


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British Columbia butterflies. It belongs to the family Nymphalidie and is closely allied to the 
“genus Argynnis. It has a wide distribution throughout the United States and South America, 
being essentially a southern insect. 


New British CoLuMsBIA INSECTS. 
The following ten insects have been described as new to science during the year 1919, and 
- comprise seyen species of Lepidoptera, two species of Diptera, and one of Thysanoptera. 


Lepidoptera, 


- Plebeius icarioides blackmorei Barnes & McDunnough is described in the Can. Ent., Vol. 51, 
_ p. 92, April, 1919, from a number of specimens taken by the writer at Goldstream on May 31st, 
- 1918. More extended remarks on this new race will be found under the heading of “ Illustrated 
Lepidoptera.” 

In the Journal New York Ent. Socy., Vol. XXVII., Nos. 2 and 3, June and September, 1919, 
Dr. R. Ottolengui describes several new species and races of the genus Autographa (Noctuide), 
amongst which are two from British Columbia. Auwlographa magnifica described from a single 
female taken at Ucluelet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It was taken by a member of 
the Forestry Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The type is in the Canadian 
National Museum at Ottawa. 

The other is Autographa rectangula nargenta and was described from material belonging 
to Mr. J. W. Cockle, of Kaslo, B.C., and Mr. A. W. Hanham, of Duncan, B.C. This is the 
rectangula of our check-lists, which is really an Eastern species. 

The chief distinguishing characteristic of this new race is the transverse posterior line, which 
is distinct and geminate, the space between being filled with silver. 

In the Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 105 et seq., July 15th, 1919, Messrs. Swett & Cassino 
describe four species of geometers belonging to the genus Hupithecia. Tiwo of these are from 
British Columbia, viz.: (1) Bupithecia probata, described from specimens taken at Duncan and 
Victoria, and (2) Lupithecia moirata, taken by E. M. Anderson at Penticton in 1913. Both these 
new species will be treated of more fully under the same heading as the preceding. 


Microlepidoptera, 


In the Proc. Ent. Socy. Wash., Vol. 21, No. 3, March, 1919, under the title of “ Two Micro- 
lepidoptera injurious to Strawberry,” Mr. August Busck describes two new “ Micros” from 
specimens taken by Mr. W. Downes, Dominion Junior Entomologist at Victoria, B.C. The first is 
Tortricodes fragariana, and, according to the author, is the first published record of this genus 
in North America. Mr. Downes says that this species breeds commonly in the buds at the head 
of the crowns of strawberry. 

The second is Aristotelia fragaria, and, according to Mr. Busck, is the so-called “ strawberry- 
-_ erown borer,” on which there is considerable economic literature, but whieh had not previously 
received a specific name. The first species belongs to the family Tortricidse and has the fore 
wings brownish fuscous in colour, overlaid with black and reddish scates; the hind wings are 
much lighter, being a silvery grey. It is a small moth measuring 17 mm. in alar expanse, The 
second species, Aristotelia fraygaria, is a member of the family Gelechiidze and is a much smaller 
insect, being only 12 min. in width when spread. In colour it is dark brown, with the hind 
wings lighter. 

Diptera, 


In an article on “The Streptocera Group of the Dipterous Genus Tipula Linn,” Annals Ent. 
Soey Amer., Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 84, June, 1919, Dr. W. G. Dietz describes some half-dozen new 
species, one of which is recorded from Victoria, B.C., under the name of Tipula trypetophora. 
It is described from nine specimens, two males and seven females, all from Victoria, and 
apparently on the same date, July 6th, 1912, but who the captor was is not stated. This is one 
of the crane-flies. 

Mr. Jas. S. Hine, in an exhaustive review of the “ Robber-flies of the Genus Hrax” (idem, 
p. 103), describes quite a number of new species in the various groups of this genus. 

One amongst them is particularly interesting to us, as the two specimens from which they 
were described were taken by the late Captain R. V. Harvey at Vernon in August, 1904. The 
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species, which belongs to “The Aridus Group,” has been named by Mr. Hine Hraxr harveyi in 
honour of its collector. \ 
Thysanoptera. 


In a very interesting article on ‘ Western Thysanoptera” by R. C. Treherne, Dominion 
Assistant Entomologist for British Columbia, in Can. Ent., Vol. 51, p. 181, August, 1919, a new 
species of Thrips is described from this Province under the name of Mlothrips auricestus. The 
type material consists of mine macropterous females taken by the author from the western wild 
rye-grass (Elymus condensatus) at Vernon and Kelowna in July, 1917. The author of the above 
article is to be congratulated for the able and painstaking manner in which he has collected 
and presented the known facts, augmented with his own observations, of the different species 
belonging to this order occurring in British Columbia, some of which are of great economic 
importance. The paper is illustrated with two plates, which add greatly to its usefulness. 


ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA. 


Tn continuation of the idea expressed last year, of describing more fully the insects illustrated 
in the Annual Report, we are acting in accord with the declared wishes of the active entomologists 
of this Province, as the commendatory letters we have received during the past year fully testify. 
As stated in last year’s Annual Report, the numbers appearing before each name correspond 
with a similar number in Messrs. Barnes & McDunnough’s Check-list of North American Lepi- 
doptera, February, 1917. Those with a star prefixed to them have been described during the 
year 1918. 

Diurnals (Plate. I.). 

372. Mitoura spinetorum Bdy. This is one of our butterflies which appears to be more or 
less local. Until quite recently only two or three specimens had been taken in the Province— 
two, I believe, at Fairview and one at Kaslo. In a recent letter, Mr. J. W. Cockle, of the 
latter place, remarks that he has taken a second specimen. Mr. Walter B. Anderson, Dominion 
Inspector of Indian Orchards, while on a trip in the Boundary country early last June, took a 
short series at Fairview and a few days later took two more at Penticton. It is an easily 

recognized insect, as on the upper side it is nearly black in colour, with the basal half of the 

wings shot with bluish-green. The under-side is reddish-brown, with the contrasting white 
lines which is characteristic of this subfamily. A figure is given of the under-side, showing 
the arrangement of the lines, which differ somewhat from its close ally, Mitoura eS which 
occurs on Vancouver Island and the Lower Fraser Valley. 

394. Callipsyche behri Edw. is apparently more local than the preceding one, and so far has 
only been taken in one district in the Province—namely, the Osoyoos District. There is a strip 
of land extending from the boundary-line to Penticton (and including Osoyoos, Fairview, Dog 
Lake, and Vaseaux Lake) which is the extreme tip of the Upper Sonoran fauna, and many 
insects are taken in this district which do not occur in any other part of the Province. 

It is rather a pretty butterfly, its colour on the upper side heing a bright fulvous, with wide 
black-brown marginal bands. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. Anderson at Osoyoos in 
the first week in June. It is an inhabitant of Northern California and Oregon, extending east- 
ward to Colorado. 

411. Heodes cupreus Edw. Passing mention was made of this beautiful butterfly in the 
Report of the Provincial Museum, 1917, page 13. It was only recently that we were able to 
secure a good specimen for photographic purposes, and we are glad to illustrate this species, 
as it is entirely new to British Columbia, and, as far as the writer knows, has only been taken 
on Mount McLean, near Lillooet, at an altitude of between 7,000 and 8,000 feet. It was taken 
by Mr. A. W. A. Phair, an enthusiastic collector of Lillooet, who has done much to extend and 
enlarge our knowledge of the fauna of that district. It is a gorgeous little butterfly, being a 
bright coppery red, spotted with black. It is exceedingly rare, and previous to 1892 had been 
recorded from two localities only—namely, Mount Shasta, California, and Oregon. In that year 
Mr. W. G. Wright took three or four specimens at a high altitude in the Sierra Nevadas of 
California. It is closely allied to Heodes snowi Wdw., which is duller in colour and not so 
heavily spotted. This latter is taken at Laggan, Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies, and also in 
the high mountain ranges of Colorado. We also have a specimen of this species in the Museum 
collection, taken at “ Boom Pass”; this locality being a local name cannot definitely be placed, 
but is probably in the vicinity of Revelstoke. 


PLATE 


Il. 


NOCTUIDE AND GEOMETRID.®. 


Cucullia omissa Tod. 
Victoria, B.C. (BE. I. Blackmore). 
(New to Vancouver Tsland.) 


Stretchia plusiaformis Wy, Edw. 
Rossland, B.C. (W. IL. Danby). 


Cerma cuerva Trarnes, 
Victoria, B.C. (BE. HW. Blackmore). 
(Very rare.) 


Lugris testata Linn 
Quesnel Dam. B.C. (W. A. Newcombe), 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Bupithecia probata Swett & Cassino. 
Victoria, B.C. (BE. If, Blackmore). 
(New to seienece.) 


Cucullia florea Gue. 
Rossland, B.C, (W. TH. Danby). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Stretchia muricina Grt. 
Victoria, B.C., (i. H. Blackmore). 


Monodes festivoides Gue. 
Lillooet, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
(Very rare.) 


Thera otisi Dyar, 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(Very rare.) 


Rupithecia moirata Swett & Cassino. 
Penticton, B.C. (i. M. Anderson). 
(New to science.) 


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Plebeius icarioides blackmorei B. & MD. This new race was described by Messrs. Barnes 
& McDunnough in the Canadian Entomologist, April, 1919, page 92, from twenty-six specimens of 
both sexes sent to them by the writer, and taken at Goldstream on May 31st, 1918. In June, 
1916, I captured about six specimens, mostly females, on a small hill some 700 or 800 feet high 
about three miles south of Goldstream; they were new to me, but later I found a pair in the 
Museum collection under the name of Cupido pheres and three specimens in the collection of 
Mr. A. J. Croker under the name Cupido icarioides. Upon further comparison I found that they 
were all conspecific and sent them to Messrs. Barnes & McDunnough for their opinion. Dr. 
MeDunnough stated in his reply that it might prove a good geographical race, but would need 
a good series of both sexes to make sure. In June, 1917, I was collecting in the Lower Irraser 
Valley, and was therefore unable to be at Goldstream at the time of their emergence. The last 
two weeks of May, 1918, were extremely windy, and after waiting a whole week in vain for the 
wind to abate I decided to chance it, and in company with Mr. Arthur Robinson, of this city, 
went to Goldstream. Upon our arrival there the wind was blowing as furiously as ever, and 
the chances of capturing our prized “blue” seemed very remote. However, as we had come so 
far, we decided to walk the remaining three miles to the hill where I had taken them two years 
before. On the top of this elevation is an area of about an acre in extent, totally devoid of 
trees, and covered with blue lupines (Lupinus columbianus Heller), on which plapt the larvie of 
this butterfly feed. Upon reaching this spot the wind was still blowing hard, and the lupines 
~ were bent over at an angle of 45 degrees; the outlook was very discouraging, as we had had 
a long walk, and naturally there was nothing flying in such a wind. After being there a few 
minutes I noticed a “ blue” butterfly hanging on for dear life to the stalk of a lupine that was 
swaying violently in the wind, and to my great delight it was the one we were looking for. 
We then commenced a diligent search, and in the course of an hour and a half “ bottled” over 
forty specimens. This spot seems to be the headquarters of this species, as, although I have 
taken it in two other places in the general vicinity, it has only been very sparingly. On the 
Malahat, some eight miles north of Goldstream, on the side of a small mountain of some 1,200 
feet elevation, there were acres and acres of this blue lupine, over which “ blue” butterflies were 
swarming, and out of over a hundred that were captured only six proved to be this species. 
Cupido pheres, under which name this insect has gone for a number of years, is only known 
from the San Francisco Bay region and typical icarioides from the mountains of California. 

4338. Plebeius icarioides pembina Edw. This is another of our blues that has been mis- 
identified in British Columbia collections for many years, it having passed under the name of 
fulla in the 1904 Check-list, and under the name of ardea in Check-list issued in 1906. Ardea 
is now regarded as a race of icarioides from the Great Basin region (vide Cont. Lepid. No. 
Amer., Barnes & McDunnough, Vol. III., No. 2, page 114). 


ARCTIUD-E (PLATE I.). 


946. Neoarctca beani Neu. This species is a new record for British Columbia, and was 
taken at “light” by Mr. J. W. Cockle at Kaslo on August 20th, 1919. This is one of the most 
interesting finds of recent years, as, although it was described over twenty-eight years ago (Can. 
Ent., Vol. 23, p. 123, June, 1891), I believe that this is the second specimen taken in the adult 
state. It was originally described from Laggan, Alberta, where Mr. T. E. Bean bred several 
specimens from estray larvee which he had picked up in a full-fed state. During the four years 
that Mr. Bean spent in that district he only took one adult specimen, a male, on July 2nd, 1888, 
all the others being bred from estray larvie, which he found feeding on willow, exclusively. In 
the Can. Ent., Vol. 36, p. 350, December, 1904, Wolley Dod writes of having a single specimen 
from Mr. Dean, dated July 9th, 1900; this was also bred from a larva found on willow. The 
only other record I can find of this species is in Gibson's Entomological Record for 1908, where 
_ he states that Mr. N. B. Sanson, of Banff, had sent him a larva of this species, found on Sulphur 
_ Mountain, the resulting imago emerging at Ottawa on June 15th. Mr. Cockle’s specimen is a 
male in fine condition, and we are glad to be able to illustrate this, as he has done so much to 
work up the fauna of the Kootenay country; his untiring efforts for so many years have given 
us a large amount of knowledge which we otherwise would not possess. 

987c. Apantesis blakei diecki Neu. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. A. W. Phair 
at Lillooet, but unfortunately bears no date. In Dr. Dyar’s “ List” (Bull. 52, U.S.N.M.) diecki 
is placed as a synonym of determinata, which is a race of williamsi Dodge, but in Cont. Lepid. 


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No. Amer., Barnes & McDunnough, Vol. III., No. 3, p. 159, the authors believe that diechki, along 
with our other British Columbia form superba Stretch, should be treated as a race of blakei Grt. 

Unfortunately, very little material in this group is available from British Columbia, and 
until these various races can be bred from larva to imago, with notes on their larval and pupal 
stages, they cannot be definitely placed.” Diecki was described in Amer. Ent., Vol. VI., p. 62, 
1880, from Spences Bridge, B.C. 


Noecruip# (PuLate IT.). 


1869. Stretchia murician Grt. We have illustrated this species, as it has been misidentified 
in nearly all British Columbia collections, and is generally placed under the name of S. plusie- 
formis Hy. Edw. The probable reason for this may lie in the fact that in Dr. Dyar’s Catalogue 
(Bull. 62, U.S.N.M.) muricina is listed as a synonym of plusiwformis. There is a certain super- 
ficial resemblance between them, but they are easily separable by the following differences in 
maculation: In muriciana the pale terminal area of the primaries is sharply divided from the 
chestnut-brown of the rest.of the wing, while in plusieformis the bluish-grey outer area merges 
imperceptibly with the brown median band of the fore wing. Also the basal area of the latter 
species is of somewhat the same shade of grey as the outer area, while in muricina it is con- 
colorous, with the rest of the wing, excepting the pale terminal area. In plusi@formis the thorax 
is light grey, with a distinct black collar; in muricina the thorax is light brown, with the patagia 
pale , and a narrow dark-brown colour; also in the former the fringes of the primaries are far 
more heavily checkered. 

1871. Stretchia plusieformis Hy. Edw. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. W. H. 
Danby at Rossland some twenty years ago, and a comparison of the two figures will show the 
differences that I have pointed out above. In our previous Check-lists plusie@formis is listed as 
being “ generally distributed,” but so far I have only seen the species from Rossland. It most 
likely occurs throughout the whole of that region and should be taken at Kaslo. Variabilis Sm., 
listed from Kaslo only, may-be this species, but this I have not as yet seen; it was described 
from Colorado. Muricina was described from Oregon and should occur throughout British 
Columbia as far east as the Okanagan, but our material only indicates points on Vancouver 
Island and the Lower Fraser Valley. 

1999. Cucullia florea Gu. This is another of Mr. Danby’s captures from Rossland, and has 
not hitherto been recorded from British Columbia. The species in this genus have at all times 
been very difficult to separate satisfactorily, as many of them are closely allied, and although, 
as a rule, the species are rather uncommon, especially in the West, they have a very wide range. 
Florea is an Atlantic Coast species, its habitat being given as New York and New Jersey. : 

In the 1906 Check-list obscurior Sm. is listed from Kaslo and the Coast region. This species 
is now regarded as a race of florea. It is decidedly smaller and has much the same type of 
maculation, or lack of it, and is of a more even colour. We have only seen the species from 
Penticton and Lillooet, although Dr. Dyar records it from Kaslo in his “ Kootenai” List, Proc. 
U.S.N.M., Vol. 27, p. 871. 

2001. Cucullia omissa Dod. This species has been recorded from a greater number of 
localities in British Columbia than any other species of this genus, but the specimen illustrated 
is the first record of its being taken in Victoria. It was taken by the writer on June 27th, 1919, 
at rest on an electric-light pole and was in beautiful condition. This species was described by 
the late Wolley Dod in the Can. Ent., Vol. 48, p. 58, February, 1916. The type material came 
from a number of localities, including Nelson and Windermere, in British Columbia. 

This species had been confused with postera Gue. (to which it is closely allied) for a number 
of years, and was listed from Kaslo under this name in previous British Columbia Check-lists. 
The known range of omissa in British Columbia is from Vancouver Island to the Rocky Moun- 
tains, and we have records from many intermediate points, including Princeton, Merritt, 
Kamloops, and Kaslo. 

2412. Cerma cuerva Barnes. This is apparently a rather rare species. The writer has only 
taken two specimens in eight years—one on August 25th, 1916 (the specimen figured), and — 
another one in rather poor condition some two or three years previous. As far as can be 
ascertained, it has not been taken at any other locality besides Victoria. It was described by 
Dr. W. Barnes (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, p. 10, January, 1907) from a single male specimen taken 
by Mr. A. W. Hanham in this city. It is rather-a pretty insect, the fore wings being a dark 


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_ brown with an olive-green tinge, sprinkled with black and white scales. There is a specimen 
h of this species in the Provincial Museum collection labelled Cerma olivacea Sm., and under 
_ which name it is listed in the British Columbia Check-list. 

2608. Monodes festivoides Gn. This is another uncommon species as far as British Columbia 
is concerned. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. G. O. Day, of Duncan, while on a 
-collecting-trip at Lillooet last July. It is recorded from Wellington and Kaslo, and I have not 
heard of it from any other locality. I have seen the Wellington specimen, and it is in a very 
ragged condition. It was taken on June 18th, 1904. Holland, in his * Moth Book,” remarks that 
it is not uncommon in the Hastern States. 

7 GEOMETRID-Z (PLATE IT.). 

3979. Lygris testata Linn. This geometer is new to British Columbia and was taken by 
Mr. W. A. Newcombe at Quesnel Dam on September 2nd, 1919. This is a European insect, but 
occurs throughout the Atlantic States; it has also been reported from Calgary, Alberta, by 
Wolley Dod. In the U.S. Geo. Survey, Vol. 10, 1876, ‘Monograph of the Geometrid Moths,” 
Packard gives Victoria, B.C., as a locality, which is evidently an error, as propulsata Walk. is 

_ the only species of this genus occurring on Vancouver Island. 

3990. Thera otisi Dyar. The specimen figured is from the nimotypical locality and was 
taken by Mr. Cockle on August 27th, 1919. This is not by any means a common species, and 
even at Kaslo is not of regular occurrence. It is reported from Cameron Lake, but this, I 
believe, is meant for Mount Arrowsmith, as I have seen three or four specimens (in a very 
poor condition) taken by Mr. Theo. Bryant many years ago and labelled from that locality. 
I also have a note that I saw a specimen from Lillooet a year or so ago. 

*Hupithecia probata Swett & Cassino. This pretty little geometer was described from 
material collected by the writer at Victoria, B.C. This species is rather uncommon and has 
previously gone under the name of nevadata Pack., with which it has been confused for many 
years. It is one of the earliest of our “pugs” and is generally found in company with BP. 
ravocostaliata Pack., appearing about the last week in March. I have never seen them on the 
wing, but have generally found them in the early morning at rest on electric-light poles. In 
eight years’ collecting I have taken but ten specimens of this species; on the other hand, its 

congener, ravocostaliata, is fairly common. 

*BHupithecia moirata Swett & Cassino. This species had been previously identified by Mr. 
Swett as implorata Hulst, but a careful study of Hulst’s type by the senior author has proved 
that this speciés is new, although closely allied. It differs from probata in its smaller size and 
dark fuscous wings. It was described from specimens taken by Mr. E. M. Anderson at Penticton 
on April 17th and 18th, 1913. It is evidently local, as I have not seen any other specimens since, 
- although I have examined considerable material from there during the last three years. 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM 


OF 


Meee Ate HISTORY 


FOR THE YEAR 1920 


PRINTED BY 
AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. 


VICTORIA, B.C.: 
Printed by Wittiam H. Curtin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 
1921. 


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To His Honour Waurrre CamMEron NICHOL, 


‘a Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. 
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May rv rLeAse Your Honovr: 
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_ The undersigned respectfully submits herewith the Annual Report of the 


Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 1920. 


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J. D. MacLEAN, 
. Provincial Secretary. 


Provincial Secretary's Office, 
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Provincia, Museum or Narurau Hisrory, ~ r. 
Vicroris, B.C., February 24th, 1921. 


The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., ‘i 


Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. ~ =a 


Str,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natural 
History, to lay before you the Report for the year ending December 31st, 1920, 
covering the activities of the Museum. : j i 

I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
F. KERMODE, 


Director. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS. 


2 Gi Ree BROCE ESD IORI RE cons eae Ak ane eee Pe ri 


Notes on the Occurrence of a Humpback Whale having Hind Legs ..........--..++-+-- 10 
Distribution of Shrews and Shrew-mice in British Columbia ............000eeeee eee eee 11 
Distribution of Bats in British Columbia ... 2.2.0... ce ccc s ccc eee crete ceteeteeceeny 14 
-Ornithology— 

Notes on the Occurrence of Sabine’s Gull {Xema sabinei) ........ 0-0. cece eee eee eee 19 
Notes on the Oceurrence of the Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus) .......000e eee eee e eee 20 
Notes on the Occurrence of the Chinese Starling (Acridotheres cristatellus) ........++++ 20 
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REPORT of the 
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 


FOR THE YEAR 1920. 


OBJECTS, 


(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province. 
(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province. 
(c¢.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences, relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Proyince, and diffuse knowledge regarding the same. 


ADMISSION, 


The Provincial Museum is open, free, to the public daily throughout the year from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. (except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day); it is also open on Sunday 
afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May ist until the end of October, 


VISITORS. 


The number of visitors who have signed the register of the Provincial Museum during the 
year 1920 is 25,850. These figures are by no means accurate, as this only includes one person 
to a line, although many signatures on one line include man, wife, and family. Many other 
people visiting the Museum do not seem to like the idea of recording their names, and no record 
has been kept of the children, and also of school classes who are accompanied by their teachers 
in connection with their nature-studies. If a turnstyle were to be installed we would then be 
able to record the actual number of attendance daily in the museum. The following figures 
will give some idea of those who recorded their names during the months of: January, 1,093; 
February, 1,289; March, 1,348; April, 1,603; May, 1,889; June, 2,287; July, 4,538; August, 
5,607; September, 2,888; October, 1,367; November, 1,028; December, 1,023. 


ACTIVITIES. 


There have been added eighteen ornithological storage (moth-proof) cases to take care 
of the study series of bird-skins which are stored in the annex, also two walnut, plate-glass 
exhibition cases for the entomological section. 

The Public Works Department has begun excavating the basement in the Provincial Museum, 
and when this is completed all the valuable study material, ornithological, anthropological, and 
mammals, which are stored in the wooden annex at the rear, will be removed and placed in the 
basement, which will be practically free from danger of fire and from probable loss in other ways. 

Many applications have been made from teachers throughout the Province for scientific 
literature to assist them in teaching nature-studies to their pupils. It has been impossible for 
the Director to supply the same; the only literature we have on hand are the Annual Reports, 
in which the scientific research-work is noted throughout the year. 

During the year the Herbarium has been greatly enriched by a large number of specimens 
added, which were mentioned in last year’s report in the botanical section. 

By un agreement between the Director of this Department and Mr. R. G. McConnell, Deputy 
Minister of the Geological Survey, Ottawa, the collection of Cryptograms made by Professor 
John Macoun were to be taken over by this Department for storage and safe-keeping, and a 
division of the same was to be made between the Geological Survey and the Provincial Museuin. 
The division of these specimens has now been completed, and the collection of the Provincial 
Museum has been enriched by over 4,000 specimens which were collected by Professor John 
Macoun and named by himself and other authorities. These specimens have now been catalogued 
and added to the collection, the balance having been turned over to the Geological Survey, Ottawa. 

The manuscript for the Check-list of the Flora of Vancouver Island is being completed and 
it is hoped to have it in the printer’s hands within the next few weeks. In this work we have 
been greatly assisted by the late Professor Macoun and his son, the late J. M. Macoun. 


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In MemoriAM. 


Professor John Macoun, one of the oldest members of the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club, 
died at Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C., on July 18th, 1920, in his ninetieth year. He was 
born at Maralin, Ireland, about 20 miles from Belfast, on April 17th, 1831. He came to Canada 
in 1850. 

In 1872 Mr. Macoun accompanied Sir Sanford Fleming as Botanist on an expedition to the 
West to explore and determine the line for the first transcontinental railway, now known as the 
Canadian Pacific. 

In 1875 Mr. Macoun was appointed Botanist to an expedition in the Peace River country 


under the leadership of the late Dr. Alfred Selwyn, then Director of the Geologieal Survey, 


Ottawa, and in 1881 was appointed Botanist to the Dominion Government, although he had, at 
intervals, been doing work for the Government since 1872. 

Perhaps the strongest trait in Professor Macoun’s character was a sympathetic understanding 
of his fellow-men, one that made him hosts of friends and a much-sought adviser in questions of 
doubt and difficulty. The honesty of his opinion and the straightforwardness with which his 
advice was given, in conjunction with his sympathetic manner of giving it, secured for him a 
respect and affection that lasted a lifetime. His wonderful magnetism and ready tact constituted 
him a leader of men, and had his great abilities turned to statesmanship he would have been a 
great power for the good of his country. He was a true Imperialist and a firm believer in the 
strength and integrity of the British Empire. 

He had many strong and outstanding personal characteristics. His determination and 
perseverance are marked through all his early explorations, and many accounts might be related 
where it was nothing but sheer determination that carried him safely through perilous and 
exhaustive situations. 

The late Professor Macoun was the highest authority on botanical research in Canada. His 
loss will be keenly felt not only by the Department in Ottawa with which he had been so long 
eonnected, but also by the Provincial Museum in Victoria, to which he was a constant 
eontributor and visitor. 

ACCESSIONS. 


Leg-bones of humpbacked whale taken at Kyuquot Station and presented to the Provincial 
Museum by Mr. W. Lawson, Vice-President of the Consolidated Whaling Corporation, Victoria, 
in January, 1920. 

Log of wood, Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata), showing portion of tree which had been 
cut into many years ago and how Nature provides for the covering of the hewn part. Presented 
by Mr. E. W. Haskell, Red Gap, B.C., March, 1920. 

Collection of Fungi, Musci, Lichens, Hepatic, and Algse. Collected and presented by 
Professor John Macoun, Sidney, B.C., April, 1920. 

Plants collected and presented by: Dr. C, F. Neweombe, W. B. Anderson, W. R. Carter, 
W. A. Newcombe, J. G. French, Victoria, B.C.; Professor J. K. Henry, Vancouver, B.C.; and 
Miss Susan Beaman, Prince Rupert, B.C. 

Fork-tailed Gull (Xema sabinei), taken at Glacier Point, Sooke, B.C., and presented by 
Mr, J. G. French, Oetober, 1920. ‘i 

Log of wood containing larva of Long-horned Beetle (Prionus californicus). Presented 
by Mr. C. R. Pooley, Cobble Hill, January, 1921. 

Two specimens of White-winged or Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus), collected by Mr. 
William McKay, Kildonan, V.I., January and February, 1921. 


PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 


(Alphabetically arranged.) 


American Museum of Natural History, New York City ................. ae al 
“Aré Institute of Chicagoy THIMGIS ccsjoms crs sfoe shelerseicker vere tebe aclaverdlerasanystcseienaieve tf 
Alpine Club Journal, Bamnih, sAMDert a oc: se ate. nw ote ot tevcliote cle! al cheer chal stotetay seks 1 
Archeological Society of Ontario, Toronto, Ont. ............. cee eee eee eee 1 
British’ Museum London; Wrelands vay. cia orm evetctcicveictute’ bevel ol ohare enerete’ eet sieweavete 6 


Carried Forward oooce aus cele trate io ais azote sel abalaho ota ein wrt eRe atahel dlapeterateretats 16 


ProvincraL Museum Reporvr. R 9 


PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS—Continued. 


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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N.Y. ................. 1 
DS TEPERU Ol CEN Ce mmn aT Teg the. Dear ct Bolas cw is.iaia<cc(r'e viv sein o ee"e mee ercns culo at's 2 
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal. ................--00- cub 
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GnrneripwmanceumeRittsnueeh Pas a,c. ccs seer es soe ceca cn 2 
CRAIC ULES UIE CUNTICSLOM Ns: Clmerttiere aie... c¥i-si0 6 co's tee sa crocs were ce nwete 6 

Children’s Museum of Boston, Boston, Mass. .............:.ceccesccuceers Bir 
Re PVE ee SPIE ULI aS el, DOPE SEOs br Pe aetimcs dsiels/a\e's v.a'e «ovis co oileoh oeee sees 6 
Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, Col. ..................0..- 1 
Dominion Government Publications, Ottawa ................. cece ene eees 19 
NBEO CaMISHILNLOLOL cAntS, CEEOL IMICMS sores cis cio ee 'sye oesie eo bie cues sisietanieeees 9 
RIB MRe OT ReHNCAOO Ml leNt, commento etic oc ss aca devricics od oo een Oren bues 5 
Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, Mich. .................00000- 2 
Iinois State Natural History Survey, Urbana, Ill) ........5.......0.. 0 cee 6 
PADUA r yeh CONE LESS WV ASHINETON: LP Osstciteccic ct ccc ences cdc eeeten cose ik 
Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, La. ..........0. 0002. c eee c eee eee 2 
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eee PELL Sa SETRE] pr S1ON OL UN ALT waters late otis late Waiaiige Wise ss) acaie's ololeie Siciene eles, 2's diweie tie « 1 
EGS a EO LC MULN SELEY: WN ISCOXISIDA ciccrets c.gMnecels ocs 0 anette reve Piece cue oeleceie's 1 
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PIELER CCH Leroy NS Lt ars re ae inare eeieve Crake c vikteras aiclew se aisibu we ween oy) 
Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station, Wooster, Ohio ................ aes LS 
EH UOMY SPULEN, MONET MNT ASS!) ccc ctaisicre «Steroid Sela sic Sie ee alec sarc ieee ew cele oe a 
Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. .................... 10 
Gnawa © WEIR ETETe eMC WT VOLS Eby reyes « A ste,c adele aralalaher cia: aid¥aco’s) so med Slee tine ee 5 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Pa. ................ 000 ec eeees 2 
Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence, R.I._................. cece cence 1. 
MONLUSOMIANSEOSLLONUGH, “VWASHIN ETON, DG.) ie ciecSarch gatle eos cards Galewast ons 34 
Ete SI ANG SOMMULLULe pe RCW RUE ITONS Nes cise 2 ckislegue een end bai Ce cieres.c sles 6 
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United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. .............. 2 
DLVErpity, OF WrastinetOny WEALLIC- MWWASLS cc casi cya terre ces watle cous t ccc ce edi 1 
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa. ................0...... 1 
POCO RICHL: SCRMEL Ys IN CW COLES ING Ny ciated spa nates arclone TRU oe eee Ew He 2 
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The thanks of the Department are extended to the contributors, also to others who have 
assisted in the securing of collections and identifications of specimens, namely: Dr. GC. F. 
Newcombe, Victoria, B.C.; Professor J. K. Henry, Vancouver, B.C.; W. B. Anderson, Victoria, 
B.C.; E. W. Nelson, Chief Biological Survey, Washington, D.C., and staff, 
; Also to the following scientists, whose names are alphabetically arranged, for the determina- 
tion of entomological specimens: Drs. W. Barnes and A. W. Lindsey, Decatur, Ill.; Mr. August 
Buseck, Washington, D.C.; Dr. H. G. Dyar, Washington, D.C.; Dr. J. H. McDunnough, Ottawa, 
Ont.; Dr. R. Ottolengui, New York, N.Y.; Dr. H. Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa; Mr. L. W. Swett, 
Lexington, Mass. 


BOUNTIES OF WOLVES. 


According to the Orders in Council passed under the “ Game Protection Act,” all applications 
for bounties on wolves must be sent to the Director of the Provincial Museum for verification. 
It is interesting to note that for the year 1920 the Government was only called upon to pay 
the bounty on 124 wolves, the bounty on which was $15 per head. It will be noticed that most 


of these applications have come from the Northern Coast and Northern Interior of the Province, — 


very few applications for bounties being made south of the main line of the Canadian Pacific 
Railway, and I have no record of any applications being made on a wolf that was killed on 
Vancouver Island during the year. 


The following is a list of the persons to whom bounties were paid during the year 1920:— 


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A. ©. Christenson; -Bella \Coolavtis ov, ois aie rie.custels, yates eucicle ol rete Canter ele oteerae et apenas 3 
R. Wilson} Prince Rupert ico oc 'srezs-< ape: operates as ~careiee ate! onehaseveytie) eispel overscernicuatel siete 3 
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Stephen Cook, Alert Bay ......... Foedouds on cond med OM soe ooe Ooo SMe hoe 2 
Walter Scott, ‘Sintoon. Sound) 2se. ccwcre rales tomo tes wate els chevees Oneness 2 
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J. i Nygaard; ‘Bella Coolaia na. siceete tem Sree troeiettlec ress lak a ermine io mee neers Dh oO 
G.wAy Kelly, -Blondin Harbour ...s.<...s cece oe eee eee Set oe 2 
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Js Rogers. Prince Rupert: 227 aicicneseisnvelager ean ctelelee dened anita te one ee renee aL: 
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Several coyotes have been turned in with the timber-wolves by persons making applications 
for bounty; these, however, have been identified as coyotes, and bounty refused unless the pelts 
were turned in to the Government to receive the Government bounty, which is only $2 on this 


animal. 
MAMMALS. 


Notes ON THE OCCURRENCE OF A HUMPBACKED WHALE HAVING HIND LEGs. 


On January Sth, 1920, the Director took up with Mr. W. Lawson, the Vice-President of the 


Consolidated Whaling Corporation, Limited, Victoria, B.C., the notes which had appeared in : 


the press in reference to a humpbacked whale having been taken at Kyuquot Station, on the 
west coast of Vancouver Island, which had leg-bones attached to the lower extremities of the 
body; this being noted by the Director as a most unusual occurrence; in fact, the first record 
known of any of these large animals haying such an extraordinary growth. 

Mr. Lawson presented these bones to the Provincial Museum. The Director received the 
following data from Mr. S. C. Ruck, who for a number of years was Managing Director of the 


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Consolidated Whaling Corporation, Limited, but now of the Vancouver Island Whaling Company, 
which will be of special interest, and is here copied :— 

oy “T enclose herewith three photographs showing the unusual development of the pelvic 
rudiments in a whale captured at the Kyuquot Station last July, of which you have the bones. 
It is to be regretted that better pictures in evidence of this unprecedented development were 
not obtained. 

“T have been connected with the whaling industry for twenty-two years, and during my 
time have come in contact with prominent naturalists, such as Professor True, of the Smith- 
sonian Institution; Professor Lucas, of the Natural History Museum, Brooklyn; and Professor 
Andrews, of the Natural History Museum, New York; and neither in their experience nor mine 
have the profrusion of the pelvic bones beyond the body ever been seen or heard of. 

“This particular whale was a female humpback of the average length, with elementary legs 
protruding from the body about 4 feet 2 inches, covered with blubber about 1% inch thick. 
“As shown in the best photograph, these legs protruded on either side of the genital opening; 
the left leg was cut off by the crew of the vessel and lost, and the point at which it was cut 
off is clearly shown in the photograph. The end of the leg seen in the picture terminated in 
a kind of round knob like a man’s clenched fist. 

“The two bones of the leg which you have are connected by cartilage, which I was informed 
had shrunk about 10 inches, and possibly more by this time. At any rate, the total length of 
the leg before it was cleaned of the blubber and flesh was, as before stated, about 4 feet 2 inches 
from the body. 

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Later, Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews, Assistant Curator of Mammals of the American Museum 
of Natural History, New York, who had done a tremendous amount of work monographing 
the whales of the world, heard of these most unusual appendages, and writing the Director of 
the Provincial Museum, asked for information regarding the same. These specimens were loaned 
to Mr. Andrews, who is preparing a paper on the same. Extracts from his letters no doubt 
will be of great interest, and are as follows :— 

August 2nd, 1920. “The special excuse for this letter is to ask about some so-called exterior 
limb bones which were discovered on a humpback whale taken on the west coast of Vancouver 
Island. My friend, Mr. Sidney Ruck, of the Whaling Company, told me that one of the legs 
was sent to the Museum, and I shall be interested to know if you have it there; also, what the 
thing is like. Are there actual bones or is it only tissue and blubber? Iam very much interested 
in the subject, and if you can give me any information I will be very grateful. 


“ Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS.” 


September 20th, 1920. ‘“ When I returned from my vacation two days ago I found the 
whale-bones which you sent awaiting me. I am tremendously interested in them, for they 
represent a phase in evolution of which I have never seen any evidence in all the whales which 
I have investigated, and I should greatly like to publish a short paper on the bones, and want 
to ask whether or not you have any objections to my doing so, Will you not let me know as 
soon as possible about it, for I want to take up the matter of its preparation immediately if 
you are willing. 

, “ Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS.” 

October 7th, 1920. “‘ Many thanks for your letter of September 27th, giving me permission 
to publish a paper on the external leg-bones of the humpback whale which you so kindly loaned 
for our inspection. I will, of course, be glad to acknowledge our indebtedness to Mr. Lawson 
and Mr. Ruck, and will have a number of separates sent to you. 

“Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS.” 


INSECTIVOROUS MAMMALS, FAMILY Soricip®. 
Distribution of Species occurring in British Columbia. 


Shrews, or shrew-mice, as they are often named from their mouse-like form, belong to the 
true Insectivores. So like are these animals to mice and rats that they are often erroneously 
confused with them, although they are easily distinguishable by their long pointed snouts, their 
rounded ears closely pressed to the sides of the head, and the characteristics of the first pair 


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of front incisor teeth; those of the upper jaw being long and generally sickle-shaped, with a 
more or less distinct cusp at the base of their hinder border, while in the lower jaw they are 
long and project horizontally forwards, in some instances curving upward at the tips, and, with 
the exception of perhaps one African species, have only six teeth on each side of the lower jaw. 

With the exception of a few species which have taken to an aquatic life, the shrews are 
terrestrial and nocturnal in their habits. Shrews have a wider distribution than any other 
family of the Insectivores and comprise a far larger number of species. 

Until quite recent years there appears to have been a diversified opinion in the nomenclature 
applied to many of our shrews. , 

In 1895 three papers by C. Hart Merriam and Gerrit 8. Miller, Jr., were published by the 
United States Department of Agriculture (Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy) in the 
“North American Fauna,’ No, 10, revising the shrews of the American genera Blarina and 
Notiosorer; the long-tailed shrews of the Eastern United States; and a general synopsis of 
the American shrews of the genus Sorez. From this revision we are able to some extent to 
classify the shrews occurring within our limits. 

From a perusal of these papers it is proposed here to briefly outline the earlier-known history 
of our shrews, which may be acceptable to some of our readers interested in the study of our 
smaller mammals. 

For a long period the short-tailed shrews ®f the genera Blarina and Notiosorer, which so 
far as we know do not occur within our limits, were included in the genus Sorez, and were first 
separated by Gray in 1838S under the name of Blarina proposed as a subgenus; in 1842 Blarina 
was raised to full generic rank by Lesson; Baird in 1857 divided the genus Blarina in two 
sections according to the number of teeth, and Coues in 1877 recognized and named these sections 
as subgenera, Blarina proper with thirty-two teeth and Soriciscus with thirty; the reduction 
being in the unicuspids, of which there are five in Blarina proper, as in true Sorer, and only 
four in Soriciscus. The lost tooth in the latter subgenus is the second premolar. ; 

The first short-tailed shrews known to naturalists were two specimens secured by Mr. Say, 
naturalist to Major Long’s expedition to the Rocky Mountains in Eastern Nebraska, a few miles 
north of the present City of Omaha. These two specimens curiously became the types of the 
largest and smallest species of the genus Blarina, and later of the two subgenera into which the 
genus was split, collected during the winter of 1819-20 and described by Mr. Say in 1828, the 
larger as Sorex brevicaudus, the smaller as Sorex parvus. 


Long-tailed Shrews of the Genus Sorex. 


The first account of an American marsh-shrew was published in 1828, when Richardson 
described Sorex palustris, an animal he had found frequenting the borders of lakes in the region 
between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains. In 1857 Baird placed Sorex palustris among the 
species unknown to him, but which he considered as probably worthy of recognition, at the same 
time describing the new genus Neosorex and the species Neosorex navigator from Washington. 

Our first accurate knowledge of Sorex palustris dates from 1890, when Dr. Dobson figured 
the teeth of the type specimen, and in another paper published the same year discussed the 
validity of the genus Neosorer, coming to the conclusion that Sorex palustris and Neosorer 
navigator are the same, and that Neosorex, so far from being a genus, cannot even be recognized 
as a subgenus; a year later Dr. Merriam recorded Sorex palustris from Idaho, at the same time 
remarking that he considered Neosorex a very good subgenus. 

The type specimen of Sorex palustris is in the British Museum; while its condition is such 
as to furnish no evidence, it was deemed necessary to judge the old descriptions on their own 
merits, and as all the early accounts of Sorer palustris refer to its pale, ash-grey belly, and as 
the geographical range, indefinite though it is, coincides with that of the Western animal, it is 
proper to apply the name to the latter. : 

That the type of Sorex palustris is a Neosorer and not an Atophyrar is shown by the teeth, 
which are nearly unworn; Neosorez is confined to North America, and, although not closely 
related to the Old World Crossopus, shows a remarkable comparison with the latter, both in 
habits and external appearance, both being aquatic, inhabiting marshes and the borders of 
streams, 2 

All American shrews have two pelages commonly known as winter and summer eoats, and, 
as is usual among small mammals, the moult takes place at different dates among individuals 


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of the same species, and it is not uncommon to take specimens in different pelages on the same 
day in the same locality. The winter pelage is usually plumbeous, dusky or ash grey; the 
summer pelage, sepia brown or chestnut. In defining the various species, identification has been 
largely based on cranial and dental characters, such as the size and form of the brain-case, 
breadth of palate, length and degree of attenuation of the rostrum, and the breadth of the 
interorbital construction, while size and depth of emargination of the molariform teeth and the 
proportion of the unicuspidate teeth are the chief factors of dentition. 

Comparatively little field-work has been done in British Columbia collecting our smaller 
mammals, many areas being untouched, where further research may furnish new material and 
in some instances would undoubtedly extend the geographic distribution known to us at the 
present time. 

The following species occur within our limits :— 

Sorex personatus Geoffroy St. Hilaire. Type locality, Eastern United States (exact locality 
unknown). Distributed throughout the Boreal and Transition Zones of North America from 
New England to Alaska. Specimens identified from Glacier; Field; Cariboo Lake; Sicamous; 
Mount Baker Range. 

Sorex sphagnicola Coues. Type locality, vicinity of Fort Laird, B.C., about latitude 60. 
Geographic distribution, sub-arctic America from extreme Northern British Columbia (and 
probably Alaska) to Hudson Bay. 

Sorex setosus Elliot. Type locality, Happy Lake, Clallam County, Olympic Mountains, 
Washington. Two specimens in the collection of the Provincial Museum from Khutze Inlet, B.C., 
recently identified, are placed here. 

Sorex vagrans Baird. Type locality, Shoalwater Bay, Washington. Range, Southern British 
Columbia, Western Washington and Oregon, and Northern California (south on the coast to 
Monterey and in the mountains to old Fort Crook and Cassel). Restricted to Lower Boreal 
and Upper Transition Zones. Specimens identified from Port Moody; Sumas; Mount Baker 
Range; Okanagan. 

Sorex vancouverensis Merriam. Type from Goldstream, Vancouver Island, B.C. General 
eharacters similar to S. vagrans, but larger, with decidedly larger fore feet and much darker 
coloration. Range, so far as we know, confined to Vancouver Island, where specimens from 
Victoria and Sahtlam, Parksville, Errington, and Alberni are identified as this species. 

Sorex obscurus Merriam. Type locality, Timber Creek, Salmon River Mountains, Idaho; 
altitude, 8,200 feet. Geographic distribution, British Columbia and mountains of Western 
Washington; Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; Utah and Colorado; south along the high Sierra 
Nevada in California to Mount Whitney. Restricted to Boreal Zone. Specimens identified 
from Nelson; Ward; Field; Glacier; Golden; Cariboo Lake; Sicamous; Sumas; Port Moody; 
also Goldstream and Comox, on Vancouver Island, 

Sorex obscurus longicauda Merriam. Type from Wrangell, South-east Alaska. Sorex obscurus 
is a strictly boreal-species and in the United States it is exclusively a mountain animal, not 
descending to base-level until British Columbia is reached. In the Puget Sound region, however, 
and along the coast of Washington and thence northerly to Alaska it sends a representative all 
the way down to sea-level. This represemtative is larger, has developed an exceedingly long tail, 
and has taken on certain peculiarities of coloration, being described by Merriam as a subspecies, 
in the belief that intergradation with obscurus takes place. Three specimens examined from 
Port Moody, British Columbia, are more or less intermediate between S. longicauda and 
S. obscurus. 

Sorex longicauda elassodon Osgood (Queen Charlotte Shrew). Type from Cumshewa Inlet, 
Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia collected June 18th, 1900, by W. H. 
Osgood and E, Heller. Specimens taken at Cumshewa; Skidegate; Masset. 

Sorex longicauda prevostensis Osgood (Prevost Island Shrew). Type from Prevost Island, 
Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia; collected July 8rd, 1900, by W. H. Osgood and 
EB. Heller. Range, only known from Prevost Island, Q.C.I., and differing from the shrews of 
Graham and Moresby Islands to a greater degree than from the Mainland species S. longicauda. 
Sorex trowbridgi Baird. Type locality, Astoria, Oregon. Ranges throughout Western Wash- 
ington and Oregon, west of the Cascade Range. Museum specimens taken at Sumas are identified 
as this species. 


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Sorex palustris navigator (Neosorer) Baird. Type locality unknown, stated to be Fort~* 
Vancouver, Washington, but probably northern Idaho. Geographic distribution, the Rocky 
Mountains and outlying ranges from British Columbia to Southern Colorado and the Sierra 
Nevada of California, south to the Sequoia National Park. Specimens identified from Nelson; 
Cranbrook; Lillooet; Atlin; Lake District, near Victoria, Vancouver Island. 

Sorex bendirii (Atophyrar) Merriam. Type, Klamath Basin, Oregon. Range, Klamath 
Basin, Oregon, northward along east side of Cascade Range to Puget Sound, westward to coast 
of California and south to Sonoma County. Museum specimens taken at Sumas are referred 
to this species. 

A number of small mammal-skins were sent to Mr. Edward Nelson, Chief, Biological Survey, 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., early in the year for identification, and these, 
having been identified by members of his staff, were returned in April. The identifications of 
the Sorea and Neosorez have been made by Dr. Jackson, who is engaged on a critical study 
of these groups, and the Peromyscus by Mr. Howell and Mr. Preble. 

The following is the list of mammals sent and identified :— 


Peromyscus. 


(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 


297. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 409. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisie. 

298. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 411. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisie. 

299. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 452. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisia. 

304. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 453. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisic. 

305. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 454. Peromyscus maniculatus artemisie. 

808. Peromyscus maniculatus borealis. 457. Peromyscus maniculatus oreas. 
Sorer. 


(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 


922. Sorex v. vagrans. 944. Sorex v. vagrans. 
923. Sorer o. obscurus. 947. Sorex o. obscurus. 
924. Sorex o. obscurus. 949. Sorer vancowverensis. 
925. Sorex p. personatus. 950. Sorex o. setosus. « 
926. Sorex v. vagrans. 952. Sorer vancouverensis. 
931. Sorex v. obscurus. 961. Sorex v. vagrans. 
932. Sorex v. obscurus. 962. Sorer v. vagrans. 
984. Sorer v. obscurus. 963. Sorex v. vagrans. 
938. Sorer v. obscurus. 974. Sorer v. vagrans. 


940. Sorex v. obscurus. 
(No. of Skins with no Skulls.) 


948. Sorex o. obscurus. 957. Sorer vancouverensis. 
951. Sorer o. setosus. 
Neosorer,. 


(Catalogue No. of Skins with Corresponding Skulls.) 


« OTT. Neosorer p. navigator. 982. Neosorer p. navigator. 
978. Neosorer p. nuvigator. 9838. Neosorer p. navigator. 
979. Neosorer p. navigator. 984. Neosorexr p. navigator. 
980. Neosorer p. navigator. 985. Neosorer p. navigator. 


981. Neosorex p. navigator. 


Some Novres ON THE EARLIER-KNOWN History OF THE CHIROPTERA,; WITH LIST OF THOSE 
SPECIES OCCURRING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. 


Of our smaller mammals no order of such magnitude with such a wide geographical 
distribution produces a greater field for research than the Chiroptera, inhabiting, as it does, 
the Eastern and Western Hemispheres to the northern and southern limits of tree-growth, 
extending in the Pacific Ocean from America to Hawaii and the Galapagos Islands, and from 
Asia to New Zealand, Samoa, the Caroline and Ladrone Islands. 


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Bats are distinguished from all other mammals by possessing ¢he power of true flight like 
that of birds, their fore-limbs being specially modified for this purpose, resulting in the order 
to which they belong being appropriately named Chiropteray or hand-winged. 

Certain other mammals such as the flying squirrels of genus Sciuropterus and the flying 
phalangers have a spurious flight, which is nothing more than an extension of an upward or 
downward leap by the aid of parachute-like expansions of the skin of the sides of the body, 
and cannot be extended upward beyond the limits of the impetus of the original leap. 

The essential characteristic of all bats is their power of flight, and so far as we know no 
clue has been diseovered by scientists among the extinct fauna of which we have knowledge 
which in any way connects them with other mammals, but it has been found that, in their 
essential structure, bats are so closely allied to the Insectivores, such as shrews and moles, that 
many naturalists express little doubt of their derivation from the ancestral forms of that order, 
and think it probable that the power of true flight was developed gradually from spurious flight. 
Like many of our smaller mammals, classification has been based largely on dental characters, 
1 which differ very materially in the genera living on various foods. 

The great majority of bats feed solely on insects and have their cheek-teeth furnished with 
a number of sharp cusps; the fruit-eating bats comprising the so-called flying foxes or fruit-bats 
of the warmer regions of the Old World, and among them the largest representatives of the order 
are characterized by the molars having nearly or quite smooth crowns, elongated from back to 
front and divided by a deep longitudinal groove; while the blood-sucking bats of South America 
have the front teeth specially modified for piercing the skin of animals. 

The bats often locally called “ leather-bats” or “ flittermice,” in which our particular interest 
is centred, inhabit the temperate regions, are insect-feeding, and belong to the family Vesper- 
tilionids; these bats, being dependent for their nourishment upon a full supply of insects, must 
in winter either migrate to warmer regions or hibernate. 

To what extent some of our bats migrate appears to be imperfectly understood, but that 
bats migrate is an established fact; one of the earliest references made on the subject is by 
our great authority, Dr. Dobson, in his Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the British Museum. 

It is claimed that of European species probably with one exception they hibernate, but on 
the American Continent we find in the “Transaction of the Royal Society of Canada,” V., 
‘Section V., page 85, where Dr. C. Hart Merriam shows conclusive evidence of two of the 
American bats, Lasionycteris noctivagans and Lasiurus cinerius, have regular periods of 
migration, and Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., in his revision of the North American bats of the family 
Vespertilionidse, records his observations at Highland Light, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during 
4 the months of August and September, 1890 and 1891, where he observed the migration of the 
Same two species together with Lasiurus borealis. From these and other recorded observations 
it is fair to assume that the migration of bats is probably as definite as to dates and paths 
as that of birds. 

Bats seldom feed on the ground, most species feeding and drinking on the wing. Dr. Merriam 
observes that “all North American bats, except when their habits have been modified by 
proximity to man, may be classed as cave-dwelling or tree-dwelling, according to the places 
in which they spend the day; as a rule the cave-dwelling species live in large colonies, while the 
tree-dwelling live singly or in small companies.” 

It is estimated by the highest authorities that little more than one-half of the living species 
are known to science at the present time, and it may be interesting to trace to a small extent 
the history and development of the classification of bats from the earliest naturalists. 

Linneus in 1758 knew seven bats, all of which he placed in Vespertilio, the fourth and last 
genus of the order Primates. In 1808, as recorded by Tiedemann, the order Chiroptera had 
been recognized, while with the addition of the flying lemur the genera was only seven and the 
species fourteen. 

The real foundation for our present classification was laid by Gray in 1821, when he 
published the first of his many papers on bats; Gray excluded the flying lemur, recognized 
the two main subdivisions of the order made by Goldfuss in 1820, and applied to the names 
of families the system of nomenclature now in use. 

In 1827 Lesson in his “ Manuel de Mammalogie”’ once more associated the flying lemur with 
the bats, making the group a division of the Carnivores. 


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A revision of the genera of bats of the family Vespertilionide was made by Gray in 1838, 
where he abandoned his earlier plan and adopted the main divisions introduced by Spix in his 
“Simiarum et Vespertilionum Brasiliensium Species Novae,’ published in 1823. 

Peters in 1865 divided the group into 10 families and subfamilies, containing 59 genera. 

Dr. Dobson described 401 species, 80 genera, and 14 families and subfamilies when he 
published his Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the British Museum, 1878. 

In 1904 Trouessart recorded 851 species, 122 genera, and 18 families and subfamilies, while 
Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., whose revision of the North American bats of the family Vespertilionide 
was published by the United States Department of Agriculture (Division of Biological Survey), 
October 16th, 1897, as “North American Fauna” No. 13, and ten years later while Assistant 
Curator, Division of Mammals, United States Museum, after examining the material in all the 
leading museums of Europe and America, wrote his work on the ‘“‘ Families and Genera of Bats,” 
published as Bulletin 57 by the Smithsonian Institute, in which he concluded at that time | 
among the known species at least 173 genera and 386 families should be recognized, being also 
of the opinion that probably the total number of recognized bats will eventually exceed 2,000 
named forms. 

The following bats occur in the Province of British Columbia :— 

Corynorhinus macrotis townsendii Cooper. Type locality, Columbia River, Oregon. 
Geographic distribution, humid coast district of Oregon, Washington, and Southern British 
Columbia. Specimens identified from Comox, Vancouver Island. 

Myotis lucifugus alascensis Miller. Type from Sitka, Alaska? Ranges throughout the 
humid coast district of Southern Alaska and Northern British Columbia. Specimens identified 
from Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. A single specimen taken at Errington, Vancouver Island, 
August 31st, 1910, has been provisionally referred to this form by H. 8. Swarth. ; 

Myotis yumanensis saturatus Miller. Type from Hamilton, Washington. Geographic — 
distribution, Transition Zone in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Specimens 
identified from Shuswap; Kamloops; Kultus Lake (near Chilliwack); Mount Lehman; Port 
Moody; Sumas. 

Myotis californicus caurinus Miller. Type from Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. 
Geographic distribution, the humid coast district of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. 
Specimens identified from Port Moody and Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. 

Myotis subulatus Keenii Merriam (Keen's Bat). Type locality, Masset, Queen Charlotte 
Islands, B.C. Geographic distribution at present known from the type locality only. No doubt 
occurs throughout most of the humid north-west coast district. 

Myotis evotis H, Allen (Long-eared Bat). - Type locality not stated, and no type designated 
—possibly Monterey, California. Geographic distribution, Austral and Transition Zones from 
the Pacific Coast to the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. Specimens identified from 
Shuswap; Victoria. 

Lasionycteris noctivagans Le Conte (Silver-haired Bat). Type locality, Eastern United — 
States. Geographic range, North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Museum specimens ~ 
from Okanagan and Sahtlam, Vancouver Island, are referred here. A single adult male was 
taken at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., on the evening of June 10th, 1900. (W. H. 
Osgood, “ North American Fauna,’ No. 21.) 

Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois (Brown Bat). Type locality, Philadelphia, Pa. Geographic 
distribution, Austral, Transition, and lower edge of Boreal Zones throughout the United States 
and British Provinces. Specimens identified from Ashcroft; Okanagan; Errington, Vancouver. 
Island. 

Lasiurus cinereus Beauyois (Hoary Bat). Type locality, Philadelphia, Pa. Geographic 
distribution, Boreal North America from Atlantic to Pacific. Museum specimens from Okanagan 
and Victoria, B.C. 

Tur LIFE-HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARMOTS. 


True marmots inhabit the northern portions of both the Old and New Worlds; in the 
southern portions of their range in the Old World these mammals are found only at considerable 
elevation aboye sea-level, but in more northern districts like the Siberian steppes they are found 
on the lowland plains. 

The districts inhabited by all the Old World species, being desolate and barren, are usually 
subject to intense heat in summer and cold in winter. 


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In North America marmots are found distributed over a greater part of Canada and the 
United States, having a number of vernacular names by which they are commonly known in 
their geographic distribution. 

In Eastern Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec, they are known by the name 
“ siffleur "; in Ontario we hear of the woodchuck or ground-hog; the yellow-footed marmots 
of Southern British Columbia are known as woodchucks or rockchucks, while the hoary marmots 
of the mountains, the largest of our species, comparing favourably in size with the Alpine species 
of the Old World, are commonly called whistlers. 

The name “ siffleur,” probably taking precedent, was applied to the woodchuck of Eastern 
Canada by Baron La Hontan in 1708. 

In 1748 Catesby described the Eastern woodchuck under the name of “The Monax,” while 
three years later Edwards published a more extended account under the title of “The Monax 
or Marmotte of America,” his description furnishing the basis of the first technical name applied 
to the species—Mus monav Linnieus. 

For the next few years the name given to the genus underwent several changes until 
Blumenbach in 1779 named the genus Marmota; however, this was upset the following year 
by Sechreber, who introduced the name Arctomys; while of later date than Blumenbach’s, 
nevertheless received general acceptance and continued in common use for the marmots until 
the early years of the present century, when the name Marmota was restored as the proper 
appellation of the genus. (Trouessart, E. L. Cat. Mamm. Suppl. 1904, page 343.) 

The American marmots are naturally divided into three very distinct groups, as follows :— 
Monavr group: All the Eastern woodechucks, the Canada woodechuck, the British Columbia 
woodchuck, and the Ochraceous woodchuck of Alaska and Northern British Columbia. 
Flaviventris group: All the yellow-footed marmots. 

Caligata group: The hoary marmot of the mountains, including the species caligata, 
olympus, and vancouverensis. : 

Marmots, although chiefly diurnal, are sometimes nocturnal in their habits, feeding mainly 
on grass, succulent plants, and seeds; the Eastern species often doing considerable damage to 
cultivated forage-crops both by eating and trampling underfoot, and occasionally much hayoe 
is made by their visits to kitchen-gardens. These marmots, originally living in the woods, 
prefer open clearings, where they are usually found in pairs or families, having their burrows 
under rock-piles, stone walls, stumps, roots of trees, and often in open meadows. 

The yellow-footed marmots prefer rocky hillsides, in the crevices of cliffs, or under rock-piles 
in meadows, and are often abundant in the higher part of mountains, where they dwell more 
or less in colonies, their food being similar to that of the Eastern species, but probably including 
a greater proportion of native plants. These marmots also, when living at lower altitudes in 
close proximity to settlement, are exceedingly destructive to cultivated crops. 

More gregarious in their habits, like all the Old World species, hoary marmots in the 
southern part of their range are always found about rock-slides around timber-line, but in 
Northern British Columbia and Alaska they are frequently found at low altitudes, often making 
their burrows in open meadows or grassy hillsides; while little is known of their feeding habits, 
it is generally conceded they feed like the other species. 

They are extremely partial to fine weather, feeding during the summer months both early 
and late, and are extremely fond of sunning themselves on their mounds or projecting rocks 
where they feel safe from attack, spending a large part of their time during wet, dull, and 
stormy weather in their burrows. As fall approaches they become less active, often only 
appearing for a few hours during the hottest part of the day. 

When alarmed they rush at once to the entrance of their burrows and sit up on their 
hind-quarters to survey the scene and detect the danger. Should the enemy approach too close 
a loud shrill whistle is uttered and they disappear into their burrows, reappearing after a time 
to see if all danger is passed. The whistling of the hoary marmot, being more pronounced, ean 
be heard for a considerable distance; it is from this habit the name ‘“‘ whistler”? has been applied 
and the name “ siffleur” to the woodchuck of Eastern Canada. 

Marmots usually produce from four to six at a birth, the young of the Eastern and yellow- 
footed species appearing about the latter part of May, while the hoary marmots probably breed 
Somewhat later. Little information on this point is at hand. Swarth states “that in Southern 
Alaska young individuals of M. c. caligata were seen running about in the middle of June, but 
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on Vancouver Island during the first three weeks of July no young ones of M. vancouverensis — 
had yet emerged from the burrows.” 

Laying up no store of food for winter use, all species of these marmots hibernate and become 
dormant during winter for a period of from four to six months, hibernating from the middle 
of September or October until the middle or latter part of March. Some of the yellow-footed 
species have been known to retire as early as the middle of August, when weather is genial and 
food abundant, the dates varying with the altitude and local condition, those individuals living 
in the valleys denning up earlier than those living higher up the mountains; in mild winters 
they occasionally appear at the mouth of their burrows in February, but re-enter their burrows 
and again become dormant if the temperature falls. 

Of extinct and allied forms we know little. Remains of extinct species of Susliks oceur in 
the higher Tertiary rocks of Europe, and the Upper Eocene beds of France produce evidence of 
an extinct but apparently allied genus known as Plesispermophilus. More primitive are the 
forms described as Plesiarctomys, which, while showing certain resemblances both to the marmots 
and squirrels, are found in the middle Tertiary deposits both of Europe and North America. 


Species known to British Columbia. 


Marmota monaxr canadensis (Erxleben). Type locality given as Quebec, Canada. Distribu- 
tion, greater part of interior of Canada from Great Slave Lake and York Factory, south to 
Southern Alberta (Red Deer), Central Saskatchewan (Cumberland House), Northern Wisconsin 
and Michigan, Central Ontario, Southern Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. 

“A single young specimen in very worn pelage from near the head of Finlay River, British 
Columbia, seems referable to canadensis, but with more material from this region may necessitate 
its reference to ochracea.” (A. H. Howell.) 

Marmota monax petrensis (British Columbia Woodchuck). Type from Revelstoke, British 
Columbia; collected May 12th, 1890, by W. Spreadborough. Distribution, interior ranges of 
Southern British Columbia and adjacent parts of United States; from Barkeryille, British 
Columbia, south to Thompson Pass, Idaho. Specimens identified from Barkerville; Glacier; 
Revelstoke. 

Marmota monax ochracea Swarth (Ochraceous Woodchuck). Type locality, head of 40-Mile 
Creek, Alaska. Distribution, interior mountain ranges of Yukon and Northern British Columbia 
from 40-Mile Creek south to the Babine Mountains. Specimens identified from Babine mountains; 
Pike River, Atlin; Takla Lake. A short series of skulls without skins from Stuart Lake is 
provisionally referred to this race. 

Two museum specimens, Nos. 247 and 248, collected at Pike River, Atlin, July 29th, 1914, 
and identified as this species by Mr. A. H. Howell, Biological Survey, Washington, show two 
varying phases—No. 247, an immature female, being very dark blackish brown all over, with 
the exception of a few greyish hairs on nostrils and lower lip. Indians and whites who are well 
acquainted with this locality state that whole colonies of marmots of this colour haye been 
observed by them. The other, No. 248, also an immature female, is a pale reddish cinnamon 
tipped with a-very pale reddish buff, giving it a bicolour appearance; under-parts cinnamon 
rufous. With such phases occurring it is very desirable to have a large series of skins with 
skulls from this particular locality. 

According to Mr. Howell in his revision of the genus, published in 1915, ‘“‘ Melanism is most 
strongly developed in the subspecies Marmota caligata vigilis, occupying the region around 
Glacier Bay, Alaska, and that no purely black specimens of M. monaz have been seen, but a 
melanistic phase is rather common in New York and New England.” 

Marmota flaviventris avara Bangs (Pallid Yellow-bellied Marmot). Type _ locality, 
Okanagan, British Columbia. Distribution, interior valleys and foot-hills of Southern British 
Columbia and Eastern Washington and Oregon. Specimens identified from Ashcroft; Cascade; 
Midway; Nicola Valley; Okanagan; Penticton; Vernon. 

Marmota caligata caligata (Eschscholtz) (Northern Hoary Marmot). Type locality, Bristol 
Bay, Alaska. Distribution, Alaska and Yukon from the Portland Canal, north on the coast to 
Bristol Bay, and in the interior to the Endicott Range and the mountains lying westward of 
Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie. Specimens identified from Bennett; Cheonee Mountains; Atlin. 

Marmota caligata orytona Hollister (Robson Hoary Marmot). Type locality, head of Moose 
Pass, branch of Smoky River, Alberta; altitude, 7,200 feet. Distribution. interior of Northern 


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British Columbia and Southern Yukon, from Teslin Lake and Laird River south to Barkeryille, 
_ British Columbia, and. the Mount Robson region of British Columbia and Alberta. Specimens 
identified from mountains near Babine;~ Barkerville; Finlay, River; Laurier Pass; Level 
Mountain; McConnell Creek; Moose Pass; Moose River (North Fork); Sheslay River; Stuart 
Lake; Sustut Mountains; Thudade Lake. 

Marmota caligata okanagana (King) (Okanagan Hoary Marmot). Type locality. Gold 
Range, British Columbia. Distribution, Gold and Selkirk Ranges, British Columbia, and probably 
main range of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta from Banff to Henry House; exact limits unknown. 
Specimens identified from Field; Glacier; Spillimacheen River; Toad Mountain, south of 
Nelson. 

Marmota caligata cascadensis Howell (Cascade Hoary Marmot). Type locality, Mount 
Rainier, Washington; altitude, 6,000 feet. Distribution, Cascade Range at and above timber- 
line from Mount Rainier, Washington, north to Southern British Columbia. Specimens identified 
from mountains near Chilliwack; Hope; Howe Sound; Mount Baker Range near United States 
Boundary; Skagit River; Spences Bridge; Tammi Hy Mountain. 

Marmota vancouverensis Swarth (Vancouver Island Marmot). Type locality, Mount Douglas, 
near Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia; altitude, 4,200 feet. Distribution, Vancouver 
Island, British Columbia. Known at present only from the mountains at the head of China 
Creek, some 20 miles south-east of Alberni, in the Golden Eagle Basin and King Solomon Basin ~ 
and the surrounding slopes and ridges. 

* Howell writes in his remarks of this species: “This peculiar marmot, although clearly 
related to the Mainland species (Caligata), has, through isolation, developed striking characters, 
both external and cranial. ‘The tendency of isolated coastal forms in this group to become brown 
(shown in a lesser degree by M. caligata vigilis and M. olympus) has reached the greatest 
extreme in this species, the black colours of the Mainland forms being entirely lacking and 
the white reduced to scattering hairs. After a season’s exploration of the southern part of 
Vancouver Island, Swarth came to the conclusion that the species is probably confined to a small 
area in the vicinity of Mount Douglas.” Specimens identified from Golden Eagle Basin; King 
Solomon Basin; Mount Douglas. 

ADDENDA. 


Omitted in the list of Microtus occurring within the Province published in our Annual 
Report of last year (1919) is:— 

Microtus richardsoni arvicoloides (Rhoads) (Cascade Water-vole). Type locality, Lake 
Keechelus, near Snoqualmie Pass, Kittilas County, Washington; altitude, 8,000 feet. Geographic 
distribution, Boreal Zone of Cascade Mountains in Washington, Oregon, and Southern British 
Columbia. Museum specimens from Mount Baker Range. 

This subspecies, the largest of our voles, appears to be hardly separable from Microtus r. 
macropus of the Boreal Zone of the Rocky Mountains. According to Vernon Bailey in his revision 
of the genus, a single specimen examined from Glacier, British Columbia, was fairly intermediate 
between Microtus richardsoni (De Kay) and these two southern subspecies. 


ORNITHOLOGY. 


As no field collecting was done by any one of the Department this year, very little 
ornithological material was secured; however, three species of birds of special interest can 
be recorded here :— 

Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) (Fork-tailed Gull). Although this bird had been on our list 
of British Columbia birds for a great many years, the specimen secured at the request of the 
Director by Mr. J. G. French, of Glacier Point, Sooke, B.C., on October 11th, 1920, was the first 
specimen to be received by the Provincial Museum. The range of this bird is Arctic Seas to 
Southern America. It breeds on the coast of Alaska from Kuskokwym River to Norton Sound, 
and in the Northern Mackenzie, Northern Keewatin, and Northern Greenland, and on the Aretie 
Islands of Europe and Asia; in migration on both coasts of America and casual in the Interior, 
Winters in Peru. Shortly after Mr. French had secured this specimen the Director and his 
assistant saw several in the vicinity of Victoria Harbour. 


R 20 British COLUMBIA. 1921 


Two other specimens which are of considerable interest were collected for this Department— 
namely, the Iceland gull (Larus leucopterus)—one of which was taken in January, 1921, and 
the other in February, 1921. These birds were taken at Kildonan, Barkley Sound, B.C., by 
Mr. W. McKay. 

Mr. J. W. Thompson having spoken to the Director of two gulls that had been noticed in 
the vicinity of Kildonan during the month of December, both pure white (and his description 
was so definite that they could not be mistaken for any other bird than that of the Iceland gull), 
the Director requested Mr. Thompson to have some person, if possible, secure these birds for 
this Department. 

The birds are pure white throughout, about the size of the glaucous-winged gull, but having 
no pearl-grey mantle, being finely streaked with a very light-greyish tinge. The primaries are 
white throughout. ‘otal length of the bird is about 24 inches. The feet are flesh-coloured ; 
bill, flesh-coloured with black tip; the iris is yellow. The range of this bird, according to the 
A.O.U., is given as Arctic regions. Breeds from Victoria Land (Cambridge Bay) and Boothia 
Peninsula to Central Greenland and east to Nova Zembla; winters from Southern Greenland 
south to Long Island; casual on the Great Lakes; accidental in Nebraska and Maryland; in 
Europe south to the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Baltic Sea. 

Another very peculiar-looking gull was seen by the Director and members of his staff on 
the lawn in front of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, from October 13th to 25th, 1920, at 
intervals during these days on the arrival of the C.P.R. steamers. 

This bird appeared after the arrival of one of the boats that plies on the triangular route 
between Victoria, Seattle, and Vancouver. It would arrive about 3 p.m. with the boat, and 
when the same boat was leaving at 4.80 p.m. the bird would disappear. It appeared to be 
following this particular boat for some time in and out of Victoria harbour. The following is 
a description of the gull noted by the Director :-— 

Back of head and nape, creamy white; bill, yellowish, bright-red spot on lower mandible 
like a herring-gull; well-defined collar on the neck of umber brown; throat and abdomen uniform 
dark brownish; wings pearly grey with black primaries and white spots. Mantle showing pearl 
grey intermixed with brown umber; tail, white. 


Notes ON THE CHINESE STARLING (ACRIDOTHERES CRISTATELLUS). 


Many inquiries have been made from time to time in regard to a bird which is found in 
the heart of Vancouver City. This bird is about the size of our red-winged blackbird; is a 
bird that is uniform black throughout, with the exception of a dirty white spot in the primaries 
which is seen very distinctly in the primaries and secondaries when in flight. It has a small 
erest on the head; the bill is whitish horn colour; feet, yellow horn colour; iris, yellow. On 
the end of the tail there is a narrow band of a dirty greyish white. 

The first record I have of this bird was a specimen collected by the Director in November, 
1904, in the heart of Vancouver City between the old Court-house which stood on Hastings Street 
and the public school. My attention was first drawn to this bird by the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin. 
The specimen secured was at that time not known to the Director, and was sent to Washington 
D.C., for verification, and was identified as Acridotheres cristatellus, a native of Southern China, 
and had been reported from the Island of Luzon, in the Philippines. There were very few of 
these birds in Vancouver at this time, although Mr. V. W. Mitchell, of Vancouver, recently 
informed me that he had first noticed the bird in the year 1897, only seeing two pairs. These 
birds have inereased considerably the last few years, and appear to make their main roost on 
the corner of Carrall and Cordova Streets, roosting on the sides of the buildings on ledgings 
under the large overhanging cornices. These roosts now contain approximately 1,200 birds. 
They leave their roosts in the early morning and fly off into the adjacent surroundings to fields 
and gardens for food. These birds are very noticeable in the afternoons about one hour before 
dusk, when they fly back to this roost for the night; they make a considerable noise, chattering 
and whistling until darkness, drawing the attention of many passers-by. 

I have no record of these birds doing any harm to agricultural interests, but they should be 
watched and observed very closely in regard to agriculture. Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion 
Inspector of Indian Orchards, informs me he has two authentic records of these birds from 
persons who have observed them destroying the tent-caterpillar, which has become a considerable 
pest in Vancouver City. 


ProvinciAL Museum Report. R 21 


It might be of interest here to note an extract from a Bulletin published by Richard 
McGregor, Ornithologist to the Bureau of Science, Manilla, where this bird had been imported 
to the Island of Luzon, in the Philippine Islands, many years ago, which is quoted below :— 

“The next bird that will be noted even by those who are not devoted to ornithology is a 
slate-grey starling, thiopsar cristatellus (Linnieus), about the size of an American robin. 
When this bird flies a white band across the primary quills is conspicuously displayed. The 
feathers of the frons are long and erect or strongly antrorse, giving the head a curious profile 
view. The larger tail-feathers are tipped with white. For several years there was a roost of 
these starlings in the trees in front of the Luneta Police Station, on Bagumbayan Drive, where 
their chatter was very noticeable at dusk. A closely related species, Acridotheres tristis 
(Linneus), was introduced into Hawaii, where it is well established; I found it extremely 
abundant on Maui Island in 1900. Both of these species are natives of Southern Asia. 

“ D#thiopsar cristatellus appears to have been introduced by the Spanish Government about 
1850 with the hope that it would reduce the number of locusts, which were and still are a very 
serious pest to the agriculturist. 

“A quotation in Blair and Robertson indicates that at least three attempts, 1849 to 1852, 
were made to introduce and establish a species of martin (probably one of the starlings) in the 
Philippines. Foreman says :— 

“*Tn 1851 the Government imported some martins from China with the hope of exterminating 

the locusts. When the birds arrived in the Port of Manila they were right royally received by 
a body of troops. A band of music accompanied them with great ceremony to Santa Mesa, 
where they were set at liberty, and the public were forbidden to destroy them under severe 
penalties.’ 
“*Martin’ as a Spanish word, is correctly applied to birds called ‘starlings’ in English, 
and is not equivalent to ‘martin’ (species of Hirundinidw). I have been under the impression 
that the bird introduced into the Philippines received its local name from Juan Antonio Martinez, 
Governor from 1822 to 1825, but this Governor left the Philippines twenty-five years before the 
arrival of pajaros martines. Casto de Elera gives the name martin langostero for Acridotheres 
cristatellus.” 

There is no record of any definite data as to how this Chinese starling came to be found in 
the vicinity of Vancouver; it is presumed that this bird was probably brought here direct from 
the Orient by one of the Oriental liners, and that it escaped or was liberated. 

The Provincial Museum now has three specimens which have recently been collected. 


BOTANY. 


Whiie no field collecting was undertaken by any of the staff of the Provincial Museum, the 
Herbarium collection is steadily growing, for which appreciation must be extended to Mr. W. B. 
Anderson, Dr. C. F. Neweombe, and others for the donation of a number of interesting specimens 
not hitherto in the collection. 
Mr. Anderson's contributions are desirable and extensive, covering a large range of territory 
within the Province, including Anaham, Hazelton, and districts adjacent to Fort George, the 
Columbia River Valley, and Southern Okanagan. 

Many of these plants have been mounted and placed in the Herbarium collection, among 
which are to be found the following of special interest :— 


Adiantum-Capillus-Veneris L. Phlox Douglasii Hook. 

Pellwa occidentalis (Nels.) Rydb. Castilleja lutescens (Greenman) Rydb. 
Calia palustris L. Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. 

TAlium montanum (A. Nels.). Orthocarpus tenuifolius Benth. 
Peramium repens Salish. Pentstemon pinctorum Piper. 

Nuliav sp. fluviatilis Nutt. Pentstemon Richardsonii Doug}. 
Comandra livida Richards. Lobelia Kalmii L. 

Rosa Woodsii Lindl. Crepis elegans Hook. 

Astragalus tenellus Pursh. Circium sp. foliosus Hook. 
Hedysarum voreale Nutt. Ratibida columnaris (Sims) D. Don. 
Hedysarum sulphurescens Rydb. Solidago corymbosa Nutt. 

Oxytropis monticolor Gray. Solidago decumbens Greene. 


Clarkia pulchella Purseh, Tetradymia canescens DC, 


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There are also several asters and species of Compositée not yet determined. 
Plants collected in the vicinity of Victoria and presented by Dr. C. F. Newcombe :— 


Brasenia Schreberi Gmel. Orobanche comosa Took. 
Platyspermum scapigerum Hook. Artemisia canadensis Michx. 
Lupinus lepidus Dougl. Agoseris laciniata (Gray) Greene. 


Further additions are :— 

Loiscleuria procumbens Desv. From the vicinity of Prince Rupert; presented by Miss 
Beaman. 

Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. Collected at Spences Bridge, B.C., August 6th, 1920, and presented 
by Mr. W. A. Newcombe. 

Carer Crawei Dewey. Collected at Golden, B.C., June 20th, 1920, and presented by 
Professor J. K. Henry. 

Hydrophyllum tenuipes Heller; Calamagrostis aleutica Trin. Vancouver Island specimens 
presented by Mr. J. G. French. 

Gentina propinqua Richardson. Collected at Cameron Lake, V-I., August 6th, 1916, by 
Mr. W. R. Carter and identified by Professor C. VY. Piper, this being a new addition to the 
Vancouver Island flora. 

Among these contributions the following appear to be new additions to the flora of British 
Columbia :— 

Carex Crawei Dewey. 

Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. 

During the season a large number of plants have been identified for children attending some 
of the Victoria City schools and others residing in several districts of Vancouver Island. These 
plants were brought in by Miss M. Lawson, of the Colonist staff, who gave up a great deal of 
time and work in the interests of the children by publishing a list weekly in the Sunday edition 
of the Daily Colonist. This created a marked competition between the collectors, and, besides 
keeping up their individual interest, was decidedly effective as an educational lesson in nature- 
study by teaching them the names of some of their native flora. 

Some of the plants received were in such poor condition that identification was impossible, 
and it is desirable, should this work be continued, that some simple methods be followed in 
collecting and preparing specimens which would be beneficial to all concerned. 

It is worthy of mention that among the plants received were two (both introduced plants 
and probably garden escapes), which, so far as we know, have not been previously recorded in 
British Columbia, growing in a wild state, namely: 

Borago officinalis L. Collected at William Head by Miss Barbara Cox. 

Nothoscordum bivalve (1..) Britton. Collected on Foul Bay Road, Victoria, by Master 
Jack Miller. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 
By E. H. BuackMokrs, F.E.S. 


In my remarks in the Provincial Museum Reports for the years 1918 and 1919 special 
mention was made of the searcity of insects in general and noctuids in particular, thinking that 
we had reached the limit in this respeet, but from a collecting standpoint neither of those years 
was as bad as the season just past. The weather conditions were somewhat abnormal, the total 
rainfall for this year being 3 inches above the annual average, eight months out of the twelve 
being above the ayerage precipitation; this, together with a great deal of cool weather in the 
early spring, made collecting conditions very unsatisfactory. 

The fall collecting was also exceedingly poor, as it started to rain on September Sth and 
continued more or less until the end of the collecting season. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, 
some very interesting material was taken during the season, and it only goes to prove that if 
continuous and persistent collecting is carried on one can always turn up some rare and 
uncommon species, however unfavourable the season may be from weather conditions or other 
causes. 

Some two or three years ago, on looking over the list of Microlepidoptera as recorded in 
the 1906 Check-list of British Columbia Lepidoptera, I was very much struck with the com- 
paratively few species listed from Vancouver Island (excepting Wellington), and especially 
from Victoria. 


Provincia Muspum Roeporr. R 23 


Upon making a list of the localities given, I found that out of 278 species recorded from 


_ British Columbia 168 have been taken at Kaslo and 94 were listed from Wellington. The number 
of species recorded from other localities are as follows: Vancouver Island, 24 (no specific 
localities given) ; Victoria, 16; Vancouver, 7; and Atlin, 3. Some of the species were naturally 
recorded from several localities, but the large majority of species were either taken by Mr. J. W. 
Cockle at Kaslo or Mr. Theodore Bryant at Wellington. It is very evident from these figures 
that, outside of the above-named gentlemen, very little collecting of these small but interesting 
moths had been undertaken in any part of the Province. During the past few years, however, 
_ Messrs. Day and Hanham, of Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, have udded a number of new 
species, and Mr. Cockle has considerably augmented his earlier list. 
With the idea of extending our knowledge of the “ Micro” fauna of the southern portion of 
Vancouver Island, the writer devoted most of his time during the past season to the acquisition 
of material in this group, but owing to illness was not able to get into the field until June. 
From then until October I made collections at Maillardville, Goldstream, Mount Newton, and 
many points in the vicinity of Victoria. Mr. W. R. Carter, of the Museum staff, also assisted 
in the work and brought in some good material. I was fortunate in securing the co-operation 
of Mr. L. E. Marmont, of Maillardville, who collected extensively in that district. The material 
sent in by him was very desirable, as it contained several species new to British Columbia, 
besides a number of species previously recorded from the Interior. 
From the material collected during the season the writer was enabled to mount over 1,200 
specimens, comprising some 145 species; amongst these were four new to science, one new to 
North America, and about thirty new to British Columbia. We have also verified a number of 
species already listed and have added considerably to our knowledge of the known range of a 
great many species. 
We hope during the coming season to continue this work and would be glad to hear from 
any collectors who would be willing to send in specimens in series, as there are without doubt 
a large number of species occurring in the Province of which we have no record at present. 
Appended is a list of the species of Microlepidoptera taken at Victoria, Goldstream, and 
Maillardville during the past season which are not included in the 1906 Check-list of British 
Columbia Lepidoptera. Many of these are new records for the Province. 
(Arranged according to Barnes & MeDunnough’s Check-list of the Lepidoptera of North 
America.) 


PYRAUSTIN®. 


4992. Bvergestis insulalis B. & McD. Goldstream. 
5144. Pyrausta perrubralis Pack. Goldstream. 


ScoPARUIN-E. 


5245. Scopariw torniplagalis Dyar. Goldstream. 
CRAMBIN ©. 


5347. Crambus bidens Zell. Maillardyille. 

5349. Crambus dissectus Grt. Victoria. 

5364. Crambus innotatellus Wik. Maillardyille. 

5446. Dicymolomia metalliferalis Pack. Victoria; Goldstream. 


Es PHYCITIN &. 
5615. Meroptera unicolorella Hulst. Maillardville. 
PTEROPHORID®. 
5858. Oryptilus delawaricus Zell. Maillardville. 
GELECHIUD. 
Recurvaria nanella Hub. Victoria. 
CEcoPHORIDA. 


Carcina quercana Fab. Victoria. 


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EvucosMIpD. 


6790. Bactra furfurana Haw. Maillardville. 

6821. Argyroploce nimbatana Clem. Victoria; Goldstream; Maillardville. 
6836. Argyroploce galarana Kearf. Goldstream. 

6862. Argyroploce instrutana Clem. Victoria. 

6867. Argyroploce dealbana Wik. Victoria; Goldstream. 

6931. Hucosma rorana Kearf. Victoria. 

7009. Hucosma jolnsonana Kearf. Victoria. 

7010. Hucosma hopkinsana Wearf. Victoria. 

7030. Eucosma solandriana Linn. Victoria; Goldstream. 

7113. Proleopterye emarginana Wishm. Victoria. 

7162. Enarmonia plumbolineana Kearf. Goldstream. 

T7170. T’metocera ocellana D. & S. race lariciana Hein. Victoria. 
7263. Hemimene britana Buseck. Victoria. 


ToRTRICID&. 


7309. Sparganothis inconditana Wishm. Victoria. 

7313. Sparganothis tunicana Wishm. Victoria; Goldstream. 

333. Pandemis canadana Kearf. Victoria; Goldstream. 
Cacecia hewittana Busck. Victoria. 
Tortricodes fragariana Busck. Victoria. 

7370. Tortriz lomonuna Kearf. Victoria. 

4. Tortrix peritana Clem. Victoria; Goldstream. 
Tortriz invidana B. & B. Victoria. 

7416. Peronea cervinana Fern. Goldstream; Maillardville. 

Peronea marimana B. & B. Goldstream; Maillardville. 


GLYPHIPTERYGID®. 
7631. Glyphipteryx bifasciata Wishm. Victoria. 
PLUTELLID. 


7639. Euceratia castella Wishm. Victoria; Goldstream; Maillardville. 
7641. Abebwa subsylwella Wishm.. Victoria. 


YPONOMEUTID®. 
7703. Argyesthia conjugella Zell. Victoria. 
HAPLOPTILUD®. 
7820. Batrachedra preangusta Haw. Victoria. 
GRACILARUD®. 
8048c. Gracilaria alnivorella Cham. race sanguinella Beut. Victoria. 
TINEID®. 
$242. Monopis crocicapitella Clem. Victoria. 
RARE AND UNCOMMON INSECTS TAKEN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DURING 1920. 


Notwithstanding the unfavourable climatic conditions during the past season, we are able 
to report more rare insects than we have in preceding years. Many collectors have sent in 
reports of their captures, accompanied in most cases with specimens for identification. 

Victoria.—Mr, W. R. Carter took some interesting noctuids “at sugar” in the fall, which 
included Luxoa obeliscoides Gue.; Agrotis ypsilon Rott.; Rhynchagrotis sambo Sm.; I. scopeops 
Dyar; Trachea cinefacta Grt.; and Hremobia claudens albertina Hamp. A specimen of 
Ipimorpha pleonectusa Grt. was taken “at light,’ the first recorded for several years. The 
same collector picked up a dead specimen of Oligia violacea Grt. outside his house on August 
21st. This was a most remarkable find, as it is the second specimen that we have any record 
of taken in British Columbia. The first one was captured at Clayoquot, on the west coast of 


PLATE I. 
SATURNIID.L AND NOCTUID.®. 


Coloradia pandora Blake. 
Victoria, B.C. (M. Brinkman). 
(New to Canada.) 


Oncoenemis hayesi Grt. 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 


(Very rare.) 
Trachea separans Grt. Oncocnemis atrifasciata Morr. 
Maillardville, B.C. (L. E. Marmont). Mount McLean, B.C. (A. W. 
(Very rare.) (New to British Columbia.) 


FPremobia claudens albertina Wamp. 
Goldstream, B.C. (EK, H,. Blackmore). 
(Uncommon. } 


Oncocnemis barnesi Sm. Hyppa brunneicrista Sim. 
Trail, B.C. (W. H. Danby). Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(Very rare.) (Rather rare.) 


Acronycta strigulata Sm. 
Lillooet, B.C. (A. W. A. Phair). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Feralia columbiana Sm. Feralia deceptiva MeDun. 
Vancouver, B.C. (R. V. Harvey). Victoria, B.C. (E. H. 


Blackmore). 
(Not common.) (New 


to science.) 


Nehinia separata Grt. 
Spences Bridge, B.C. (W. A, Neweombe). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Hanham). 


. 


a4 Gro. 5 Provincia, Museum Report. © R 25 


Vancouver Island, some eighteen years ago. Mr. A. L. Meugens took a beautiful specimen of 
Polia restora Sm.; this is a rather uncommon species. He also captured a specimen of Auto- 
grapha metallica Grt., the second recorded from Victoria, the writer taking the first in 191s. 
Amongst the geometrids taken by Mr. Meugens was a series of Nemora unilinearia Tayl. “at 
light” and a single specimen of Dysstroma ethela Tayl. taken on June 24th. This is rather a 
rare geometer and is the first specimen taken in Victoria. 

Amongst the geometrids taken by the writer during the season the following are of more 
than ordinary interest: Dysstroma occidentata Tayl. (uncommon); D. sobria subumbrata Swett. 
(the first specimen taken since the type specimens in 1915); Hydriomena manzanita Tayl. 
(rare in Victoria); Lntephria multivagata Hulst. (first record for Vancouver Island); and 
Nematocampa limbata Haw. (uncommon). 

Mount Newton.—This locality is about 15 miles north of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula 
and attains an elevation of 700 feet. On August Ist, at the invitation of Mr. John Dean, who 
has an ideal place situated about half-way up the mountain. the writer spent the day collecting, 
and amongst many good things taken were Dysstroma sobria ochrofuscaria Swett. (the first 
for several years); Enypia packardata Tayl.; and Nepytia wmbrosaria nigrovenaria Pack. (the 
first specimen that I have taken). 

Goldstream.—The writer collected extensively in this locality during the season and obtained 
many good things, the following being of special interest: Huxoa brunneigera Grt. (very rare) ; 
Agrotis esurialis Grt. (uncommon); Parastichtis pula dusca Sm. (rare); Chlorosea nevadaria 
Pack.; Lygris atrifasciata Hulst (first record from Vancouver Island); Dysstroma truncata 
Hufn.; D. sobria Swett (the first specimen captured since the unique type was taken in 1914) ; 
Phengommataca edwardsata Hulst (first specimen I have taken and first record from this 
locality) ; Cleora albescens Hulst (first recorded capture since 1911; very rare, vide Rep. Proy. 
Mus. Nat. Hist., B.C., 1918); and Cleora latipennis Hulst (very uncommon). 

Mr. H. MeKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, 
feeding on hops. On the front verandah of his house a large hop-vine is trained, and after it 
gets dark the noctuids begin to arrive and with the aid of a lantern are readily bottled. The 
moths are not easily disturbed and seem reluctant to leave the hops. Amongst the noctuids 
taken by him the following are of interest: Huvoa brocha Morr. (not previously recorded from 
Goldstream) ; Mythimna oliwata Hary. (uncommon); Muatuta apposita Grt.; Rhynchagrotis 
sambo Sm. (uncommon); Graptolitha patefacta Wik.; G. ferrealis Grt.; Hremobia claudens 
albertina Hamp. (rare); and Gorlyna pallescens Sm. (a very worn specimen, but undoubtedly 
this species). , 

Departure Bay.—While on a collecting trip to this district last July, Mr. E. P. Van Duzee, 
of the Californian Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, took a beautiful specimen of that rare 
geometer Caripeta acqualaria Grt. at rest on the under-side of a leaf. He also took a fine 
specimen of Synaris jubararia Hulst. This is rather a remarkable capture, as this geometer 
makes its appearance early in October as a rule—my earliest date being September 26th. Why 
it should be on the wing in July is a mystery. 

Alberni.—Amongst a collection of Lepidoptera made by Mr. John Redford, a resident of the 
district, we note the following: Gortyna pallescens Sm. (the second specimen taken in this 
locality); Autographa rectangula nargenta Ottol. (uncommon): VPlusia areoides Grt. 
(uncommon); Drepana bdilineata levis Hud. (rare); Enypia packardata Tayl.; Nematocampa 
limbata Haw. (uncommon); and Hvergestis straminalis Hub. 

New Westminster.—Mr. A, B. Baird, of the Dominion Entomological Branch, took several 
specimens of a medium-sized white moth which was identified by Dr. J. H. McDunnough, of 
Ottawa, as Liparis salicis Linn. (the satin-moth). This is a new moth to Canada and was 
probably imported on nursery stock from England. It feeds on Lombardy and other poplars 
and may turn out to be of economic importance. It is excessively abundant in England. 

Maillardville—Mr. L. E. Marmont, who collected persistently in this district in spite of the 
bad weather, took a number of very interesting insects, many of them rare and some of them 
new to the Lower Fraser Valley fauna. The following noctuids are worthy of more than passing 
mention: Agrotis cynica perumbrosa Dyar (previously known from Kaslo and Vernon) ; 
Agrotis flavotincta Sm. (uncommon); Polia grandis Bdy. (previously recorded from Kaslo) ; 
P. nimbosa Gue.; Graptolitha tharteri Grt. (rare); Trachea seperans Grt. (previously known 


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R 26 British CoLuMBIA. 1921. 


only from Windermere) ; Acronycta minella Dyar (known only from Kaslo and the Okanagan 
District); A. innotata griseor Dyar (not previously recorded from other than Kaslo, the 
nimotypical locality) ; Areama obliqua Wik. (rare), and Panthea portiandia Grt. (this specimen 
taken on earliest known date—i.e., April 14th; regular date of emergence is in July). 

The geometrids taken included Lygris harveyata Tayl. (very rare); Hydriomena renunciata 
columbiata Taylor (uncommon); Huphyia multiferata Walk: (several specimens of this 
uncommon species taken at light); Philobia ulsterata Pears (Mr. Marmont reports this species 
common at light; it has previously been regarded as rather rare); and Huchlena tigrinaria 
sirenaria Strecker (uncommon). 

Hagensborg.—This locality is about 12 miles from Bella Coola and is in a very wet district. 
Mr. W. A. Sykes sent some material down that he had collected late in the season, but owing 
to the abnormal rainfall very little was taken. However, we were pleased to receive it, as 


scarcely any collecting has been done in this vicinity. The species received were: Polygonia — 


satyrus Edw.; P. faunus rusticus Edw.; Aglais J. album B. & Le C.; A. antiopa Linn.; Enargia 
citrata Linn.; D. citrata immanata Haw.; EHllopia somniaria Hulst. (this record extends its 
known distribution) ; Hnnomos magnarius Gue.; and Synuvris jubararia Hulst. 

Lillooet.—Mr. A. W. Hanham, of Duncan, spent a week in this locality during the latter 
part of August. Most of his collecting was done on Mount McLean at altitudes varying from 
3,000 to 6,500 feet. Some valuable material was taken, amongst which we note the following: 
Argynnis hydaspe sakuntula Skin. (a new locality for this form); Huphydryas anicia D. & H. 
(not previously known from here) ; Plebeius scudderi Edw. (known only from Atlin, vide Pro. 
B.C. Ent. Soc., No. 14, page 7, 1919); Lasionycta sedilis Sm. (previously known from Kaslo 
only); Oncocnemis atrifasciata Morr. (new to British Columbia); Carsia paludata Thun. 
(vare); JItame epigenata B. & MeD. (new to British Columbia); Pyla rainierella Dyar 
(Mount Cheam only previous record); Hucosma stygiana Dyar (rare); and Hepialus pulcher 
macglashani Hy. Edw. (very local—we have no other record than Mount McLean). Mr. A. W. 
Phair has also taken it. 

Amongst some material sent to us for identification by Mr. Phair the following are of special 
interest: Huroa andera Sm. (rare and a new locality); EH. quinquelinea Sm. (rare); Septis 
barnesi Sm. (not previously known from here); Acronycta strigulata Sm. (new to British 
Columbia); A. moesta Dyar (uncommon); Andropolia theodori epichysis Grt. (uncommon) ; 
Catocala nevadensis montana Beut. (rare); and Hosphoropteryx thyatiroides Gue. (very rare). 

Enderby.—Mr. J. Wynne, who resides in this district, reports the capture of Polia assinvilis 
pulverulcnta Sm. and Cirphis commoides Gue. Both are good records. The former adds to 
our knowledge of the distribution of this rather rare noctuid, as our previous records are from 
widely distant localities—viz., Vancouver Island, Northern British Columbia (Taku River), and 
Kaslo. The latter (commoides) is also rare, our only records being from Kaslo and Penticton. 

Kaslo.—A long list of captures has been sent in by Mr. J. W. Cockle, one of the oldest and 
most enthusiastic entomologists in British Columbia. The following are of special interest: 
Aplectoides occidens Hamp. (very rare); Perigrapha achsha Dyar (rare); Platyperigea anotha 
Dyar (rare); Arzama obliqua Wik. (uncommon); Panthea portlandia Grt. (the third specimen 
taken in this district) ; Autographa orophila Hamp. (rare); A. flagellum Wik. (second specimen 
taken at Kaslo); A. sansoni Dod (new to British Columbia); Fupithecia tenuata Hulst. 
(uncommon) ; Macaria purcellata Tayl. (rare); Caripeta angustiorata Wik. (new to British 
Columbia); Cleora satisfacta B. & McD. (rare); Gabriola dyari Tayl. (rare in this district 
until this season, when Mr. Cockle captured five males and one female) ; and Hrannis vancouver- 
ensis Hulst. (rare—one male taken, the first specimen taken since 1904). 

Elko.—Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, while on an inspection 
trip in this district took a short series of Jtame occiduaria Pack. This geometer is rather rare 
in British Columbia collections, as it evidently is a Rocky Mountain species, our previous record 
being Cranbrook. 

Sheep Creek, Kootenay-Columbia Valley. A nice series of Burymus alexandra emilia Edw. 
was taken by Mr. Anderson in the latter part of July. He also took a specimen each of Lygris 
atrifasciata Hulst. and Buchlaena astylusaria Wlk. Mr. Anderson, whose duties take him over 
a large portion of the Province, reports that climatic conditions were bad in most localities 


and insect-collecting poor. 


GEOMETRID.1. 


Lobophora simsata Swett. 
(Male paratype.) 
Victoria, B.C. (EB. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Drepanulatric quadraria Grt. 
(Male.) 
Mount McLean, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Itame epigenata B. & MebD. 


Carsia paludata Thun. 
Mount MeLean, B.C. (A, W. Hanham). 
(Rare.) 


Drepanulatrie quadraria Grt. 
(Female.) 
Mount MeLean, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Marmopterye marmorata Pack. 


Mount McLean, B.C. (A. W. 


(New to British Columbia.) 


Metarranthis septentricnaria B. & MeD. 
Lillooet, B.C. (W. TB. Anderson). 


Hanham). 


Cleora 
Kaslo, 


(New to British Columbia.) 


Tortrix invidana B. & B. 
Victoria, B.C. (E. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Sparganothis tunicana Wishim, 
Goldstream, B.C. (1. If. Black- 
more). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Eucosma hopkinsana Kearft. 
Victoria, B.C. (W. R. Carter). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


MICROLEPTIDOPTERA. 


Scoparia torniplagolis Dyar, 
Goldstream, B.C. (4. H. Black- 
more). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Crambus bidens Zell. 
Maillardville, B.C. (iL. E. Mar- 
mont). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Peronea marimana B. & B. 
Maillardville, B.C. (L. E. Mar- 
mont). 

(New to science.) 


(Under-side. ) 


Vaseaux Lake, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). 


(Local.) 


satisfacta B. & MeD. 


B.c. (J: W. Cockle). 
(Loeal.) 


Carcina quercana Vab. 
Victoria, B.C. (i. H. Blackmore). 
(New to North America.) 


Cacacia heivittana Busek. 
Victoria, B.C. (EB. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Eucosma johnsonana Weart. 
Victoria, B.C. (W. R. Carter). 
(Rather rare.) 


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New Bririsnh Cotumsia INsects. 


The following seventeen insects from British Columbia have been described as new to science 
during the year 1920. ‘They comprise twelve species of Lepidoptera, one species of Coleoptera, 
two species of Hymenoptera (Parasitic), and two species of Diptera. 


Lepidoptera. 


Of the twelve species of Lepidoptera, two belong to the family Noctuidie, one to the 
-Lasiocampide, five to the Geometriadie, one to the Pyralids, and three to the Tortricidx. They 
are as follows :— ‘ 

‘ Noctuidae. 


Feralia deceptiva McDunnough. Described in the Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 165, June and 
July, 1920, from two male specimens taken at Vancouver. This species had been previously 
associated with Feralia columbiana Smith. Further notes on both species will be found under 
the heading of “ Illustrated Lepidoptera,” with illustrations of both of them on Plate I. 
Cenurgia erechtea Cram. form parva Blackmore. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 226, 
Dec. 1920, from specimens of both sexes taken by the writer at Victoria. 


Lasiocampide. 


Tolype dayi Blackmore. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 226, from seven specimens 
taken on Vancouver Island—Quamichan Lake (G. O. Day); Sluggett’s (W. Downes); Victoria 
(E. H. Blackmore). 

Geometrida. 


Lobophora simsata Swett. Described in The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, page 123, Feb., 1920, from 
fourteen specimens taken by the writer at Victoria. A figure of this species will be found on 
Plate II. and more extended remarks upon it under the heading of “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” 
Bustroma nubdilata Pack. form macdunnoughi, Blackmore. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, 
page 267, Dec., 1920, from twelve specimens taken on Vancouver Island and the Lower I’raser 
Valley—Dunean (E. M. Skinner); Vancouver (R. V. Harvey); Fraser Mills (L. E. Marmont) ; 
Chilliwack (W. B. Anderson) ; Goldstream, Vancouver, Cloverdale, Rosedale (EH. H. Blackmore). 
Dysstroma sobria Swett form swetti Blackmore. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 268, 
Dec., 1920, from ten specimens taken by the writer at Victoria. This large and handsome 
geometer was figured under the name of muileolata Hulst in Rep. B.C. Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist., 
1916, Plate VIII. In the light of later research mullevlata is considered to be the smaller white- 
banded form, which is in some years very abundant on Vancouver Island in the month of August ; 
swetti occurs in normal years in mid-June and is rather uncommon. 

Anthorhée incursata Hub. race lagganata Swett & Cassino. Described in The Lepidopterist, 
Vol. 3, page 131, Feb., 1920, from two specimens taken by the late F. H. Wolley Dod. The male 
holotype was taken at Laggan, Alberta, and the female allotype at Field, B.C., on July 3rd, 1907. 
Bulype alvodecorata Blackmore. Deseribed in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 269, Dee., 1920, from 
a long series of both sexes taken by the writer at Goldstream, B.C. This species is apparently 
distinct from hastata Linn., with which it flies, the latter, however, being from a week to ten 
days later putting in an appearance. In a long series of both species I have not known them 
to intergrade, although they are subject to a certain amount of variation within certain limits. 
On the other hand, gothicata Gue., which occurs sparingly at various points on the Mainland, 
shows considerable intergradation with hastata. Until these various forms are bred from the 
egg to the imago our proper understanding of this group will remain incomplete. 


Pyralide (Pyraline). 
Herculia florencealis Blackmore. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 270, Dec., 1920, from 
a single female taken by the late W. H. Danby at Rossland, B.C. 
Tortricidae. 


The following three species were described by Messrs. Barnes & Buseck in Cont. Lepid. No. 
Amer., Vol. IV., No. 3, page 215 et seq., Mareh, 1920 :— 

Tortrir dimorphana Barnes & Buseck. Described from specimens taken at Dunean, B.C. 
(A, W. Hanham), and Victoria, B.C. (collector's name not given). 


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Tortrie invidana Barnes & Buseck. Described from specimens taken at Duncan, B.C. 
(A. W. Hanham), and Victoria, B.C. (collector’s name not given). During the past season 
the writer was fortunate in capturing four specimens of this new species, one of which is 
figured on Plate II. 

Peronea marimana Barnes & Busck. Described from specimens taken at Duncan, B.C. 
(A. W. Hanham), and Victoria, B.C. (A. J. Croker). The writer has also taken this species 
at Goldstream, and Mr. L. E. Marmont took a nice series at Maillardville, B.C., one of these 
being figured on Plate IT. 

Coleoptera. 


Aphodius canadensis Garnett. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 139, June and July, 
1920, from six specimens taken by Mr. C. B. Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C. (five), and Crowsnest, 
B.C. (one). This species is a small shiny black beetle about a quarter of an inch in length and 
belongs to the family Scarabidx. 

Hymenoptera (Parasitic). 


Arotes maurus Rohwer. Described in Pro. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 57, page 517, 1920, from 
two females taken at Mission, B.C. (collector’s name not mentioned). This species belongs to 
the tribe Acoenitini of the family Ichneumonid. This new species of ichneumon-fly measures 
about three-quarters of an inch in length, with slightly yellowish hyaline wings with dark-brown 
veins. 

Platycampus victoria MacGillivray. . Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 59, March, 1920, 
from specimens bred by Mr. W. Downes at Victoria, B.C. This is the adult of the orange and 
black larvee which are so destructive to the Lombardy poplar in Victoria during September. 
Reference was made by the writer in Rep. Proy. Mus. Nat. Hist., B.C., 1917, page 9, to a — 
particularly bad infestation during that year. As the larve are so well known to the average 
Victorian, a short description of the adult insect taken from specimens bred by the writer 
several years ago may prove of interest. Head and thorax glossy black; body deep yellow, — 
with two pairs of transparent, iridescent wings. On the front margin of the first pair of wings, 
two-thirds out from the body, is a blackish mark called the stigma. The antenne or feelers 
are yellowish in the male and blackish in the female; the three pairs of legs are yellow. It 
measures about a third of an inch in length and four-fifths of an inch from tip to tip of the wings 
when spread out. My bred specimens emerged in the first week of Wune. This species belongs 
to the family Tenthredinide. They are popularly known as sawflies from the fact that the 
abdomen of the female is furnished with a pair of saws which can be pushed out and moved 
up and down. They are used for making slits in leaves or other vegetable tissue in which the | 
eggs are laid. 

Diptera. 


Melina palustris Melander. Described in the Annals Ent. Socy. Amer., Vol. 18, page 316, 
Sept., 1920, from over 100 specimens ranging over a wide territory, including Idaho, Wyoming, 
Montana, Washington, and British Columbia. The specific locality in British Columbia is Nelson, 
where the specimens were collected by Mr. Melander. This is a small fly measuring about a fifth 
of an inch in length, with hyaline wings, a blackish body, and a greyish thorax. The flies 
belonging to this family are generally found on the borders of streams and in marshy places. 

Euparyphus pretiosa Banks. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 65, March, 1920, from 
a single female taken at Vancouver, but the name of the collector is not stated. 


ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA, 


Under this heading we hope to continue to illustrate species which have been recently 
described from British Columbia; those of rare and uncommon occurrence and those which 
have been confused with other species. Many of the species are here illustrated for the first 
time. J 

We have not illustrated in this report the six species described by the writer in Can, Ent. 
Vol. 52, page 266 et seq., Dec., 1920, as an excellent plate accompanied the above article figuring — 
each of the species described. 

The number appearing before each name corresponds with a similar number in Messrs. 
Barnes and MeDunnough’s Check-list of North American Lepidoptera, 1917. Those with an 4 
asterisk prefixed to them have been described since the above “ List”’ was issued. . 


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Saturniide (Plate I). 


782. Coloradia pandora Blake. This is rather a remarkable capture, as it is, I believe, the 
first record in Canada of this southern species. This specimen was taken by Mr. M. Brinkman 
in the early morning of July 18th at rest on the ground beneath an electric-light pole in 
Victoria West. It is a male and is in fine condition, with the exception of the scaling on the 
veins in the median area of the primaries, which is a little rubbed. The fore wings are brown 
in colour, with the extra discal line and the basal area of a darker brown; the transverse lines 
are edged with grey. The hind wings are somewhat translucent, with a dark extra-discal line 
and a dusky sub-marginal band. The inner margin is of a distinctly rosy hue. The antenne 
are pale yellow, heavily pectinated, with the pectinations strongly curved. which is a characteristic 
of this group. There is a large round solid black dot on each wing. 

This species belongs to the family Saturniide and is closely allied to Pscudohazis eglanterina 
Bdy. (the sheep-moth). It is an inhabitant of Colorado and has also been recorded from 
Nebraska, Arizona, and New Mexico, and in some years it is reported as being very common 
at Fort Klamath, in Southern Oregon. As the particular part of Victoria West in which it was 
captured is adjacent to a railway-yard where “ foreign” cars stand until unloaded, it is reasonable 
to suppose that this specimen came in its pupal state in one of these cars and emerged upon or 
soon after its arrival here. 


Noctuidae (Plate I). 


1160. Schinia separata Grt. This exceedingly pretty noctuid was taken by Mr. W. A. 
Newcombe at Spences Bridge on August 19th, 1919. This is the first record of this species in 
British Columbia and is also the first representative of the genus known to occur here. The 
genus Schinia contains a large number of species, most of them small and rather pretty. They 
are particularly abundant in the South-western States. Dr. J. B. Smith (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 
Vol. X., page 229, 1883) made separata a synonym of acutilinea Grt., but more recently it has 
been raised to its former status as a separate species. The ground colour of separata is light 
fawn marked with darker shades of the same colour, with the transverse lines white, narrowly 
edged with black. Acutilinea is a darker insect with the transverse lines more emphasized. 
2018. Oncocnemis hayesi Grt. This is rather a rare insect, as, in fact, are all the species of 
this genus in this Province, with the possible exception of O. chandleri Grt. The localities given 
in “ Dyar’s List” (Bull. 52, U.S.N.M.) are Colorado, California, and British Columbia. As far 
as our records show, Kaslo is the only locality in the Province in which it has been taken. The 
specimen figured was taken by Mr. J. W. Cockle in August, 1918. 

2061. Oncocnemis atrifasciata Morr. This is another new record for British Columbia -and 
was taken by Mr. A. W. Hanham on Mount McLean, near Lillooet, B.C., at an altitude of 4,000 
feet. It is an inhabitant of the Atlantie States, but has been taken in Manitoba and Alberta. 
It differs somewhat from Manitoban specimens in the dark-grey colour of the primaries and in 
the collar being tipped with white. It is also a trifle larger, and when a series can be secured 
it may prove to be a good geographical race. The date of capture was August 20th, 1920. 
2062. Oncocnemis barnesi Smith. This striking species was described from Wyoming in 
Jour. N.Y. Ent. Soc., Vol. VII., page 37. It is exceedingly rare, the specimen figured being taken 
by the late Mr. W. H. Danby at Trail on June 30th, 1900. Mr. Cockle, of Kaslo, has also taken 
a specimen. The primaries are of a beautiful dove-grey, crossed by two distinct black lines, 
the veins on the outer margin being narrowly outlined in black. 

20984. Feralia columbiana. This species was described in Can. Ent., Vol. 35, page 9, Jan., 
1903, from two males, one of which was taken at New Westminster by Dr. Fletcher in 1896. 
It is a most beautiful insect, the ground colour being a bright blue-green with heavy, black 
markings, some of which are edged with white. The specimen illustrated was taken by the 
late Captain R. V. Harvey at Vancouver on April 30th, 1904. It has also been taken sparingly 
at Victoria, Duncan, and Wellington, and recently I have identified a specimen from Mr. Cockle, 
of Kaslo, as this species. 

* Feralia deceptiva McDunnough. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 162, June and July, 
1920, from two males taken at Vancouver by the late Arthur Bush. ‘This is very close to the 
preceding species and is the same in coloration, but the maculation of the primaries is different, 
while the secondaries are darker, being wholly smoky-brown. A reference to the figures will 
Show the differences between the two species. 


R 30 BrrrisH CoLuMBra. ps 1921 


This newly described species has also been taken at Victoria and Duncan, and is probably 
the same insect that was listed in the 1906 B.C. Check-list as Momophana comstocki Grt. 
They are closely related, but the latter is only known from the Atlantic States. 4 

2288. Trachea separans Grt. This is a most remarkable capture, as the only previously 
recorded locality for this species in British Columbia is Windermere, in the foot-hills of the 
Rockies. It was recorded under the name of ferens Sm. by the late Wolley Dod in the Bull. 
B.C. Ent. Soc., April, 1908; ferens has now been made a synonym of separans. The specimen — 
figured was taken by Mr. L. 8. Marmont at Maillardville on July 10th, 1920. 

23594. Hremobia claudens albertina Hamp. In Cont. Lepid. No. Aimer., B. & MeD., Vol. Iie 
No. 1, Piate XIII., Fig. 4, is illustrated a specimen of albertina from Dunean, V.I. In the latter 
part of May, while studying the splendid collection of noctuids belonging to Mr. G. O. Day, of 
Dunean, the writer recognized several specimens of this rather rare noctuid from the aboye- — 
mentioned figure. A day of two later I found two or three more specimens in the collection — 
of Mr. A. W. Hanham, which were taken in the same district. Strange to say, the species ‘| 
turned up in Victoria this season, Mr. W. R. Carter securing a specimen “at sugar” on August — 
21st. The writer also took a specimen in good condition at Goldstream “at light’ on September 
7th, and Mr. H. McKnight, of Goldstream, took another on September 26th, the latter, however, 
being rather worn. 

2458. Acronycta strigulata Sm. This species is a new record for British Columbia and was 
taken by Mr. A. W. A. Phair, of Lillooet, B.C., on July 27th, 1920. It is interesting to note in 
this respect that, while Mr. Phair is an extremely busy man and does. not find much time for 
collecting, he always manages to take each season one or more species new to the Province. 
The specimen is not in the best of condition, but we are glad to figure it as a new record. The 
species was originally described from Colorado (nt. News, Vol. VIII., page 150, 1897). 

2532. Hyppa brunneicrista Sm. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. J. W. Cockle, of 
Kaslo, on June 1st, 1914. We are very glad to have seen this specimen aud to be able to figure 
it, as it has cleared up all doubts as to its presence in British Columbia. 

In the 1906 Check-list both brunneicrista and «ylinoides were listed from Wellington, — 
Vancouver, and Kaslo. In Bull. B.C. Ent. Soc. No. 9, April, 1908, Wolley Dod states: “I believe : 
this record (brunneicrista) to be entirely erroneous. The species I saw rather commonly in 
British Columbia collections under this name is the Pacifie Coast form of xylinoides Grt.” Ina_ 
continuation of the same article (Jbid, No. 10, June, 1908), and under the heading of Hyppa — 
indistincta Sm., he says: “Dr. Dyar records this from Kaslo, but I believe him to be wrong in ~ 
referring brunneicrista Sm. to the synonymy. I have a specimen from Kaslo and took one at 
Laggan last July which agree with the figure and description of indistincta, and are, in my 
opinion, distinct from brunneicrista.” 

Recently Mr. Cockle has sent us specimens of all three species for examination, and while 
indistincta and wylinoides are close to each other, brunncicrista is abundantly distinct from both 
of them. It may be easily separated by the following characters: (a) The pectinations of the 
male antennz are longer than in the other species; (0) the thorax laterally is solid reddish- 
brown; (c) the posterior thoracic tuft is distinctly rusty-brown; (d) a rusty-brown streak in 
the s.t. space near the anal angle. The general appearance of the insect also seems much darker, 


Geometride (Plate II). 


3939. Marmopterye marmorata Pack. Mr. W. B. Anderson was fortunate enough to secure ~ 
several specimens of this fine geometer at Vaseaux Lake, B.C., on May 25th, 1920. They had 
evidently newly emerged and were in perfect condition. A figure of the under-side is given to 
show the beautiful marbled effect on the hind wings. The ground colour is white with reddish- 
brown and dark-brown markings. A reference to this species was made in the Rep. Proy. Mus. 
Nat. Hist., B.C., page 18, 1919. 

3945. Carsia paludata Thun. This species is one of the rarest geometers that we haye and ~ 
is a high-altitude species. ‘The first record that we had of this species was a specimen taken 
by the late Mr. R. V. Harvey on the Hope Mountains on July 19th, 1906. No further record was — 
obtained until last year, when amongst some geometrids sent to the writer for determination by 
Mr. J. W. Cockle, of Kaslo, another specimen of this species was found. Mr. A. W. Hanham, 
while collecting on Mount McLean last August at an altitude of 6,500 feet, captured seyeral 
specimens, one of which we figure. 


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* Lobophora simsata Swett. This new species was described from a long series taken by the 
writer between May 5th and 10th, 1918. During the six years previous to that date the writer 
had only taken odd specimens; i.e., one in 1913, one in 1914, two in 1916, and four in 1917, all 
of which were taken in the suburbs of Victoria. Three of those taken in the latter year were 
brought to me by Mr. A. Robinson, who stated that he had taken them at rest on the side of 
his house. The following spring I asked him to keep a good look-out for them, and one day in 
early May he informed me that there were a number of small moths flying at sundown on a 
yacant lot adjoining his house which appeared to be the species that I wanted. Upon going over 
there the following evening I found to my great delight that this was the case, and, although 
a cool wind was blowing, I managed to net sixteen specimens. The weather conditions were not 

yery favourable during the next few evenings, but with hard work and a great amount of 
. beating nearly forty specimens were taken between us. Owing probably to the extreme wet 
weather, none were seen in 1919. That winter the ground was cleared and ploughed over for 
cultivation and I have not seen a specimen since. : 
. 4326. Drepanulatrix quadraria Grt. This is a new record for British Columbia and was 
taken by Mr. G. O. Day while on a collecting-trip at Lillooet in July, 1919. It was described 
in Can. Ent., Vol. XIV., page 185, 1882, and the localities given for it are California, Colorado, 
and Nevada. The sexes are dissimilar and we have figured a specimen of each, 
* Itame epigenata B. & McD. This species was described from Truckee, Calif., in Cont. Lepid. 
No. Amer., Vol. III., No. 4, page 238, March, 1917. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. A. W. 
Hanham in August last on Mount McLean at an altitude of 6,000 feet and is a new addition 
to our list. 
It also occurs at Kaslo, as the writer has recently seen a specimen taken by Mr. Cockle 
which agrees very well with the Lillooet specimen. This is probably the same species as Dr. Dyar 
records (Lepid. Koot. Dist., 1904) under the name of bitactata Wlk. from Sandon (one) and 
Kaslo (one). The two species are closely allied, but it is more reasonable to suppose that 
epigenata would extend its range northward from California than that bitactata would extend 
westward and cross the Rocky Mountains. 
Cleora satisfacta B. & McD. This is also a new addition to our list, having been described 
) (Cont. Lepid. No. Amer., Vol. III., No. 4, page 244, March, 1917) from a pair taken by Mr. Cockle 
| at Kaslo, B.C. This is a rather rare geometer at Kaslo and very few specimens have been taken 
) until this season, when Mr. Cockle had the good fortune to secure three of them. We are glad 
to be abie to figure this species, as we have previously figured the other two British Columbia 
species of this group; i-e., excelsaria Streck, Rep. Proy. Mus., 1917, Plate II., and albescens Hulst., 
ibid., 1918, Plate IT. 
| Dr. J. H. McDunnough has recently revised the whole of the genus Cleora (Studies in North 
| American Cleorini, Bull. 18 (Tech.), Dept. Agric., Ottawa, No. V., 1920) and has erected many 
: new genera, including Stenoporpia, which receives the three above-mentioned species. 
Metarranthis septentrionaria B. & McD. This species was described in Cont. Lepid. No. 
/ Amer., Vol. IIl., No. 4, page 257, March, 1917, from specimens taken at various points in 
Manitoba. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Lillooet on May 19th, 
1918. It is closely allied to duaria Gue., but is separated from that well-known species by the 
ruddy-brown shading on the median area, which causes the latter to stand out as a dark band. 
There are also differences in the course of the extra and intra-discal lines. 

The genus Gonodontis has been separated into two groups on account of the differences in 

the male genitalia, @uaria and its allies being placed in Warren's genus Metarranthis. 


Microlepidoptera (Plate IT). 


5245. Scoparia torniplagalis Dyar. This rather well-marked scoparid was taken by the 
writer at Goldstream on August 12th. It is a new accession to the list and must be somewhat 
rare, as out of a large number of specimens of this genus taken during the past season only 
three proved to be of this species. 

Carcina quercana Fabr. This is rather a remarkable capture, as it is a new record for 
North America. It is fairly common in some parts of England and has an extended distribution 
throughout Europe, but has never before been recorded from any part of North America. The 
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follows: July 16th (one); July 29th (two); August 4th (one); August 10th (two); and — 
August 12th (one). Strange to relate, six of the seven specimens were taken in my own garden. — 

It is a very pretty moth, the ground colour of the primaries being of a dull pink, with an i 
oblong yellow patch on the costa, and the long fringe of the outer margin is also yellow. It : 
belongs to the family Qicophoride. In a recent letter Mr. A. Busck, of the United States 
National Museum, states that we should find the larva spinning a flat web on the under-side — 
of oak, apple, or willow. 

53847. Crambus bidens Zell. This is an unexpected record, as its habitat is Eastern Canada 
and the New England States. <A nice series of this pretty crambid was taken by Mr. L. E. 
Marmont at Maillardville. It was on the wing from the end of July until the middle of August, 
but was extremely local. It is very closely allied to pascweilus Linn., with which species it is 
liable to be confused. 

7009. Hucosma johnsonana Kearf. This exceedingly pretty species was described in Trans. — 
Am. Ent. Soe., Vol. 33, page 36, Jan., 1907, from five specimens, which included a female from 
Victoria (Rev. G. W. Taylor) and a male from Vancouver Island. According to Mr. Busck this 
species is rather rare in collections. Mr. W. R. Carter, however, secured three nice specimens 
during the past season, the best of which, taken on July 29th, is figured. 

When in good condition it is a very pretty insect, presenting a rosy-pink appearance. The 
upper portion of the primaries are salmon-pink, with the lower half of the basal area a deep 
rose-pink, bordered by a narrow band of blackish scales. 

7010. Eucosma hopkinsana Kearf. This is another of Mr. Carter’s captures and is apparently 
new to British Columbia. It was described (ibid., page 87) from two specimens taken at 
Hoquiam, Wash. Four specimens were taken by Mr. Carter during August, one of which is 
illustrated. The primaries are of a light green, marked with lines and shades of black and 
fuscous. 

7313. Sparganotiis tunicana Wishm. A short series of this pretty brown and yellow tortricid 
was taken by the writer at Victoria and Goldstream during July and August. Mr. Busck considers 
this species to be an extreme variety of the immaculate inconditana Wishm. 'Two specimens of 
the latter were also taken by me at Victoria in July last. . 

*Cacecia hewittana Buseck. This species was described in Can. Ent., Vol. 52, page 125, — 
June and July, 1920, by August Busck from a large series bred from raspberry at Sydney, Nova 
Seotia. It is evidently a general feeder, as the writer bred a long series from larve feeding on — 
apple, pear, cherry, and laurel. The adults began to emerge on July 4th and continued doing 
so until about the 15th. They are very variable in the coloration of the fore wings, the ground 
colour ranging from light ochreous, reddish ochreous, to fawn and dark brown. 

It is rather surprising to see this species here in such numbers and it evidently has a wide 
distribution. Mr. Busck informs me that he also has the species from Toronto. : 

* Tortrix invidana Barnes & Buseck. The writer took several specimens of this new species 
in August and September, one of which proved to be a male. This is the first male recorded, 
the type specimens being all females. The ground colour is sordid white, with grey bands and 
markings edged narrowly with black. It is rather uncommon. ‘i 

* Peronea maximana Barnes & Busck. This is one of the largest of our British Columbia 
tortricids and is rather a handsome moth. Mr. Marmont took a long series at Maillardville from 
the middle of September and extending away on into October. The ground colour varies from 
a very light grey to dark grey, with a series of reddish-brown markings on the costal edge of 
the fore wing. The amount of reddish-brown sealing is also very variable, some of the specimens 
having comparatively little, while others are heavily strigulated. Mr. Marmont’s specimens 
were all taken at rest in a grove of second-growth alders a short distance away from his home, 
and this is probably their food-plant. 


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OBJECTS. 
(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province. 
(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province. 
(c.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences, relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Province, and diffuse knowledge regarding the same. 


- ADMISSION, 


The Provincial Museum is open, free, to the public daily throughout the year from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. (except New Year's Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day); it is also open on Sunday 
afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May 1st until the end of October. 


VISITORS. 


The actual number of visitors whose~names are recorded on the register of the Museum 
is 22.550. This does not include Mr. and Mrs. and very often several members of a family; 
teachers and their classes whose attendance has increased materially during the last year in 
connection with their nature-studies; and it must be understood that these figures do not 
include Asiatics and others. The following figures will give some idea of those who recorded 
their names during the months of: January, 1,245; February, 1,567; March, 1,413; April, 1,221; 
May, 1,604; June, 1,876; July, 4,022; August, 4,614; September, 2,061; October, 1,347; November, 
864; December, 716. 

ACTIVITIES. 

The Public Works Department, having completed the excayation of the basement of the, 
Museum, carried on the work so as to put this portion of the building into shape for exhibition- 
rooms for anthropology. The floors have been cemented throughout, the walls all plastered, 
and windows had to be put in through the basement walls so as to give light and air. The 
Public Works Department also carried on its extensive work in regard to renewing the electric- 
light system and have it divided into sections, so that it is only necessary to use portions of 
the lighting system at times, thus practising economy to a great extent. 

Since the Public Works Department has finished the alterations, the Director is now in a 
position to carry out the long-needed want of arranging the valuable anthropological material 
which has been stored for a number of years. This material has been transferred from the 
temporary building to the basement of the Museum, and is now practically safe from all danger 
of fire. All the anthropological exhibition which is now on the first floor of the Museum will 
be transferred to the basement, so as to arrange all the exhibition of this material according 
to the different tribes of Indians of this Province. The arrangement will be similar to that which 
was carried out in the exhibition on the first floor; that is, according to house and house furniture, 
implements of war and the chase, ete. 

A carpenter has been employed for several months making eases for this material; the staff 
is now busily engaged in arranging the collection for exhibition, and it is hoped to have the 
exhibition halls of anthropology open to the public not later than May Ist. 

The study series of mammals and birds, which were also stored in a temporary building, 
have now been removed to the study-room on the main floor of the Museum and are available 
to those visitors who wish to consult them. ’ 

A List of “ The Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands” has been issued from the 
press and is now available to those students who are interested in botany, and no doubt will be 
quite a help in giving the distribution of the flora of Vancouver Island. We know that this list 
is to a great extent not complete, and hope that it will be the means whereby students will aid 
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some of the most outlying portions of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. In this way we 
will be able to get a more definite distribution of our Coast flora. Persons requiring the list are ~ 
requested to make application to the Provincial Museum for the same. Additions and corrections 
to ‘The Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands ” will be published from time to time 
in the Annual Reports of the Provincial Museum. 


LOAN COLLECTION OF LEPIDOPTERA. 


Mr. Frank Williamson in July, 1921, loaned to the Provincial Museum a wonderful collection 
of tropical Lepidoptera. These represented specimens from India, Australia, Ceylon, South 
America, Africa, Japan, Europe, and other countries. Mr. Williamson has been studying the 
Lepidoptera of the world for a number of years with regard to the similarity of species and 
geographic range, and this was the finest collection of butterflies and moths from different parts 
of the world that has ever been placed on exhibition in British Columbia. There were 196 
specimens all beautifully mounted in Riker mounts, and it filled two large cases on the second 
floor of the Museum. 4 

Although the Provincial Museum is a museum for the exhibition of the flora and fauna of 
British Columbia, when this collection was offered by Mr. Williamson as a loan, the Honourable 
Dr. J. D. MacLean, Provincial Secretary, readily granted permission to have the same put on 
exhibition. They were admired by thousands of visitors, numbers of them making a special visit 
to the Museum to see this wonderful display. Others came and made drawings and paintings 
for their own private collections. These specimens were returned to Mr. Williamson at the end 
of the calendar year. — - 


MAMMALS. 


Mr. BE. W. Nelson, Chief of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D.C., asked that the study series of the chipmunks in the Provincial Museum be 
loaned to their Department, as Mr. A. H. Howell, a specialist, was working on this group. 
Seventy-eight skins from different districts on the Mainland of British Columbia were sent for 
study. The Department at Washington greatly appreciated the loan of these specimens, which 
proved of great ‘service to Mr. Howell in his study of this group. Upon returning the specimens 
he wrote his identification on the labels. 

The following is a list of the species and subspecies determined by Mr. Howell's examination 
of these skins. It is yery much in evidence that intergrading among the species and subspecies 
to a very pronounced extent is taking place throughout the geographic range, as the following 
classification according to the species in the Province will show :— 

Butamias townsendi Bachm. Type locality. mouth of Columbia River. Geographical 
distribution, Coast region of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, from mouth of Columbia 
River northward, east in northern Cascades to head of Lake Chelan. ; 

Butamias amenus felir Rhoads. Type locality, Mount Baker Range, Westminster District, 
British Columbia. Geographical distribution, Mount Baker Range, British Columbia; extent 
unknown. 

Butamias amenus luteiventris Allen. Type locality, Chief Mountain Lake, Montana. 
Geographical distribution, Rocky Mountains in Montana from Helena northward into British 
America. Specimens examined: Okanagan, B.C., 9; Shuswap, B.C., 2; Cranbrook, B.C., 2. 

Butamias amenus affinis Allen. Type locality, Ashcroft, British Columbia. Geographical 
distribution, Interior of British Columbia, east of the Cascade Mountains. Specimens examined: 
Okanagan, B.C., 18; Grande Prairie, B.C., 2; Similkameen, B.C., 9. 

Butamias amenus ludibundus. Specimens examined: Moose Lake, B.C., 4; Lillooet, B.C., 8. 

Butamias amanus afinis x luteiventris. Specimens examined: Okanagan, B.C., 3. 

Eutamias amenus luteiventris x affinis. Specimens examined: Okanagan, B.C., 6. 

Putamias amenus affinis x ludibundus. Specimens examined: Similkameen, B.C., 1. 

Putamias amenus ludibundus x affinis. Specimens examined: Lillooet, B.C., 1. 

Butamias minimus caniceps. Specimens examined: Atlin, B.C., 10. 

Five black skins from near the headwaters of the Stikine River, two of which have Leen 
provisionally identified by Dr, C. Hart-Merriam as melanistic examples of Hutamias borealis 
caniceps in 1909. The other three specimens were sent to the Museum in 1918 by Mr. H. W. Dodd, 
Government Agent at Telegraph Creek. These three chipmunks were taken by an Indian on 
Groundhog Mountain, who states that in this particular locality the chipmunks are all black and 


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- quite plentiful. From this information it is reasonable to think that upon further research a 
_ hew subspecies may be recognized. Much more material, however, and in better condition is 
wanted and very desirable. Dr. Merriam states they have in the collection at Washington one 
similar specimen from Lake Bennet. 
From time to time numerous reports have reached this Department of chipmunks having 
been seen in various localities on Vancouver Island, but upon close investigation we have been 
: unable to substantiate any proof of their occurrence, and I very much doubt if chipmunks were 
ever native inhabitants of Vancouver Island, although some time about the year 1898 Mr. Albert 
__ H. Maynard, of Victoria, B.C., collected two chipmunks on the beach at Esquimalt. These skins, 
I understand from Mr. Maynard, were given to the late John Fannin, who was Director of tuis 
_ Museum at that time, but I cannot find any record of these skins in this Department; presumably 
_ they must have been sent to some authority for verification and not returned. Until such time 
_ as these skins can be located and their identity established, we cannot include them in the local 
fauna of Vancouver Island. It is possible that these two chipmunks which Mr. Maynard mentions 
. may have been two animals that had been in captivity and liberated. (IF. K.) 
. With further reference to the Notes on Mammals on page 10, Proy. Mus. Rep. 1920, “ Notes 
on the Occurrence of a Humpbacked Whale having Hind Legs,’ a description of this was 
published by Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews in the American Museum Novitates No. 9, and is 
herewith copied, giving further descriptions and conclusions in regard to this remarkable case 
) of external hind limbs in a humpbacked whale. 
) This is printed with the object that through our Annual Report it may become known to 
local residents who may be interested in this extraordinary find at Kyuquot Station. 
) It appears to have made quite a stir with a number of scientists, and the Director is in 
receipt of correspondence from Dr. Othenis Abel, Professor de Palaeontologie an der Wiener 
. Universitat, who has published several pamphlets on whales and who wishes further information, 
: if possible, concerning this remarkable find. 


A REMARKABLE CASE OF EXTERNAL HIND LIMBS IN A HUMPBACK WHALE. 


By Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS. 


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} In July, 1919, a female humpback whale (Megaptera nodosa) with two remarkable protru- 
sions on the ventral side of the body, posteriorly, was captured by a shi» 2peratizg from the 
whaling-station at Kyuquot, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. 

One of the protrusions was cut off by the crew of the vessel, but the other was photographed 
in situ by the superintendent of the station. Mr. Sidney Ruck and Mr. Lawson, officials of the 
Consolidated Whaling Company, appreciated the importance of the discovery and presented the 
skeletal remains of the attachment to the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. 

At my request, Mr. Francis Kermode, Director of the Provincial Museum, very courteously 
submitted the bones to me with permission to publish upon the result of my examination, 

Under date of March 4th, 1920, Mr. Ruck writes to Mr. Kermode as follows :— 

“T enclose herewith three photographs showing the unusual development of the pelvie 
rudiments in a whale eaptured at the Kyuquot Station last July, of which you have the boues. 
It is to be regretted that better pictures in evidence of this unprecedented development were 
not obtained. : 

“T have been connected with the whaling industry for twenty-two years and during my 
time have come in contact with prominent naturalists, such as Professor True, of the Smithsonian 
Institute; Professor Lucas, of the Natural History Museum, Brooklyn;* and Professor Andrews, 
of the Natural History Museum, New York, and neither in their experience or mine have the 
protrusion of the pelvic bones beyond the body ever been seen or heard of. 

“This particular whale was a female humpback of the average length, with elementary legs 
protruding from the body about 4 feet 2 inches, covered with blubber about 4% inch thick. 

“As shown in the best photograph, these legs protruded on either side of the genital opening; 
the left leg was cut off by the crew of the vessel and lost, and the point at which it was cut off 
is clearly shown iu the photograph. The end of the leg seen in the picture terminated in a kind 
of round knob like a man’s clenched fist. 

“The two bones of the leg which you have are connected by cartilage, which I was informed 
had shrunk about 10 inches, and possibly more by this time. At any rate, the total length of the 


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leg before it was cleaned of the blubber and flesh was, as before stated, about 4 feet 2 inches 
from the body.” 

_ After studying the material and discussing it with various scientists, IT haye come to the 
conclusion that the protrusions actually do represent vestigal hind limbs and show a remarkable 
reversion to the primitive quadripedal condition. 

IT am well aware that zoologists are inclined to accept reported instances of reversion with 
extreme reluctance, and that at first sight the tendency will be to consider this a teratological 
ease of no reversionary significance, but the evidence is so strong that I cannot interpret it 
that way. 

Mr. Ruck reports that the total length of the leg ‘“‘ before it was cleaned of the blubber and 
flesh”? was about 4 feet 2 imches. The skeletal remains in my possession consist of two bones 
and two heavy eartilages. When placed in position as in Fig. 2, the total length is 31 inches. 

Femur.—The larger bone is deeply concave proximally and to it is attached a massive 
cartilage (Fig. 8) which in its present shrunken condition is 514 inches in length and 1% inches 
wide. I estimate that this cartilage was at least 15 inches long and 3 inches wide when fresh. 
I believe that this cartilage represents the femur. It probably lay entirely within the body, its 
proximal end being attached to the pelvic vestiges. Such a massive cartilage must necessarily 
have had a firm support and leads me to believe that the pelvic elements in this individual 
were of extraordinary size. The pelvic bones as usually present in the Megaptera are slender 
ossifieations about 6 or § inches in length and would not furnish a firm enough base for the 
attachment of a cartilage which in its fresh condition was as large as a man’s wrist. 

Since the photograph of the limbs in sitw shows that they were directly below the usual 
location of the pelvie vestiges, and since there are no other “ floating” bones near this region, 
the conclusion that they were attached to the pelvic elements is entirely justifiable. 

Tibia.—The larger of the two bones I identify as the tibia (Fig. 3). It is 14% inches in 
greatest length, is well developed, and has a hard smooth outer surface. At the proximal end 
its greatest width is 3% inches, it narrows gradually for three-fourths of its length, and then 
suddenly expands at the distal extremity, where it is 2% inches wide. 

Tarsus.—The distal end of the tibia is convex and gives attachment to a cartilage which in 
its shrunken state is 4% inches long and 1% inches wide (Fig. 4). This cartilage, I believe, 
represents the tarsus. That it presents no ossifications is by no means surprising, as the carpal 
vones in the fore limbs of cetaceans are sometimes entirely absent and often in a more or less 
rudimentary condition. Mr. Ruck says: ‘The two bones of the leg which you have are con- 
nected by cartilage which I was informed had shrunk about 10 inches and possibly more by 
this time.” This would give the tarsal cartilage a length of nearly 15 inches. . 

Metatarsal.—The distal element in the leg is a hard, well-developed bone which I identify 
as a metatarsal (Fig. 4). It has the characteristic shape of the metacarpals in the fore limbs 
of cetaceans, except that it is more slender. It is 64% inches long, 1% inches wide proximally, 
and 1% inches in distal width; its least width is ”/,, inch. To the distal end of the metatarsal 
is attached a heavy cartilage, of which only % inch remains intact. This cartilage probably 
formed the extremity of the limb skeleton. 

External Appearance of the Limb.—In reference to the limb as it appeared in the fresh 
condition, Mr. Ruck says that the end terminated in a “ kind of round knob like a man’s clenched 
fist,’ that the total length was about 4 feet 2 inches, and that it was covered with blubber about 
VY% inch thick. I infer from Mr. Ruck’s description that the connective tissue and blubber were 
essentially the same as in the flipper, or fore limb, of cetaceans. The photograph of the limb 
in situ (Fig. 1) shows that there are two prominent, truncated tuberosities on the distal half. 
The proximal “bunch” evidently indicates the distal end of the tibia and the other is at the 
extremity of the metatarsal. These tuberosities may very properly be homologized with those 
on the outer, or anterior, edge of the flipper in the Megaptera, which indicate the extremities of 
the radius and the second digit. This is, I believe, a point which has considerable significance. 

Since the stalk-iike cartilaginous femur probably lay entirely within the body and the 
remainder of the limb entirely outside, there was undoubtedly a certain flexibility at the point 
of junction with the body. 

In a paper entitled “ Untersuchungen an walen,”’* Professor W. Ktikenthal has described 
external rudimentary hind limbs in three early embryos of Megaptera. These appear as two 


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more or less caudally directed papille on either side of the genital organ in the same relative 
position as the hind limbs which I have described in this paper. In Kiikenthal’s Stage I. (an 
embryo 82 mm. in length) the rudiments are best developed and are 1.2 mm. long. In Stage II. 
(an embryo 28 mm. long) the rudiments are somewhat less distinct, reaching a length of 0.8 mm. 
In Stage III. (an embryo 380 mm. long) the hind-limb rudiments have still more decreased in 
size and appear as minute papille. 

Kiikenthal has also discovered hind-limb rudiments in embryos of Phocena communis and 
P. dalli, and Guldberg has recorded them in embryos of Lugenorhynchus aculus and Phocwna 
communis. 

Kiikenthal states that the hind-limb rudiments are found in later embryonie stages of the 
Mystacoceti than in the Odontoceti, and concludes that in the evolution of cetaceans the hind 
limbs lost their functional character in the Odontoceti earlier than in the Mystacoceti. 

Since Kiikenthal’s and Giuldberg’s researches have shown that external hind-limb rudiments 
are still present in some cases in embryonic life, it is by no means impossible that these vestigial 
organs should continue their growth and persist until the adult stage. I believe that that is 
exactly what has occurred in the specimen which I have described above, and that we are 
confronted with a clear case of partial reversion to a primitive quadripedal condition. 

The limbs, according to the statements of the whalers, were symmetrical; they are in the 
exact position in which the hind-limb rudiments have been found in embryonic Megaptera; there 
are strong indications that the cartilaginous femur was attached to the pelvic elements; they . 
are homologous in many respects to the flippers, or fore limbs, and were this a teratological 
ease it is doubtful if these homologies would exist. 

Unwilling as are many evolutionists to accept reported cases of reversion, I can see uo 
other explanation for the facts presented here. That this condition is extremely rare must 
certainly be true, for, so far as I am aware, this is the only recorded case among cetaceans. 
The presence of rudimentary hind limbs would almost certainly attract the attention of whalers 
under any condition and eventually be reported to a scientific institution: as was done in the 
case under consideration. Although hundreds of thousands of whales have been killed, especially 
in the last fifty years since the beginning of shore-whaling, no other instance has been reported. 
We are greatly indebted to Mr. Ruck and Mr. Lawson for their quick appreciation of the 
importance of their discovery, and I wish again to express my thanks to Mr. Kermode for 
giving me the privilege of describing it. 


ORNITHOLOGY. 


While no field-work has been done by the Department in the branch of ornithology, several 
persons who are very much interested in bird-life of this Province have made presentations of 
specimens to the Museum. One of the most rare specimens taken was presented by Mr. J. G. 
French, of Sooke, a white-winged dove (Melopelia asiatica), A.O.U. No. 819. This is the farthest 
northern record of this dove. The range of this bird in Lower California, Southern Arizona, 
Texas, Florida, south to Cuba, Jamaica, and Costa Rica. Accidental in Washington, one specimen 
being taken by Mr. J. H. Bowles, of Tacoma, November 7th, 1907. Concerning the specimen 
collected by Mr. J. G. French at Sherringham Point, Renfrew District, Vancouver Island, in 
July, 1918, he informs me that there were two of the birds together on that occasion, and 
without doubt this is now the most northerly record for this accidental visitor. 

Other birds and specimens collected by several persons and presented to the Museum are 
herewith listed below. 

ACCESSIONS. 

Black Merlin (Falco columbarius suckleyi). Presented by Mr. W. Long, Mount Douglas, 
Victoria, B.C., January 18th, 1921. 

Killdeer Plover (A@gialitis vocifera). Two specimens presented by Mr. Arthur Trill, 
Errington, B.C., April 19th, 1921. 

North-western Red-wing (Agelaius phaeniceus caurinus). Presented by Mr. Arthur Trill, 
Errington, B.C., April 19th, 1921. 

North-western Red-wing (Agelaius phaniceus caurinus). Presented by Mr. H. Rawlings, 
Parksville, B.C., April 19th, 1921. 

Killdeer Plover (4%giulitis vocifera). Presented by Mr. H. Rawlings, Parksville, B.C., 
April 19th, 1921. 


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Red-backed Rufous Hummingbird (Sclasphorus rufus). Presented by Lizzie and John 
Dool, Ladysmith, B.C., April 22nd, 1921. 

Bonaparte’s Gull (Lorus philadclphia). Two specimens presented by Miss Doreen Dodd, 
Telegraph Creek, B.C., June Sth, 1921. 

Black-headed Grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala). Presented by Mr. H. Rawlings, 
Parksville, B.C., June 18th, 1921. 

Black-headed Grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala). Presented by Mr. Arthur Trill, 
Drrington, B.C., June 20th, 1921. 

Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii). Two specimens presented by Mr. R. Gidley, Victoria, 
B.C., July Sth, 1921. ‘ 

Western Robin (albino) ((lerula migratoria propingua). Presented by Mr. G. H. Cavin, 
Cedar, B.C., November 11th, 1921. 

Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea) killed at Victoria, B.C. Two specimens presented by Provincial 
Police Department. 

White-winged Crossbill (Loria lewcoptera). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, 
B.C., January 6th, 1922. 

Lumpfish (Humicrotremus orbis). Presented by Mr. Theodore Sebring, Victoria, B.C., April 
ast, 1921. 

Broad-finned Cod (Zaniolepis latipinnis) caught near Crofton, B.C. Presented by Mr. H. F. 
Prevost, Dunean, B.C., June 20th, 1921. 

Crab (Phyllolithodes pupillosus). Presented by Mr. A. MeMurtrie, Ladysmith, B.C., 
September, 1921. : 

Chiton (Cryptochiton Stelleri). Presented by Mr. John Ead, Fanny Bay, B.C., October 
ord, 1921. 

Blue-tailed Lizard (Humeces shkiltonianus) found at North Shore, Kootenay Lake, September, 
1921. Presented by Master J. G. H. Dicken Spurway. ; 

Blue-tailed Lizard (Humeces shillonianus) found at Edgewood, B.C. Presented by Mr. C. 
P. Coates, October, 1921. 

Indian arrow-points presented by Mr. O. H. Brown, Victoria, B.C. 2 

Indian spear-point and chisel presented by Mr. Joseph Tracey, Gordon Head, B.C. 

Fossil shell presented by Mr. Nelson Smith, Nanaimo, B.C., August 1st, 1921. 

Fossil shells and leaf presented by Mr. Pete Pasqual, Nanainfo, B.C., February 28th, 1921. 

Black Bear skull found at Namu, B.C. Presented by Mr. W. A. Newcombe, September, 
1921. 

Marten-skin presented by Mr. J. W. Cockle, Kaslo, B.C., April 7th, 1921. 

Black Squirrel skin presented by Mr. Carl Wihksne, South Fork, Bridge River, Lilloet, B.C., 
June 10th, 1921. This mammal is a melanistic form of the Red Squirrel (Sciurus hudsonicus). 

Black-tailed Deer (albino) (Odocoileus columbianus columbianus) killed at Chilliwack by 
E. S. Thornton, November 16th, 1921. 

Collection of Scirus, Hvotomys, and Peromyscus, collected at Bella Coola and presented by 
Mr. Harlan Smith, July 380th, 1921. 

Entomological collection presented by Mr. Bryant, Ladysmith, B.C. 

Collections of plants presented by several persons, of which further mention is made in 
the Botanical section. 

PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 


(Alphabetically arranged.) 


Art Institute Of Chicago; LIMOS frais. <:cctasesclavae cle witustereteenals et vetelonatenertet aes 1 
Art, Historical and Scientific Journal, Vancouver, B:C.........0. eee eee 1 
Archeological Society of Ontario; Moronto, Ont. 25. faeeev «+ tor eell elie = 1 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Flawaii ...................... 12 
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. ................0-.-- oe, 1 
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol. England ..................0. il 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and! Sciences,. Brooklyn, N.Y. si... 2% ooo iicie crane 1 
California Academy of Sciences, San I'ranciseco, Cal. ................6205% 13 
California” University, Berkeley, Gall. crerepctere =o os eects ote eietere ntmioters eaete ene tetae 6 


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a Provincial. Museum Reporv. M 13 
PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS—Continued. 

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Cardiff Museum, Cardiff, Wales .......... BA iss rete ae attain cee oe 1 
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CO RAIOREO ARSE UMA, OUATIGRTOM MeN Ch) cy <.ere «ain sleaidhsiare wlccie «ces cracete « staserasre a 2 
Gividrents Museum ot Boston, GOStO0) Mass. 6.2 ccd. cee ccm ercwnies ap cee 1 
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Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, Col. ..................20. 1 
MOTUS GMITVET SEY, LEACH: Ne kewter sere co.cc 10 aye curve cise als. s s:2- Cele + cnslele. « mrstecare 6 
3 Dominion Government Publications, Ottawa ............ccccecccscccrcccs 51 
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Caoyeetenoanitim, rarer WMrGRSity \.\.'evalsne « stewasslac vase veniselecileateu 5 
Illinois State Natural History Survey, Urbana, Ill. ................0ccees 5 
Instituto General y Tecnico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain ................ 1 
EIA COLELAT MAD Ey. CHICA Shameless eeciels, cic. ic esd otis eye. «0 vb music clans are 1 
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Manchester Museum, Manchester, England .................ceccsceecccse 1 
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MUMMCKOLMeIMIVELSEY, MiNierameetatsie sie afe's's .cctaleitar are chic 'sis aecelele lc. c vvoR ats a 
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NAOH AE MENSeUM, SmI AC el DHiaem eae verecie oileiseriscica rig» o,2'<pe bclelaie opieisie «ce 1 
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INE DETAR CAILY CL SLUM, “Ls COlN MINED Sin Gaile aieler oils, tae « slevsvoutoe siolthets via « wiloals 2 
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PEM ve aLINe UI, sO; MASS prerelease ctcisc's cleitiass octuaic iter ase icveye ie Stcressl anche 1 
Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ...................- 22 
Pennnvivemia MAUSeliN andl WMIVERSity. . «icc ceidevcclie celde.c <c.csslec ce wales 7 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Pa. ..........-.0.0eceeeceeee 2 
Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence, Rel. o..c.cc.cae cscs cee sceenes we 

Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland ............-..0..ececccece 
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Sratctatsiinduinsticate, New. brighton, Nu ossctee sete. c tees. taecesaes 3 
Suiue raven Se UNI rATISUDLIA igen otic ds ce, sGiS eI ee ook Se pee 9 
United States Departinent of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. .............. 6 
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. .2..,..ccccedeccc-secccecctcauce 4 
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa. ...................0. 2 
PAGO PUES OCIOUY, INGW MOPK INoM., . otoicls's cous, fenctolciteys sinive ace Be oe thone tenn ae 2 
Zuo rice SUCIGLY Te HUAGSID MIA, Pac i. ciereeuneleis tow a cece aici «clio sete 1 
2060 

; BOTANY. jl 


By W. R. Carter. 

Considerable activity has been prevalent among collectors in several portions of the Province, 
and from these sources much desirable material has been added to the collection in the Herbarium 
of the Provincial Museum. 

Our gratitude must be extended to the following gentlemen for their kindness in contributing 
a large amount of material which not only has added to the collection, but has increased 
our knowledge of the distribution of a number of plants, or, in other words, their known range 
has been extended: Dr. C. F. Newcombe; Mr. W. B. Anderson; Mr. W. A. Newcombe: Professor 
J. 1. Henry; Mr. T. P. Mackenzie and Mr. G. V. Copley, of the Grazing Commission; Mr. J. R. 
Anderson; Mr. A. R. Sherwood; Mr. Dennis Ashby; and Dr. M. O. Malte. 

Mr. E. B. Webster, of Port Angeles, Washington, very kindly donated specimens of Senecio 
Websteri n. sp., a rare plant which he collected on the talus-slopes of Mount Angeles, Clallam 


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County, Washington. These specimens are very desirable, as there is a possibility that this and 
some of the other plants at present only known to the Olympic Range may eventually be found 
on some of the higher mountains on the west coast of Vancouver Island. 

Mr. George Fraser, of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, presented a number of specimens of 
hybridization, chiefly among Rubus, upon which he has been working since 1912, in order to 
find out if he could throw any light on the parentage of the loganberry. He is to be congratulated 
for his marked strides of success in producing many interesting variations between well-known 
cultivated varieties and our native species, which should proye of much scientific value to 
horticulturists ; the following list represents the results of his research :— 

English raspberry x Rubus nuthanius. 

Rubus nutkanus x English raspberry. 

English raspberry x Rubus spectabilis 

English raspberry x Rubus leucodermis. 

Rubus macropetalus x English raspberry. 

Rubus macropetalus x Mongrel raspberry. the result of crossing Rubus spectabilis with 
raspberry. 

Rubus macropetalus x Wrie blackberry (Rubus canadensis). 

Rubus macropetalus x Lucretia dewberry (eubus villirus yar.). 

Rubus macropetalus x Loganberry. 

Upright seedling from Rubus macropetalus x Loganberry. 

Loganberry x English raspberry (infertile). 

Loganberry x Rubus nutkanus (fertile). 

Loganberry x Rubus nutkanus (infertile). 

Loganberry x Rubus spectabilis (fertile). 

Loganberry x Rubus laciniatus (infertile). 

In the above list Mr. Fraser states the first named is the seed parent. 

Another consignment of hybridization received from Mr. Fraser included the following 
plants :-— 

Rubus parviflorus x R. odoratus. 

Fruit and foliage of Rubus wrsinus x Loganberry. 

Fruit of Pyrus diversifolia x cultivated variety of P. malus. 
Myosotis lara x Myosotis palustris semperjiorens. P 
Lonicera Perclymeum x Lonicera ciliosa (fertile). 

Knight’s hybrid ribes. 

Campanula rotundifolia var. 

Aster? 

Mr. Fraser states the following plants, of which he also very kindly donated specimens, 
with the exception of Vaccinium macrocarpum Ait., have established themselves by seeding 
unassisted on ground which has been cleared and burned but never has been cultivated :— 


Rhododendron ponticum. Brica vagans. z 
Calluna vulgaris. Brica vagans var. alba. 

Calluna vulgaris alporti. Spirea Bumalda. 

Calluna vulgaris alba. Pernethya mucronata. 

Dabéecia polifolia. Vaccinium macrocarpum, 


Daboecia polifolia alba. 
It will be interesting to note whether any of these plants later become distributed and 


established throughout the Ucluelet District. 

There has been an increase in the number of visitors seeking information about our native 
flora, and a large increase over previous years in the quantity of plants sent in for identification, 
Mr. T. P. Mackenzie and Mr. G. V. Copley, of the Grazing Commission, sending in approximately 
300 specimens, many of them plants from the dry interior of the Province, and wherever possible 
duplicate specimens have been donated for the Herbarium collection. 

Among these plants, the following are of special interest :— 


Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. Panicum capillare L. 
Bromus Porteri (Coult.) Nash. Poa brachyglossa Piper. 
Danthonia intermedia Vasey. Poa nervosa (Hook.) Vasey. 


Elymus dasystachys Trin. Poa Sandbergii Vasey. 


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Sporobolus asperifolius Thurber. Monolepis Nuttalliana (Schultes) Engelm. 
Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. Salicornia europoea L. 
Carex? atrata VL. var. ovata Boot. Suada depressa (Pursh.) Wats. 
Carex sychnocephala Carey. Amaranthus paniculatus I. 
Juncus Mertensianus Bong. Silene Douglasii Hook. var. multicaulis Rob. 
Luzula spicata (L.) DC. Sisymbrium canescens Nutt. 
Briogonum niveum Doug. Asclepias speciosa Torr. 
Polygonum acre leptostachyum Meisn. Mertensia paniculata Don. 
Polygonum Douglasii Greene var. montanum Salvia pratensis L. 
Small. Chenactis Douglasii TI. & A. 
Atriplex argentea Nutt. Iva ranthiifolia Nutt. 


Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson, as is his usual custom, brought in a number of plants collected over a 
large portion of the Province, including Prince Rupert, Anahim, and Fort George in the north, 
the Columbia River Valley in the east, Southern Okanagan to the south, Chilliwack and Lytton 
to the west, besides a small series from Vancouver Island. 

Specimens mounted and placed in the collection include :— 


Sisyrinchium Macounii Bickn. Mimulus peduncularis Dougl. 
Urtica wrens L. Pentstemon Richardsonii Doug. 
Silene Douglasii Hook. var. Macounii Rob. Cynoglossum? grande Doug). 

; Arubis? Macounii S. Wats. Antennaria? aprica Greene. 

q Sisymbrium linifolium Nutt. Anthemis tinetoria I. 
Thelypodium laciniatum Wndl. Crepis occidentalis Nutt. 
Savifraga nivalis lL. Gnaphalium Macounii Greene. 

/ Astragalus Purshii Doug. Helianthus Nuttallii T. & G. 
Geranium Robertianum L. 

Besides these, there are a number of Compositie as yet undetermined. 

1 The following additions to the IIerbarium are also recorded :— 


Aristida purpurea Nutt; Hemicarpha avristulata (Coville) Smyth. Presented by Dr. M. 
) O. Malte. 

. Orthocarpus purpurascens Benth. Presented by Dr. C. IF. Newcombe. 

Phyllospadiz Scouleri Hook.; Cakile edulenta Tlook. Presented by Mr. W. A. Newcombe. 
Collected on the west coast of Calvert Island, extending their previously known range. 
Portulaca oleracea I. Vresented by Mr. A. R. Sherwood. ‘This plant appears to be spread- 
) _ ing in the vicinity of Victoria and may become a troublesome weed. 

, An Epipactes as yet unidentified, presented by Mr. W. Burton. 

Tris (introduced), not yet identified; Lupinus micranthus Dougl., a pink flowering form; 
Plantago lanceolata L., an uncommon form. Presented by Professor J. K. Henry. 

Poa bulbosa L.; Luphorbia glyptosperma Engelin.; Zizia cordifolia (Walt.) DC. Presented 
by Mr. W. R. Carter. 

Allium sp. Moly lL. This Allium with its handsome yellow flowers and strong scent has 
escaped from cultivation and is now spreading and growing in a wild state in portions of the 
Cowichan District. Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby. 

The following are additions to our Canadian and Provincial flora :— 

Caphalanthera oregana Reich. A single specimen collected and retained by Mr. R. Glen- 
denning at Agassiz, July, 1918, and identified by Professor C. VY. Piper, of Washington, D.C. 
New to Canada. 

Hemicarpha aristulata (Coville) Smith. Collected at Cadboro Bay, V.1., July 7th, 1921, by 
Dr. M. O. Malte. New to Canada. : 

Silene Douglasii Hook. var. Macounii Rob. Collected at Comox, V.L., by Mr. W. B. Anderson. 
New to Vancouver Island. 

Poa bulbosa L. Collected Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C., May 17th, 1921, and identified 
by Mrs. Agnes Chase, Washington, D.C. ° 

Buphorbia glyptosperma Wngelm. Vitzgerald, V.I., August 7th, 1921; Zizia cordifolia 
(Walt.) DC., Fitzgerald, V.1., July 31st, 1921. Collected by Mr. W. R. Carter. New to Vancouver 
island. 


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Other plants identified included a mounted series of over 100 species from South Park 
School. These specimens, while not of full herbarium size, were exceedingly well prepared and 
reflect great credit on those pupils and teachers responsible for the work. <A large series of 
unmounted plants were identified for Happy Valley, Kingston Street, and other schools. 

Again this past season Miss M. Lawson, of the Colonist staff, undertook, for the benefit of — 
the children, the task of editing a Flower Calendar in the Sunday edition of the Daily Colonist 
of plants collected by children from yarious schools and districts. A large number of plants — 
were identified weekly, and a marked improvement in the condition of specimens sent in was 
noticeable over last year, especially among a few of those who were consistent in sending a 
series in every week. 

Mrs. Agnes Chase, Acting Systematic Agrostologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United 
States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., very kindly examined and determined our 
collection of grasses, which is now revised under present nomenclature. This revision has 
added several species to the list of Vancouver Island flora, { 

In the latter part of the summer a ‘* Preliminary Catalogue of the Flora of Vancouver and 
Queen Charlotte Islands” was received from the hands of the printers, and copies have been 
distributed to most of the scientific institutes and colleges in America and other countries, and 
up to the present time we have received numerous applications for copies from teachers and 
others interested in botany, residing in many portions of this Province. 

“The following list of plants are supplementary additions to “ The Flora of Vancouver and 
Queen Charlotte Islands, 1921” (introduced plants being printed in italics in eonformity with — 
the printing of the Check-list) :— 

Lycopodium annotinum lL. Mountains, V.1. 

Potamogeton amplifolius Tuckerm. Henry’s “Flora of Southern British Columbia.” 

Agrostis hyemalis var. geminata (Trin.) Hitche. Mount Arrowsmith, V.I. 

Agrostis idahoénsis Nash. Victoria, Maccun. - ’ 

Agrostis palustris Hitche. Sidney, V.L., Macoun. 

Danthonia Macounii Hitche. Macoun, No. 78823. Mount Benson, V.I. 

Elymus arenarius compositus (Abromsit) St. John. Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, J. R. 
Anderson. 

Glyceria scabra Malte sp noy. Macoun’s List. 1918. 

Pucinellia nutkeensis (Presl.) Fern & Weath. Sidney, V.I., Macoun. 

Pucinellia nuttalliana (Schult.) Hitche. Nanaimo, V.I., Macoun. Ss 

Poa bulbosa L. Beacon Hil! Park, Victoria, W. R. Carter. 

Stipa minor (Vasey) Seribn. Macoun’s List, 1918. 

Carex sterilis cephalentha Bailey. Port Renfrew, Rosendahl. 

Juneus columbianus Coyvilie. Macoun’s List, 1918. 

Hemicarpha aristulata (Coville) Smyth. Cadboro Bay, V.I., Malte. 

Polygonum erectum L. Macoun’s List, 1918. 

Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. Macoun’s List, 1918. 

Sagina saginoides (L.) Brit. Nanaimo, Hardy Bay,, V.1. 

Silene Douglasii var. Macounii Rob. Comox, V.I., W. B. Anderson. s 

Lepidium oxycarpum T. & G. Cadboro Bay, V.1., Macoun. 

Lathyrus nevadensis 8S. Wats. Cowichan Lake, Y.L., J. R. Anderson. 

Buphorbia glyptosperma Wugelm. Vitzgerald, V.1., W. R. Carter. 

Callitriche palustris L. Port Renfrew, V.I., Rosendahl. 

Zizia cordata (Walt.) DC. Fitzgerald, V.I., W. R. Carter. 

Plagiobothrys tenellus Gray. Generally distributed, southern end of Vancouver Island. 

Castilleja acuminata (Pursh.) Spreng. Port Renfrew, V.1., Rosendahl. 

Orthocarpus purpurascens Benth. Mount Finlayson, V.L, Dr. C. F. Newcombe. 

Galium cymosum Wiegand. Tlenderson Lake, V.I., W. A. Newcombe. Cowichan Lake, Thetis 
Lake. 

Centaurea vo-chinensis Bernh. Victoria, V.I., J. R. Anderson. ats 

Cotula australis Took. Nanaimo, V.I., Macoun. 

Solidago caurina Piper. Prospect Lake, Y.I., J. R. Anderson. 

Solidago lanceolata L. Ucluelet, V.1., Macoun. 


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ENTOMOLOGY. 
By Ic. HW. Brackwore, F.E.S. 


Collecting during the past season has not been at all good, although, taken on the whole, 
it has been somewhat better than the three preceding years. 

We had an exceedingly wet winter, which continued, with the exception of a few short dry 
spells, until late in the spring. Reports from various parts of the Province all speak of poor 

collecting weather. However, a number of rare and uncommon species were obtained by 
various collectors, which will be noted under their respective localities. 

Early in the year Mr. Theodere Bryant, of Ladysmith, offered to donate to the Provincial 
Museum a large number of his duplicate Lepidoptera. Arrangements were made whereby the 
writer was enabled to visit Mr. Bryant in the latter part of May and thereby enabled to select 
the most desirable of the material offered. In addition, Mr. Bryant kindly loaned the writer 
his entire collection of Microlepidoptera to work over during the winter months. We are 
especially glad to have the use of this collection, as it contains most of the identical specimens 
recorded from Wellington in the 1906 Check-list of British Columbia Lepidoptera; as was 
mentioned in last year’s Museum report, page 23, the large majority of species listed in this 
group were either from Mr. Cockle, of Kaslo (168), or Mr. Bryant, of Wellington (94). I hope 
to start work on this collection early in the New Year, as the greater number are simply pinned 
and need relaxing and mounting. Many of the species are erroneously named and many need 
verification. 

Mr. A. W. Hanham, of Duncan, B.C., has also generously placed at my disposal a large 
number of unidentified specimens in this group. 

The European satin-moth (Stilpnotis salicis Linn.) has spread rather rapidly and has been 
reported from several localities other than New Westminster, where it was first noticed. It 
was found in Vancouver occupying an area several blocks square. Mr. L. E. Marmont, of 
Maillardville, reported a heavy infestation in his district, and it has also been found at 
Cowichan Bay, on Vancouver Island. I have recently identified specimens of this species for 
Mr. J. F. Clarke, who took them at Bellingham, Wash. It is to be regretted that it is spreading 
so rapidly, as it is likely to become a serious pest to our native poplars. 


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Owing to the strike in the printing trade in Eastern Canada early in the spring a number 
of entomological magazines were held up, with the result that even now many of them are from 
two to three months behind in their issues. Consequently, we can only list those species the 
descriptions of which have appeared up to the time of writing this article (December 31st). 
Any species that may be described in the belated issues will be included in next year’s 
Proyincial Museum Report. Up to date there have been forty-five insects from British Columbia 
described as new to science during the present year. ‘They include eight species of Lepidoptera, 
one species of Hymenoptera (parasitic), thirty-two species of Diptera, and four species of 
- Hemiptera. 

LEPIDOPTERA. 


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Of the eight species of Lepidoptera, one belongs to the Lycaenidie, one to the Noctuids, one 
to the Lymantriid, four to the Pyralids, and one to the Pterophoridw. They are as follows :— 


Lycaenidae (Vhecline). 


Strymon melinus race atrofasciata McDunnough. Described in the Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 
47, Feb., 1921, from specimens taken at Wellington, B.C. (Taylor) ; Duncan, B.C. (Livingstone) ; 
Royal Oak, B.C. (Treherne); and Victoria, B.C. (Cameron). The above race differs from 
typical melinus in its deep steely-grey ground colour and the heavy black spotting on the under- 
side. The lack of orange margin to spots alluded to in the description is not a constant character, 
as out of a long series in my own collection there are several which have the orange margins 
strongly pronounced. Dr. MeDunnough was of the opinion that this race was confined to 
Vancouver Island, but I have specimens from many points on the Mainland which are typical 
of this new race, and it can safely be assumed that atrofasciata occurs throughout the whole of 
Southern British Columbia. It is double-brooded, occurring in May and again in July. 


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Noctuidae. 


Anomogyna partita McDunnough. Described in the Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 179, Aug., 1921, — 
from five specimens. The type taken at Banff, Alta. (Wallis) ; two paratypes from Kaslo, B.C. 
(Cockle) ; and two paratypes from Nordegg, Alta. (McDunnough). 

Lymantriida. 


THemerocampa pseudotsugata McDunnough. Described in the Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 53, 
March, 1921. This is the tussock-moth which I had previously determined (vide Rep. Prov. 
Mus., 1918, page 12) as Hemerocampa vetusta gulosa Hy. Edw. It was originally discovered 
by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Chase, B.C., who found it doing considerable damage to Douglas 
fir. Upon the receipt of a number of egg-masses from Mr. Anderson in the spring of 1920, 
Dr. McDunnough was enabled to breed it from the egg to the adult. From his observations 
on the laryal stages he came to the conclusion that the species was distinct and undescribed. 


Pyralide (Scopariine). 


Scoparia basalis race pacificalis Dyar. Described in Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. IX., page 66, 
April-June, 1921, from four specimens taken at Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore) ; Mount Newton, 
near Saanichton, B.C. (Blackmore); and Grayland, Wash. 

Scoparia commortalis Dyar. Described in Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. IX., page 67, April-June, 
1921, from three specimens taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C. This species is close to 
rectilinea Zeller, but is much browner and the paler areas more contrasting. 


Pyralide (Crambine). 


Crambus tutillus MeDunnough. Described in Can. Mnt., Vol. 53, page 160, July, 1921, from 
six specimens taken at Victoria, B.C. The type and four paratypes were taken by W. Downes; 
the other paratype was taken by the writer, mention of which was accidentally omitted from the 
original description. A note on this species will be found under the heading of “Illustrated 
Lepidoptera,” together with a figure of the paratype on Plate IV. 


Pyralide (Phycitine). 


Pyla blackmorella Dyar. Described Ins. Ins. Mens., page 68, April—June, 1921, from two 
specimens taken by the writer on Mount Tzouhalem, near Duncan, B.C., on June 24th, 1913. 
A figure of the paratype will be found on Plate 1V. and further remarks on the species under 
the heading of ‘ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” 


Pterophoride. 


Platyptilia alberta B. & Lh. Described by Barnes and Lindsey in Cont. Lep. No. Amer., 
Vol. IV., No. 4, page 346, from four specimens. Holotype female, Laggan, Alta.; allotype male, 
Mount Cheam, B.C. (R. V. Harvey); and two paratype females, Laggan, Alta., and Olympic 
Mountains, Wash. 


HYMENOPTERA (PARASITIC). 
Ichneumonidae. 


Myersia grandis Cushman. Described in Proe. Ent. Soc. Wash., Vol. 25, page 110, May, 
1921, from one female taken June 5th by Dr. H. G. Dyar at Kaslo, B.C. This specimen was 
found by Mr. Cushman among some undetermined Ichneumonide in the U.S. National Museum, 
and was probably taken by Dr. Dyar when he made his large collection of Lepidoptera at 
Kaslo, 'B.C., in 1903. 

DIPTERA. 


Mycetophilide (Pungus-gnats). 


In the Proc. Brit. Col. Ent. Soey., Feb., 1920 (issued Noy., 1921), page 16 et seq., Mr. R S&S. 
Sherman described the following sixteen species of this family :— 
Mycoma mutabilis. Savary Island, April. 
Platyura intermedia. Savary Island, July. 
Dziedzickia vernalis. Vancouver, May. 
Dziedzickia rutila. Vancouver, November. 


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Deziedzickia johannseni. Savary Island, April. 
Dziedzickia columbiana, Vancouver, May. 
_ Dziedzickia occidentalis. Savary Island, April. 
Rhymosia proliva, Savary Island, July. 
Rhymosia faceta. Vancouver, February. 
Rhymosia seminigra, Vancouver; Savary Island, March and October. 
Rhymosia pectinata. Savary Island, April. 
Rhymosia brevicornis. Vancouver, April. 
Tetragoneura atra. Vancouver, May and June. 
Tetragoneura marceda. Savary Island; Vancouver, April and May. 
Tetragoneura fallax. Savary Island; Vancouver, April, May, and December. 
Tetragoneura arcuata. Vaneouver, May and June. 

Mr. Sherman has made a special study of this family for a number of years and has greatly 
added to our knowledge of the species occurring within the Province. 

These small flies or fungus-gnats, as they are called, resemble mosquitoes or midges to a 
great degree, but can at once be distinguished by the antennie not being furnished with whorls 
of hair. 

The abdomen of the male ends in a forceps-like process and in the female in a pointed 
ovipositor. The larvie feed in fungi and in decaying vegetation and are not injurious, except 
when they attack cultivated mushrooms. 


Tabanide (Horse-flies). 


In a recent “ Revision of the Canadian species of the afinis group of the genus Tabanus” 
by Dr. J. McDunnough, Can. Ent., Vol. 58, page 13 et seq., he has recorded four new species, 
three of which are described from material wholly or partly collected in British Columbia. 

Tabanus trepidus McD. This species occurs throughout the Dominion, the type lot containing 
specimens taken in Ontario; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Quebec; Manitoba; and Peach- 
land, B.C. 

Tabanus nudus McD. This species also has the same general range, specimens having been 
taken in Ontario; New Brunswick; Manitoba; Saskatchewan; and Mount Lehman (Lower Fraser 
Valley), B.C. - 

Tabanus atrobasis McD. The type material of this species is entirely confined to British 
Columbia, although Dr. MeDunnough states that it extends south into Oregon. The holotype 
is from Mount Lehman, B.C. (S. Hadwen), and the paratypes are from Victoria, Royal Oak, 
Dunean, and Courtenay. 

Bombyliide (Bee-flies). 


Calopelta fallax Greene. Described in Proc. Ent. Soe. Wash., Vol. 23, page 23, Jan., 1921, 
from five specimens. Holotype, allotype, and one female paratype from Colorado, and one male 
and one female paratype from Royal Oak, B.C., taken on May 19th, 1917, by R. C. Treherne. 
Calopelta is also a new genus erected by Mr, Greene for the reception of this new species; it 
differs from the genus Ploas, which it most nearly resembles, by haying only two submarginal 
cells in the wing instead of three, a feature which was pointed out by Dr. MeDunnough. 


Syrphide (Flower-flies). 


Sphwrophoria cranbrookensis Curran. Described in Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 175, Aug., 1921, 
from a single male specimen taken by Mr. C. Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C., on May 25th, 1919 


Helomyzida, 


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In an article entitled “Notes on Helomyzidw and Descriptions of New Species,” which 
appeared in Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. IX., page 119 et seq., July—Sept., 1921, Mr. C. B. D. Garrett 
describes eleven new species of this family, ten of which are from British Columbia. They are 
as follows :— 

Leria aldrichi. Cranbrook, March. 

Barbastoma barbatus. Sheep Creek, October. 

Postleria fuscolinea. Cranbrook; Michel, May—June—August. 
Amebaleria scutellata. Cranbrook, May. 

Amebaleria gigas. Cranbrook; Michel, March to August. 


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Morpholeria melaneura. Cranbrook, April—-May—October. 2 
Pseudoleria pectinerata. Cranbrook, June. 

(Meothea canadensis, Cranbrook; Michel, April—July. 

Acantholeria @diemus. Cranbrook; Michel, April—August. 

Acantholeria abnormalis. Michel, July. 

A new scheme of classification for this family has been proposed by Mr. Garrett, based 
chiefly on the length of the foremost fronto-orbital bristle, and six new genera have been erected, 
viz.: Barbastoma, Postleria, Amebalaria, Morpholeria, Pseudoleria, and Acantholeria. 

The species of this family are snYall dark-coloured flies looking something like dung-flies. 
They are found in damp shady places and fly in the twilight. The larvie feed in fungi, decaying 
wood, and the dung of small animals, such as dogs, rabbits, and bats. 


THEMIPTERA. 


The following four species were described by Dr. H. M. Parshley in the Proc. Brit. Col. Ent. 
Soc., Feb., 1921, page 16 et seq.:— 
Tingida, ‘ , 


Acalypta modesta. From three specimens taken at Royal Oak, B.C., by R. C. Treherne on 
May 14th, 1917. 


Miride. 


Daceria formicina. This species was described from several specimens taken by Mr. W. 
Downes in the Saanich District, B.C., and at Shawnigan Lake, B.C., in July and August, 1918. 


Saldida. 


Saldula comata. WHolotype male and allotype female taken at Beaver Lake, Saanich District, 
B.C., by W. Downes, June 17th, 1919, and paratype female at Vernon, B.C. (Downes), September 
26th, 1918. : 

Saldula nigrita. Described from specimens taken by Mr. Downes at Duncan, B.C., on 
September 17th, 1919. 


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LEPIDOPTERA NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FROM BritisH COLUMBIA. 


The following annotated list contains those species of Lepidoptera which have been taken 
during the past two seasons and of which we have had no previous record. It does not include 
the Microlepidoptera, which are treated of under a separate heading, neither does it include 
the names of species recently determined as new to the Provinee, but which have stood as 
uniques in the cabinets of various collectors for a number of years. The numbers preceding 
the names are the same as those contained in Barnes & McDunnough’s Check-list of North 
American Lepidoptera, 1917. 

z Noctuide. 


1226. Orosagrotis incognita Sm. Mount McLean, near Lillooet, B.C., August 21st, 1920 
(A. W. Hanham). Further remarks on this species will be found under the heading of 
“ Tllustrated Lepidoptera.” 

1256. Huroa floramina Sm. A single specimen taken by A. W. Phair at Lillooet? B.C., on 
September 5th, has been determined by Dr. A. W. Lindsey as agreeing with specimens of 
Jloramina Sm. in the Barnes collection. 

1274. Burcow rufula Sm. Mount MeLean, B.C., August 22nd, 1920. (See °“ Illustrated 
Lepidoptera.” ) : 

1288. Huroa exrculta Sm. <A single specimen taken at Vavenby, B.C., by T. A. Moilliet on 
August 26th has been determined as this species by Dr. H. G. Dyar, who compared it with 
Smith’s unique type. In Proc. U.S. N.M., Vol. XXII., page 424, Smith gives “ North-west British 
Columbia * as the locality for the single male from which the species was described. It is more 
likely that ‘“ North-west Territory ” was meant, as most of Smith’s species described from this 
general locality have turned out to be from Northern Alberta. I believe that this Vavenby 
specimen is the first authentic record that we have of this species from British Columbia. 

18644. Euroa excellens race infclir Sm. Fort Steele, B.C., August 15th, 1921 (W. B. 
Anderson). (See ‘ Illustrated Lepidoptera.’’) 5 


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1388. Rhizagrotis flavicollis Sm. Vavenby, B.C., August 26th, 1921 (T. A. Moilliet). This 
species is listed in the 1906 B.C, Check-list from Wellington and Kaslo, but all the specimens 
that I have seen under this name (about fifty from a dozen different localities) have been 
Auroa ridingsiana Grt. The two species are very much alike superficially, but flavicollis has a 
more yellow costa and the collar is yellow also. I have the species from Nordegg, Alta., and 
the Vavenby specimen agrees with these. 

1584. Lampra (Rhynchagrotis) nefascia Sm. Goldstream, B.C., September 6th, 1920 (EB. H. 
Blackmore). (See “Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

1642. Anarta hampa Sm. A single specimen taken on Mount MeLean at 7,500 feet altitude 


by A. W. Hanham on August 21st, 1920. 


22014. Sympistis zetterstedti race labradoris Staud. Mount McLean, B.C., August 21st, 1921 
(A. W. Hanham). (See “Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

22754. Trachea inordinata race montana Sm. Chileotin, B.C., May 30th, 1920 (E. R. 
Buekell). (See “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

2364. Taeniosea discivaria Walk. Yavenby, B.C., July 18th, 1921 (T, A. Moilliet). (See 
“Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

2470. Acronycta radcliffei Hary. Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, B.C., June, 1921 (G. O. 
Day). (See “Illustrated Lepidoptera.) 

2965. Tarachidia semiflavana Gue. Taken by J. W. Wynne at Enderby, B.C. . 

38222. Syngrapha allicola Wik. A single specimen taken on Mount McLean, B.C., by A. W. 
Hanham on August 22nd, 1921. This was at one time believed to be a synonym: of devergens 
Hubner, but is now regarded as a distinct species. : 

38509. Zanclognatha jacchusalis Wik. Taken by T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby, B.C., on Juiy 
18th, 1921. 

Geometrida. 


4009e. Hydriomena nubilofasciata race vulnerata Swett. Sluggett’s, B.C., March 1st, 1921 
(W. Downes). (See “Tllustrated Lepidoptera.’’) 

4129. Nasusina leucata Tulst. <A single specimen taken by A. W. Phair at Lillooet, B.C., 
on July 16th, 1920. 

4816-1. Drepanulatrir secundaria B. & McD. Kaslo, B.C., July, 1920 (J. W. Cockle). (Sce 
“Tilustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

4453. Dysmigia loricaria Evers. Vavenby, B.C., July 18th, 1921 (T. A. Moilliet). (See 
“Tilustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

4467. Caripeta angustiorata Wik. Several specimens taken at Kaslo, B.C., by J. W. Cockle 
in 1920. This species is an inhabitant of the Atlantic States, but is recorded from Blairmore, 
Alta. 


RARE AND UNCOMMON LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN British CoLuMBIA DURING 1921. 


Victoria —Mr. Martin Brinkman took the following noctuids during the present season, all 
of which are new records for Victoria: Graptolitha torrida Sm.; Acronycta funeralis G. & R.; 
and Autographa speciosa Ottol. They were all taken “at rest” on electric-light poles. He also 
took a specimen of that rather rare geometer Gabriola dyari Tayl. 

Master Lewis Clark, who has recently become an enthusiastic collector, captured a fine 
specimen of Autographa octoscripta Grt. This is the first record of this species for Vancouver 
Island. It is a very rare species in British Columbia, as only three specimens have been 
recorded to my knowledge. He also bred from a pupa found in his father’s garden a female 
specimen of that very rare geometer Cleora excelsaria Streck. It emerged on June 22nd. It is 


’ four years since I have had a record of this species, when I took a specimen at Goldstream on 


June 4th, 1917. A figure of this specimen was given in Rep. Proy. Mus., 1917, Plate IT. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson took specimens of Polia restora Sm. and Septis alia race rorulenta Sm. 
The former species is apparently increasing, as it has been taken by several local collectors 
during the past two or three years. It was at one time comparatively rare in eollections. 

Mr. W. R. Carter, who has collected assiduously during the season, has captured several 
very interesting species, amongst them heing a nice series of Jpimorpha nanaimo Barnes. This 
species has been a comparative rarity for many years, but from certain conclusions reached last 
year an exhaustive search of certain localities resulted in an increased number of specimens 
being taken this season. As the specimens taken haye always been in the vicinity of Lombardy 


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poplar, I am inclined to the belief that this is its food-plant. There are two distinct colour 
forms of this species, the predominating form being of an even light-buff colour and the other 
is of a light olivaceous shade. Mr. Carter also took a couple of specimens of Cerma cuerva 
Barnes, both “at rest.” This small noctuid seems to be of very retiring habits, as very few 
specimens have been captured. I have only taken two in eleven years’ collecting in this vicinity. 
It was described from Victoria in 1907 (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, page 10), and with the exception ot 
a couple of specimens taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo, I have not seen it from any other locality. 
A figure of this species was given in the Rep. Proy. Mus., 1919, Plate IT. 

Showing the extreme mildness of the Victoria winter climate, Mr. Carter took a freshly 
emerged specimen of Coniodes plumogeraria Hulst. on January 6th of this year. This is about 
two months earlier than it normally appears. <A single specimen of Hrannis vancouverensis 
Hulst. was taken on December 7th. A nice series of the wingless females of both Paraptera 
danbyi Hulst. and Rachela cecidentalis Wulst. were taken by Mrs. Carter in the early part 
of December. 

Goldstream.—The writer spent part of his vacation as well as a number of week-ends in 
this locality. The collection of ‘* Micros” was the principal object in view, but several interesting 
species of other families were also taken. The most desirable of them being Polia tacoma Streck. ; 
this is the first record from Goldstream, the other known localities being Duncan, Kaslo, and 
Rossland; Graptolitha ferrealis Grt., a perfect specimen “at rest”; Huxroa obeliscoides Gue.; 
Trachea cinefacta Grt.; Alypia ridingsi Grt.; this was the first specimen that I have any record 
of since I took a solitary individual in the same locality in July, 1912. They have a habit of 
settling on the railway-track in the hot sunshine of a July afternoon and slowly waving their 
wings up and down. They are extremely wary and very difficult to capture, as once they are 
disturbed their flight is exceedingly rapid. Later, Mr. Carter while collecting at Fitzgerald, 
some 12 miles north of Goldstream on a hillside about 700 feet elevation, saw a number of. this 
species flying about a bed of Valerianella congesta (sea-blush). He managed to net some twelve 
specimens on three different dates. It is evident that it is a species that frequents higher 
altitudes and only occasionally comes down to the low levels, thus accounting for its apparent 
rarity. In the Geometride the writer took a single specimen of Lobophora simsata Swett.; a 
single Spodolepsis substriataria race danbyi Hulst.; this is the first record from this district. 
It apparently occurs sparingly throughout the whole of Southern British Columbia; a single 
specimen of Entephria multivagata Hulst. in beautiful condition; Dysstroma ethela Tayl., a 
perfect specimen (see “ Illustrated Lepidoptera’); Hupithecia mutata Pears.; this rare species 
I have also figured on Plate IV.; and two fine male specimens of Sabulodes cervinaria Pack. ; 
these were taken “at light” about 11 p.m. on June 2nd and are the first of this species that 
I have captured. 

Fitzgerald —Mr. Carter, who collected regularly every week-end in this locality, took many 
desirable species during the season, chief of which were a single Gortyna pallescens Sm. (new 
locality) ; Annaphila decia Grt.; this pretty little noctuid is rather uncommon in the southern 
part of the Island, though I believe it occurs a little more frequently at Duncan. Amongst the 
geometers, Drepanulatri« rectifascia Hulst. and D. falcataria Pack. were the best captures. 

Alberni.—Mr. John Redford collected a large number of specimens during the past season, 
the most interesting of which are the following: Hwxroa costata Grt. (uncommon); Agrotis 
esurialis Grt. (uncommon); A. oblata Morr.: Euretagrotis perattenta Grt.; this record “extends 
the known range of this species considerably, my previous records being from Vernon and 
Chilliwack. It is rare in British Columbia collections. Trachea indocilis Walk.; Papaipema 
insulidens Bird, one specimen taken “at light.” Previous to this specimen I have only seen 
the species from Duncan (Day). It is very uncommon, a few odd specimens being taken “at 
light” occasionally; if its food-plant was known it could doubtless be obtained in greater 
numbers. It was deseribed from Vancouver Island. Hosphoropteryx thyathroides Gue.; two 
specimens of this very handsome and uncommon noctuid were taken “at light.” 

Mr. W. R..J. Piggott, a new collector in this district, did considerable collecting “at light” 
in the late summer and early fall and obtained many good things, amongst them being Polia 
lubens race glaucopis Hamp.; Graptolitha dilatocula Sm.; Lumichtis versuta Sm.; Eremobia 
claudens race albertina Hamp. (not common); Pyrrhia uwmbra race exprimens Walk. (very 
uncommon on Vancouver Island); Melipotis versabilis Hary. (rather rare on the Island) ; 
Tanassa pallida Streck.; Tolype dayi Blackmore, a single male specimen. The distribution of 
this species is greater than I at first supposed, as, in addition to the Vancouver Island localities, 


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I have seen a specimen taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo, and I have also found a rather poor male 
among some papered material taken by the late W. H. Danby at Rossland many years ago. 
Maillardville—Mr. L. E. Marmont, besides collecting a large number of “ Micros,” took the 


following desirable species: Feralia columbiana Sm.; Graptolitha thacteri Grt., a very uncommon 
species; Vrachea indocilis W1k., a single specimen. This is a good capture as the species seems 


rather rare in British Columbia collections. The other recorded localities that I know of are 
Dunean (Day), Alberni (Redford), Kaslo (Cockle), Rossland (Danby), and Upper Columbia 
River (Dod). It may be more common than supposed, as it is probably confused in collections 
with Trachea divesta Grt., which it very much resembles, especially if the specimens are some- 
what worn. Autographa nicholle Hamp.; several specimens of this species were taken in May 
and again in September, thus indicating it to be double-brooded. There is no apparent difference 
between the two broods. It is also reported from Duncan (Day & Hanham) as having two 
broods in the season. Puthyatira pudens Gn. (peach-blossom moth); a single specimen of 
this handsome species was taken and a fine specimen of Drepana bilineata Pack. was bred 
ex pupa. 

Amongst the Geometridie, Mr. Marmont captured a nice specimen of that rare species Cleora 
albescens Hulst., and another specimen of Lygris harveyata Tayl. <A short series of @thaloptera 
anticaria race fumata B. & McD. was taken. The specimens taken by Mr. Marmot are consider- 
ably paler than those taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo, from which locatity the species was described. 
A most peculiar incident of a butterfly being taken “ at light ’’ was related to me by Mr. Marmont. 
At 11.30 p.m. on the night of August 6th, while out collecting noctuids, he noticed a peculiar- 
looking moth (?) flying around an electric-light pole. Upon capturing it, it proved to be a 
specimen of Phyciodes mylitta Edw. ‘This is the first instance I have heard of a butterfly being 
taken in this manner. 

Lillooet—Mr. A. W. Phair, who generally sends in some very desirable material, has not 
collected as much as usual this season, the cares of an increasing business having prevented him 
getting into the field as often as he has done in previous years. However, amongst the material 
sent in was a specimen of Acronycta mansueta Sm.; this is the first authentie specimen of this 
species that I have seen. It agrees perfectly with the description and figure (Proc. U.S.N.M., 
Vol. 21, page 100, and Plate XII., Fig. 7). Dyar in his “ Kootenai List” records one specimen 
from Kaslo (Cockle), but a specimen sent to me by Mr. Cockle as this species is A. grisea race 
revelleta Sm.; Acronycta strigulata Sm., a rather worn specimen. This species was figured in 
Rep. Proy. Mus., 1920, Plate I. 

Amongst the geometers was a specimen of Dysstroma formosa Hulst., a rather rare species. 
I have seen one other specimen previously from the same locality and one from Vavenby. 
During the second week of August Messrs. Day and Hanham spent six days camping on Mount 
McLean at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Several trips were made to an altitude of 7,500 feet, at 
which elevation many alpine insecfs were taken. ‘The most noteworthy of the diurnals were: 
Eurymus nastes race streckeri Gr.; Erebia vidicri Elwes; Strymon saepium Bdv.; Heodes 
cupreus Edw.; and H. heteronea Bdy. <A single specimen of Muroa colata Grt. was taken. This 
is a most interesting record, as the species must be exceedingly rare. Dyar records one from 
Sandon, B.C., and a specimen is recorded from Mount Cheam, B.C. Two specimens of Oncocnemis 
hayesi Grt. were captured; this is a new locality for this species, Kaslo being the only previous 
record. Curiously enough, a specimen of Autographa alta Ottol. was taken, to which the same 
remark applies. 

Princeton—Mr. A. S. Thomson, who was with a surveying party in the mountains in this 
district, managed to pick up a few specimens, which included Brenthis chariclea Schneid and 
Buphydryas anicia D. & H. among the diurnals; Diacrisia vagans Bdy. and Parasemia planuta- 
ginis form geometrica Grt. in the arctiids. The only noctuid taken was a rather rubbed specimen 
of Zale benesignata race largera Sm. The species was described by Smith (Proc. U.S.N.M., 
Vol. 35, page 257, 1908S) from two specimens, a male from Winnipeg, Man., and a female from 
Wellington, B.C. (G. W. Taylor). I have no record of any specimen of this species having been 
captured in the Province since the type was taken until Mr. Thomson secured this specimen, 
which was kindly identified for me by Dr. J. MeDunnough. A single geometer was taken, 
Macaria denticulata race sexpunctata Bates. This is rather an uncommon species; it has been 
recorded from Chilcotin and Penticton. 

Chilcotin—Mr. FE. R. Buckell, who has been studying the grasshopper situation in this 
district for the past two years under the direction of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, 


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made a small collection of Lepidoptera which contained some very interesting species. The 
following are worthy of special notice: Apantesis blakei race superba Stretch; a single, rather 
faded Schinia separata Grt.; this species was recorded for the first time in Rep. Prov. Mus., 
1920, page 19, from Spences Bridge, B.C. (Newcombe), as being new to the Province and a figure 
of it was given on Plate I. Bucoa quadridentata race fluted Sm.; this is a good record as it 
is a very rare species in the Province. Graptolitha petulca Grt.; this record extends the known 
range of this species, as it has hitherto only been recorded from the southern part of British 
Columbia (Vancouver Island to Kaslo); Septis barnesi Sm., a worn specimen; Oligia tensa 
Grt. (see “ Illustrated Lepidoptera”) ; Andropolia contacta W1k., a rare species, only previously 
known from Kaslo; and Euclidimera annera Hy. Edw. Amongst the Geometridie was a nice 
specimen of Phasiane hebetata Hulst. (see “Tllustrated Lepidoptera”); Lygris atrifasciata 
Hulst., an uncommon species which occurs very sparingly in various localities; and Platea 
trilinearia Pack.; this exceedingly handsome geometer is more widely distributed than is 
generally supposed. For a number of years a single specimen taken by Mr. E. M, Skinner at 
Keremeos in May, 1894, was the only known record for British Columbia. During the last three 
or four years specimens have been recorded from Lillooet (Phair), Penticton (W. B. Anderson), 
and now from Chilcotin. 

Barkerville—During the middle of August a short time was spent in this district by 
Mr. Buckell, but owing to the extremely wet weather very few insects were taken; the most 
interesting amongst the geometers being Itame brunneata Thun., one specimen in nice condition 
being taken. This is a very rare species in British Columbia. I have one other specimen taken 
by the late R. V. Harvey from Similkameen in July, 1906. In Rep. Can. Arct. Exped., Vol. IIL., 
Pt. 1, page 44, Gibson records one specimen from Burwash Creek, Yukon Territory, taken 
in August, 1914 (D. D. Cairns), rather darker in colour than the Hastern specimens. I have 
also a single specimen from the Yukon-Alaska boundary taken by Theo. Bryant in 1908. 
This specimen is also much darker in ground colour than the two British Columbia examples 
I haye mentioned; Lygris destinata Moesch (not common); Hupithicia cretaceata Pack.; this 
species has a very wide range in the Province, from Victoria in the south to Atlin in the far 
north and across the Province to West Kootenay. I am not at all sure but what they embrace 
one or two well-defined races; and Xanthorhe abrasaria race congregata Walk. 

Mr. Buckell also collected « short series of @ncis beani Elwes on Mount Bowman (7,500 
feet) on July 9th. This species has been taken on a number of mountain ranges in the Province 
and probably oceurs on every mountain of over 7,000 feet altitude. Mount Bowman is a high 
limestone ridge some 20 miles north-west of Clinton. ; 

Enderby.—Myv. Downes has handed us a list of species identified by Dr. J. McDunnough which 
were taken by Mr. J. Wynne in the vicinity of Enderby. They include several good records, the 
best of them being Tarache areli Streck.; this pretty little noctuid is extremely rare. I have 
one specimen from Rossland (Danby) and it has been taken at Kaslo by Mr. Cockle. Syneda 
ochracea Behr.; this is another somewhat rare species, odd specimens haying been taken at 
Vaseaux Lake (Treherne), Kaslo (Cockle), and Rossland (Danby). Amongst the geometers, 
Trichodesia albovittata race tenuifasciata B. & McD. is the most interesting. It was described 
(Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol., 3, No. 4, page 225) from Spirit Lake, Idaho. It differs from typical 
albovittata in having the white band of the primaries very much reduced in width. I have one 
specimen from Rossland (Danby). 

Vavenby.—This locality is situated about $0 miles north of Kamloops in the valley of the 
Upper Thompson River. Mr. T. A. Moilliet and his son Ted, who is an enthusiastic collector, 
sent us a considerable quantity of material during the past season. As we had not previously 
received any materiai from this district, we were especially glad to get this, as it has extended 
our knowledge of the range of many common species, as well as furnishing us with specimens 
of rare species of which we had no previous representatives, including several new to the 
Province. Amongst the diurnals were specimens of Basilarchia arthemis race rubrofasciata 
B. & MeD.; this species must be extremely isolated, as this makes only the third locality from 
which it has been recorded in eighteen years. he first was a single specimen taken by 
Mr. Dashwood-Jones at Halcyon Hot Springs, Kootenay Lake, in 1903, and then no further 
specimens were recorded until Mr. W. A. Newcombe took five in the Chilcotin District in 1915. 
Tncisalia polias C. & W.; Lycanopsis pseudargiolus form lucia Kirby, and form marginata Edw. ; 
these are the first specimens of these two forms that I have seen from this Province, although 


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I have two or three rather poor specimens taken in the Yukon by Mr. T. Bryant which are 
referable to the form lucia. In the Rep. Can. Are. 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 Sphingidie, Smerinthus jamaicensis f. norm geminatus Say. and Hamorrhagia thysbe 
form cimbiciformis Steph. were the best. Apantesis michabo Grt. was the most desirable of 
the arctiids, while in the Noctuidie the following are worthy of special mention :— 

Buxroa 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., 1916, Plate VII. Polia farnhami 
Grt.; Bombycia rectifascia Sm. (see “ Ulustrated Lepidoptera”); Agroperina morna Streck.: 
this is another rare species; the only other one I have seen was collected by Mr. G. O. Day 
at Cowichan Bay. Andropolia edon Grt.; Namangana preacuta Sm.; and Autographa flagellum 
Walk.; this is rather an uncommon Autographa in British Columbia, as our previous records 
are from Agassiz and Kaslo. Amongst the geometers are Lobophora montanata race magno- 
liatoidata Dyar., previously taken at Kaslo (Cockle) and Rossland (Danby) ; Dysstroma formosa 
Hulst.; Lygris destinata race schistacea Warr.; a single specimen taken on August 30th matches 
exactly a specimen from Kaslo (Cockle), which was identified by Dr. MeDunnough some years 
ago as this species. I haye no other record of it. /sturgia truncataria Wlk.; Itame sulphurea 
Pack.; J. plumosata B. & McD.; Huchlana astylusaria Wik.; and one Bulype hastata race 
subhastata Nole.; 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 many 
different localities during the season, reports that collecting on the whole was decidedly poor, 
although several good days were experienced, notably May 24th at Penticton and August 15th 
at Fort Steele. The following are the best of his captures :— 

Powell River.—Lriopygea perbrunnea Grt.; Autographa mappa G. & R.; and Diactinia 
silaceata vace albolineata Pack. 

Seechelt.—Several specimens of Hpargyrcus 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 speeimen of Selenia alciphearia form ornata B. & MeD. was also taken. 

Penticton —Smerinthus cerisyi opthalmicus form pallidulus Edw.; a single specimen of 
this uncommon form was taken; Diacrisia pteridis (danbyi) race rubra Neum; Scotogramma 
oregonica Grt.; and Spodolepsis substriataria race danbyi Hulst. 

Fort Steele-—BHuxroa 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. DWuroa 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 Zenophieps 
lignicolorata Pack. 

MICROLEPIDOPTERA,. 


We have continued our work in this group during the present season and haye 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, Goldstream, Fitzgerald, Mount Tzouhalem, Maillard- 
ville, Mount McLean, Chileotin, 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 been reeorded. 

In the Ann. Rep. Proy. Mus., 1920, pages 23 and 24, I gave 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 


M 26 Brirish CoLuMBIA. 1922 


of the species have been described since the 1906 Check-list was published; the majority are, 
however, new records for the Province and a few are new to science. 

It is well to state here that this season’s captures in the 7ineina are not included, as they 
have not yet been worked up owing to the absence from Washington of Mr. August, Busck, who 
is the foremost authority on this group in, North America. 

The numbers and arrangement are in accord with Messrs. Barnes & McDunnough’s Check- 
list. Those marked with a star have been described since the ‘ List” was published. 

Collectors: W. B, Anderson, E. H. Blackmore, E. R. Buckell, W. R. Carter, G. O. Day, 
A. W. Hanham, L. ©. Marmont, and T. A. Moilliet, whose initials only are used in the following 
records. 

Pyratide (Pyraustine). 
4994. Bvergestis subterminalis B. & McD. Mount McLean (G.O.D.); Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
4996. Evergestis simulatalis Grt. Fort Steele (W. B. A.) ; Mount McLean (G. O. D.). 


Pyralide (Scopariine). 


* 


Scoparia basalis pacificulis Dyar. Victoria (. H. B.); Mount Newton (FE. H. B.). 
Scoparia commortalis Dyar. Victoria (l. Hi. B.). 


Pyralide (Schanoviine). 
53118. Schenobius melinellus albicostellus Fern. Alberni (J. Redford). 
Pyralide (Crambine). 
* Crambus tutillus McD. Victoria (W. R. C.; E. H. B.). 
Pyralida (Phucitine). 


5591. Ambesa latella Grt. Chilcotin (6. R. B.). 
5631. Salebria virgatella subewsiella Clem. Goldstream (HE. H. B.). 
* Pyla blackmorella Dyar. Mount Tzouhalem (G. O. D.). 


# 


Fterophoride. 


5862. Platyptilia edwardsi Fish. Mount McLean (G. O, D.; A. W. H.). 
5881. Platyptilia pallidactyla Haw. Victoria (W. R. C.); Goldstream (E. H. B.). 
Alucita montana declivis Meyr. Fort Fraser (W. B. A.). 
5899. Oidamatophorus cineraceus Fish. Mount McLean (G. O. D.); Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
5907. Oidwmatophorus homodactylus Wik. Mount McLean (G. O. D.; A. W. H.) ; Vavenby 
(DAS ES) : 
Oidematophorus occidentalis Wishm. Fort Steele (W. B. A.) ; Vavenby, (ie Ay Me). 
* Oidematophorus corvus B. & L. Goldstream (E. H. B.); Maillardville (lL. EB. M.). 
5944. Stenoptilia mengeli Fern. Mount McLean (A. W. H.). 


Gelechida. 
6021. Metzneria lappella Linn. Victoria (EB. H. B.). 
Oecophorida. 


6486. Semioscopis aurorella Dyar. Maillardyille (L. E. M.). 
6488. Semioscopis inornata Wishm. Victoria (lL, Clarke). 


Aegeriide. 
6758. Paranthrene perlucida Buseck. Victoria (L. Clarke). 


Eucosmide, 
6770. Evetria colfaviana Kearf. Fitzgerald (W. R. C.). 
6803. Exartema versicoloranum Clem. Maillardyille (lL. I. M.). 
68406. Argyroploce mengelana Fern. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
6842. Argyroploce urticana Hub. Maillardville (lL. E. M.). 
6869. Argyroploce bipartitana Clem. Maillardyille (lL. E. M.). 
6885. Eucosma argenteana Wishm. Chilcotin (E. R. B.). 


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ProvinctaL Museum Rervorr. M 27 


6894. Bucosma ridingsana Rob. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
6948, Bucosma radicana Wishm. Victoria (W. R. C.; E. H. B.). 
6964. Bucosma rectiplicana Wishm. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
7013. Bucosma illotana Wishm. Vavyenby (‘T. A. M.). 
7046. Bucosma medoistriata Wishm. Chileotin (E. R. B.). 
7093. Bucosma tarandana Moesch. Chilcotin (BE. R. B.). 
7100. Bucosma montanane Wishm. Chileotin (E. R. B.). 
; 7144. Enarmonia pinicolana Zell. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
d 7146. Enarmonia fasciolana Clem. Goldstream (1. H. B.). 
7152. Enarmonia crispana Ciem. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
7182. Ancylis intermediana Kearf. Fitzgerald (W. R. C.) ; Ladysmith (E. H. B.) ; Maillard- 
| ville (I. E. M.). 
| 7193. Ancylis apicana Wilk. Vitzgerald (W. R. C.). 
7204. Ancylis kincaidiana Fern. Maillardville (lL. E. M.). 
7212. Laspeyresia vancouverana Kearf. Fitzgerald (W. R. C.); Goldstream (BE. H. B.). 
7225. Laspeyresia conversana Wishm. Fitzgerald (W. R. C.); Goldstream (EB. H. B.). 
| 7225. Laspeyresia lunatana Wishm. Victoria (E. H. B.). 
7228. Laspeyresia zana Kearf. Mount Tzouhalem (BE. H. B.). 
) 7237. Laspeyresia trossulana Wishm. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
7244. Laspeyresia americana Kearf. Ladysmith (BE. H. B.). 
7247. Laspeyresia prosperana Kearf. Goldstream (E. H. B.). 
7260. Hemimene sedatana Buseck. Mount Tzouhalem (EF. H. B.). 


Tortricidae, 


* Cacacia dimorphana B. & B. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
7405. Tortricodes horariana Wish. -Victoria (W. R. C.). 


Phaloniida. 

| 7540. Hysterosia aurcoalbida Wishm, Chileotin (BE. R. B.). 

| Glyphipterygida. 

7619. Choreutis balsamorrhizella Buseck. Chilcotin (E. R. B.). 


Plutellidw. 


7638. Buceratia securella Wishm. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
7674. Plutella vanella Wishm. Victoria (EB. H. B.). 


Incurvariide. 


: 
: 
1 
: 
8428. Incurvaria oregonella Wishm. Fitzgerald (W. R. C.); Chileotin (E, R. B.) ; Cheak- 
amus (W. B. A.). 


Hepialide, 
8483. Sthenopis purpurascens Peck. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
Among those species which have been previously listed, the following, with notes thereon, 
may prove of interest :— 


5087. Perispasta caculalis Zell. Two specimens of this rather uncommon pyraustid were 
taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at Fitzgerald on June 12th and July 3rd respectively, and a single 
specimen was taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Chase on June 18th, 


5093. Phylctenia itysalis Walk. This species has a much wider distribution in British 

Columbia than was at one time supposed. A short series was taken on Mount McLean (A. W. 1) 

at an altitude of 5,000 feet and a few specimens were taken at Vavenby (T. A. M.). It has been 
taken at Kaslo (J. W. C.) and we have specimens taken at Atlin (BE. M. Anderson). 

5148. Pyrausta semirubralis Pack. A long series of this pretty ruby and fawn coloured 
species was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at Fitzgerald on various dates in June. It occurs at 
many points on Vancouver Island and has been recorded from Vancouver (R. V. Harvey), but we 
do not possess any records of its occurrence in the Interior. 

5361. Crambus hortuellus Hubn. Previous to this season we have only had odd specimens 
of this species—Victoria (E. H. B.); Vancouver (R. V. Harvey); Lillooet (A. W. Phair)—but 


M 28 BririsH ConumBia, | | . 1922 


on June 15th Mr. W. R. Carter took a long series in good condition on Gonzales Hill. The 
majority were of the dark form (vachellellus Kearf.), but two or three were, as light as Zeller’s 
topiarius. It seems to me that vachellellus and topiarius should be regarded as “forms” and 
not “races,” as the dark, light, and typical forms all oceur together. 

5369. Crambus plumbifimbriellus 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. 

55838. 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 Ist, 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 1887. 

* 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 larve 
and pupe, but none was found. On July 15th, about 8 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 pup spun up on the leaves — 
of thiS shrub which turned out to be 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 pup 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 pup were 
parasitized and two OREO ESOS 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 
pacificus Cush. 

6448. Agnopteryx rosaciliella Cais Two specimens of this uncommon cecophorid were 
taken at Fraser Mills by Mr. Marmont on April 17th. * 

6459. Agnopteryx argillacca Wishm. <A single specimen was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at 
Fitzgerald on March 28th. 

6836. Argyroploce galarana Keart. The writer took a long series of this pretty little moth 
on Mount Tzouhalem on May 24th. It was described (Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., XXXIIT., 9, 1907) 
from two specimens taken at Vernon, B.C., and one from Victoria, B.C. 

6864. Argyroploce campestrana Zell. Four specimens were taken by Mr. Hanham on Mount 
McLean in August, and Mr. Moilliet took two at Vavenby on July 8rd. Dr. Dyar records taking 
it at’ Kaslo and states that the larvyze occurred on the common thimble-berry (Rubus nutkanus). 

7268. Hemimene britana Busck. The writer took a long series of this species at Goldstream 
on June 1st to 8rd. 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 (Proce. 
Biol. Soe. Wash., XIX., 178, 1906) from specimens taken by Dr. Dyar at Kaslo in 19038. Dyar 
in his “Kootenai List,’ page 929, recorded it under the name of alpinana Treitschke, but 
Mr. Busck states in his description that it is quite distinct from the European species. 

7342. Cacacia persicana 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. Peronea 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 Dunean. 


PLATE III, 
NOCTUID A. 


Euroa excellens infelix Sm. Acronycta radcliffei Harvey. 
Fort Steele, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). Dunean, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
(New to British Columbia.) (Rather rare.) 


Oligia tonsa Grt. 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(Rather rare.) 


Lampra nefascia Sm. EBriopyga bostura Sm. 
Victoria, B.C. (E. H. Blackmore). Kalso, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(Previously misidentified.) (New to British Columbia.) 


Sympistis zetterstedti labradoris Staud. 
Mount McLean, B.C. (A. W. Hanham),. 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Teniosea discivaria Wk. Trachea inordinata montana Sm. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). Chilcotin, B.C. (E. R. Buckell). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 


Oligia tonsa subjuncta Sm. 
Chilcotin, B.C. (I. R. Buckell). 
(Very rare.) 


Rombycia reetifascia Sm, Bombycia Ccurvifascia Sm. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). Fraser Mills, B.C. (lL. E. Marmont). 
(Rather rare.) (New to British Columbia.) 


Oncecnemis albifasciata Wamp. 
Chileotin, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). 
(Very rare.) 


Euroa rufula Sm. Orosagrotis incognita Sm. 
Mount McLean, B.C. (A. W. Hanhati). Mount McLean, B.C. (A, W. Hanham). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 


Polia olivacea davena Sm, 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


PLATE II 


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7604, Allononyme vicarialis Zell. The writer took two specimens in beautiful condition on 
April 17th at Fitzgerald and two specimens at Goldstream on May 380th, the latter being rather 
worn. This is the same insect which Dr. Dyar described as A. diana var. betuliperda and which 
is listed in our 1906 Check-list from Kaslo, An examination of Zeller’s type in Lord Walsingham’s 
collection by Mr. Busck (Pro. Ent. Soc. Wash., XI., 97, 1909) in 1908 proved that vicarialis and 
betuliperda were conspecific. 

ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA. 


Noctuide (Plate I1I.). 


1226. Orosagrotis incognita Sm. The specimen illustrated was taken on Mount MeLean, 
near Lillooet, B.C., at an altitude of 5,000 feet by Mr. A. W. Hanham on August 21st, 1920. It 
was described (Trans: Am. Ent. Socy., Vol. XXI., page 52, 1894) from two males taken at 
Laggan, Alta., by Bean at an altitude of 7,000 feet. In Smith’s description he gives the locality 
as Laggan, British Columbia, It is as well to note here that the majority of Smith’s earlier 
references to British Columbia and to “ North-west B.C.” really refer to Northern Alberta. That 
is the reason why so many of his species still stand in our local lists as * B.C.” without any 
further specific localities. Mr. Hanham says that the species was not at all uncommon, but 
unfortunately most of the specimens taken were somewhat worn. 

1274. Euroa rufula Sm. This species was also taken by Mr. Hanham at the same time and 
place, but was much more scarce than the preceding. It was described (Pro. U.S.N.M., X., 461, 
1887) from a single male taken by Professor Snow in New Mexico at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 
Dr. A. W. Lindsey, who kindly identified it, states that the Mount McLean specimen is darker 
than specimens from Wyoming in the Barnes collection. 

13644. Euxcoa exrcellens race infelic Sm. Taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Fort Steele on 
August 15th, 1921. It was described (Trans. Amer. Ent. Socy., XVII., page 57, 1890) from 
California as a distinct species, but later (Cat. Noet., 1898) Smith placed it as a synonym of 
excellens. It has been rescued from the synonymy by Barnes & MeDunnough, who have placed 
it as a race of exccllens. The maculation is practically the same, but infeliv is of an even dark 
colour in contradistinction to the contrasting shades of the typical form. Mr. Cockle has also 
taken a single specimen at Kaslo. 

1584. Lampra (Rhynchagrotis) nefascia Sm. (not negasecia as listed, vide Benjamin, Bull. 
So. Calif. Acad. Sci., XX., 100, Dec., 1921). This species has never been properly placed in 
British Columbia collections. It has generally been placed under the name of anchocelioides 
Gue.; sometimes under alternata Grt. The majority of the specimens that I have seen are 
of a very even brownish-grey, with the terminal area distinctly paler. The species comes 
commonly to “sugar” at Duncan and I have taken it “at light” at Victoria and Goldstream 
in September. Mr. Foster H. Benjamin, who has recently revised this difficult genus, has 
kindly gone over my material in this group, and our British Columbia species are now more 
accurately placed than was previously the case. 

1755¢@. Polia olivacea race davena Sm. Taken by Mr. J. W. Cockle at Kaslo on June 22nd, 
1910. Amongst some material sent to us for examination by Mr. Cockle was this specimen, 
which seemed distinct from any of the five named varieties which are in the Museum collection. 
It was submitted to Dr. Lindsey, who identified-it as davena Sm. It seems closer to comis Grt. 
than to any other named form, but the pale areas are not so light or so well defined, so that 
davena is not so contrasty in appearance as comis, 

1828. Briopyga bostura Sm. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo on 
August 21st, 1918. It does not appear to have been taken in any other locality in British 
Columbia. The only reference that I ean find of this species in the literature that I have at 
hand is a note by Wolley-Dod in Bull. B.C. Ent. Soe., No. 10, June, 1908. Under the heading of 
“ Additions” he lists Graphipora bostura Sm. (Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci., XVIII., 103). Type from 
Kaslo. 

2022. Oncocnemis albifasciata Hamp. This is the most striking of the British Columbia 
species of this genus. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Chilcotin on 
August 26th, 1918. The same collector took the species again at Fort Steele on August 15th, 
1921. Sir George Hampson lists it “from North-west British Columbia.” 

2117. Bombycia curvifascia Sm. Taken by Mr. L, E. Marmont at Maillardville, B.C., on 
August 10th, 1920. This is the first specimen of this species that I haye any record of from 


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British Columbia. It was described from California (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XVIIT., 109, 1891). — 
Dr. Lindsey, who kindly determined this specimen, states that there is one specimen in the 
Barnes collection from Victoria, B.C., which has been identified as B. thula Strecker. 

2120. Bombycia rectifascia Sm. The specimen figured was taken at Vavenby, B.C., by 
Mr. T. A. Moilliet on August 14th, 1921. The species has been taken at Kaslo by Mr. Cockle, 
and Mr. Day has taken a specimen at Duncan, which was determined by Wolley-Dod as this 
species with a question-mark. I have not had an opportunity to compare Mr. Day’s specimen 
with the one from Vayenby. ~ 

22014. Sympistis zetterstedti race labradoris Staud. Taken by Mr. Hanham on Mount 
McLean on August 21st, 1920. This is a fine record as the species is aretic. It was described 
from Labrador. It is very rare in North American collections. 

2975a. Trachea inordinata race montana Sm. This specimen was taken by Mr. E. R. Buckell 
at Chilcotin, B.C., on May 380th, 1920. This is another good record and adds another name to 
our list. It was described (Proc. U.S.N.M., XITI., 444, 1890) from Colorado. 

2342. Oligia tonsa Grt. Taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo, B.C., on August 1st, 1907. 

23424. Oligia tonsa race subjuncta Sm. Taken by Mr. Buckell at Chilcotin, B.C., on 
August Ist, 1920. I have taken these two forms together, as there has been considerable doubt — 
expressed at different times as to their specific identity. The former was described by Grote 
(Can. Wnt., XIT., 214, Oct., 1880) from Nevada as Hadena tonsa. The latter by Smith (Can. 
Ent., XXX., 323, Dec., 1898) from Colorado and Calgary, Alta. (Dod), as Hadenella subjuncta. 
In Bull. 52, U.S.N.M., 1902, Dyar sinks subjuncta as a synonym of minuscula Morr., but Dr. Smith, 
in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXIX., 194, states that it has nothing to do with minuscula, but it 
is really a synonym of tonsa Grt. Dyar, in Proc. U.S.N.M., XXVII., 809, apparently agrees with 
this and records tonsa from Kaslo, B.C., and states that the specimens agree with the type of 
subjuncta. Wolley-Dod, in Can, Ent., XLIII., 152, May, 1911, discusses the matter at some length, 
but believes that tonsa and subjuncta are distinet. Barnes & McDunnough have listed (Cheek- 
list, Lep. Bor. Amer., 1917) subjuncta as a race of tonsa, a proceeding which seems a far more 
satisfactory solution. 

I submitted the Kaslo specimen to Dr. Lindsey as tonsa Grt., and he kindly verified my 
“determination. I have carefully compared Mr. Buckell’s specimen with the description and it 
agrees in all essential particulars. It also agrees fairly well with Holland's figure on Plate XIX., 
Fig. 25. I have specimens from Nordegg, Alta. (Bowman), which match exactly the Chileotin 
specimen. They were sent to me as tonsa. 

2364. Teniosea discivaria Walk. Taken by Mr. Moilliet at Vavenby on July 28th, 1921. 
As far as I know, this is a new record for British Columbia. It varies considerably in depth 
of colouring, one specimen showing considerable red shading. ' 

2470. Acronycta radcliffei Harv. The specimen figured was taken at Quamichan Lake, near 
Dunean, by Mr. G. O. Day on June 12th, 1908. This is a rare species in British Columbia. 
It is very close in general habitus to A. grisea revellata Sm. Mr. Day’s specimen agrees with 
the description (Proc. U.S.N.M., XXI., 107, 1899) and with the figure given on Plate XIL., Fig 4. 
It was listed in the 1904 B.C. Check-list from Kaslo, B.C., but Dyar did not record the species 
in his “ Kootenai List,” and it was omitted, probably intentionally, from the 1906 B.C. Check-list. 
Mr. Cockle has a specimen which has been identified by Dr. McDunneugh as this species. I have 
no other records of it, although it may be confused with revellata in some collections. Radcliffet 
is a much narrower-winged species and the course of the t.p. and s.t. lines are different. In 
radcliffei the t-p. line is broadly outeurved from costa, while in vevellata it is only slightly 
oblique, with the s.t. line parallel, at least superiorly. 


Geometride (Plate IV.). 


3997. Dysstroma ethela Hulst. ‘The specimen figured was taken by the writer at Goldstream, 
B.C., on July 8rd, 1921. It is rather a rare species and this is the first specimen that I have 
taken; it is the most perfect specimen I have seen of this species. It is closely allied to 
D. casloata Tayl., but can generally be separated from the latter by the narrower median band 
and the absence of the extra-basal bar. It has been taken at Wellington (Bryant), Duncan 
(Day & Hanham), and I have seen one specimen taken at Victoria (Meugens, 29, VI., 20). 
Described by Hulst (Trans. Am. Ent. Socy., NNIIL, 283, 1896) from a single male taken at 
Sierra Nevada, Cal. 


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_ 4009E: Hydriomena nubilofasciata form vulnerata Swett. This species is new to the Province 
and was taken by Mr. W. Downes at Sluggett’s, V.I., on March Ist, 1921. Some years previously 
Mr. Downes, who was then living in that locality, noticed a species of Hydriomena occurring in 
February which was apparently different from any of our known spring species in that genus. 
Owing to various causes no opportunity offered until this spring to investigate the matter, when 
a nice series was taken with the aid of a lantern. Nwbilofasciata Pack. has six described forms 
or races, all of which are colour forms (vide Swett, Can, Ent., XLIII., 79, 1911); this species 
ean at once be differentiated from any other British Columbia species by the dark marginal 
band of primaries. Mr. Swett in his notes states that he has the species from British Columbia 
amongst a number of widely spread localities, but he does not give any specific locality, neither 
does he refer to any particular form. 

4192. Eupithecia interruptofasciata Pack. The specimen figured was taken by Mr. G. O. lay 
at Maple Bay, near Dunean, B.C., in August, 1918. This species has not been hitherto recorded 
from British Columbia. It is an inhabitant of the Atlantic States and was described in Fifth 
Rept. Peab. Acad. Sci., 59, 1873. Mr. Day states that it is rather rare and very local; he has 
not taken it in any other locality in the vicinity, excepting Maple Bay. 

4209. Eupithecia mutata Pears. Taken by the writer at Goldstream on July 2nd, 1921. 
This is one of the rarer species of this genus. The only other specimen that I have seen is a 
rather worn individual taken by myself in a pine woods near Victoria on July 18th, 1913. ‘The 
specimen figured is in good condition and was obtained by “beating” in a heavily wooded 
(chiefly Douglas fir) district. It agrees with Pearsall’s description (Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soe., XVI., 
98, June, 1908S). The species was described from the Catskill Mountains, New York State. 
It is closely allied to albicapitata Tack., which is also a rare species in the Proyinee, our only 
records being Cowichan Lake (Day) and Kaslo (Cockle). 

4223. Bupithecia scabrogata Pears. This is another new record to add to the already long 
list of Bupithecias (about fifty) recorded from British Columbia. It was taken by Mr. Theo. 
Bryant at Wellington, B.C., on April 16th, 1908. One other specimen taken on March 24th of 
the same year is not in such good condition. It is quite distinct from any other species that 
we have. The determination was made for us by Mr. L. W. Swett. 

4316-1. Drepanulatrix secundaria B. & McD. Taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo, B.C., on June 
14th, 1910. At first thought to be a new species. It, however, agrees with the description 
(Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. III., No. 1, page 25, Nov., 1916) of secundaria, and Dr. Lindsey, 
‘who compared. it with the types, believes it to be this species, although it is rather far north. 
The species was described from Mineral King, Cal. 

4374. Phasiane hebetata Hulst. Taken at Chilcotin, B.C., by Mr. E. R. Buckell on July 16th, 
1921. This is the first specimen of this species in good condition that I have seen. We have had 
two specimens previously—one from Atlin (EH. M. Anderson) and the other from Chileotin 
(W. A. Newcombe)—that were referable to this species, but were so denuded of scales as to 
make accurate identification impossible. The course of the extra and intra-discal lines are 
exactly the same as Barnes & McDunnough’s figure (Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. III., No. 4, 
Plate XXII., Fig. 9) of demaculata, which the authors later (ibid., Vol. IV., No. 2, page 149) 
sunk as a synonym of hebataia. Mr. Buckell’s specimen agrees with the description and the 
figure mentioned. The type material of demaculata also included a specimen from Field, B.c. 
The species has a wide range, but is rare in British Columbia. 

4425. Itame pustularia Hub. ‘This is another very rare species in British Columbia. The 
specimen figured was taken by Mr. A. W. Phair at Lillooet, B.C., on June 29th, 1920. The only 
other specimen that I know of in the Province is a specimen taken at Kaslo by Mr. Cockle many 
years ago. It occurs throughout the Atlantic States and I have specimens from Manitoba. It 
has not been recorded from Alberta. 

4453. Dysmigia loricaria Evers. This species is new to the Province. A nice series was 
taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby, B.C., during the middle of July, 1921. It was recorded 
in the 1904 B.C. Check-list under the name of Sympherta Julia Uulst., and the localities given 
are Rocky Mountains and Kaslo (?). I have seen all Mr. Cockle’s species and he has not taken 
it. The species was left out in the 1906 List. Some specimens, especially if a little rubbed, 
closely resemble Itame erauspicata Wk., which also occurs in the same district. The females 
are wingless. 


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Pyralide (Pyraustine). 


4994. Bvergestis subterminalis B. & McD. Taken on Mount McLean by Mr. G. O. Day on 
August Sth, 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 
1906 Check-list from Vancouver Island, but this is an error. A specimen from Wellington 
(Bryant) labelled funalis is undoubtedly insulalis B. & MeD., which occurs at several points on 
the Island. 

“4996. Evergestis simulatalis 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. 


Pyralide (Scopariine). 


*Scoparia basalis race pacificalis 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. IX. 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 Ist, 1920. Hernaldalis Dyar is — 
now placed as a race of basalis. 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 commortalis Dyar. This new species was described (Jbid., page 67) from 
specimens taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C., July 15th 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. 

5248. Scoparia tricoloralis Dyar. Taken by Mr. L. BE. Marmont at Maillardville, 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 18th 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. 

Pyralide (Crambine). 


*Crambus tulillus MeDun. 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 dwinetellus which are undoubtedly McDunnough’s new species. 
Dr. McDunnough in his description states that “It (tutillus) is probably closest to dumetellus 
Hub., differing in the much shorter and less distinct white costal line.’ Dr, Fernald in his 
* Crambidee of North America,’ 1896, gives a coloured figure of dissectus (Plate IL., Fig. 12) and 
one of dumetellus (Plate III., Fig. 2), and a comparison of these figures with specimens of 
tutillus shows that the latter is closer to dumetellus than it is to dissectus. 


Pyrvalide (Phycitinw,. 


*Pyla blackmorella Dyar. Described by Dr. Dyar (Ins. Tns. 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. 

Occophoridiw. 


G486. Semioscopis aurorella Dyar. 'The specimen figured was taken by Mr.'L. E. Marmont 
at Maillardyville, 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. 


Hydriomena nubilofasciata vul- 
nerata Swett. 
Sluggett, B.C. (W. Downes). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Drepanulatrix secundaria B. & 
MeD. 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Dysstroma ethela Wulst. 
Goldstream, B.C. (2. H. Blaeck- 
more). 

(Rather rare.) 


Evergestis simulatalis Grt. 
Fort Steele, B.C. (W. B. Ander- 
son). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Scoparia commortalis Dyar. 


(Male co-type.) 
Victoria, B.C, 


Semioscopis auroretla Dyar. 
Fraser Mills, B.C. (L. E. Mar- 
mont). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Choreutis balsamorrhizella Buseck. 
Buckell). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Chilcotin, Bie. (hse: 


Crambus tutillus MeD. 
(Male paratype.) 
Victoria, B.C. (E. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


(BE, H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


PLATE IV. 
GEOMETRID.N, 


Bupithecia interruptofasciata 
Pack. 

Maple Bay, B.C. (G. O. Day). 

(New to British Columbia.) 


Bupithecia mutata Pears. 
Goldstream, B.C. (EF. Il. Black- 
more). 

(Very rare.) 


Eupithecia scabrogata Pears. 
Wellington, B.C. (T. Bryant). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 


Bvetria colfaviana Keart. 
Fitzgerald, B.C. (W. R. Carter). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Enarmonia pinicolana Zell. 
Victoria, B.C. (W. R. Carter). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Arguroploce duplex Wism. 
Victoria, B.C. (W. R. Carter). 
(Very local.) 


Duysmigia loricaria Evers. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Phasiane hebetata Hulst. 
Chileotin, B.C. (E. R. Buckell). 
(Rather rare.) 


Itame pustularia Wubn. 
~ Lillooet, B.C. (A. W. Phair). 
(Very rare.) 


Evergestis subterminalis B. & 
McD. 
Mount MeLean, B.C. (G, O. Day). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Scoparia basalis pacificalis Dyar. 
(Male co-type.) 
Mount Newton, B.C, (E. H, Blackmore), 
(New to science.) 


Pyla blackmorella Dyar. 
(Male paratype.) 
Mount Tzouhalem, B.C. (E. H. 
Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Argyroploce mengelana Fern. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Scoparia tricoloralis Dyar. 
Fraser Mills, B.C. (L. E. Mar- 
mont). 

(Rather uncommon.) 


PLATE IV. 


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ProvincraL Musrtum Repoxr. M 33 


Bucosmida. 


6770. Evetria colfariana Kearf. Taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at Fitzgerald, B.C., on April 
17th, 1921. A short series of five specimens was taken on this date and a single specimen on 
May Sth. This species has not hitherto been recorded from the Province. Kearfott (Trfns. 
Am. Ent. Soc., XXXIIT., 3, 1907) described the species from a single male taken at Colfax, Cal. 

6840. Argyroploce mengelana Vern. This is a good record and is new to British Columbia. 
A single specimen, luckily in good condition, was taken at Vavenby, B.C., by Mr. 'T. A. Moilliet 
on July 12th, 1921. It was described (Hnt. News. Y., 131, 1894) from ten specimens in poor 
condition taken by Mr. L. W. Mengel in North Greenland in 1891. 

6859. Argyroploce duplex Wishm. A nice series of this handsome eucosmid was taken by Mr. 
W. R. Carter from June 21st to 28th, 192!. It is exceedingly local and was only taken in a 
very small area. They were all taken “at rest’? on a board fence bordering a small grove of 
aspen, which is undoubtedly their food-plant. Dr. Dyar in his “ Kootenai List” records finding 
the larve of this species on aspen at Kaslo. It has not been recorded from any other 
locality in the Province. I have seen one other specimen taken by Mr. Hanham at Victoria, 
B.C., many years ago. It was described (Traus. Ent. Soc., Lond., 501, 1895) from Colorado. 

7144. Pnarmonia pinicolana Zell. Vhe specimen illustrated was taken at Victoria, B.C., by 
W. R. Carter on July 20th, 1921. It is rather uncommon. Mr. Carter has taken two specimens 
and the writer took one in July, 1918. It bears a close superficial resemblance to some forms of 
Bucosma solandriana “inn. The species was described by Zeller in 1846 and is widely 
distributed. Meyrick (Handb. Brit. Lep., 474, 1895) gives its distribution as Great Britain, 
North and Central Europe, and North Asia, and its food-plant as larch. 


Glyphipterygidle. 


7619. Chorentis balsamorrhizella Busck. Taken by Mr. E. R. Buekell at Chileotin, B.C., 
on May 20th, 1920. This pretty little species, with its sprinkling of iridescent scales, is a new 
record for the Province. Four specimens were taken, but they were not in the most perfect 
condition, the one figured being the best. It has also been taken at Vernon (Ruhmann). 

Our sincere thanks are due to the following specialists for identifying material during the 
past season: Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Dr. W. Barnes, Foster H. Benjamin, August Busck, R. A. 
Cushman, Dr. H. G. Dyar, Carl Heinrich, Dr. A. W. Lindsey, Dr. J. McDunnough, 8S. A. Rohwer, 
and L. W. Swett. 


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THE PTEROPHORIDAS. OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 


By DB. HW. Biackmonrg, F.E.S. 


q The recent publication of “ The Pterophoridre of America, North of Mexico,” by Drs. Barnes 
and Lindsey (Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 4, Aug. 1921) has so altered our conception 
of many of the species, and also of some of the genera in this family, that I haye thought it 
advisable to write this short paper on the species occurring in British Columbia, and to bring 
them up to date as regards correct determination and nomenclature. 

In the Check-list of British Columbia Lepidoptera published in 1906 there are naturally a 
number of misidentifications, many species to be eliminated, and there are also a considerable 
number of additions. 

The species of this family are for the greater part very difficult to determine correctly, and 
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Dr. A. W. Lindsey for his willing and kindly help in 
determining a large number of specimens of doubtful and little-known species. I am also grateful 
for his kind permission to make use of any part of the “ Revision” that is applicable to our 
British Columbia species. 

My thanks are also due to Messrs. Bryant, Cockle, Day, Hanham, and Ruhmann for the loan 
of material, without which this paper weuld have been incomplete. 

The Pterophoridse can be distinguished primarily from any other family by the presence of 
a series of black spine-like scales on the under-surface of the secondaries. 

In all the North American species, with one exception, the primaries are bifid and the 
secondaries are trifid. The exception noted is Agdistis americana B. & L., which has both fore 
and hind wings entire. Two other exotic genera have the same characteristic, while another one 
has the primaries quadrifid and a third has them trifid. 

The following general remarks on the family as a whole, taken from Genera Insectorum 
Fasc., 100 (Pterophoridze by E. Meyrick), will prove of interest :— 

“Ovum more or less oval, smooth. Larva rather short, with more or less developed fascicles 
of hairs; usually feeding exposed on flowers or leaves, but sometimes internally in stems or 
seed-vessels. Pupa sometimes hairy, attached by tail. or in a slight cocoon above ground. ‘The 
majority of those species whose food-plants are known are attached to the Composite, which 
are the most highly organized group of dicotyledonous plants, and this is especially true of. the - 
two largest genera, Platyptilia and Pterophorus (Oidematophorus), where the association with 
this order is very marked, probably nine-tenths of the species being attached to it. 

“The fore wings of the imago «are very elongate, narrow, dilated posteriorly, and the legs are 
very long and unusually slender. The general structure seems adapted to secure extreme 
lightness, thus enabling distribution to be effected by the wind without much effort on the 
part of the insect; hence the species need and possess very little muscular power, and are quite 
unable to fly against even a moderate breeze. The method of distribution has been effective, 
for the species have spread over the whole globe, including the principal oceanic islands; 
though the wide distribution of some cosmopolitan species is due to artificial introduction with 
the cultivated shrubs and trees on which the laryre feed. 

“Probably all the principal genera originated in Asia, which shows much the greatest 
diversity of generic forms; the great specific development of Platyptilia and Pterophorus 
(Oidamatophorus) in America would seem to be due to the large variety of abundant suitable 
food-plants (Composite) offered, whilst the relatively insignificant generic modification indicates 
that the family did not find its way to America until long after its first origin. I infer, there- 
fore, that it originated not only late in time, but at a period when Asia was comparatively isolated 
from other regions by wide seas, and that on eventually gaining access to the other continents it 
found them already well-stocked with a large lepidopterous fauna.” 

In North America eleyen genera are listed, embracing some 116 species, of which British 
Columbia is represented by six genera with a total of 30 species, being slightly over 25 per cent. 
of the whole. The synonyms of genera and species are not given in their entirety, but only 
so far as they represent names previously given in former B.C. Check-lists. The descriptions of 
genera are given with the venation omitted, but sufficient structural characters are given ,that 
with the additional aid of the plate, no difficulty should be experienced in placing any specimen 
in its proper genus. ‘The descriptions of species are not given in full detail, but all the essential 
characters necessary for the identification of our British Columbia species are included. 


PLATE V. 
PTEROPHORID.1D, 


WING OUTLINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA GENERA. 


1 Ve 
2 
1. TRICHOPTILUS. 2. PTEROPHORUS. 
= == 
3 
4 
3.. PLATYPTILIA. 4. STENOPTILIA. 


5. ADALINA. 6. OID MATOPILORUS. 


Norp.—The above figures were photographed from the original plate in Messrs. Barnes and Lindsey's 
‘Pterophoride of America, North of Mexico,” by the kind permission of Dr, A. W. Lindsey. 


Provincia Museum Rerorr. M 35 


FAMILY PTEROPHORIDAE. 


Genus TRICHOPTILUS Walsingham. 


; Trichoptilus Walsingham, P’teroph. Cal., Ore., 62, 1880. Characters: Forehead without tuft; 
ocelli obsolete. Labial palpi moderate, ascending. Fore wings cleft from before middle, both 
lobes slender, tapering, without anal angle. 

1. TricHorTitus PpyeMxus Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 64, 1880. A very small species 
measuring about 10 mm. in expanse. J’ore wings yery pale fawn, barred with white on both 
— lobes. - < 

Two specimens taken at Wellington, B.C. (Bryant), on 30-VI.-03 and 11-VII.-03 respectively. 
One specimen is without head or body and the other is simply pinned. There is no record of any 
other specimens having been taken since. An exceedingly rare species. The type series included 
three specimens taken near Millville, Cal., on July 11th, 1871. ‘Two of them are in the British 
Museum, the remaining one being in the Fernald collection at Amherst, Mass. One other specimen 
is in the U.S. National Museum. I believe that these six specimens are all that are known. 


Genus PTEROPHORUS Geoffroy. 


Pterophorus Geoffroy, Hist. Nat. Ins., LI., page 90, 1762. 

Oxryptilus Zeller, Isis X., page 765, 1841. 

Characters: Vorehead smooth without tuft; ocelli obsolete. Labial palpi moderate, 
oblique; second joint with a ventral apical tuft in one British Columbian species; third joint 
moderate. Tibize thickened with scales at base of spurs. Primaries bifid, cleft from about 
middle. Secondaries trifid, third feather with a well-developed tuft of black scales in the fringes 
of the inner margin. 

1. PreropHorus TENUIDACTYLUS Fitch. ‘Trans. N.Y. Agr. Soc., XIV., 848, 1854. Primaries 
dark brown with a coppery tinge, with a fine transverse white line across outer half of both lobes. 
First lobe with a broader stripe basad of this; second lobe with this stripe reduced to a small 
white patch. Palpi white with lateral brown stripes. Thorax white behind. Abdomen brown 
with diverging pairs of white stripes on the third segment. Fourth segment entirely brown 
- above; fifth mostly white. Beneath the abdomen is more heavily marked with white. Expanse, 
13-17 mm. ¥ 

Dyar in his “ Kootenai List” records two specimens of this species as having been bred 
from the thimble-berry (Rubus nutkanus). Specimens sent to me by Mr. J. W. Cockle from 
Kaslo as tenuidactylus turn out to be P’terophorus delawaricus Zell. The only authentic specimen 
that I have seen is a unique taken by Mr. G. O. Day at Quamichan Lake, near Duncan, on July 
14th, 1907. Dr. Lindsey tells me that the species is widely distributed and is quite common in 
some localities. 

2. Preropuorvus NINGoRIS Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 26, 1880. Fore wings dull brown 
with a greyish cast caused by the presence of white and fuscous scales. Both lobes crossed 
by two white lines; the outer one slender, the inner one broad. The lobes are somewhat narrower 
than in our other two species of this genus. Secondaries brown; third lobe paler, white beyond 
middle, with large tuft of blackish scales in fringes at outer third. VPalpi rather long and slender, 
oblique, dark brown, with both joints white-tipped. Virst spurs attached about three-fifths from 
base of tibia and reaching its tip. Mxpanse, 18-20 mm. 

Dyar records it from Kaslo and states that the larve were found feeding on a herbaceous 
plant with milky juice, Hieracium albiflorum. In our 1906 B.C. Check-list it is also recorded 
from Wellington, but the specimens labelled ningoris in the Bryant collection and from which the 
record was taken all prove upon examination to be delawaricus. Mr. Day took one female 
specimen at Cowichan Lake on June 18th, 1915. 

3. PTEROPHORUS DELAWARICUS Zeller, Verh z-b Ges. Wien., XXIII., 320, 1873. Fore wings 
bright golden-brown, with both lobes crossed by two inwardly oblique white stripes; the outer 
one slender, the inner one broader. T’alpi brown at the sides; the vestiture of the second joint 
produced into a point below, which almost reaches tip of third. Abdomen with diverging white 
dashes above. Expanse, 18-20 mm. 

This species is far more common than the other two. 1 have it from Vietoria (Blackmore) ; 
Fitzgerald (Carter) ; Goldstream (Blackmore) ; Wellington (Bryant); Fraser Mills (Marmont) ; 
Kaslo (Cockle) ; and Rossland (Danby); the dates ranging from June 16th to July 26th. 


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The three species are superficially very close, but delawaricus can be separated from — 
tenuidactylus and ningoris by the second joint of the labial palpi having a projecting ventral — 
tuft which nearly reaches the tip of the third, and tenuwidactylus can be distinguished from " 
ningoris by the position of the median spurs on the hind tibis. In tenuidactylus these spurs are — 
attached to about the middle of the tibise, while in ningoris they are attached three-fifths or more 
of length of joint from its base. 


\ 


Genus PLATYPTILIA Huebner. 


Platyptilia Hiiebner, Verz. bek. Schinnett., 429, 1826. Characters: Front with a prominent 4 
scale tuft in some species, usually with at least a moderate tuft. Palpi short, scarcely exceeding 
front, to long; second joint oblique; third porrect. Tibisx: sometimes with slight scale-tufts. 
Fore wings cleft not more than one-third their length, anal angle evident on both lobes, in some — 
species prominent and in some retreating. Hind wings trifid, third feather with black scales or _ 
scale-tuft in fringes of inner margin in most species. 

1. PLATYPTILIA PUNCTIDACTYLA Haworth, Lep. Brit., 479, 1812. 

Alucita cosmodactyla Hiiebner, Samml. Hur. Schmett., 35, 1823. : 

Primaries brownish-grey to olive-black, with a very variable superficial white irroration. 
Costa with white dots on a blackish ground running from base of wing to cleft. A black 
triangle, paler on the costa, reaches just beyond base of cleft. Third feather of secondaries | 
with black scales along inner margin, a large triangular scale-tooth just beyond middle and a 
small tuft at apex. Expanse, 20-23 mm. E 

This is the cosmodactyla of our previous lists, which Meyrick places as a synonym of | 
punctidactyla. Although only previously recorded from Kaslo, it is widely distributed, as I 
have it from Victoria (Blackmore); Fitzgerald (Carter) ; Goldstream (Blackmore) ; Dunean ~ 
(Day); Wellington (Bryant); Fraser Mills (Marmont); Lillooet (Phair); Mount McLean 
(Hanham) ; Fort Fraser (Anderson) ; Kaslo (Cockle) ; and Chilcotin (Buckell). The species 
extends as far east as Manitoba, south to Illinois, Colorado, and South California. It also 
occurs in Hurope and Japan. It feeds on a number of food-plants; Meyrick (Handb. Brit. Lep., 
453, 1895) gives Stachys, Aquilegia and Geranium as the Huropean food-plants. Dyar records it 
from Kaslo as feeding in the red bracts of the high-bush honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata). 
Mr. Cockle bred specimens from the Indian paint-brush (Castilleja) in 1907. 

2. PLatypritia PrcA Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 21, 1880. Primaries white to well beyond — 
base of cleft, followed by a black shade which terminates at the usual transverse white lines on — 
the two lobes. Costa black with white spots and a heavy black triangle before cleft. Terminal 
area brownish with white scales which sometimes cover the darker colour. Third lobe of 
secondaries much as in the preceding species. The abdomen offers the only constant distingyish- 
ing feature. Its upper surface is marked with a large white triangle on each segment, apex 
forward, and the last few segments are almost entirely white. Beneath it is broadly white in 
its distal half. Expanse, 18-24 mm. 

This species is rather uncommon, the specific localities being Victoria (Carter) ; Fitzgerald 
(Blackmore); Duncan (Day); and Wellington (Bryant). It has not been recorded from the 
Mainland as yet. The types were taken at Crescent City, North California, and it has been — 
taken at Seattle and Mount Rainier, Wash. : 

The species varies considerably and in some cases closely approaches punctidactyla. ‘The 
two species, however, can always be separated by the white triangles on the abdomen as noted 
above. 

5. PLATYPTILIA TESSERADACTYLA Linneus, Faun. Suec., 370, 1761. Primaries rather evenly 
greyish, the markings produced by variation in the mixture of white scales, and therefore 
powdery and indefinite. Costa darker, dotted with white, with the usual dark triangle before 
cleft, sometimes very vague. Outer transyerse white line present, incomplete on second lobe. 
Secondaries with dark scales at tip of each lobe and a weak tuft of approximately equal dark 
scales just beyond middle of inner margin of third lobe. Palpi small, scarcely exceeding front. 
Thorax white behind. Expanse, 16-20 mm. 

This is apparently a rare species in the Province. In Dyars “ Kootenai List” he records’ — 
two specimens—Bear Lake Mountain (July 29th) and Kokanee Mountain (August 11th). None 
have been recorded since until this year. Mr. R. S. Thomson, who was with a surveying party 
in the mountains some 10 miles from Princeton, captured a single pterophorid which was deter- 


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mined by Dr. Lindsey as this species. In Mr. M. Ruhmann’s material there is a single specimen 


labelled Vernon, but without date. The species occurs in Eastern Canada and the Atlantie 
States, extending west to Pennsylvania and Colorado. It also occurs in Europe and West Central 
Central Asia. 

4. PLATYPTILIA CARDUIDACTYLA Riley, Rept. Ins. Mo., 180, 1869. Primaries brownish-buff, 
with the costa dark brown dotted with white as far as the usual brown triangle, which is much 
the darkest part of the wing. The heavy triangle contains a dark transverse dash before cleft 
which is visible only in pale specimens; both lobes pale brown crossed by a vague light line 
toward outer margin. Fringes grey-buff with a row of brown scales in base along outer margin, 
grey tufts at apices and anal angles, and two dark-brown scale-tufts on inner margin. Secondaries 
grey-brown, fringes slightly paler, with short dark scales at apices of first two lobes. Fringes 
of inner margin of third lobe with a prominent triangular tooth of dark-brown scales at middle. 
This tooth is preceded and followed by a variably complete row of short, dark seales and the 
lobe is whitish before it. Frontal tuft moderate, blunt, surpassed by third joint of oblique palpi. 
Expanse, 20-27 mm. 

This is one of our commonest species and is widely distributed. I have specimens from a 
large number of localities; from Vancouver Island to Rossland and from Prince Rupert to 
Vavenby. It occurs all throughout the United States and has been taken at Labrador. According 
to Riley, the larve are gregarious, living in webbed heads of common thistles. 

5. PLATYPTILIA PERCNODACTYLA Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 8, 1880. The general appear- 
ance of this species is substantially the same as the preceding, differing chiefly in the greatly 
reduced scale-tuft on the third lobe of secondaries. 

In carduidactyla this scale-tooth is distinctly triangular; in percnodactyla it is often very 
weak and made up of scales of approximately equal length. They may be forms of one species, 
but the early stages of percnodactyla are unknown. Careful breeding may clear up the standing 
of the species. Specimens which have been definitely determined as this species are from 
Victoria (Carter); Goldstream (Blackmore); Wellington (Bryant) ; and Mount McLean (Day 
and Hanham). 

6. PLATYPTILIA EDWARDSII Fish. Can. Ent., XIII., 72, 1881. Primaries buff, frequently tinged 
with brown and hoary with whitish scales, the buff appearing only in the pale markings and 
along the inner margin. The usual dark triangle is blackish-brown. Brown shade continued 
along costa to base, towards which it becomes faint. Brown spot in cell is usually connected 
with costa. Inner margin frequently with brown shades. Both lobes with pale outer line, 
incomplete on second, preceded by a heavy brown shade which blends into buff or greyish 
towards triangle. Terminal area hoary with whitish scales over brown. Secondaries grey- 
brown, third lobe having seattered brown scales on inner margin and a variable but always 
weak tuft of slender, almost equal brown scales within outer third of feather. Thorax somewhat 


boary, whitish behind. VPalpi moderate, oblique, scarcely exceeding the short, conical frontal tuft. . 


Expanse, 19-29 min. 

This is apparently a high-altitude species in British Columbia and has only been taken in 
a few localities—Hope Mountains (Day); Mount MeLean (Hanham and Day); Kaslo (Cockle) ; 
Rossland (Danby); and Mount Cheam (Harvey). The types were taken at Boston and Amherst, 
Mass., and it also occurs on Mount Rainier, Wash. 

Edwardsii can always be separated from the two preceding species by the scale-tooth on 
the inner margin of the third feather of secondaries being always placed at the outer third, 
while in carduidactyla and percnodactyla it is in the middle of the lobe. In addition, the 
species is considerably darker in appearance and generally larger, although all three species vary 
considerably in size. 

7. PLATYPTILIA ORTHOCARPI Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., I1., 1880. Primaries ochreous along 
inner margin, mixed brown and white with a few ochreous scales toward costa. Costa itself 
narrowly blackish-brown with white dots. Dark triangle before cleft. Terminal area brown, 
hoary with white scales, preceded by a faint transverse pale line, less complete on second lobe. 
Spaces between this and triangle ochreous irrorate with white, with an elongate triangular 
brown dash and costal shade on first lobe and two dashes on second. Cleft margined with a 
few dark scales. Secondaries brown, third lobe more ochreous. Fringes greyish with white 
b@ses along inner margins and at apices of first two lobes; containing a few brown scales in 
basal half of third lobe. Palpi brownish ochreous, moderate, oblique, touched with white above 


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and below. ‘Thorax mostly whitish in front and behind, brownish ochreous across tips of patagia. 
Expanse, 20-26 mm. 

A yery rare species. There is only one record from British Columbia—a single specimen 
taken by Mr. G. O. Day in June. The type came from Northern Oregon, where they were reared 
from a species of Orthocarpus. Writing of orthocarpi, Barnes and Lindsey state that “ Together 
with fragilis, shastw, and albida, they make up an extremely difficult group whieh we are 
inclined to believe in-a state of evolution. The named forms can be recognized, but whether 
to regard them as forms and races of one species or as distinct species is a question which 
we are unable to decide.” 

S. PLATYPTILIA FRAGILIS Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 16, 1880. In this species the 
characters are much the same as in the preceding, except that the general colour is more or less 
buff or light brown. Expanse, 20-24 mm. 

In the Bryant collection several specimens stood under the naine of fragilis, hut upon exami- 
nation they all proved to be albiciliata Wals., with the exception of one specimen, which 
Dr. Lindsey agrees is fragilis. ‘The specimen is a little undersized, barely measuring 18 mun. 
It lacks antennuze and abdomen, but is otherwise in good condition. It was taken by Mr. Bryant 
at Wellington on July 13th, 1903. The species occurs in Washington, California, Arizona, and 
Colorado. 

9. PLATYPTILIA ALBICILIATA Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 17, 1880. Fore wings even dull 
brown, dark triangle faintly indicated. Fringes greyish with pale bases which bear a row of 
dark scales on the outer margin. Secondaries are concolorous, their fringes with pale bases, 
sometimes conspicuous, and a few scattered brown scales along the inner margin of the third 
lobe. Expanse, 21 mm. ‘Thorax somewhat lighter behind. Palpi are moderate, oblique, and the 
frontal tuft very short and blunt. 

British Columbia examples differ from the above abbreviated description, in having the dark 
triangle well marked and the outer pale line discernible on the first lobe in most specimens. 
There is also some irroration of bluish-white scales on the disk and along the costal edge; in 
some specimens thiS irroration is extended to the terminal area of both lobes of the primaries. 
The species has been taken at Wellington (Bryant); Mount McLean (Day); and at Barker- 
ville (Buckell). The single specimen taken by Mr. Buckell is a darker brown than the other 
British Columbia specimens and of a more even colour. The species was described from North 
California. There is a specimen from Montana in the Barnes collection which is doubtfully 
referred to this species. The early stages are unknown. 

10, PLATYPTILIA ALBICANS Fish, Can. Ent., XIII., 71, 1881. Primaries creamy white with 
white-irrorate brown areas, fhe colours about equally extensive. Both lobes with a terminal 
brown band and one just before middle which fades out toward inner margin. Costa brown 
as far as base of cleft and inward to a transverse dash before cleft. Fringes white with grey 
tips; brown and white scales in bases along outer margin. Secondaries grey-brown with a 
faint tuft of slender scales, not visible without lens, near middle of inner margin of third lobe. 
Expanse 17-24 mm. Frontal tuft lacking. Palpi small and slender, but projecting well beyond 
front; brownish on sides. 


The only records for British Columbia are specimens taken by Mr. G. O. Day. One taken 
at Hope Mountains in July, 1808, and another one taken on Stokers Mountain, near Cowichan 
Lake, on July 23rd, 1909. Writing on the species, Barnes and Lindsey remark “that the Stoker 
Mountain specimen is anomalous.. We place it here with little hesitation, though it is so much 
darker than the typical form that a casual examination discloses little resemblance. It corre- 
sponds in essential features with our series, but differs in having the brown areas darker and 
more extended, the pale areas consequently narrow and somewhat tinged with brown.” 

The species was described from Neyada and has been taken at Wyoming and Colorado. 
The early stages are unknown. 

11. PLATYPTILIA PALLIDACTYLA JIlaworth, Lep. Brit., 478, 1812. Primaries with nebulous 
bright-brown and whitish markings. Cleft preceded by two brown dots. Pale areas a blotch in 
cell, preceded by a brown dot, one near inner margin about one-third from base, and a broader 
area below base of cleft. Lobes paler brown, crossed by a pale line outwardly and with a pale area 
on costa above base of cleft, before which costa is narrowly dark brown, dotted with white. 
All brown areas slightly irrorate with white. Secondaries brown. Fringes of inner margin ef 
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middle. Expanse 21-26 mm. Frontal tuft about as long as head, sharply pointed. Palpi long, 
slender, porrect, noticeably surpassing tuft. 

Our British Columbia specimens agree with the above description, excepting in the faint 
cluster of slender dark seales on the inner margin of third lobe. In all the specimens I have 
examined the cluster is absent, but in most of the specimens there are a few scattered dark 
scales, mostly in the basal half. I have it from Victoria (Carter); Goldstream (Day and 
Blackmore) ; Vernon (Ruhmann); and Kaslo (Cockle). I found it not uncommon at Gold- 
stream in June. It apparently ranges over the entire North American Continent north of 
87° latitude, and also occurs in Europe. 

12. PLATYPTILIA ALBERT2Z Barnes and Lindsey, Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 4, 346, 
Aug., 1921. Primaries white. Costa narrowly brownish-grey to cleft. Cleft preceded by two 
dark dots; a third similar dot in middle of cell. Lobes with terminal and median greyish 
shades defining the broad outer white line. Fringes white, basal scales on outer margin white. 
Secondaries very light brownish-grey, fringes and third lobe paler. Expanse 24-27 mm. 

The shape of the primaries is distinctwe. Towards the apex the costa is abruptly rounded, 
the apex is very blunt, and the outer margin of the first lobe almost straight. The first lobe 
and consequently the entire wing looks very wide and blunt. Frontal tuft as long as head, 
sharply pointed. Palpi moderate, oblique surpassing front, but not reaching end of tuft. 

The species was described from four specimens, as follows: Holotype feniale, Laggan, Alta., 
August 16th to 28rd, and one paratype female, Olympic Mountains, Wash., in Coll. Barnes. 
Allotype male, Monnt Cheam, B.C., August, in Coll. Blackmore. Paratype female, Laggan, Alta., 
August 16th to 23rd, in U.S. National Museum. 

The Mount Cheam specimen was taken by the late Captain R. V. Harvey in August, 1903. 
Among some material sent by Mr. Cockle, of Kaslo, for examination were two specimens of 
this new species. Both of them are rather worn and one is without abdomen; the latter, 
presumably taken at Kaslo, is without date. The other specimen was taken at Sandon on 
August 9th, 1904. 

Unfortunately the wings have a tendency to stain easily and in the allotype they are more 
or less tawny. It is evidently a high-altitude species. 


Genus STENOPTILIA Huebner. 


Stenoptilia Hiiebner, Verz. bek. Schmett., 480, 1826. Front with a rounded or conical 
prominence or a scale-tuft. Ocelli present. Palpi various. Primaries bifid, cleft from about 
two-thirds. Secondaries trifid, third feather without dark scales in fringes of inner margin. 
Anal angles of both lobes of primaries very retreating. Very closely allied to the preceding 
genus, but can be separated from the greater part of Platyptilia by the lack of dark scales in 

§ the fringes of the secondaries and from the remainder by the retreating anal angles. 

; 1. STENOPTILIA MENGELI Fernald, Pter. No. Amer., 60, 1898. Primaries ashy-grey and glisten- 
ing; a few dark fuscous seales on the first lobe form an ill-defined longitudinal stripe on the 

middle; a fuscous spot at the end of the cleft. Hind wings ashy-grey. Expanse 20 mm. 

) Thorax and palpi dark ashy-grey. A fine white line occurs over each eye. 

q A single specimen taken by Mr. A. W. Hanham on Mount McLean in August constitutes our 

only record. It is a rather surprising capture, as very few specimens are known. It was 

described from ten poor specimens taken by Mr. W. L. Mengel at McCormack’s Bay, North 

Greenland in 1891. Barnes and Lindsey record a single specimen from Colorado which i# slightly 
paler than the types. The latter specimen is in the U.S. National Museum. This is apparently 

all that are known. 

2. STENOPTILIA EXCLAMATIONIS Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 32, 1880. 

‘ Stenoptilia coloradensis Fernald, Pter. No. Amer., 61, 1898. 

| Primaries dark brownish-grey on costa, blending into ochreous or-pale grey on inner margin, 

| and irrorate with white in most specimens. The white scales are heaviest on the terminal area 

of both lobes. Cleft preceded by two blackish dots, usually fused. First lobe with a heavy 

blackish shade, margined outwardly with white and preceded on costa by a white dash. There 

} is usually a blackish dot near middle of cell. Fringes white in cleft, with greyish clusters before 

outer margin, elsewhere grey, white below apices of both lobes. Secondaries brownish-grey with 

coneolofus fringes. EXxpanses, 18-24 mm. (British Columbia examples are more consistent in 

. size, measuring 22 mm.) Palpi moderate, whitish above; third joint small; a white line over 


each eye. 


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A rather uncommon species in the Province.. I have it from Fitzgerald (Carter) and Fraser 
Mills (Marmont), and have seen a specimen from Kaslo (Cockle). The species occurs in 
Manitoba and Ontario. The types of exrclamationis came from the Siskiyou Mountains, North 
California, and the types of colorandensis were taken in Colorado. Barnes and Lindsey, who 
have examined the types, consider them conspecific. The early stages are unknown. 


Genus ADAINA Tutt. 


Adaina Tutt, Ent. Rec., XVII., 37, 1905. Ocelli obsolete. Palpi moderate, ascending, slender. 
Primaries cleft from two-thirds or before. Secondaries trifid, third feather without black scales 
in fringes. Very close to Oidamatophorus, but differs chiefly in venation of primaries, as a 
reference to the figures on Plate V. will show. ‘The cleft in primaries is also cut more deeply, 
thus making the lobes longer in proportion. ; 

1. ADAINA MONTANA Wals. form prctivis Meyrick, Exot. Microlep., I., 112, 1913. Primaries 
cleft to three-fifths, lobes rather narrow, equal, pointed; white, sometimes mixed with light- 
brownish suffusion; basal half with a few scattered, dark fuscous scales; a moderate oblique 
fascia of dark fuscous irroration from costa beyond base of cleft to middle of inner margin. Both 
lobes more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous. Fringes white on inner margins of both lobes, 
brownish towards apices. Secondaries rather dark grey with fringes paler. Expanse 16 min. 
Thorax white, posterior half sometimes light brownish, abdomen white, sometimes with faint 
brownish dorsal lines. (The British Columbia example has the posterior half of the thorax 
and the abdomen a light ochreous. ) 

One specimen in fair condition taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Fort Fraser on September 
16th, 1921. 

The species was described from two specimens taken at Toronto, Ont., in August. It also 
oecurs in Manitoba. It has been reared in Colorado by Dyar and Caudell in the heads of 
Helianthus pumilus. 

Genus OIDAEMATOPHORUS Wallengren. 

Oidematophorus Wallengren, Skand. F-jiid., 19, 1859. 

Pterophorus Wallengren (not Geoff.), ibidem, 20, 1859. 

Front rarely with tuft. Ocelli obsolete. Palpi short to long, usually slender, and more or 
less oblique. Tibia with or without conspicuous scale-tufts. Primaries cleft two-fifths or less. 
Secondaries trifid, fringes without black scales. 

Writing of this genus, Barnes and Lindsey state, in part, that “The species of Oid@mato- 
phorus are not at all difficult to identify when one has gained some familiarity with them. 
Usually some one or two characters suffice, but we have found that very nearly all characters 
of colour and pattern are subject to such variation that the construction of a key is very difficult.” 

As there are sixty species of this genus in North America, many of which are closely allied, 
the authors prepared a key conibining structural characters together with those of coloration and 
maculation. A number of species were inserted under two categories so as to make use of the 
most salient features. 

As only eleven of these species occur in the Province, I have constructed a key based (with 
the exception of monodactylus Linn.) on the colour and pattern of the wings alone, which I think 
will suflice for the identification of most of our British Columbia species of this genus. 


Key to the Species. 


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Primaries Tight ochreous: tO: CAWY? se <i oe oie aia)eimtejwnetoieis)e)-iel aisle» aleater=}sia) sie sax! 
2. Primaries white with scattered dark-brown irroration; a dark-brown costal 
patch over base, of GleLt so of: ei) cime« «, «=e isialsicl =) oit= 2 mathewianus 
Primariestay Wiese <n <syeye eles se ered oy etelotereteicstas «\eleteeNeRehade = ects etic teeta nateate 3 
3. With a wide dark-brown diskal streak from biase to cleft; oblique costal 
patch over base of CleLb ye. jee soe es al pieiere HAS Od Be OMG Sao. yet teh? 


With wide tawny streak on costal margin of first lobe; fringes on primaries 
brown, contrastingly darker than wing. No costal patch ....6 phabus 
4. Primaries tawny with heavy brown costal mark over base of cleft; small 
brown shade before cleft . 5... .2.0.5...22.. nab Goewn cone o 1 occidentalis 
Primaries light ochreous; a blackish-brown rounded spot a short distance 
before cleft and another fainter one above it, sometimes connected by 
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PLATE VI. 
PTEROPHORID., 


Pterophorus tenuidactylus Witch. Quamichan Lake, 
Ptcrophorus delawaricus Zell, Fraser Mills, B. 
Stenoptilia exclamationis Wism. Fraser Mills, B.C. 
Platyptilia punetidactyla WWaw.  Waslo, B.C. 
Platyptilia pica Wsim. Victoria, B.C. 

Platyptlilia tesseradactyla Linn, Vernon, B.C. 
Platyptilia fragilis Wism, Wellington, B.C. 
Plaiyptilia albiciliata Wism. Wellington, B.C, 
Platyplilia carduidactyla Riley. Vietoria, B.C. 
Platyptilia paltlidaectyla Haw. Goldstream, B.C. 
Plalyptilia cdiwardsii Fish. Mount McLean, B.C, 
Oidamatophorus fieldi Wright. Atlin, B.C. 
Oidamatophorus grisescens Wism.  Kaslo, B.C. 
Oidematophorus cineraceus Fish. Alberni, B.C. 


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{daina montana deelivis Meyrv. Vort Fraser, B.C. 


i. Ntenoptilia mengeli Ferm, Mount McLean, B.C. 
. Oidamatophorus corvus B. & LL. Goldstream, TR. 


Oidamatophorus stramineus Wism,  Waslo, B.C. 
Oidamatophorus occidentalis Wism. Vavenby, B.C. 
Oidamatophorus mathewianus Zell, Waslo, B.C, 
Oidamatophorus helianthi Wism,  Waslo, B.C. 


Oidamatophorus homodactylus Wik. Mount MeLean, 


Oidamatophorus monodactylus Linn. Vietoria, B.C. 
Platyptilia alberta B. & Le Waslo, B.C. 


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6. Primaries definitely yellowish; generally with a heavy tawny shade from 
base to first lobe. Expanse, 15-21 mm. .................. 9 stramineus 


Primaries pale greyish-yellow; a greyish-brown shade generally present - 
in first lobe. Secondaries conspicuously darker. DExpanse 17-20 


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Primaries grey, powdered with blackish-brown and white seales; inner 

marein conspicuously DroyaiSh as... isc. 3+ abla cle oe wan aule oc 3 grisescens 


Primaries ash-brown to ash-grey, generally heavily irrorated with blackish 
scales. Base of cleft white preceded by a blackish triangular mark 
connecting with a dari: costal Gash, .. . ecco. rec ccewsccess 4 cineraceus 

Primaries variable; from tawny to red-brown and grey; anal angle of 
second lobe with extremely long fringes. Hind tarsi with a con- 
spicuous dorsal crest on upper surface ............... 11 monodactylus 

1. OIDZMATOPHORUS OCCIDENTALIS Walsinghain, Pter. Cal., Ore., 37, 1880. Primaries creamy 
white to deep ochreous, normally with a heavy brown costal mark over base of cleft, preceded 
and followed by a few whitish scales. This patch is counected with a small brown triangular 
shade before cleft. The wing is marked with cloudy brown areas and the first lobe is light 
brown. Fringes even tawny-grey. Secondaries brownish, shining with paler fringes. Expanse 
26-29 mm. Head with a pale patch between antennie, otherwise the darkest part. Thorax 
concolorous with primaries, paler behind. VPalpi rather small, oblique; second joint thickened, 
white-tipped. Front tibia with a heavy double tuft of brown scales in terminal half, mid-tibise 
with heavy median and terminal tufts of the same colour. Inner spur of median pair on hind 
tibie almost twice as long as outer. A very variable species. 

The records in British Columbia are from Kaslo (Cockle); Rossland (Danby); Vavenby 
(Moilliet) ; and a rather worn specimen from Fort Steele (W..B. Anderson). The type series 
was taken in California and it occurs in Arizona and Utah. 

~ 2. OlpacMATOPHORUS MATHEWIANUS Zeller. Verh. Zoot.-bot. Ges. Wien., 445, 1874. Primaries 
white with variably extensive tawny brown shades, usually confined to inner half, but sometimes 
encroaching on first lobe. Costa with scattered dark-brown scales forming a long spot over 
base of cleft and two white dots beyond. Cleft preceded by a white area, and this by a davk- 
brown dash continued obliquely to costal spot by a light-brown shade. Sometimes a dark dot 
near middle of cell and some scattered patches of dark-brown irroration. Inner margin of first 
lobe with a brown dot belore apex, followed by a white pencil in the fringe. Fringes light 
brownish-grey with some white hairs. Secondaries brownish-grey. Expanse 21-27 mm. Hexd, 
thorax, and abdomen white. Palpi short, oblique, brown-speckled” Front tibixe with a large 
brown scale tuft; mid-tibie with two heavy brown tufts; hind legs white. 

Described from Vancouver Island. I have sot seen any specimens from the Island, although 
extensive collecting has been done on the southern portion of the Island, neither are there any 
specimens in the Bryant collection from Wellington. A short series was taken in August by 
Messrs. Day and Hanham on Mount McLean, and three specimens sent to me by Mr. Cockle, of 
Kaslo, as Petrophorus brucei Fern. turn out to be this species. Mr. Day records a specimen 
of this species taken by his son at Dawson, Yukon Territory, in 1910. It occurs in Southern 
California, and Barnes and Lindsey refer to this species specimens taken in Colorado and Maine 
which differ from typical specimens, but agree in all essential features. 

3. OIDAMATOPHORUS GRISESCENS Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 34, 1880. Primaries narrow, 
heavily sprinkled with white, and with some seattered blackish scales. Ground colour of inner 
half, brown; of costal half, apparently grey-brown, the scales tipped with white; but this area 


- . of the wing is greyish-white because of the predominating white scales. Costa with a grey-brown 


dash over base of cleft and two spots beyond. Cleft preceded by a white patch, and this by a 
small blackish spot curving forward to costal dash in a slender line. First lobe with a black 
dot before apex, followed by a white peucil in the fringes. Fringes brownish-grey with a mixture 
of white hairs. Secondaries grey-brown with concolorous fringes. Expanse 23-30 mm. Head 
and thorax clothed with grey-tipped white scales. Palpi short, oblique, each joint white-tipped. 
Abdomen whitish with brown-tipped scale tufts on posterior margins of segments. 


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One specimen taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo on August 1st, 1907. This is a very distinct 
species and cannot be confused with any other British Columbia species. Type series were reared 
from Artemisia sp..at Rogue River, Southern Oregon. It also occurs in California, Colorado, 
and Arizona. Barnes and Lindsey also record a specimen from “ British Columbia (June),” 
but no specific locality is given. 

4, OIDSMATOPHORUS CINERACEUS Fish., Can., Ent., XIII, 73,1881. Primaries brownish-white 
to greyish, often darker toward costa. There is a variable irroration of blackish scales which 
tends to collect between the veins and in the basal half of the wing. Whitish at base of cleft, 
preceded by a brown dash which curves outward to brown costal dash above base of cleft. 
Fringes brownish-grey with a few white hairs. Secondaries grey-brown with fringes, concol- 
orous. Expanse 27-29 mm. Valpi short, oblique. Abdomen brownish-white, with central dark 
dots in distal half. : 

Not uncommon and widely distributed. Recorded from Dunean (Day) ; Wellington (Bryant) ; 
Alberni (Redford) ; Mount McLean (Day) ; Kaslo (Cockle) ; and Vaveuby (Moilliet). We have 
not seen the species from either Victoria or Goldstream. 

Our British Columbia specimens are very even in their colouring, all that I have seen being 
of the typical brownish-white form. The irroration of the blackish scales is, however, very 
variable. The species occurs in Washington, California, Colorado, Utah, Pennsylvania, and 
Manitoba. The life-history is unknown. 

5. OIDAMATOPHORUS FIELDI Wright, Ent. News. XXXIT., 6, 1921. Primaries: Ground colour 
white; the costal edge, discal area from base to cleft, and inner margin broadly brown-streaked. 
A dark-brown costal streak just above the base of the cleft, connected broadly with the outer 
end of the discal streak, preceded and followed by white; another brown costal streak at the 
base of the first lobe, then narrowly white to apex. A white spot preceding base of cleft, | 
connected obliquely by a fine white line to the outer costal white spot. Second lobe brown. at 
tip, faint brown line down the centre, and a small square white spot one-third from base. 
Fringe smoky, darker within the cleft. Secondaries dull smoky brown, fringes darker. Expanse 
21-26 mm. Palpimottled light brown and white. Thorax dorsally brown; anterior part, 
buf’. Abdomen light brownish-buff on anterior part, becoming almost seal-brown mottled with 
lighter on the anal segments. . 

Two specimens from Atlin. One is from the Bryant collection without date and the other 
was taken by E. M. Anderson on July 19th, 1914. They are both rather faded and a little worn. 
Dr. Lindsey made a slide of the genitalia of the latter to ensure the identification. Barnes and 
Lindsey also record a specimen from Wellington (Taylor) which is paler than typical. The 
type series was taken at San Diego, Cal., so that the species has an extensive range; it is 
also recorded from Arizona. 

G6. OlpazsMATOPHORUS PHOEBUS Barnes and Lindsey, Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 4, page 
406, 1921. Primaries whitish to light tawny brown, the palest area in the second lobe and 
along inner margin of first. Costa whitish towards base, sprinkled with blackish scales, paler 
towards apex. Cleft preceded at a short distance by a faint dark dot. Entire wing usually 
with some scattered black scales, tending to form streaks in the lobes and near the inner margin. 
Fringes pale on costa, elsewhere brownish-grey to brownish-black, contrastingly darker than 
wivg. Secondaries brownish-grey with slightly darker fringes. Expanse 21-23 mm. Head 
prown with a whitish band between antennie. Thorax whitish in front, becoming tawny behind. 
Palpi small, oblique, whitish, with traces of brown on third joint. 

Described from four specimens from various localities in California. With these the authors 
have associated a specimen from New Westminster, which, however, is much paler than the type 
series. Neither the date of capture nor collector’s name is given. Among the material sent 
from Kaslo was a specimen which was different to anything else that I had seen; it was — 
submitted to Dr. Lindsey, who pronounced it this species. It was taken by Mr. Cockle on 
June 22nd, 1910. J 

7. OlbSMATOPHORUS HELIANTHI Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 54, 1880. Primaries brownish — 
—w white to tawny with some scattered dark-brown scales. A short distance before the cleft and 
slightly toward inner margin there is a rounded dark-brown spot, well defined, which may be 
extended as much as half-way to the costa by an oblique line of dark scales, and occasionally 
the anterior extremity of this mark alone is evident as a spot much more vague than the first 
(this is the case in the British Columbia example before me) apex and inner margin of first 


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. lobe with a row of dark dots. Fringes concolorous, those in cleft with dark areas just before 
: 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 occidentalis. The type series was taken in the 
| Siskiyou Mountains, South Oregon, and were bred from larve feeding on a species of Helianthus. 
r The species has also been taken in Colorado. 

8. OmaeMATOPHORUS HOMODACTYLUS Walker, List. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus., XXX., 941, 1864. 
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 
4 with greyish. Head, thorax, and abdomen snowy white. The mid-tibie 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 wefe taken at an elevation of 5,000 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. OIDAZMATOPHORUS STRAMINEUS Walsingham, Pter. Cal., Ore., 41, 1880. 
. Lioptilus augustus Walsingham, Pter, Cal., Ore., 45, 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. 
4 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 Musewn. 
. 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 margaratacea, which I suppose is their food-plant. Laryze were found commonly in 
the flower-heads of this plant, but unfortunately were not bred.” 

10. Orpz2MATOPHORUS coryUS Barnes and Lindsey, Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. LY., No. 4, page 
427, 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 yellow primaries. Expanse 17-20 mm. Palpi moderate, slender, oblique, yellowish-white 
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 Goldstrea:n 
(Blackmore) ; Wellington (Bryant) ; Fraser Mills (Marmont) ; Kaslo (Cockle) ; and Cranbrook 
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The British Columbia specimens are very variable, both in size and in coloration. The 
Wellington examples are the largest, being 21-22 mm. in expanse, with the dark shades con- 
trasting with the paler areas, which are a deep cream. A series from Goldstream average 
18 mm. in expanse and are very pale, the ground colour being a sordid white, with the brown 
spot before cleft distinctly marked. hose from Fraser Mills are similar, but not quite so pale. 
Some Kaslo specimens are as pale as my Goldstream series, but a trifle smaller, although one 
specimen is larger than any, measuring 23 nim., and in addition is very much darker, the ground 
eolour being dark brown. Dr. Lindsey has seen this specimen and pronounced it corvus, believing 
that the brown colour is due to age or some other cause. It was taken on June 20th, 1904. 

The life-history and food-plant are unknown, although the series which I took at Goldstream 
in August, 1920, were all beaten from the common yarrow (Achillia millefolium), which may 
be its food-plant. I did not observe it on any other plant. 

11. Olp2MATOPHORUS MONODACTYLUS Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. (Hd. 10), page 542, 1758. The 
colour of the primaries is very variable, ranging through shades of grey, yellow, and brown to 
various mixtures of these colours. The fore wings are very narrow, but have unusually long 
fringes at the anal angle of the seconddobe. There is a black spot before base of cleft, some- 
times extended to it, a dot in cell, some at tips of veins in both lobes, and some black scales 
streaking the wing near inner margin. Secondaries and fringes of both wings brownish-grey. 
Expanse 21-28 mm. Thorax similar to primaries. Abdomen brownish or greyish with some 
dark dashes, and a narrow dorsal stripe concclorous with thorax, which widens anteriorly and 
is usually margined with white toward its junction with the thorax. ‘There is usually a crest of 
scales present on the upper surface of the hind tarsi. 

This is our commonest species on Vancouver Island and it has been taken in every month of 
the year. The most common coloration is tawny, with a sprinkling of grey forms and a few 
red-brown ones. I have not seen any specimens from the Mainland, which is rather surprising, 
as it occurs right across the continent from the Atlantie to the Pacific and from Mexico to 
Canada. It also occurs in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It feeds on a large number of 
different food-plants. 


The following eight species recorded in the 1906 B.C. Check-list are omitted from this paper 


for the reasons given :— 

Trichoptilus lobidactylus Witch. Recorded from Wellington. I have examined the specimens 
labelled as this species in the Bryant collection and from which the records were taken for the 
above list, and find that they are all Pterophorus delawaricus Zeller without a doubt. 

Oxyptilus (Pterophorus) periscelidactylus Fitch. Recorded from Wellington. The speci- 
mens labelled as such in the Bryant collection are Platyptilia punctidactyla Haw. : 

Platyptilia shaste Wals. Recorded trom Wellington.- This was rather an extraordinary 
determination, as specimens bearing this label were undoubtedly Oidwmatophorus cineraceus 
Vish. A totally different insect and bearing no resemblance, either generically or specifically. 

Platyptilia grandis Wais. and Platyptilia modesta Wals. Both recorded from Wellington. 
Specimens bearing these labels were nothing more or less than specimens of the common 
carduidactyla, which had appareutly been separated according to their size; the latter species 
being very variable in this respect, as 1 haye specimens ranging from 18 to 28 mm. in expanse. 

Pterophorus (Oidemutophorus) brucci Fern. Recorded from Shawnigan Lake by Dr. Dyar 
in his “Kootenai List.” In his annotation, he states: “Two specimens . . . in poor 
condition, but seeming to agree with specimens from Colorado, so named for me by Dr. C. H. 
Fernald.” 

IT am rather inclined to doubt the correctness of Dr. Dyar’s determination of this species on 
the following grounds: (1) That Urueci Fern. and mathewianus Zell. have a somewhat super- 
ficial resemblance; (2) that Dr. Dyar’s specimens were in poor condition and he himself was 
not positive that they were conspecific with his Colorado specimens of brucei; (38) that 
apparently Dr. Dyar did not have at that time specimens of mathcwianus for comparison ; (4) 
that specimens sent to me by Mr. Cockle, of Kaslo, as brucei have been determined by Dr. Lindsey 
as mathewianus; and (5) that of 250 specimens of this family recently examined from 
many diverse localities in the Province, not a single specimen turned up which has been even 
doubtfully referred to brucei. Taking all these facts into consideration, it is more reasonable 
to suppose that Dr. Dyar’s specimens were in reality matherwianus, which was originally described 


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from Vancouver Island. Until undoubted specimens of brucei are taken in British Columbia I 
think it is better to eliminate this species from our E.C. Check-list. 

Pterophorus (Oidematophorus) paleaceus Zell. Recorded from Wellington. Specimens 
under this name in the Bryant collection did not seem to agree with the description of that 
species and were submitted to Dr. Lindsey, who pronounced them to be “ rather large specimens 
of corvus B. & L., not quite typical, but certainly not paleaceus Zell.” 

Pterophorus (Oidematophorus) eupdtorii Fern. This record in our list was copied from 
Dyar’s Catalogue (Bull. 52, U.S.N.M.), wherein he gives Vancouver Island, together with New 
York and California, as localities for this species. Barnes and Lindsey in their “ Revision” give 
a detailed discussion of eupatorii ern., guttatus Wals., and mathewianus Zell., three very closely 
allied species and which have given rise to a great deal of confusion in the past. The conclusions 
arrived at show that et(patorii is distinctly Eastern aud does not occur on the Pacifie slope. 

In concluding this paper on the British Columbia Pterophoridw, I would like to point out 
two important pieces of biological work that remain for our local entomologists to undertake, 
and that is the working-out of the life-histories of (1) Platyptilia pallidactyla Haw. and pica 
Wals., and (2) P. carduidactyla Riley and perenodactyla Wals. Careful breeding from the ova 
of known females, full notes on the different larval instars, together with careful comparison of 
the resulting imagines, will do much to prove the specific identity or otherwise of the species 
indicated. 

The following family, with its one North American species, is included here as it is so very 
closely allied to the Pterophoridie. 


FAMILY ALUCITIDAE LINN. 
Genus ALUCITA Linn. 


Alucita Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. (Id. X.), 1, 542, 1758. 

Orneodes Latreille, Precis. Car. Ins. 148, 1796. 

Characters: Ocelli present. Proboscis well developed. Labial palpi strong. Both primaries 
and secondaries deeply cleft into six lobes each. The under-surface of the secondaries lacks 
the black scales which occur in the Pterophoridie, aud the legs are of normal length. 

1. ALUCITA MONTANA Cockerell, Ent. Mo. Mag., XXY., 213, 1889. 

Orneodes heradactyla Fernald (not Linn.), List. Lep. No. Amer., 88, 1891. 

Primaries greyish-tawny, crossed by a wide dark-brown median band margined narrowly 
with white, which forks on the first two lobes; a subterminal band, narrower. on the first two 
lobes, is also margined with white. Secondaries checkered with dark brown, tawny, and white. 

This species is the Orneodoes heradactyla of our local lists, a European species with which 
our North American species has generally been considered conspecific, but according to Barnes 
and Lindsey hexedactyla is much lighter and more ochreous in general appearance and entirely 
lacks pure white scales. 

Montana has a wide distribution in North America, occurring from Vancouver Island to 
Ontario and from New York to California. 


List oF REFERENCES. 


1921. Barnes, W., and Lindsey, A. W. The Pterophoridze of America, North of Mexico 
(Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. IV., No. 4). 

1902. Dyar, H. G. List of North American Lepidoptera (Bull. 52, U.S. National Systein). 

1904. Dyar, H. G. The Lepidoptera of the Kootenai District of British Columbia (Pro. 
U.S.N.M., pages 779-938). 

1895. Meyrick, Edw. Handbook of British Lepidoptera. 

1910. Meyrick, Edw. Fam. Pterophorid:e (Genera Insectorum Fasc., 100). 

1918. Meyrick, Edw. Exotic Microlepidoptera, Vol. I., Pt. 4, page 112. 


VICTORIA, B.C. 
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J. D. MacLEAN, 
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The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., 


Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 


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REPORT of the 
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FOR THE YEAR 1922. 


By Francis Kermopr, Drrecror. 
OBJECTS. 


(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province. 

(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province. 

(c.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences, relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Province, and diffuse knowledge regarding the same. 


ADMISSION. 


The Provincial.Museum is open, free, to the public daily throughout the year from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m. (except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day); it is also open on Sunday 
afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May Ist until the end of October. 


VISITORS. 


The actual number of visitors whose names are recorded on the register of the Museum is 
21,307, against 22,550 in last year’s report. This does not by any means give the total number 
of visitors throughout the year, as not only have more visitors been noticed, but the attendance 
of school classes has greatly increased, while the classes from the Normal School have used the 
collections considerably in regard to making drawings in connection with their nature-studies. 
I would recommend that a turnstile or some other way of recording the number of visitors 
accurately be installed. The following figures will give some idea of those who recorded their 
names during the months of: January, 698; February, 872; March, 945; April, 1,087; May, 
1,231; June, 2,131; July, 4,561; August, 4,830; September, 2,377; October, 1,185; November, 
780; December, 660. 

ACTIVITIES. 


In last year’s report it was mentioned that the Public Works Department had completed the 
basement, and the carpenter having made four extra cases for the display of exhibits, all the 
anthropological material which had for a number of years been exhibited on the main floor in 
the northern section of the exhibition halls was transferred to its new quarters. Four other 
eases are in the course of preparation, and a temporary arrangement has been made to exhibit 
the specimens until the four cases are completed and the extra two rooms available for the 
display of exhibits, making a total of six rooms in the anthropological halls. It is hoped to have 
this completed early in the spring and the collection will then be labelled and arranged as a 
permanent exhibit, as there is no more space available in the present building. 

A temporary arrangement of these specimens was made in the spring of 1922, and the formal 
opening of the exhibition halls to the public was inaugurated by a special meeting of the Natural 
History Society of British Columbia, held in the Provincial Museum on May 29th, 1922, when an 
illustrated lecture was given by the Director on the “ Early Customs and Life of the Aboriginal 
Races of this Province,” which was well attended by the members of the society and their friends. 
The lecture was given on the main floor, the mammals in eases and other specimens being moved 
to one side so as to give as much space as possible for those who attended. The Department is 
handicapped, as in the construction of the present building there is no room available for 
scientific lectures of this kind for the general public, although offers to give lectures have been 
received from different scientists who have visited the Department from time to time. 

Mr. Harlan I. Smith, Anthropologist of the Dominion Government, Ottawa, also gave a 
lecture in the Museum on September 14th, 1922, upon his return from his explorations in the 
Bella Coola country, where he has been doing anthropological research-work for the last three 
summers. His lecture, “The Relationship of Museum Work to Education,’ was given on the 


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main floor of the Museum, but the space provided was barely sufficient for the accommodation 
of members of the Natural History Society and their friends, who displayed deep interest in the 
lantern-slides illustrating the work carried on by the larger museums in Hastern Canada and 
the United States. These slides Mr. Smith very kindly had his Department send from Ottawa 
for the occasion. 

Two other lectures were given for the Natural History Society, one on “ Bird Life of the 
Western Country,” with illustrations, given by Miss Elizabeth Racey, of Portland, Oregon, and 
the other by Dr. Franz Boas, of Columbia University, New York, on “Indians of British 
Columbia: their Customs, Folk-lore, and Habits.” These lectures were held in the Girls’ Central 
School and were attended by large and appreciative gatherings. 

At the request of the Honourable John Oliver, Prime Minister, the Museum was open during 
the evening of September 21st, 1922, for the members of the Montreal Board of Trade, who were 
accompanied on their trip across Canada by a number of British Parliamentarians. They were 
conducted through the Department by the Honourable the Premier, and numbers of them 
expressed their gratitude, and were agreeably surprised at the showing this Province has made 
in the exhibit of natural-history specimens. 


ANTHROPOLOGY. 


In the early part of the year the Director took up with Mr. R. G. Cunningham, of Port 
Essington, the advisability of his loaning to the Department his very valuable collection of 
Indian stone carvings, which have been in his possession for many years. Mr. Cunningham 
willingly consented to place on exhibition for an indefinite time the whole of this collection, 
numbering approximately fifty-five specimens. 

These carvings are exceptionally good pieces of work, above the average that is done by the 
Haida Indians, who are the expert carvers of the North Pacific Coast, and exceed all other tribes 
in their totem designs, both in workmanship and skill. Of these stone carvings, some were made 
by the late Henry Edensaw, a chief of the Masset Tribe of the Haida Indians of the Queen 
Charlotte Islands, who lived to be a very old man, dying a few years ago; others were carved 
by a man named Abraham, a cripple, born of slave parents who were taken slaves by the Haidas 
from another tribe many years ago. 

The material these carvings are made of is a form of black slate which is rather soft when 
first taken from the deposits found at Skidegate Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands. After being 
carved this material is polished with oil and takes a very brilliant finish. 

This exhibition of totem-poles illustrates the stories and legends of the Haida Indians. The 
exhibit is in a plate-glass case on the main floor, and may be seen by all visitors entering the 
Department before visiting the anthropological halls in the basement. 

In the early spring, when the anthropological collection was being transferred to the base- 
ment, three extra totem-poles were arranged in the main entrance. One is a large house-pole, 
No. 2309, collected by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, 1913, at Talio, South Bentinck Arm, B.C. It is of 
cedar with a hollowed back, large doorway at bottom, painted yellow, blue, green, white, and 
black. The lower figure has a short beak and there are two smaller birds three-quarters of the 
way up the pole. Size, 17 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 2 feet 6 inches. 

Two other house-poles were also placed in the entrance hall; No. 2355, used in the interior 
of the house, is of cedar, with the eagle carved on the top and the ancestor of the owner below. 
Size, 14 feet 7 inches by 22 inches. No. 2356 is the companion to No. 2355. These two poles 
stood inside a house, supporting the roof. Collected at Comox, B.C., 1912, by C. F. N. 

At the time these poles were placed in position, the Director thought it advisable to remove 
the two oil paintings of Alert Bay Indian Village from the entrance hall to the hall where the 
stair-case leads to the anthropological section. A large totem-pole which had been in storage 
for a number of years was also erected near the stairway. This totem, No. 1863, is of cedar, 
carved, and painted red, black, and grey. The top is the copper which the chief or owner is 
holding up (holding up his tribe); then comes the chief's figure; then the raven (his crest), 
and the man underneath is the enemy chief of the chief who is holding the copper. He is 
treading on his enemy. ‘Size of pole, 26 feet by 21 inches by 18 inches. Collected at Tsawadi 
Village by C. F. N. 

A number of other totem-poles, house-poles, and canoes, with several more Indian antiquities 
too large for exhibition in the present halls, have still to remain in storage in another building 


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:. ‘ indefinitely until space is provided by the erection of a new museum. ‘This had been the intention 
for some time, but owing to financial conditions the matter has been left in abeyance, but it is 
to be hoped that the time will soon come when arrangements will be made for the erection 
of a building large enough to house this valuable anthropological material. 

While undergoing these changes this year the Museum was visited by a number of the 
leading scientists and anthropologists of America who were in Victoria during the summer, 
among whom were: Dr. Franz Boas, Anthropologist, Cohumbia University, New York, U.S.A.; 
J. GC. Bond, Curator, McMahon Museum, Quetta, Baluchistan, India; Professor J. K. Beattie, 
Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; Lieut.- 
Colonel G. T. Emmons, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A.; Dr. Goddard, American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, U.S.A.; George Heye, Director, Museum of American Indian (Heye Founda- 
tion), New York, U.S.A.; M. Hall McAllister, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 
Cal., U.S.A.; Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. National Museum, Wash- 
ington. D.C., U.S.A.; Harlan 1. Smith, Archeologist, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Can. ; 
Charles Piper Smith, Botanist, San Jose, Cal., U.S.A. 

All these gentlemen were greatly impressed by the move the Department was making in 

displaying the anthropological material which had been secured many years ago, and were 
surprised that we had been able to gather so much of valuable material in regard to the aborig- 
inal races of this Province, material which is now in safe-keeping and will be preserved for the 
education of the rising generation. It shows the stone age, industry, home life, customs, etc., 
of the Indians of this North-west Coast. 
« Dr. Franz Boas, of Columbia University, U.S.A., while in the city had arranged to have 
Mr. George Hunt, an Indian from the Fort Rupert Reservation, assist him on a revision of some 
of his writings on the Kwakiutl Indians, and as our anthropological collection was being 
arranged at the time, advantage was taken by the Department of Mr. Hunt’s visit. 

With the permission of the Deputy Provincial Secretary, the Department engaged Mr, Hunt 
for several days to go over the Kwakiutl specimens, in order to have reliable data and informa- 
tion at first hand for the labels on the specimens when finally arranged. Mr. Hunt, having spent 
all his life on a reserve with his own people, knows well their early customs. He also gave us 
the Indian names of many of the plants that are used by the Indians for food and medicine. 

Dr. C. F. Newcombe, who is noted as one of the leading anthropologists of the North-west 
Coast, has offered to assist the Director to arrange the collection permanently during the coming 
year. This will necessitate an immense amount of work, as all specimens will have to he 
relabelled, and it is intended to give explanatory notes on their designs and uses by the natives, 
only temporary labels being attached at the present time. 

The Department has been very fortunate this year in receiving collections of Indian relies 
as gifts. Mr. Victor B. Harrison, of Nanaimo, B.C., presented a collection which comprises the 
following :— 


Salishan (Coast). 


No. 3177. Stone pestle. No. 3187. Copper bracelet, found on skeleton 
» 3178. Stone pestle. of a woman. 
» 93179. Stone pestle. . 93188. Bone handle for stone knife. 


Salishan (Lillooet). 
No. 3183. Stone paint-dish of turtle design. 


Salishan (Thompson). 


No. 3184. Stone Indian pipe. No. 3189-4006. Stone arrow-heads. 
» 3185. Bone needle. » 4007-4020. Stone spear-heads. 
» 3186. Stone needle. » 4021-4025. Fragments of arrow-heads. 


Salishan (Shuswap). 


No. 3180. Jade chisel. No. 4026. Whetstone. 

+ 93181. Jade chisel. » 4027. Rubbing-stone. 

», 3182. Jade chisel. 

In this collection, No. 3183, which is a soapstone dish, is of special interest, being a very 
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Miss Alice Turner, Victoria, B.C., presented the Department with some very beautiful work 
done by the Blackfeet Indians, consisting of :— 
No. 3168. Chief's coat, deer-skin. 
, 3169. Pair of chaps, deer-skin, beaded design. 
» 3170. Large leather belt, buffalo-hide. 
,» 3171. Pair of leather leggings, beaded design. 
, 3172. Pair of leather leggings, beaded design. 
,» 3173. Leather belt, beaded design. 
, 3174. Leather belt, beaded design. 
» 93175. Pair of leather moceasins, beaded design. 
,, 93176. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone and stem of alder. 
., 4028. Pair of leather moccasins, beaded design. 
, 4029. Pair of leather moccasins, beaded design. 
,» 4030. Pair of wristlets, beaded design. 
.. 4031. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone and stem of wood, with beads. 
4032. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone and stem of wood. 
, 4033. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone and stem of wood. 
.. 4034. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone with a hand on it. Stem of three-cornered wood with 
two red knobs. 
, 4035. Peace-pipe, bowl of stone and stem of wood. 
, 4036. Bowl of peace-pipe. 
» 40387. Bowl of peace-pipe. 
4038. Bow] of peace-pipe, carved. 
., 4039. Bowl of peace-pipe, stone, carved in the shape of an animal. 
Mr. Harlan I. Smith, Archeologist, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, very kindly sent 
to the Museum eight casts of prehistoric petroglyphs, or pictures on rocks near Bella Coola, B.C., 
with the following note :— 


Casts of Prehistoric Petroglyphs, or Pictures on Rocks, near Bella Coola, B.C. 


There are many of these pictures on top of the western edge of the canyon of the creek 
that empties into Bella Coola River some 3 miles above its mouth. They are at the top of the 
rise in the ereek-valley immediately above the Bella Coola bottom lands, or about a mile from 
the river. The canyon is here about 70 feet deep. The pictures are on felsite rock, which is 
hard when freshly broken, but is decomposing into clay and is very soft where weathered. 
One petroglyph near by is on a granitic rock. Most of them were made by pecking, a very 
few by incising. ‘ 

They must be ancient, as the moss with which they were overgrown in places reached a 
thickness of about a foot and some were covered by the roots of trees. Besides, only a few 
Indians knew of their existence and they only of the large southern group. They had never 
seen or heard of the several other exposures from which the casts here shown were made. 
They say that a family had “ power” under a large rock near by. They pecked out the pictures 
in time to songs which were sung in connection with this “ power.’ Not even the oldest Indians 
know what any of the pictures represent. This family had a ceremonial house immediately south 
of the largest exposure,.and the hunting-trail up the valley passed over part of the petroglyphs 
and through the house. 


Exploration and moulding Cat. Nos. XII-B-1492e (1), XII-B-1498e (7), XII-B-1497e 
by Harlan I. Smith, 1921. (6), XII-B-1498e (2), XII-B-1495e (4), XII-B-1496e 
Casting by Edward Perron. (5), XII-B-1494e (3), NII-B-1499e (S). 


Coloring by Claude E. Johnson. 
ACCESSIONS. 


Long-eared Owl (Asio wilsonianus). Presented by Mr. W. Long, Victoria, B.C., January 
24th, 1922. 

American Coot (Fulica americana). Presented by Dr, White, Elk Lake, B.C., February 
2nd, 1922. 

American Crossbill (Loxia curviostra minor). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, 
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Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis). Presented by Mr. W. Long, Victoria, B.C., February 
26th, 1922. 

Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperi). Presented by Mr. W. Long, Victoria, B.C., February 
13th, 1922. 

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Presented by Mr. E. V. Blatstone, Victoria, 
B.C., Mareh 4th, 1922. 

Western Robin (albino) (Merula migratoria propingua). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, 
Dunean, B.C., April Ist, 1922. 

Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). Presented by Mr. A. Brooks, Okanagan, B.C., April 
22nd, 1922. 

Blue-winged Teal (Querquedula discors). Presented by Mr. A. Brooks, Okanagan, B.C., 
April 22nd, 1922. 

Western Robin (albino) (Merula migratoria propinqua). Presented by Mr. Dave Ferrier, 
Alberni, B.C., August 21st, 1922. 

Clarke’s Nutcracker (Nucifrega columbiana). Presented by Mrs. H. Rawlins, Errington, 
B.C., September 2nd, 1922. 

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca iliaca). Presented by Mr. BE. G. Kermode, Victoria, B.C., 
September Sth, 1922. 

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos). Presented by Mr. J. Bessonette, Victoria, B.C., 
October 10th, 1922. 

Western Robin (Planesticus migratoria propinqua). Presented by Dr. Knight, Victoria, 
B.C., October 10th, 1922. 

Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura). Presented by Mrs. H. Rawlins, Errington, B.C., 
October 9th, 1922. ; 

Nest and two eggs of Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis canadensis). Presented by Mr. V. 
Schjelderup, Burns Lake, B.C., May 4th, 1922. 

Four eggs of Chinese Starling (Acridotheras cristatellus). Presented by Mr. R. A. Cumming, 
Vancouver, B.C., November, 1922. 

Four eggs of Tule Wren (T7elmatodytes palustris paludicola). Presented by Mr. R. A. 
Cumming, Vancouver, B.C., November, 1922. 

Ratfish (Hydrolagus collici). Presented by Mr. A. W. Stevenson, Victoria, B.C., September 
25th, 1922. " 

Rock-boring Clam found on coal at Race Rocks, B.C. Presented by Captain W. E. Gardner, 
October, 1922. 

Hair-worm (Phreoryctes manheanus) found at Salmon Arm, B.C., October, 1921. Presented 
by Dr. E. Buekell, January, 1922. 

Fossil found at Lost Creek, B.C., and presented by Mr. A. Jenkins, September 1st, 1922. 

Beetle, Giant Wood-borer (Prionus californicus). Presented by Mr. A. J. Marsh, Duncan, 
B.C., February 2nd, 1922. 

Two Beetles (Creocephalus obsoletus?). Presented by Mr. H. R. Eldridge, Victoria, B.C., 
August, 1922. 

.Two specimens of Geometride (Hydriomena nubilofasciata) captured at Sluggett, B.C., and 
presented by Mr. W. Downes, March 2nd, 1922. 

Moth (Sphing vancouverensis). Presented by Miss Doreen Dodd, Telegraph Creek, B.C., 
July 13th, 1922. 

Arrow-head found at Deer Park, Arrow Lake, B.C., 1909. Presented by Dr. Angus W. 
Kenning, Victoria, B.C., May 12th, 1922. 

Stone pestle. Presented by Major Hodgins, Duncan, B.C., June Sth, 1922. 

Stone paint-dish found in 1916 at Parson’s Bridge, B.C. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. 
Hodgson, June 27th, 1922. : 

Collection of Indian curios. Presented by Miss Alice Turner, Victoria, B.C., November, 1922. 

Collection of Indian curios. Presented by Mr. V. B. Harrison, Nanaimo, B.C., December, 1922. 

Light casts of prehistoric Petroglyphs near Bella Coola, B.C. Presented by Harlan I. Smith, 
Archeologist, Ottawa, December, 1922. 

Vertebra of a Bison found July, 1922, at MeCulloek Station, B.C., in blue clay about 10 feet 
from the surface, while building a dam at an elevation of 4,000 feet. Presented by Mr. C. C. 
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of Bay and Cook Streets, Victoria, B.C., where excavations were being carried on. Presented 
December, 1922. 

PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS, 


(Alphabetically arranged.) 


American Museum of Natural History, New York ..:...--..00..0.scsessess 3 
Art Institute ofiChica co! Wlinois; eres s ore eee eee eee 5 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii ......................- 9 
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. ...:0.:.4..scecccesseceee at 
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, England :...............-+:+0-- BS 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N.Y. ..............-..- 1 
Bureausof ‘Science; Mamilas Pk Sra) onee-ueai aici tale easachcts cate cieleke ie sae sie s 4 
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal. ........5............- 15 
California Uniyersity,.Berkeleyi Gals <2 hye cece evel ecient eee eae il 
Cardiff Museum,, Cardi, Wales! i... s.ciere oie.) clot nte, oceete ie cf ae eee of 
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh) Pas peepetetare <5 2.cycle ole ale cacrelel «tan ievegerrcietetoveuee ate 1 
Charleston. Museum; @harleston, SiG@:5 satire «<> «cle cis yeti cust ai=stsisrete clayele ater sierra if 
Children’s: Museum-of Boston, Boston, Mass: c.acryxe > setae eieiaceloeisuete ee sieie raters 2 
Cincinnati Museum Association, Cincinnati, Ohio .............ccnsescce ces ak 
City Art Museum: St. Diouis:..Mos 4. eustic-s oocilelsoein ke at elstereiets eiereerieranters 2 
Colorado Museum of Natural History; Denver; Col. -2..2.. 2. ccemese ue nee 1 
Cornell, University; wth aca NeY<\.; {ets tetas -c- ci cee orale NE an 23 
Detroit Institute oR Arts ID etroity Michtetey i.e lereumcntne one leimenereenst aie 4 
Dominion.Government, Publications Ottaiwais cs sie seicrlc.dieiereleleraleleaeest renee 42 
Hrie-Publicwdaibrary, AW rie sPar 5 cei. cvs - So tess toner ieee loietoneteie sone tacks nae al 
Rield: Museuml :Chict rou seer. 2 re. stetetet gencuetaicls enc iebsiev ore ee tel tere loner eter teers 9. 
Grand! Rapids Public DibranysiMich term... oscteeyerorss eee ieye cieloryaicie siete 2 
Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. .................. 2 
Ilinois State Natural History Survey; iWrbana, WSs sersnisc-teci-teelereie cieierere 5 
Instituto General y Tecnico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain ................. 4 
John Grerar Wibranyes Chica eo; ill sy. seteterscis ps1 sretererieeeiniewe eerie eens eters al. 
Library of, Congress: Washington, DiGi. erica cc sou -vatineitntciora sister eases otitis at 
Manchester Museum; Manehester; Hin gia) 1... < <x) secs lepers. oi nets sintie fen tet crete ele neie 1 
Manitoba University,Winmnilpeg, Mam: cys = «1+ =i s1o,etekepieieinie dus clererceaietess eis iaeene 1 
Minneapolis! institutesof “Avts; Minn 2c ea... chee eliclehohetesevels ole teieiereietetete ayia 7 
Minnesota Universitys Minn)! asics crsrcisepsver icra .c?aic ott e Cieeaneyet once ae ane ae at eaters 4 
Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation), New York .......... 6 
Museum of Fine Arts:Boston, Massiicyic.)s ..- -0thasisneue scyelstusie Ceti aeerrione eee es} 
National. Museum; Philadelphia, (Passel. -\< cc atetctaus chovetaany seveereramie ate oleate tae i 
National ‘Museum; Melbourne; Australian... curse cleo cleisiersi«/leraeeercistele ener il 
Newark Museum) Association, Newarks Nid). «.c<.c: ci eteieletars ote) cre eaekelaei lniceterue iene 2 
Nebraska University: Lincoln, INEDiy cays se -sckeus = see ete ietote shies steic teeters reer 3 
New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Australia .................. nt 
INewo York BotanicalGarden,; INSYo ae pecs <.<c sous ietete aiclereyeclerses esc orseeae erties all 
New York State College:of Forestry, Syracuse, NUY. 5.2... ..... 0.00 5ccn ee 4 
New, “ork ‘State Museum) “Albay, INGYGs < sccccs creo ssarey eterce eter neko tee eee ee 2 
Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station, Wooster, Ohio .................. 3 
Oklahoma’ University; Normans Olas sere: ccsyaycte store crave) ouel terete celaseuctens (euatete oyietaee at 
Peabody Museum) Salem; Mass. ©<.<\is citi) keottajeme eictonctini« reteaedel o) cetera rc nek eecrcios 1 
Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ................+.-. 15 
Pennsylvania Museum and. University, ceric ici evcrelatteces sles eteseletaiele sisters acer 6 
Public: Museum; (Mibwamkees Was. ere ise cinkeraiois cos ceustoncict site eae tcc cnent nase selena 1 
Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence, R.I. .... 2.2.2. sess e cess sacs 4 
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland ........2.....2....-..-s:s-s- 1 PS 
Smithsonian Institution, Washing tom, 3! Coe ie ye ciel ote cle eet etree 31 
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Statem Island Institute, New Brighton, N.Y. ¢..... 2.00.00 cccc seen eeeeace 10 
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, N.Y. ......... cece e cece e ee eeees 2 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. .............-. 12 
Wniversity or. wonureal, Montreal) Ques oc cscs icra syle vaio e sic ace civeisices eenee 2 
MHIVECSIcy) OF WARDINELON, SCALLIC, WOESDS ose cece csc c wcles min cns evevievewsers 2 
WOIEPICHIESOCIELY NeW LODK, NOY. c.cte lc «-olerafeialcicinisie sis w'slein’s iis sles eels «is ve sine 9 
PHolofichlssoclety, EMA Gel pia, PAL oo iacie. viele Wine clsicin salves. wns viaieinejs sence cele 2 
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BOTANY. 


By W. R. Carter. 


The past season cannot be looked upon as ideal from a collector’s point of view, owing to 
the very long, dry spell which extended over a great portion of this Province, many areas 
becoming dried up early in the summer; this, coming after a late and bleak spring, had a 
marked effect on vegetation. 

In some localities it was so dry many plants withered in bloom without going to seed, and 
noticeable instances of this were observed in the exposed portions of the Malahat, on Vancouver 
Tsland. 

After heavy rains the latter part of August and beginning of September, warm weather 
with much sunshine continued late on in the fall, plant-growth took on a new lease of life, and 
many flowers were noticed in bloom long past their usual period. 

With the exception of collections made by Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian 
Orchards, and Mr. G. V. Copley, of the Provincial Grazing Commission, very little material has 
been added to the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum from other sources. However, from the 
enterprise of these two gentlemen a considerable amount of very desirable material has been 
added to the collection, including several new records for this Province and a number of 

“specimens not hitherto in the collection. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson in his official capacity covered a very large area of the Province, and 
presented us with many specimens representing the flora of the Windermere District, Fort Steele, 
Mount McLean, Mount Cheam, Penticton, Keremeos, and adjacent localities in the south. 

Mr. G. V. Copley’s specimens were principally collected from the country surrounding 
Merritt, Kamloops, and a portion of the Chileotin District; also a nice collection from the 
southern portion of Vancouver Island. His specimens include a few plants from the higher 
altitudes of the districts in which he collected, and some very desirable material from what may 
be called the alkaline marshes of the Interior. 

Mr. R. Glendenning, Junior Entomologist, Dominion Experimental Farm, Agassiz, B.C., 
presented us with specimens of Allium attenuifolium Kellog, which he collected at Maple Bay, 
V.I., and listed in his 1918 “ Check-list of the Flowering Plants and Ferns growing in the 
Cowichan District, V.I.” These specimens were submitted to Professor C. V. Piper, of Washing- 
ton, D.C., and Mr. Glendenning’s determination has been verified. 

Specimens from Alberni, V.I., referred to as Allium Geyeri Wats., have also been identified 
as A. attenuifolium; there appears now to be some doubt as to whether A. Geyeri occurs on 
Vancouver Island, although specimens from Sidney, V.I., collected by the late Professor Macoun 
are so named. It is to be hoped more material from this locality may be collected in the near 
future, in order that any existing doubt may be removed. 

Dr. C. F. Newcombe, of Victoria, donated several specimens which he collected at Bella 
Coola, Skeena River, and Vancouver Island, several of which extend their range of distribution 
as previously recorded in this Department. 

Professor George B. Rigg, of the University of Washington, reports collecting Rubus 
Chamemorus Linn. near Dunean, V.I., in the Cowichan District, its former station being near 
Comox Lake, Macoun; this record extends the distribution of the species much to the south 
on Vancouver Island. 

One of the most interesting plants collected during the past season is Myrica californica 
Cham. near Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Through the offices of Mr. George 


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Fraser, of Ucluelet, V.I., Captain J .W. Thompson sent us large fruiting specimens of this shrub- 
like tree, which was originally discovered on his property about 4 miles from Tofino by Mrs. 
T. B. McBey, of Cameron Lake, September 4th, 1920. 

Captain Thompson reports having a straight, almost unbroken hedge of it nearly 200 feet 
in length, and, apart from this, has only been able to locate two isolated specimens outside and 
in the immediate vicinity of his property. 

As no former record can be found of this species having been collected in British Columbia, 
this is the first authentic Canadian record, and has recently been recorded by Dr. C. F. New- 
combe as such in the “ Canadian Field Naturalist,” Vol. XXXVI., No. 6, September, 1922. 

During the year we have been honoured by a number of visitors seeking information on our 
native flora, and it is gratifying to report the Herbarium has been used as a source of reference 
by several specialists and students from the United States Department of Agriculture, and other 
institutions, in their particular research of different genera. 

A number of duplicate specimens have also been distributed as follows: To Mr. C. P. Smith, 
of Los Angeles, California, who is monographing the Lupines of the Pacific States; Miss Helen 
3ergfried, Associate in Botany, University of California, studying the genus Crepis; a set of 
Rubus has been sent to Mr. C. E. Gustafsson, Tralleborg, Sweden, who is working on this genus; 
and a few specimens of Carices have been sent to Professor J. K. Henry, late of the University 
of British Columbia, who is continuing his research in this order. 

The greater portion of the specimens received this year, not previously represented in the 
Herbarium, have been mounted and placed in the collection; others will be mounted showing 
range of distribution; and a few difficult species are as yet undetermined. 

Throughout the season we have, as usual, been pleased to identify a large number of plants 
for school-children, teachers, and other collectors; there is still room for a great deal of 
improvement in the condition in which many of these plants are submitted for examination. 

The thanks of this Department are cordially extended to the following gentlemen: Professor 
C. V. Piper, of Washington, D.C., for his kindness in determining a number of species, which has 
been of great assistance to this Department. Mr. C. P. Smith, of Los Angeles, California, who 
examined our collection of Lupines while here on a visit during the summer. Dr. C. F. New- 


combe, Mr. W. B. Anderson, Mr. T. P. MacKenzie, Mr. G. V. Copley, Mr. R. Glendenning, and’ 


Mr. P. de Noe Walker, for the keen interest they have taken and for the material they have 
donated. 
Among the most interesting plants collected by Mr. W. B. Anderson are the following :— 


Juncus acuminatus Michx. Myosotis alpestris Schmidt. 
Juneus tenuis Willd. Verbena bracteosa Michx. 
Cypripedium passerinum Rich. Pentstemon attenuatus Doug]. 
Salix cascadensis Cockerell. Pentstemon erianthera Pursh, 
Corispermum hyssopifolium L. Pentstemon pruinosus Doug]. 
Clematis columbiana Hornem. Lonicera glaucescens Rydb. 
Mitella nuda i. (in part). Arnica arcana A. Nels. 
Potentilla flabellifolia Hook. Artemisia longepedunculata Rud. 
Astragalus debilis (Nutt.) A. Gray. Aster campestris Nutt. 
Astragalus (glareosus Hook.?). Aster Geyeri (Gray) Howell. 
Hedysarum Mackenzii Rich. Aster meritus A. Nels. 

Oxytropis deflerus (Pall.) DC. Bidens dentata (Nutt.) Wiegand. 
Bpilobium luteum Pursh. Brigeron elatus (Hook.) Greene. 
Hippuris montana Ledeb. Buthamia occidentalis Nutt. 
Sanicula marilandica . Helianthus Nuttallii T. & G. 
Gentiana propinqua Rich. é Lactuca pulchella (Pursb) DC. 
Cynoglossum officinale L. Petasites frigida (L.) Fries. 
Mertensia subcordata Greene. Senecio Howellii Greene. 


Mr. G. V. Copley’s contributions include :— 


Triglochin palustris VL. Cryptanthe Torreyana Greene. 
Cynosurus echinatus T.. Verbena hastata L. 

Carex disperma Dewey. Pentstemon Richardsonii Doug. 
Briophorum Chamissonis Mey. Lonicera utahensis Wat. 
Thelypodium laciniatum Endl. Iva axillaris Pursh. 


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Cleome serrulata Pursh. Senecio Burkei Greenman. 

Boisduvalia stricta (A. Gray) Greene. Stephanomeria minor Nutt. 

Angelica Lyallii Wats. 

The following plants were returned to the Provincial Grazing Commission, Department of 
Lands :— 


Calamagrostis inexpansa Gray. Carex pregracilis W. Boott. 
Blymus Macounii Casey. Bassia hyssopifolium (Pall.) O. Kuntze. 
Fluminea festucacea (Willd.) Hitehe. Orthocarpus (? purpurascens Benth.) 


Plants presented by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, collected by him at Bella Coola, B.C., and other 
stations :— 
Bella Coola. 


Phegopteris polypodioides Fée Potentilla monspeliensis L. 
Stellaria crispa C. & §. Rubus strigosus Michx. 
Arabis ambigua DC. Glaur maritima L. 


Lupinus littoralis Dougl. Channel Islands off Oak Bay, Victoria, V.I., extending its distri- 
bution south; previous station for Vancouver Island being Comox; Macoun. 

Sanicula marilandica L. Collected at Kitwanga, Skeena River, B.C., establishing a northern 
distribution for the occurrence of the plant in British Columbia. 

As this Department has no previous record of the following plants reve been collected in 
British Columbia, they are printed as additions to the Flora of this Province :— 

Myrica californica Cham. Tofino, V.I. 1922. Collected by Captain J. W. Thompson. 

Bassia hyssopifolium (VPall.) O. Kuntze. Kamloops, B.C., September 19th, 1920. Collected 
by G. V. Copley. 

Boisduvalia stricta (A. Gray) Greene. Near Douglas Lake, B.C. August 19th, 1921. 
Collected by G. V. Copley. 

Pentstemon attenuatus Dougl. Fort Steele, B.C., June 23rd, 1922. Collected by W. B. 
Anderson, 

Mertensia subcordata Greene. Takla Lake, B.C., September 25th, 1921. Collected by W. B. 
Anderson. 

Arnica arcana A. Nels. Fort George, B.C., August 14th, 1917. Collected by W. B. Anderson. 

Senecio Howellii Greene. Windermere, B.C., June 16th, 1922. Collected by W. B. Anderson. 

The following plants are supplementary additions to “The Flora of Vancouver and Queen 
Charlotte Islands, 1921” (introduced plants being printed in italics in conformity with the 
printing of the Check-list) :— 

Equisetum pratense Ehrh. Mountains, V.[. (Macoun’s “ Catalogue of Plants.’’) 

Lycopodium sabiniefolium Willd. Mount Arrowsmith, V.I. 

Agrostis pallens foliosa (Trin.) Vasey. Vancouver Island, Macoun. 

Polypogon Monspeliensis (L.) Desf. Victoria, V.I., Fleteher, Macoun. 

Carex stipata Muhl. A common sedge along moist ditches, southern half of Vancouver 
Island. 

Eriophorum Chamissonis albidum (Nyl.) Fernald. Vancouver Island. (Piper & Beattie’s 
“Flora of the North-west Coast.’’) 

Lazula Piperi Coville. Mount Arrowsmith, V.I.; previously listed as L. glabrata. 

Allium attenuifolium Kellog. Maple Bay, Vancouver Island; (R. Glendenning) Alberni, 
Vancouver Island. 

Myrica californica Cham. Near Tofino, west coast, Vancouver Island. 

Papaver Rhocas L. Vancouver Island, according to Britton & Brown. 

Rhaphanus Rhaphanistrum lL. Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Macoun. 

Mitella trifida Grabam. Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Tsland. 

Buphorbia Lathyrus L. Victoria. (Henry’s “ Flora of Southern B.C.) 

Hydrocotyle umbellata L. Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Macoun. 

Datura Stramonium L. Saltspring Island (P. de Noe Walker), where it is becoming estab- 
lished in a wild state on old disused ground. 

Hemizonella Durandi Gray. Vancouver Island. (Piper & Beattie’s “Flora of the North- 
west Coast.) 

Madia sativa capitata (Nutt.). Piper. Vancouver Island. (Piper & Beattie’s “ Flora of the 
North-west Coast.’’) 


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ORNITHOLOGY. 


NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PLUMED Ee@rer (MESOPHOYX INTERMEDIA) IN BRITISH 
CoLuMBIA, BY FRANCIS KERMODE. 


In the year 1915 Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, visited the Museum and drew my attention 
to the snowy heron which we had labelled as Ngretta candidissima, which had been secured by 
the late John Fannin at Burrard Inlet some years ago. Mr. Fleming kindly sent me in January, 
1916, a skin of MWesophoyx intermedia, the Asiatic white heron, to compare with the one in this 
Department, as he was puzzled with regard to the exact species of our specimen. 

Up to this time our specimen of this bird had always been acknowledged and looked upon 
as the American form Egretta candidissima, and, not having sufficient material for comparison, 
the matter had been left in abeyance for some time. However, in September, 1922, Mr. P. A. 
Taverner, the Dominion Government Ornithologist, visited the Museum and wished to see the 
specimen of snowy heron which had for so many years been reeognized as Lgretta candidissima. 
He took descriptions, measurements, and made drawings of the same to compare with the 
specimens in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa. Mr. Fleming had loaned me a skin of 
Mesophoyx intermedia, and in comparing with our bird they seemed identical. On October 17th, 
1922, Mr. Taverner wrote me from Ottawa, as follows :— 

“Regarding the Egret: Whatever this bird is, it is not one of our American species. As 
far as I can see, it is identical with Fleming’s specimen. but I am not well enough up on Asiatic 
species to identify it as such with confidence. It should be sent somewhere where they have 
an ample foreign collection, and prohably the United States National Museum would be the best 
place. Have compared the drawings and measurements I made in Victoria and am only convinced 
that we have nothing like it in our collection. The only question remains is just what it is and 
whether the data attached can be absolutely depended upon. Do you think it can? I under- 
stand that Mr. Fannin was not at his best during his later years and that errors may have crept 
in—P, A. TAVERNER.” 

Mr. Allan Brooks also had correspondence with me in regard to this bird during the 
year 1922, and so as to have the identification of the specimen settled, I sent it on to the 
Biological Survey Department at Washington, D.C., asking Mr. W. C. Henderson, Acting-Chief, 
to have Dr. GC. H. Oberholser examine the specimen and compare it with specimens in the 
National Museum. The reply which I received from Mr. Henderson, Acting-Chief, Bureau of 
Biological Survey, is as follows (dated January 16th, 1925) :— 

“The three specimens that you sent some time ago for examination by Dr. Oberholser have 
been duly identified, and are being returned to you by express collect. The names you will find 
on the labels of the specimens. The heron turns out to be Mesophoyx intermedia in full breeding 
plumage. If the data on this bird are authentic and there is no reasonable doubt of its being 
the specimen originally taken on Burrard Inlet, it would prove to be an interesting addition 
to North American birds. We should be glad to have your opinion regarding this, as it is a 
matter of considerable interest in our work on ithe distribution of North American birds.— 
W. ©. HENDERSON.” 

In regard to the dispute which seems to have arisen with reference to this bird being the 
specimen secured by the late John Fannin at Burrard Inlet, May 29th, 1879, I have looked up 
all records that I ean find and have found a list in his own hand-writing by John Fannin of 
“Birds collected prior to 1886.” In this list he records the little white heron, May 29th, 1879, 
3urrard Inlet. I have known this bird since September 25th, 1890, as it was in a case in the 
Museum when I first entered the Provincial Government service in this Department; and, 
furthermore, I have since looked up photographs taken by Mr. Albert H. Maynard, of this city, 
in the years 1890-91, and this specimen appears in the case. It has been suggested that probably 
the late Mr. Fannin had taken and duplicated the record of this bird with a skin purchased 
from a commission agent in this city years ago. This idea has been proved incorrect, as this 
bird had been recorded in the late John Fannin’s “ Check-lists of B.C. Birds,” also in Montague 
Brown's “ List of the Birds of Canada in 1887.” In speaking to me about this bird years ago, 
Mr. Fannin always informed me that it had been shot at Burrard Inlet by an Indian. I have 
also endeavoured to get in touch with people who knew Mr. Fannin at Burrard Inlet since 1862, 
when he first arrived in British Columbia. Besides getting the information in the ‘ Check- 
lists of the Birds prior to 1886,” and the fact that Mr. A. H. Maynard told me he remembered 


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this bird when he worked in the Department prior to my joining the service, I did not obtain 
any more information concerning it for some time. 

However, on January 24th, 192g) Captain Oliver G. Harbell, an old personal friend of the 
lute John Fannin, happened to call at my oflice, and knowing that he knew Mr. Fannin for many 
years, I asked him when they first became acquainted. Captain Harbell said that he arrived in 
Victoria on October 13th, 1875, from St. John, N.B., and after being here a few days he went over 
to Burrard Inlet and was living at Moodyville (opposite where the City of Vancouver is to-day), 
and about this time he made the acquaintance of Mr. Fannin. After a few more questions I asked 
him about the collection of birds Mr. Fannin had, and if he remembered what white birds were 
in the collection. He informed me that the only white bird he could remember was a white 
heron that had been killed by an Indian on the shores of Burrard Inlet in the latter part of 
May, 1879. He secured this bird from the Indian, and knowing that Mr. Fannin was desirous 
of obtaining all the specimens possible, he carried it over to Granville, on the southern side 
of Burrard Inlet (now the City of Vancouver), to Mr. Pannin, who mounted it and added it to 
his private collection. 

The following is a copy of a letter that Captain Oliver G. Harbell has written me under his 
own signature, and I think this should settle, once and for all, any doubts concerning the 
occurrence of the plumed egret (Mesophoye intermedia) as an accidental visitant in British 
Columbia, and not only is it an addition to the “ List of British Columbia Birds,’ but also a 
record of an addition to the * Birds ef North America 7 :— 


‘““VictortA, B.C., January 24th, 1923. 
“ F. Kermode, Esa., 
Director, Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. 

“T, Oliver G. Harbell, of Victoria City, do hereby declare I am the person who secured the 
specimen of white heron (Wesophoyx intermedia) from an Indian at Burrard Inlet in the latter 
part of May, 1879. At the time I was living at Moodyville. The bird was freshly killed and 
I took it across the inlet to Granyille and gaye it to John Fannin, who skinned and mounted 
the specimen for his own private collection. This was prior to his becoming Curator of the 
Provincial Museum at Victoria, B.C. 

“The late Mr. John Fannin, after being appointed Curator of the Provincial Museum at 
Victoria for the Provincial Government, moved all his private collection to Victoria, to form 
the nucleus of the Museum. The specimen in the Museum to-day is the same one that I gave the 
late John Fannin. 

“(Signed) Oxiver G. HARBELL.” 


Nores ON THE IceELAND GuLx (LARUS (LEUCOPTERUS?) ). 


In the Annual Report for the year 1920 note was made of the capture of two specimens of 
the white-winged gull at Kildonan, on Barkley Sound, by William McKay. As some exceptions 
have been taken to the classification of these gulls, Mr. P. A. Taverner while here in September, 
1922, examined these two specimens and made sketches for comparison with the birds in the 
Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa. Mr. Taverner wrote me from Ottawa on October 17th, 
1922, as follows :— 

“Your specimens are practically identical with two specimens we have from the Arctie 
Coast of Alaska that Dwight examined and pronounced leucopterus. However, he admits that 
his only distinction between leucopterus and hyperboreus is size, and these birds just come within 
the limits as laid down by him. He is assuming, therefore, that hyperboreus never gets smaller 

_than his determined minimum and that anything smaller must of necessity be leucopterus. 'To 
admit anything else would make his position on the form L. h. barrovianus, on which he has 
stated himself very strongly, untenable. 

“From my experience I do not think that ornithologists generally realize how great the size 
variation is in these large gulls. In the glauecous-winged especially the extremes are compara- 
tively enormous, and considerably more than would account for the linking of these small and 
large hyperboreus. I see no reason for separating specifically these small white-winged gulls 
from the larger hyperboreus.—P. A. TAVERNER.” 

I sent these two birds to Mr. W. C. Henderson, Acting-Chief, Biological Survey, Washington, 
D.C., asking that Dr. C. H. Oberholser be given them for determination, who returned ther 
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Upon looking up records, I find barrovianus is not now accepted by the A.O.U. and is not 
in their Check-list of 1910. Mr, Robert Ridgway, in his latest book on ‘“ Birds of North and 
Middle America,” records the bird he describes as L. barrovianus in “The Auk,” July, 1886, as 
a synonym of L. hyperboreus. Ve also lists the bird taken by Allan Brooks at Comox under 
L. hyperboreus, and has dropped barrovianus. 

According to A. ‘C. Bent, in the “‘ Life Histories of North American Gulls and Terns,” page 
60: “ Many years ago Mr. Ridgway (1886) described the glaucous gulls of the coasts of Alaska 
and adjacent waters as a new species under the name Larus barrovianus, the size and shape of 
the bill being the chief distinguishing character. Twenty years later Doctor Dwight (1906) 
argued that this species was untenable, and it was removed from the Check-list. Recently, 
however, Dr. H. C. Oberholser (1918) has resurrected barrovianus, as a subspecies of hyperboreus, 
on the claim that the Alaska bird is smaller and has a darker mantle than the birds from Green- 
land or from Europe. Whether this claim is well founded or not, it is apparently a fact that 
the characters he ascribes to the Alaska bird hold true in a large majority of the specimens, 
though there are some exceptions to the rule. Doctor Dwight, however, still maintains that the 
proposed race is unworthy of recognition in nomenclature.” 

Until some of these disputes are cleared up, as far as I can see this Department will have 
to recognize these birds as the Iceland gull (Larus leucopterus), as they do not come within the 
size of hyperboreas, and I cannot place them elsewhere. 


NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE WHITE PELICAN (PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS). 


Pelicans are not very commonly found in British Columbia, although two species occur. 
A fine specimen of the white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) was secured by Mr. Jack 
Bessonette at Macaulay Point, Rod Hill, Victoria, and presented to the Museum on October 10th, 
1922. 

A number of these white pelicans have been taken at different times in the Interior of the 
Provinee, but not many on the Coast, although we have had a specimen from Comox. The 
farthest northern record I have on the Coast is the specimen in the Museum taken at Port 
Essington, on the Skeena River. 


Novres ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE BROWN PELICAN (PELECANUS CALIFORNICUS). 


Several California brown pelicans (Pelecanus californicus) haye been taken in this Province; 
two specimens in the vicinity of Victoria, one near Race Rocks, the other in Esquimalt Harbour, 
and both these specimens are now in the Provincial Museum. ‘The farthest northern record of 
this bird in British Columbia was recorded at Burrard Inlet by the late John Fannin. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 
By E. H. Brackmore, F.E.S. 


The past season has been the most remarkable one from a weather standpoint that we have 
had for over thirty years. With the exception of a few showery days, we practically had no 
rain from April to August, the actual precipitation for the five months being 1.94 inches, most 
of this being in the beginning of April and the end of August. 

The sunshine for the year showed 134 hours above the average annual amount. During the 
five months, April to August, there were 1,425 hours of sunshine, giving an average of 914 hours 
daily. The above figures are for Victoria and vicinity only, although similar conditions prevailed 
throughout the Province, varying according to the locality. 

It is hard to determine exactly what effect this abnormally dry weather had on insect-life 
in general, but the one fact which stood out most clearly was the remarkable scarcity of noctuid 
moths throughout the whole season. Reports from many points in Southern British Columbia 
showed the same state of affairs. In the early spring insects of all kinds were very searce, but 
as the season wore on geometers and micros were more plentiful, although many species which 
are usually common were apparently scarce. 

A much greater interest has been shown in entomology during the past two years, especially 
among the younger collectors, and the Museum collections are in frequent demand for the purposes 
of identification. 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 


We wish to thank the following specialists for their kindness in determining material 
submitted to them during the past season: Dr. W. Barnes, Foster H. Benjamin, August Busck, 
Carl Heinrich, Dr. J. McDunnough, W. Schaus, and L. W, Swett. 


British CoLuMBIA INSECTS NEW TO SCIENCE. 


The following forty-six insects from British Columbia have been described as new to science 
since last year’s Museum Report was written. They include fifteen species of Lepidoptera, four 
species of Coleoptera, three species of Hymenoptera, twenty-three species of Diptera, and one 
species of Hemiptera. 

LEPIDOPTERA. 


The fifteen species of Lepidoptera are distributed amongst the various families as follows: 
Noctuidwe, 2; Notodontide, 1; Geometride, 6; Mcophoride, 1; Eucosmidie, 1; Tortricide, 1; 
Glyphipterygide, 1; Yponomeutidie, 1; and Cygnodoidea, 1. 


Noctuide (Cuculliine). 


Oncocnemis youngi McDunnough. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 236, Oct., 1922) from 
a single female specimen taken by Mr. C. H. Young at the Biological Station, Departure Bay, B.C. 

Oncocnemis columbia MeDunnough. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 237, Oct., 1922) 
from a single male specimen taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm, B.C. 


Notodontide. 


Cerura occidentalis gigans McDunnough. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 139, June, 
1922) from specimens taken at Pine Creek, near Calgary, Alta., by the late F. H. Wolley Ded. 
A single specimen from Kaslo, B.C., is also apparently included in the paratypes. I have two 
specimens from Rossland, B.C., and one from Trail, B.C., taken by the late W. H. Danby, which 
agree perfectly with Dr. McDunnough’s description of gigans. ‘They were labelled in my collec- 
tion as occidentalis Lint. I have two others also from Rossland which I cannot separate from 
Victoria specimens of scolopendrina Bay. 

Geometridae, 


Eupithecia stikineata Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, Nos. 6-7, page 
146, Feb., 1922) from two males and two females taken by Mr. Theodore Bryant at Stikine River, 
B.C., in June, 1905. This species belongs to the vancouverata-grajfi group, but is quite distinct 
from the former. It differs from vancouverata in the more pointed wings, in its lighter colora- 
tion, and in the general arrangement of the transverse lines; grajfi I do not know. 

Eupithecia cenataria Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, Nos. 6-7, page 
147, Feb., 1922) from a series of rather worn specimens taken by the writer at Goldstreain, 
B.C., on September 5th-7th, 1920. 

Eupithecia scabrogata form gilvipennata Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, 
Vol. 3, Nos. 6-7, page 147, February, 1922) from a single male specimen taken by Mr. Theodore 
Bryant at Wellington, B.C., on May 9th, 1902. 

Xanthorhde incursata race harveyata Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, 
No. 8, page 157, March, 1922) from specimens taken by the late Captain R. V. Harvey at Van- 
couver in July, 1904. 

- Xanthorhée aquilonaria Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, No. 8, - 
page 158, March, 1922) from specimens taken by E. M. Anderson at Atlin, B.C., in June, 1914. 

Xanthorhée ramarta race delectaria Cassino & Swett. Described (The Lepidopterist, Vol. 3, 
No. 9, page 159, April, 1922) from specimens taken at Atlin, B.C., by E. M. Anderson in June, 
1914. Further notes on these new species of Geometride will be found under the heading of 
“Tllustrated Lepidoptera ” and figures of the same are illustrated on Plate VI. 


@cophoride. 


Agonopteryz blackmori Busck. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 277, Dec., 1921) from 
specimens bred by the writer at Victoria in June, 1918, A figure of one of the co-types will be 
found on Plate VI., and further remarks on the species under “Illustrated Lepidoptera.” 


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Bucosmide. 


Argyroploce buckellana MeDunnough. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 43, Feb., 1922 
from a single male specimen taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm on May 28th. This 
species belongs to the capreana-nimbatana group of this genus. 


Tortricide. ; 
Cacecia victoriana Busck. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 278, Dec. 1921) from three 
specimens taken by the writer at Victoria and Goldstream, B.C. A note on this species will be 
found under “ Iliustrated Lepidoptera,” together with a figure of the species on Plate VI. 


Glyphipterygide. 


Hilarographa youngicila Busck. Described (Can. Ent., Vol., 58, page 278, Dec., 1921) from 
two specimens, one taken by Mr. C. H. Young at Departure Bay, B.C., and the other by Mr. W. 
Downes at Victoria, B.C. During the present season Mr. W. R. Carter took a small series of 
this new species at Esquimalt, near Victoria, on August 7th-10th, and Mr. L. E. Marmont also 
took a few specimens at Maillardville in July. This species is interesting from the fact that 
it is the first record of the genus Hilarographa from North America. It is very similar in 
appearance to Laspeyresia vancouverana Kearf. (Eucosmide), but the venation of the wings 
and the antennal structure at once separate it from that family. 


Yponomeutide. 


Argyresthia monochromella Busck. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 279, Dee., 1921) 
from four specimens taken by the writer at Victoria on April 20th—22nd, 1921. 


Cugnodoidea. 


Aphelosetia cygnodiella Buseck. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 58, page 280, Dec. 1921) from 
specimens taken by Mr. W. Downes at Victoria, B.C., on April 26th, 1920. 


COLEOPTERA. 

Cicindelidw. 
Cicindela wallisi Calder. Described (Can, Ent., Vol. 54, page 62, March, 1922) from two 
specimens taken by Mr. J. B. Wallis at Penticton, B.C., on August 18th, 1909. This new species 


was originally described under the name of azurea, but owing to this name being preoccupied it 
was changed (ibidem page 191, Aug., 1922) to wallisi. 


Carabide. 


Elaphus clairvillei form frosti Hippisley. Deseribed (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 63, Mareh, 
1922) apparently from a single specimen taken by Mrs. W. W. Hippisley at Terrace, B.C. 


Buprestide, 


Pacilonota fraseri Chamberlin. Described (Journ. N.Y. Ent. Soc., Vol. 30, page 64, March, 
1922) from two male specimens, one of which was taken by a Mr. Weldt on the Fraser River, 
B.C., but without date or exact locality. The other specimen was taken on June 5th, 1909, but 
bears no locality label other than “ Canada” and was received by the author through Dr. J. 
Swaine. 

Cerambycide. 

Leptura aspera form parkeri Hippisley. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54. page 66, March, 
1922) from Terrace, B.C. Probably described from a single specimen taken presumably by 
the author, but neither date of capture, number of specimens, nor collector’s name is given. 


Ty MENOPTERA, 
Ichneumonide (Pimpline). 
Phytodietus fumiferane Rohwer. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 155, July, 1922) from 
ohe male and two females bred by Mr. A. B. Baird at Lillooet, B.C. This is a new parasite 


of the spruce-hud worm (Harmologa fumiferana) and was reared from cocoons collected by 
Mr. Baird on July 11th, 1919. 


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Braconide (Microgasterine),. 


Apanteles caudatus Muesbeck. Described (Pro. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 61, page 16, 1922). 
from eight specimens, three of which are from the type locality, Carbonate, B.C. These specimens 
were collected by Dr. J. C. Bradley on July Tth-12th, 1908, at an altitude of 2,600 feet. The other 
specimens are from Cheyenne, Wyoming (1); Mica, Washington (3); and Yellowstone Lake, 
Montana (1). — 

Apanteles olenidis Muesbeck. Described (Pro. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 61, page 18, 1922) from 
nine male and fourteen female specimens bred from Olene vagans B. & McD. by Mr. E. P. 
Venables at Vernon, B.C. All the species of the genus Apanteles are parasitie on the larve of 
butterflies and moths and cover the infested caterpillar with their oval white cocoons. 


DIPTERA. 
Tipulidae. 

Alerandriaria (gen. noy.) suffusca Garrett. Deseribed (Pro. Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. 24, 
page 60, Feb., 1922) from one male and one female specimen taken by Mr. C. B. Garrett at 
Cranbrook, B.C., on October 9th, 1920, 

Alerandriaria intermedia Garrett. Described (Pro, Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. 24, page 60, 
Feb., 1922) from two males and one female taken at Cranbrook, B.C., by Mr. Garrett in July, 
1920. 

Alerandriaria kooteniensis Garrett. Described (Pro. Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. 24, page 61, 
Feb., 1922) from a single male taken by Mr. Garrett at Cranbrook on July 15th, 1920. 

Chionea alerandriana Garrett. Described (Pro. Ent. Soec., Wash., Vol. 24, page 62, Feb., 
1922) from one male and five female specimens. Five of the specimens were taken by Mr. 
Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C., in February, 1920 and 1921. The other was taken by a trapper on 
the hills near Canal Flats, Kootenay Valley. 

Blepharoceride. 

Bibiocephala canadensis Garrett. Described (Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. 10, page 89, April-June, 
1922) from fifteen specimens taken at Wilson Creek near Michel, B.C., at an altitude of 5,000 
feet, by Mr. Garrett in August and September. 

Bibiocephala kellogi Garrett. Described (Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. 10, page 91, April-June, 1922 
from a single specimen taken by Mr. Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C., on July 18th, 1921. 


Tabanide. ( 


Tabanus laniferus McDunnough. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 239, Oct., 1922) from 
thirteen specimens taken at Banff, Alta., and various points in British Columbia. The type 
locality is Banff and the British Columbia localities are Hector, Mount Cheam, and Lillooet. 

Syrphida. 

Melanostema squamule Curran. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 53, page 275, Dec., 1921) from 
five specimens taken at Victoria, B.C., in April and May. The collector’s name is not given. 

Toxomerus occidentalis Curran. Described (Can, Ent., Vol. 53, page 258, Nov., 1921) from 
forty-two specimens taken in California, Oregon. and British Columbia. The holotype male was 
taken by Mr. W. Downes at Victoria, B.C., on May 5th, 1919. 

Cynorhina robusta Curran. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 14, Jan, 1922) from a single 
female from British Columbia. No further data are given. 

Cynorhinella (gen. nov.) canadensis Curran. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 15, Jan., 
1922) from a single male taken by the Rey. J. H. Keen at Inverness, B.C., in July, 1910. 

Mallota columbie Curran. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 16, Jan., 1922) from a single 
female taken by Mr. R. C. Treherne at Penticton, B.C., on June 5th, 1919. 

Brachypalpus apicaudus Curran. Described (Can, Ent., Vol. 54, page 119, May, 1922) from 
a single male specimen taken by Mr. C. B. Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C. 


Tachinidae, 


Lydella hyphantrie Tothill. Described (Technical Bulletin No. 3, page 43, Dept. Agriculture, 
Ottawa, 1922) from four specimens bred at Agassiz, B.C. 

It is a grey fly with clear wings and is a new parasite on the fall web-worm (Hyphantria 
cunea Drury). It may not be out of place to make a few remarks on this particular bulletin 


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of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, as it is an exceedingly valuable contribution to our 
economic literature. 

The Bulletin is entitled “The Natural Control of the Fall Web-worm in Canada, together 
with an Account of its Several Parasites.” It comprises 107 pages, with many text illustrations. 
In addition, there are six beautiful plates containing figures of the various adult parasites with 
their cocoons, and also several other plates showing the anatomical structure of the larvie. 

The work is written by Dr. John D. Tothill and is the result of eight years’ intensive study, 
in which he was ably assisted by Mr. A. B. Baird. The control-work was carried on in three 
different Proyinces—in New Brunswick from 1912 to 1918, in Nova Scotia from 1916 to 1918, and 
in Southern British Columbia from 1917 to 1919. 

Ernestia frontalis Tothill. Described from two males, one taken by Mr. Harrington at 
Yukon River, Alaska, and the other by Mr. C. B. Garrett at Cranbrook, B.C. 

Ernestia johnsoni Tuthill. Described from four males, three from Massachusetts and one 
from Fry Creek, B.C. Dates of capture and collectors’ names not given. 

Ernestia nigropalpis Tothill. Described from eleven males takes at Stikine River, B.C. 
(type locality) (Mr. Wickham); Savary Island, B.C. (R. S. Sherman); and Franconia, N.H.” 
(C. H. Townsend). 

Ernestia platycarina Tothill. Described from ten males taken at Savary Island, B.C. (R. 8, 
Sherman); Bear Lake, B.C. (A. N. Caudell) ; Franconia, N.H. (C. H. Townsend) ; and Virginia. 

Ernestia sulcocarina Tothill. Described from ten males taken at Cranbrook, B.C. (C. B. 
Garrett) ; Lillooet, B.C. (A. B. Baird) ; and Husavick, Man. (J. B. Wallis). 

Ernestia bicarina Tothill. Described from four males taken at Bear Lake, B.C.; Boseman, 
Mon.; and Tennessee Pass, Colo. 

The aboye six species were described by Dr. Tothill in his ‘“ Revision of the Nearctie species 
of the genus Hrnestia,’ which appeared in the Canadian Entomologist (Sept., Oct., Nov., and 
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Leria serrata form nigricana Garrett. Described (Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. 10, page 176, 
Oct.—Dec., 1922) from a single female taken by Mr. C. B. Garrett at Cranbrook on June 4th, 
1921. 

Leria serrata form vinus Garrett. Described (Ins. Ins. Mens., Vol. 10, page 177, Oct—Dec., 
1922) from seven specimens taken by Mr. Garrett at Cranbrook and Michel. 


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Dphydride. 
Trimerina adfinis Cresson. Described (Ent. News, Vol. 33, page 137, May, 1922) from a 
single female taken at Kaslo, B.C., by Mr. R. P. Currie. 


HeEMIPTERA (HETEROPTERA). 


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Labops hirtus Knight. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 54, page 258, Nov., 1922) from a large . 
number of specimens taken in a wide range of localities throughout Canada and the United 
States, including three specimens from Chilcotin, B.C., captured by Mr. E. R. Buckell on July 
28th, 1920. 
Labops tumidifrons Knight. Described (Can. Ent.. Vol. 54, page 259, Nov., 1922) from five | 
specimens taken by Mr. R. C. Treherne at Chilcotin, B.C., on June 15th, 1920. 
LEPIDOPTERA NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
The following thirteen species are new records for the Province and were all taken by 
Dr. W. R. Buekell, of Salmon Arm, B.C., who has added considerably to our knowledge of 
British Columbia Lepidoptera by his persistent and careful collecting during the past few years. : 
in a few days’ vacation, spent with his nephew, Mr. E. R. Buckell, at Nicola Lake, he was | 
successful in securing at least four new records. There are in his collection other apparently . 
new species, but these have not as yet been definitely determined. 


Noctuide. 

1072. Melicleptria perminuta Hy. Edw. One specimen taken at Nicola Lake, B.C., June 
18th, 1922. This is a good record and is very rare in collections. It was described by Hy. } 
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1275. BLuroa infracta Morr. Taken at Salmon Arm, B.C. Described in 1875 from Colorado 
and Texas. 

1659. Polia detracta Wik. Two specimens taken at Salmon Arm, one on July 9th, 1921, 
and the other on June 2Sth, 1922. This is the first authentic record of detracta that we have 
had. The specimens listed from Kaslo under that name are not typical detracta, but are nearer 
to the form neoterica Sm., the colours being darker and less diversified, although the insect is 
as large as detracta. Neoterica from Alberta and Saskatchewan is smaller. I have listed the 
Kaslo specimens under the latter name. 

1665. Polia purpurissata Grt. Taken at Salmon Arm. We are glad to have this record, 
as although it was listed in the 1906 Check-list it was very doubtful if the typical form occurred 
in the Province. The specimen recorded as such from Atlin, B.C., was in the Bryant collection, 
and it is undoubtedly the,form crydina described (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 27, page 840, 1904) by 
Dyar from Kaslo, B.C. Our lists should now read :— 

Polia purpurissata Grt. Salmon Arm, 
Polia purpurissata form juncimacula Sm. Rossland. 
Polia purpurissata form erydina Dyar. Kaslo, Atlin, Salmon Arm, and Vancouver Island. 

The three forms are very close to each other, and although the difference can scarcely be 
put into words they are somewhat easily separated by their general habitus. 

* Polia subjuncta race eleanora B. & McD. A single specimen taken at Nicola Lake on June 
18th, 1922. This is another very interesting record, as it was described (Cont. Lep. No. Amer., 
Vol. 4, No. 2, page 95, May, 1918) from eight specimens taken at Nellie, Palomar Mountain, 
Southern California. It differs from typical subiuncta in the generally lighter and greyer colour 
and the almost entire absence of the carneous shades,’ The typical form has a very wide 
distribution, ranging from the Atlantic States to British Columbia and then south to California. 

1708. Polia meodana Sm. One specimen taken at Nieola Lake on June 17th, 1922. This is very 
close to liquida Grt., but lacks the latter’s bright colours and is a rather dull-looking insect. 
Dr. McDunnough thinks that it is probably only a form of liquida. 

19418. Cirphis insueta race dia Grt. Taken at Nicola Lake on June 18th, 1922. This is very 
close to our common Vancouver Island form heterodora Sm. They are both races of the Eastern 
insueta. Dia was described as a good species from California. 

2160. Graptolitha tepida Grt. Several specimens taken at Salmon Arm. It flies at the end 
of September and is an inhabitant of the Atlantic States. : 

2215, 1. Conistra fringata B. & McD. ‘Taken at Salmon Arm on October 9th, 1921. Further 
remarks on this species will be found under the heading of “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” 

2293. Parastictis decipiens Grt. Three specimens taken at Salmon Arm. The type is in the 
British Museum and was described by Grote in -18S1 from specimens taken in Northern Indiana, 

8187. Zale benesignata Hary. Taken at Salmon Arm on May 24th, 1921. (See “ Illustrated 
Lepidoptera.” ) 

*Autographa interalia Ottolengui. Taken at Salmon Arm. This is an interesting record 
as the species has only been described comparatively recently (Jour. N.Y. Ent. Soe., Vol. 27, 
page 1238, June-Sept., 1919). It was described from two females taken by Mr. K. Bowman at 
Nordegg, Alta. A yvery-much-worn male specimen was also taken by Dr. Ottolengui at Banff, 
Alta. It is probably only a Western race of alias Ottol., the latter being a common species 
throughout the Atlantic States. 

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3802. Synchlora rubrifrontaria Pack. One specimen taken at Salmon Arm. This record 
brings our list of species in the subfamily Hemithine up to seven. It is the prettiest of our 
“greens,” the white transverse lines being distinctly scalloped or wavy. ‘The species was 
described by Packard in 1873 from four specimens taken in New York State and Central Missouri. 


RARE AND UNCOMMON LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DURING 1922. 


Victoria.—It has been the worst year for Macrolepidoptera that I have known in my twelve 
years’ collecting here. Scarcely anything of note has been captured in this vicinity. A specimen 
of Annaphila decia Grt. was taken by Master Lewis Clarke, and the writer took a specimen of 
Hydriomena renunciata columbiata Taylor on April 30th. This is not by any means a common 
species, as only occasional specimens are taken. I also captured a nice series of Cosymbria 
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Saanichton.—This year we have the pleasure in welcoming to our ranks two enthusiastic 
collectors in the persons of the Hon. J. G. Colville and Captain J. Wise. Commencing in April, 
these two gentlemen, with the assistance of the Hon. A. Colville, collected continuously every 
suitable evening until the middle of October. Their combined efforts have resulted in forming 
the nucleus of a fine collection. The majority of their captures were made at “light’’ and 
included a number of very desirable species, the most interesting of which are as follows: 
Eucrod divergens abar Streck. A single specimen taken on June 6th. This is a most interest- 
ing capture, as our only previous record of this form is a couple of specimens taken at Duncan 
many years ago by the Jate EB. M. Skinner; Aplectoides occidens Hamps. (see “ Illustrated 
Lepidoptera”); Acronycta illita Sm.; Arzama obliqua Wik.; a fine female specimen of this 
uncommon species was taken on July 5th; Autographa speciosa Ottol. Amongst the Geometride 
the best captures are Lygris atrifasciata Hulst; Dysstroma sobria ochrofuscaria Swett; several 
specimens were taken in June. It is rather an uncommon species, as with the exception of a 
worn specimen taken in 1920, these are the first records that I have had since it was described 
in 1917 (Can. Ent., Vol. 49, page 70). Dysstroma walker@eta Pears; this is one of the rarest 
’ of our species in this genus. Mr. Cockle has taken it at Kaslo and I have a single specimen 
taken on Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island. Caripeta e@quliaria Grt.; Cleora latipennis 
Hulst.; and a single male specimen of Sabulodes cervinaria Pack. 

Duncan.—In this district noctuids have been scarce, but geometers have been fairly abundant, 
although they were mostly of the common kinds. 

Mr. G. O. Day took three fine spetimens of Dysstroma ethela Hulst. in July. A figure of 
this beautiful species was given in Report, Prov. Mus., 1921, Plate IV. Mr. A. W. Hanhain’s 
best captures were Heliothis phloriphaga G. & R. (rare on Vancouver Island, but taken more 
frequently in the Interior); Agrotis havile Grt. (very rare); Polia sutrina Grt. (rare), the 
first specimen taken here for many years; Polia pulverulenta Sm. (uncommon); Autographa 
brassice Riley; two specimens taken on flower-blossoms on August 25th. Although this species 
is common throughout the continent, it is rare in British Columbia. Mr. Hanham’s capture is 
the first record from Vancouver Island, and I believe Mr. Cockle, of Kaslo, has also taken one or 
two specimens. 

Maillardville—Mr. L. E. Marmont reports a very poor season on the whole, although he 
has taken a few very good things, chief amongst them being a single specimen of that very 
rare aretid Aemilia roseata Wik. (see “Illustrated Lepidoptera”). Papaipema insulidens 
Bird; this is the first record from the Mainland (see “ Illustrated Lepidoptera”) ; Eremobia 
claudens albertina Hamp.; Autographa metallica Grt. (first record from this district). Amongst 
the Geometridse were Cleora albescens Hulst. (two fine specimens) ; Gabriola dyari Taylor; and 
two specimens of Plagodis approximaria Dyar: this is rather a rare species and has only 
previously been recorded from Duncan, Kaslo, and Trail, but this year we have had it recorded 
from Agassiz and Vavenby as well. While spending a week with Mr. Marmont in June, the 
writer was successful in capturing a specimen of Huthyatira semicircularis Grt. (see “ Illustrated 
Lepidoptera”), a fine specimen of Hustroma nubilata macdunnoughi Blackm., and a specimen 
in good condition of Duphyia luctuata obductata Moesch, the first that I have ever taken. 

Nicola Lake.—During the past season Mr. B. R. Buckell, Assistant Entomologist of the 
Provincial Department of Agriculture, has been stationed in this locality investigating the grass- 
hopper situation. In addition to his regular duties he has made a small collection of Lepidoptera, 
some of which are of more than ordinary interest. Huxroa murdocki Sm.; this rather handsome 
noctuid is exceedingly rare in British Columbia; in fact, the only other record of it that I have 
is a specimen taken some years ago by Mr. A. W. Phair at Lillooet. Dr. J. B. Smith (Bull. 44, 
U.S.N.M., Cat. Noctuidie, 1893) gives Utah, North-west British Columbia, Oregon, and Colorado 
as localities for murdocki, but it is almost certain that his North-west British Columbia relates 
to Alberta. Oncocemis umbrifascia Sm.; this rather delicate species is also very rare. It is the 
third specimen that I have had recorded from the Province, the first being taken by Mr. Phair 
at Lillooet, and the second by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Fort Steele. Xylena thoracia Put-Cram; 
Trachea inordinata montana Sm.; a single specimen taken on June 13th. Our previous records 
are Chileotin (1. R. Buckell) and Vernon (M. Ruhmann). Gortyna obliqua Harv.; a single 
specimen of this rather rare species was taken on August 29th. I have seen single specimens 
from Duncan (A. W. Hanham), Kaslo (J. W. Cockle), and Armstrong (W. Downes). 


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Marron Lake.—This locality is situated about 12 miles south-east of Penticton, and would 
doubtless yield rich returns if persistent collecting were carried on throughout the whole season. 
Mr, C. de Blois Green, who is now resident in this district, collected a little material in July. 
Amongst his captures were Lampra placida Grt., a beautiful red specimen, unlike any other 
that I have seen, but undoubtedly referable to this species, which is at present in a state of 
evolution; Polia illaudabilis restora Sm.; Caradrina extima Wlk.; and Sarrothripus revayana 
cinereana N. & D. In the Geometride, Acidalia ancellata Hist. and Jtame plumosata B. & MeD. 
were the best. 

Vavenby.—Mr. T. A. Moilliet and his son Ted again collected a very large amount of material 
in this locality. Although a great deal of it was a duplication of species taken the year before, 
nevertheless a very fair percentage represented species not previously recorded from this district. 
We have one or two species not yet definitely determined, which may eventually turn out to be 
new to the Province. The following is a list of the most desirable species taken :— 

Amongst the diurnals was a specimen of Zurymus nastes streckeri Grt. taken at an altitude 
of 6,000 feet; Ocneis macouni Edw., taken on June Sth; this is a very good record, as it is 
apparently a very rare species in British Columbia. I haye only seen one other authentic 
specimen and that was taken at Armstrong (W. Downes), although I have a record of a 
specimen being taken at Enderby (J. Wynne), which is in the same general locality. Hesperia 
centauree Ramb.; two specimens of this rare skipper were taken on July 14th at an altitude 
of 6,000 feet, one of them. being in beautiful condition. The only previous records for the 
Province are a single specimen captured at Atlin (B. M. Anderson) in 1914 and one or two 
specimens taken by the late Wolley Dod at Windermere. Owing to the poorness of the season 
the noctuids did not make as good a showing as last year. A short series of Polia negussa Sm. 
was taken, our previous records of this species being from Rossland and Vernon; Polia segreguta 
Sm., a single specimen; it is quite possible that negussa, segregata, together with gussata Sm., 
are only varietal forms of the same species. Three specimens of Perigrapha algula Sm. and one 
P. achsha Dyar were taken. We are glad to get these as there has been some confusion in the 
determination of these rather uncommon species. <A figure of each is given on Plate V. and 
further remarks will be found under “Illustrated Lepidoptera.” In the Notodontide a single 


specimen each of Gluphisia septentrionalis Wik. and G. septentrionalis quinquelinea Dyar was 


taken. These are both good records and are figured on Plate V., with additional remarks under 
“Tilustrated Lepidoptera.” Three specimens of Gluphisia severa danbyi Neum were taken 
between April 20th and 26th. Amongst the Geometride the following are worthy of note: 
Ttame epigenata B. & McD., an uncommon species and previously recorded from Kaslo (Cockle) 
and Mount McLean (Day & Hanham). A figure of this species was given in the Report, Proy. 
Mus., 1920, Plate I. Jtame denticulodes Hulst. (see “Illustrated Lepidoptera”); Spodolepsis 
substriatana danbyi Hulst.; a long series of this species was taken in the last week of April 
It shows a very wide range of variation; in some specimens the transverse markings and median 
band stand out in striking contrast, while in others they are nearly obsolete and give the insect 
a nearly unicolorous appearance, Sycia ursaria W1k.; a single specimen of this uncommon 
species was taken on April 25th. Mr. Cockle has taken it at Kaslo and our only other record 
is a specimen taken by the late W. H. Danby at Rossland in 1900. An illustration of this 
species was given in Report, Prov. Mus., 1918, Plate II. Plagodis approrimaria Dyar; a good 
record and extends our knowledge of the distribution of this rather rare species in the Province. 
Erannis vancouverensis Hulst.; a single rather worn specimen taken in November. A rather 
unexpected record, as, with the exception of a few odd specimens taken at Kaslo, I have no 
record of its appearance outside of Vancouver Island and the Lower Fraser Valley. 

Kaslo.—Mr. Cockle reports a very poor season and yery little of anything has been taken. 
His best capture was a specimen of Autographa bimaculata Steph.; this species is rare in the 
Province and is the first record from this district. I have a specimen labelled Victoria, B.C., 
1890, but cannot vouch for the authenticity of the label, and I have seen a specimen taken by 
Mr. W. B. Anderson at Fort Steele. These are all the records of this species that I have any 
knowledge of. Mr. Cockle also took specimens of Euroa catenula Grt. and Buxoa comosa Morr. 
Kaslo is the only British Columbia locality from which the latter species has been recorded. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, also reports the worst collecting 
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he is a very keen naturalist his material always contains something worthy of note. The follow- 
ing are his most interesting captures :— 

Agassiz—Plagodis approvimaria Dyar.; a single specimen taken on July 23rd. This is a 
very late date for this species, as our specimens from other localities were all taken in May. 

Fort Steele-—Macaria unipunctaria Wright; Phasiane orillata Wik.; and a single specimen 
of Marmopteryx marmorata Pack.; this is an unexpected locality for this species, as all our 
previous specimens have been taken between Penticton and Osoyoos. 

Keremcos.—Euxoa cinereopallida Sm.; two specimens taken on September 16th. Our 
previous records are from Lillooet (A. W. Phair) and Penticton (W. B. Anderson). Turoa 
quadridentata flutea Sm.; a single specimen taken on the same date. This capture extends the 
known range of this species in the Provinee, as we have only had it listed previously from 
Chilcotin (IE. R. Buckell) and Fort Steele (W. B. Anderson). 

Lytton,—Oncocnemis cibalis Grt. A rather worn specimen of this uncommon species was 
taken on September 24th. 


MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 


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Although it has been such a poor season for Lepidoptera in general, we have been successful 
in getting together a large number of micros, of which I have set up something over 1,400 
specimens. Many of these have not been previously recorded from this Province, a few are 
new to science, and our collections have been enriched by many desirable species which were 
previously unrepresented. 
We are very much indebted to the Hon. J. G. Colville and to Captain J. Wise, who made i 
large collections during the season at the beautiful home of the former, which is ideally situated 
en the Saanich Arm, some 16 miles north of Victoria. They collected persistently throughout ; 


the whole of the season and brought in hundreds of specimens, including many desirable species q 
and several new records for the Province. Collections have also been made at Victoria, Fitz- : 
gerald, Dunean, Maillardville, Nicola Lake, Salmon Arm, Marron Lake, and Vavenby. ; 


The following list of species are new to the Province and are additional to those previously 
published in the Annual Reports of the Provincial Museum for 1920 and 1921 . 
The greater part of this season’s captures in the Tineina (sens lat.) have net yet been worked 
up and anything new or worthy of note will be included in next year’s report. 
The numbers and arrangement are in accord with Messrs. Barnes & MeDunnough’s Check- 
list. Those marked with a star have been described since the ‘“ List ’’ was published. 
Collectors: W. B. Anderson, E. H. Blackmore, E. R. Buckell, W. R. Buckell, W. R. Carter, 
* Hon. J. G. Colville, C. deB. Green, A. W. Hanham, L. BE. Marmont, T. A. Moilliet, A. W. Phair, 
and Captain J. Wise. The initials only are used in the following records. 


Pyralide (Phycitine). 


5562. Dioryctia auranticella Grt. Lillooet (A, W. P.). 
5600. Nephopteryx hypochalciella Rag. Goldstream (FE. H. B.). 
5613n. Salebria virgatella inconditella Rag. Dunean (A. W. H.). 
5662. Pyla eneoviridella Rag. Mount McLean (A. W. H.). 
* Pyla sylphiella Dyar. Mount McLean (A. W. H.). 
5676. Megasis ediwardsialis Hist. Chilcotin (BE. R. B.). 
5680. Megasis atrella Hist. Chilecotin (EB. R. B.). 
5719. Huzophera aglwella Rag. Dunean (A. W. H.). 
5749. Honora montinatatella Hist. Dunean (A. W. H.). 


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6969, 1. Chrysoclista villella Buseck. Maillardville (EH. H. B.; L. E, M.). 
6008. Mompha eloisella Clem. Ladysmith (T. Bryant). 
GOLS. Mompha unifasciella Cham. Maillardville (L. BE. M.). 


Glelchiide. 
6069. Chrysopora hermannella Fabr. Vernon (BE. P. Venables). 
* Telphusa agrifolia Braun. Victoria (BE. H. B.). 


6278. Gelechia mediofuscella Clem. Victoria (1H. H. B.). 
6283. Gelechia conclusella Wik. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 


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. Gelechia fuscoteniella Cham. Maillardyille (L. BE. M.). 
6298. Gelechia alternatella Kearf. Duncan (A. W. H.); Vavenby (T. A. M.). 


@cophoride. 


, 6414. Bumeyrickia trimaculella Fitch. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
* Agonopterye blackmori Busck: Victoria (8. H. B.; W.R. C.); Saanichton (J. G. C.). 


“Dthmiide. 


6622. Ethmia albistrigella Wishm, Lillooet (A, W. P.). 
6624. Ethmia monticola Wishm. Chase (W. B. A.). 


Ageriide, 
6654. geria tibialis Harris. Marron Lake. (C. B. G.). 
Bucosmide. 


6816. Argryoploce albeolana Zell. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
6827. Argyroploce hebesana Wik. Saanichton (J. G. C.). 
6838. Argyroploce coronana Kearf. Salmon Arm (W. R. B.). 
6844. Argyroploce puncticostana Wik. Adams Lake (W. B. A.) ; Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
6861. Argyroploce nubilana Clem. Saanichton (J. W.); Agassiz (W. B. A.). 
6865. Argyroploce fuscalbana Zell. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
* Argyroploce buckellana McD. Salmon Arm (W. R. B.). 
6949. Hucosma passerana Wishm. Wellington (T. Bryant). 
6956. Eucosma nigralbana Wishm. Saanichton (J. W.). 
6959. Bucosma lolana Kearf. Chileotin (EB. R. B.). 
6965. Hucosma terrococtana Wishm. Saanichton (J. G. C.); Powell River (W. B. A.). 
6970. Bucosma abbreviatana Wishm. Chilcotin (B, R. B.). 
69864. BHucosma nisella criddleana Kearf. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
6990. Eucosma hirsutana Wishm. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
7065. Bucosma striatana Clem. Mount McLean (A. W. H.). 
7082. Bucosma columbiana Wishm. Kamloops (W. B. A.) ; Chileotin (EB. R. B.). 
7148. Bnarmonia haimbachiana Kearf. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
7175. Ancylis subequana Zell. Goldstream (1. H. B.); Saanichton (J. W.). 
7176. Ancylis discigerana Wilk. Mount McLean (A. W. H.). 
7269. Melissopus latiferreanus Wlishm. Saaniehton (BE. H. B.); Maillardville (BE. H. B.; 
L. BE. M.). 


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Tortricidae. 


7372. Tortrix packardiana Fern. Maillardville (lL, E. M.). 
7443. Peronea subnivana Wik. Hazelton (W. B. A.). 
Peronea varicgana Schiff. Victoria (W. R. C.; E. H. B.). 


Phaloniide, 


7454. Phalonia smcathmanniana Fabr. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 


ST eee ee a aS ee 


Glyphipterygide. 


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* Hilarographa youngiella Buseck. Victoria (W. Downes; W. R. C.); Maillardyille 
(L. E. M.). 


Plutellide. 
7664. Cerostoma schicarziclla Busck. Powell River (W. B. A.); Salmon Arm,(W. R. B.). 


Yponomeutide. 


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* Argyresthia monochromella Buseck. Victoria (E. H. B.). 


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Haploptiliid@. 


7762. Haploptilia coruscipennella Clem. Victoria (W. R. C.; BE. H. B.) ; Dunean (A. W. H.) ; 
Maillardville (lL. E. M.). 
T7768. Haploptilia fletcherella Fern. Victoria (W. R. C.; BE. H. B.); Maillardville (1. EH. M.). 
* Aphclosetia cygnodiella Busck. Victoria (W. Downes). 


Scythridide, 
8080. Scythris eboracensis Zell. Victoria (BE. TH. B.). 
Tineide. 
8289. Tinea granella Linn. Victoria (EH. H. B.; W. R. C.). 
TIncurvariide. 
8436. Incurvaria itoniella Buseck. Wellington (T. Bryant). 
Adelide. 


8448. Nemotois bellela Wilk. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
Micropterygide. 


8480. Epimartyria pardella Wishm. Maillardville (l. E. M.; E. H. B.). 

The following notes on some of the new and uncommon species taken during the last two 
seasons may be of interest to students of this group :— 

5151. Pyrausta borealis Pack. A short series of this pretty black and yellow pyraustid was 
taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby, B.C., on June 1st. These specimens are not quite 
typical and represent a small dark northern race which seems worthy of a varietal name. We 
have two similar specimens from Chilcotin taken by Mr. IE. R. Buckell on June 2nd, 1920, 
We also have two specimens of the typical form taken at Lillooet several years ago. 

5591. Ambesa lwtelia Grt. This species with its purple and white markings is one of the 
most handsome of the phycitids and has, unti! recently, been represented in our collections by a 
single specimen taken at Rossland, B.C., by the late Mr. Danby. Mr. E. R. Buckell took one 
specimen at Chilcotin on June 30th, 1920, and the same collector was fortunate enough to capture 
three more this season between June 18th and the 25th at Nicola Lake, B.C. Mr. T. A. Moilliet 
also took a single specimen at Vavepby on July 14th. 

5600. Nephopteryx hypochalciella Rag. Two male specimens of this species. which is new 
to our list, have been taken by the writer at Goldstream, one on July 3rd, 1918, and the other 
on August 10th, 1921. It seems very uncommon. fe 

5662. Pyla wneoviridella Rag. This genus has been hitherto poorly represented in British 
Columbia collections. Until quite recently we had only one representative recorded from the 
Province, which was listed in the 1906 Check-list as scintillans Grt., taken on Mount Cheam in 
1903. This identification, however, has proved to be wrong, as I have two of the original 
specimens from the Harvey collection which were determined by Dr. McDunnough in 1919 as 
rainierella Dyar. More recently (April, 1921) Dr. Dyar described a new species taken by the 
writer at Mount Tzouhalem as Pyla blackmorelia. An illustration of this species with notes 
thereon was given in last year’s Museum Report. 

When collecting on Mount McLean in July, 1919, and again in August, 1921, Mr. A. W. 
Hanham, of Duncan, succeeded in capturing a number of specimens of this genus. Upon 
examination I found that they were quite distinct from rainierella and involved at least two 
species. They were sent to Mr. W. Schaus, of the U.S. National Museum, who is an authority 
on this group. The one species taken in July, 1919, at 5,000 feet altitude proved to be @neovui- 
della Rag., and the other one taken in August, 1921, at 7,500 feet was determined as :— 

*Pyla sylphiella Dyar. This was described from Mount Rainier, near Tacoma, Wash., from 
specimens taken by Dyar & Caudell in August, 1906. This latter species is a trifle smaller and 
has purplish-coppery irrorations, while @neoviridella is irrorated with greenish-bronze. The 
majority of the species in this genus are brownish-black in colour, the fore wings being variously 
irrorated with either purplish, greenish, bronzy, or coppery metallic scales. 

5676. Megasis edwardsialis Hulst. This is also a new record for the Province. A short 
series was taken by Mr. E. R. Buckell at Chilcotin the latter end of April, 1920. It is a long 


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narrow-winged species measuring 114 inches in expanse, with the primaries of a dull-grey colour 
and the secondaries a light fuscous. The females are much smaller than the males, being ouly 
% inch when expanded, and having two black transverse lines on the primaries. Unless one 
was acquainted with this genus, one would never associate the two sexes as belonging to the 
same species. Y 

5680. Megasis atrella Hulst. This is a very similar species to the last, but is a little smatler 
in expanse and the somewhat obscure markings are slightly different. A small series was taken 
by Mr. E. R. Buckell at the same time and place as the former species. In the 1906 Check-list 
atrella is recorded from Victoria, but I think this is a misidentification. The only specimen 
that I have seen from this district is one that I took on Mareh 5th, 1921, and which is closer 
to edwardsialis than to atrella, but probably distinet from either. 

5969, 1. Crysoclista villella Busck. A nice series of this pretty black-and-orange micro was 
taken by Mr. Marmont and myself at Maillardville on June 19th. It is about 14 inch in expanse 
and when in the air resembles a small black fly. We found it in a large pateh of scrub willow 
and it was not beaten from any other tree. The willows were § to 9 feet high and the micro 
was found only on the topmost twigs. We observed none in flight excepting when they were 
disturbed. The method of capture was to touch the top twigs with the rim of the net, holding 
it at arm’s length, and then one would see a small black speck fly off. A wild jump and a sweep 
with the net and villella was secured. When once in the net, the micro remained -perfectly quiet 
and was easily bottled. A couple of hours’ hard work found us with about thirty specimens and 
a pair of very tired arms. The species was described (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 27, page 768) from a 
single specimen taken at Seattle, Wash., in 1903. Mr. Busck informs me that this is the first 
record of this species since it was described in 1904, which makes this a very interesting capture. 

5985. Walshia amorphella Clem. A single specimen in good condition was taken by Dr. W. R. 
Buckell at Salmon Arm on June 27th. This seems a somewhat rare insect, as we only have two 
specimens, both taken by Mr. T. Bryant at Wellington. It is also recorded from Kaslo. 

6008. Mompha eloisella Clem. This is a new record for the Province and was taken by 
Mr. T. Bryant at Ladysmith on July 9th, 1909. It is a pfetty little moth measuring about 
% inch across the wings. The basal half of the primaries is pure white with two small black 
dots, while the outer half is golden-brown with a dark-brown longitudinal line through the centre. 

6290. Gelechia fuscoteniella Cham. Mr. Marmont has taken three specimens of this new 
record at Maillardville. It is slightly smaller than the preceding species. The primaries are 
pure white with a small black basal area and a black spot on the costa and another at the apex 
of the wing. It flies in June. 

*Telphusa agrifolia Braun. This species was described in Ent. News, Vol. 32, page 9, Jan., 
1921, from specimens bred from larye feeding on California live oak (Quercus agrifolia) in 
Alameda County, California. The writer took a short series of this species at Mount Tolmie 
in September, 1921, and a long series at the same place in August of this year. It was beaten 
from scrub oak (Quercus Garryana), on which the larye undoubtedly feed. It is a small species, 
measuring about 138 mm. In colour it is blackish-brown with patches of raised scales; in some 
specimens there is an oblique white band crossing the wing from about one-fourth out. It is 
very variable. 

6156. Recurvaria gibsonella Kearf. A single specimen of this pretty little gelechid was 
taken by Mr. W. R. Carter on June 20th, 1921. This is the first record from British Columbia 
of this Eastern species. It was described (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, page 4, Jan., 1907) from three 
specimens bred from larve feeding on juniper (Juniperus communis) by Mr. Arthur Gibson at 
Ottawa, Ont. 

6288. Gelechia panella Busck. Four specimens of this striking brick-red species were taken 
by the Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton on various dates in July and August. It was described 
(Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 25, page 889, 1903) from two specimens, one taken in Arizona and the other 
in California. Mr. Hanham has taken a few specimens at Dunean during the last few years, 
but it is not at all common. The larve feed on arbutus (Arbutus Menziesii). This species was 
listed in our old Check-list from Wellington, but this is an error, as the species listed under that 
name is Gelechia mandella Buseck. 

6803,1. Exartema appendiceum Zell. In the Can. Ent. for Feb., 1922, page 39, Dr. J. 
McDunnough resurrects this species from the synonmy. It had been placed as a synonym of 
versicoloranum Clem., but, although very similar in appearance, can be separated by versicolor- 


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anum having the costa white at the base, while appendiceum has a dark basal area. The species 
occurring in British Columbia are the latter and the two specimens recorded in last year’s 
Museum Report under the name of versicoloranum (taken by Mr. Marmont at Maillardvilie) 
should be changed accordingly. A nice series of this moth was taken this season by Captain J. 
Wise at Saanichton in June and July. 

6820. Argyroploce wellingtoniana Kearf. This is a fine capture, as no specimens have heen 
recorded since the species was described (Trans. Am. Ent. Socy., Vol. 33, page 138, Feb., 1907) 
from two specimens taken by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor at Wellington on May 19th, 1906. 
The writer took two specimens in fine condition on May 28rd of this year about 7 p.m., and 
although a careful search was made on following evenings no more were found. A single 
specimen was also taken by the Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton on June 5th. It expands 
about 18 mm. and the primaries are mottled with white, grey, dark fuscous, and black. 

7028. Hucosma similana Hubn. Two nice specimens of this species were taken by Mr. T. A. 
Moilliet at Vavenby on September 16th and 20th. At first glance it is very similar to lolana 
Kearf., illustrated on Plate VI., but is slightly smaller and has pale hind wings instead of dark- 

‘brown ones. This species has been previously recorded from Kaslo; it occurs in the Atlantic 
States, is common in Great Britain, and also extends through Central Europe and Northern Asia. 

7161. Bnarmonia medioplagata Wishm. This is another uncommon species, only previously 
reported from Kaslo. Mr. Moilliet took two specimens in good condition at Vavenby in July, 
and Mr. BE. R. Buckell took a single rather worn specimen at Chilcotin on August 2nd, 1921. 

7269. Melissopus latiferreanus Wlishm. ‘This is another new record for the Province. It is 
represented in our collections by three specimens taken in June of this year. While visitiug 
Mr. Marmont at Maillardyille, I captured a beautiful specimen of this species on the last day 
of my stay, June 20th, and on the same morning Mr. Marmont captured another one. Two days 
later, while spending a day at the home of Viscount Colville at Saanichton, I captured a third 
specimen. Strange to say, although persistent collecting was carried on by both the Hon. Mr. 
Colville and Mr. Marmont, no more specimens of this species were captured. ‘The fore wings 
are reddish-brown in colour with x purplish sheen and a small patch of burnished copper in the 
median area. 

7532. Commophila fuscodorsana Kearf. This species has not been represented in our collec- 
tions until this year. Mr. W. R. Carter took two specimens on June 15th in Pemberton Woods 
near Victoria. Mr. Marmont captured another one on May 31st at Maillardville, while the writer 
secured a freshly emerged specimen on Mount Tolmie on June 10th. The species was described 
(Can. Ent., May, 1904, page 137) from two male specimens, one taken-at Fieldbrook, Cal., and 
the other taken by Mr. Cockle at Kaslo. This is a good record. 

7623. Choreutis leucobasis Fern. This interesting capture was made by Mr. Marmont at 
Maillardville, who took two specimens on May 12th. This is the first record that we have had 
since Mr. T. Bryant captured a specimen at Wellington on May 38rd, 19038. The species was 
deseribed (Can. Ent., Vol. 82, page 242, 1900) from specimens taken at London, Ont., and 
Massachusetts. It has also been recorded from Vermont. 

7664. Cerostoma schwarziella Busck. This is a new record for the Province. Mr. W. B. 
Anderson took a single specimen in good condition at Powell River on August 4th, 1921. This 
season three specimens were taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm on May 16th. 

S480. Epimartyria pardella Wishm. This is one of the most interesting finds that we have 
yet had, and I believe that I am right in stating that this is the first record of this species being 
taken in Canada. It was first taken by Mr. Marmont at Maillardville in June, 1921. .Mr. August 
Buseck, to whom it was submitted for determination, was very anxious to get additional material, 
as it is somewhat of a rarity in collections, the U.S. National Museum only containing two 
specimens which were taken by Professor C. V. Piper at Seattle, Wash. 

With this end in view the writer spent a week in June with Mr. Marmont at his home in 
Maillardville, which is ideally situated for collecting purposes. The second day I was there— 
June 15th, to be exact—we proceeded to the spot where Mr. Marmont had collected the species 
the previous year. This was an old disused lane, now very much overgrown. The sides were 
lined with small trees and shrubs of many kinds, while the undergrowth was very dense. We 
had not been there many minutes before we spotted one or two resting upon the leaves of various 
plants, and by careful and steady work we bottled some fifty-two specimens between us in a 
couple of hours. Bottling them off the plants was the only possible way to get them, as when in 


PLATE V. 


ARCTIID.2—NOCTUID.2—NOTODONTID.E-—THYATIRID.E. 


Bmilia roseata Wik. Papaipema insulidens Bird. 
Iraser Mills, B.C. (1. 2, Marmont). Irraser Mills, B.C. (L. I. Marmont). 
(Exeeedingly rare.) (Rather rare.) 


Gluphisia septentrionales WIk. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Aplectoides occidens TWamps. Oncocnemis Cibalis Grt. 
Saanichton, B.C. (J. G. Colville). Lillooet, B.C. (A. W. Phair). 
(Very rare.) (Very rare.) 


Oncocnemis levis Grt. 
Fort Steele, B.C) (W. Bo Anderson). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Perigrapha algula Sm. Perigvapha achsha Dyar. 
Vavenby, B.C. (UT. A. Moilliet). Vavenby. B.C. CL. A. Moilliet). 
(Uncommon, ) (Rather rare.) 


Gluphisa septentrionalis quinquelinea Dyar, 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). 
(Rather rare.) 


Zale benesigqnata Warvey. Conistra fringata Th. & Men. 
Salmon Arm, BCL CW. Re Buekell), Salmon Arm, B.C. (W. KR. Buekell). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 


Kuthyativa semicireularis Grt. 
Iraser Mills, B.C, (1. 11. Blackmore). 
(Rather uncommon.) 


Tarache major Sm. Tarache areli Streck. 
Rossland, B.C. (W. TH. Danby). fossland, B.C. (W. H. Danby). 
(Very rare.) (Rather rare.) 


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- flight they are almost invisible. The species is rather small, expanding only 11 mm., and the 


wings are very narrow, the fore wings being about 44 mm. broad and the hind wings about 1 mm. 
It is an extremely handsome insect when viewed under a lens, ail the wings being of an 
iridescent purple with a large golden spot on the fore wings about two-thirds out from the base. 
We also took three or four specimens which were unspotted. At first these were thought to be 
a different species, but later on Mr. Busck made slides of the wings and genitalia, which disproved 


-that idea. He considers them to be merely varieties of the typical form. 


This species is interesting from the fact that it is a representative of the family Microptery- 


_ gids, which is the most primitive family of all the Lepidoptera. The fore and hind wings each 


contain twelve veins, and a jugum is developed at the base of the inner margin, which serves 
as a wing-coupling apparatus. This family is very closely allied to the order Trichoptera 
(caddice-flies), and it is from this latter order that the Lepidoptera have undoubtedly evolved. 


ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA. 
Arctiidae (Plate V.). 


929. dmilia roscata Wik. Taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont at Maillardville on July 2nd, 1922. 
This is one of the finest captures of the season, as it is the rarest of all our species in this 
family. The specimen illustrated is the first one taken since 1906 that I have any knowledge of. 
In the 1906 Check-list it is recorded from Goldstream and Mission. I have not been able to find 
any trace of the Goldstreum specimen and I know nothing of the one from Mission. In the 
Bull. B.C. Ent. Socy., Sept., 1906, under the heading of “ Notes on the Season of 1906,” it says: 


“Mr. Harvey received from a friend a fine specimen of AJmilia roseata, taken early in July*on | 


the Squamish River.” This record is authentic, as I found the specimen referred to in the 
Harvey collection. 
Noctuide (Plate V.). 


1507. Aplectoides occidens Hamp. This is another very fine record, as very few specimens 
of this species have been taken in the Province. The specimen illustrated was taken’ by the 
Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton on August 15th, 1922, and is the first that I have seen siuce 
I discovered a specimen in the Bryant collection which was taken at Wellington on August 4th, 
1902. This latter specimen was labelled “ Wadena mustelina Sm.’ and was listed under that 
name in the 1906 Check-list. I had great difficulty in getting this species determined, as it was 
not represented either in the Canadian National Collection or the U.S. National Museum. Later 
Dr. J. MeDunnough identified it from the co-type in the Wolley Dod collection, which was 
bequeathed to the Dominion Government by the late F. H. Wolley Dod. Dr. MeDunnough also 
informed me that they have a specimen from Ucluelet, which is on the west coast of Vancouver 
Island. In the Entomological Record for 1919 Gibson and Criddle record a specimen of occidens 
taken by Mr. J. B. Wallis at Sicamous, B.C., on August 12th, 1915. I have also recently 
determined a specimen as this species for Mr. A. W. Hanham, taken at Quamichan Lake, V.I., 
on August 23rd, 1918. These five records are the only ones that I know of from this Province. 

1900. Perigrapha algula Sm. ‘Three specimens were taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby 
on April 30th, 1922. We were glad to get these, as this species was not previously represented 
in our collections. I have seen specimens from Kaslo, where Mr. Cockle takes it oceasionally, 
and Dr. W. R. Buckell also records it from Salmon Arm. 

1901. Perigrapha achsha Dyar. A single specimen of this species was also taken by Mr. 
Moilliet on April 20th. This is a rather rare species, as I have only seen two other specimens 
in British Columbia collections; one was taken in the Penticton District by Mr. FE. M. Anderson 
in 1913, and the other by Mr. G. O. Day at Quamichan Lake, near Dunean. This latter is rather 
an unexpected locality, but I do not think that there is any doubt about the determination, as 
it agrees with the Penticton specimen which was determined for me by Dr. A. W. Lindsey. In 
the Barnes collection at Decatur, Ill., is a specimen from Arrow Lake, B.C., which bas been 
compared with the type, and the Penticton specimen agrees with this. Algula and achsha are 
closely allied and have been somewhat confused in collections, but can be differentiated by the 
fact that achsha is hoary grey powdered, except in the inner part of median and basal areas, 
while algula is evenly coloured and ranges from dark slaty grey to a purplish red. 

2030. Oncocnemis levis Grt. This fine noctuid was captured by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Fort 
Steele on September 16th, 1918, and as far as I am aware has not previously been recorded from 


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British Columbia. It was described in 1880 from specimens taken in Arizona and Colorado, and 
it has also been recorded from Lethbridge, Alta. 

2048. Oncocnemis cibalis Grt. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. A. W. Phair at 
Lillooet on September 15th, 1918. This species was also described (Can. Ent., Dec., 1880) from 
Colorado at the same time as the preceding. A rather worn specimen of this species was also 
taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at Lytton on September 24th, 1922. 

2215, 1. Conistra fringata B. & McD. This is a new record for the Province and was captured 
by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm on October 9th, 1921. It was described (Cont. Lepid. No. 
Amer., Noy., 1916, page 9) from a single male taken at Truckee, Cal. It is closely allied to 
devia Grt., but is a larger and prettier insect, the prevailing colour being a bright red-brown, 
although the maculation is practically the same. 

2673. Papaipema insulidens Bird. A single specimen was taken by Mr. L. E. Marmont at 
Maillardyille on September 9th, 1922. This capture extends its known range, as hitherto it has 
uot been recorded outside of Vancouver Island. The species was described (Can. Ent., May, 1902, 
page 112) from three specimens from Vancouver Island. Mr. G.O. Day has taken it sparingly 
at Quamichan Lake for several years. Its food-plant unfortunately still remains undiscovered. 

2977. Tarache major Sm. The specimen illustrated was taken by the late Mr. W. H. Danby 
at Rossland on July 20th, 1899. It is rather a striking-looking species and must be exceedingly 
rare in the Province, as this is the only example I have seen, although Mr. Cockle has taken it at 
Kaslo. It is evidently a mountainous species and was described from Colorado in 1900. 

2982. Tarache areli Stkr. This specimen was also taken by Mr. Danby at Rossland and is 
the only other representative of the genus occurring in British Columbia. This species is nearly, 
if not quite, as rare as the preceding. It has been taken at Kaslo (Cockle) and a single specimen 

_ was recorded in last year’s Museum Report as being taken by Mr. J. Wynne at Enderby, B.C. 

3187. Zale benesignata Harvey. This is a fine record and is new to the Province. It was 
taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm on May 19th, 1921. The species was described 
(Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., Vol. 3, page 14, 1875) from specimens taken at Webster, N.H., and 
Indian River, Fla. In the 1906 B.C. Check-list the three species, lwnata Drury, calycanthata 
S. & A., and duplicata Bethune, listed under the generic name of Homoptera (= Zale) are all 
incorrect. I have seen a number of specimens from different collections labelled lwnata, and 
these are all without a doubt norda Sm., which was described (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 35, page 237, 
1908) from specimens taken at Kaslo, Rossland, and Arrow Lake, B.C., and Cartwright, Man. 
Calycanthata, recorded by Dr. Dyar (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 27, page 879, 1904) from Kaslo, is also 
this species. Duplicata, listed from Wellington (Taylor), is almost certain to be largera Sin., 
described (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 35, page 257, 1918) from two specimens, one from Wellington, 
B.C., and one from Winnipeg, Man.; in fact, it is quite possible that the specimen listed in our 
Check-list was the identical specimen which Smith made the male type of his species. Our species 
in this genus will now stand as follows :— 

Zale Hbn. 

minera race norda Sm. Vancouver Island; Southern British Columbia. 
benesignata Hary. Salmon Arm. 
race largera Sm. Wellington; Princeton. 


Notodontide (Plate V.). 


3680. Gluphisia septentrionalis Wik. A single specimen taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at 
Vavenby on June 10th, 1922. We are glad to have this record, as it is the first authentic typical 
specimen of this species that we have seen. The species taken at Kaslo and listed under this 
name are of the form quinquelinea Dyar. Septentrionalis has a very wide range and should 
occur wherever aspen and cottonwood are found. It varies in colour a great deal according to 
the locality, and varietal names have been given to many of these geographical races. co 

8680v. Gluphisia septentrionalis race quinquelinea Dyar. A single specimen of this form 
was also taken at the same place and on the same date as the preceding. It was described by 
Dyar (Ent. News, Vol. 3, page 168, 1892) from one male taken at Portland, Ore. 

Thyatiridw (Plate V.). 

3695. Buthyatira semicircularis Grt. The specimen illustrated was taken by the writer 
at Maillardville on June 19th, 1922. Previous to this capture this species has only been taken 
at one locality in the Province—namely, Quamichan Lake, near Dunean. Both Mr. Day and 


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PLATE VI. 
GHEOMETRID.. 


Ttame denticulodes Wulst. Nainthorhee incursata harveyata C. &S. 
Vavenby, B.C. (T. A. Moilliet). (Female paratype.) 
(Very rare.) Vancouver, B.C. (Rh. V. Harvey). 


(New to science.) 


Lupithecia eenataria C.& 8. 
Goldstream, B.C. (1. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Vanthorhee ramaria delectaria C. &S. Vanthorhee aquilonaria C&S. 
(Male paratype.) (Male paratype.) 

Atlin, B.C. (i. M. Anderson). Atlin, B.C. (12. M. Anderson). 
(New to science.) (New to science.) 


Hupithecia scabrogata gilvipennata C.& Ss. 
(Male holotype.) 
(Wellington, B.C. (T. Bryant). 
(New to science.) 


MICROLEPTDOPTERA, 


Vemotois bellela WIk. Peronca variegana Schiff. 
Vavenby, B.C. (1. A. Moilliet). Victoria, B.C, (bh. I. Blackmore). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to North America.) 


Aegeria tibialis Warris. 
Marron Lake, B.C. (C. deB. Green). 
(Very local.) 


Mihinia nonticola Wishm. tniorbia cuncana Wishm. 
Chase, B.C. OW. Ts. Anderson). Saanichton, B.C. (1. Wise). 
(New to British Columbia.) (Somewhat local.) 


Velitara dentata Grt. 
Nicola Lake, B.C. (i. R. Buekell). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Cacacia vietovriana Busek. \ynonopteryr blackmori Busek. 
Victoria, B.C. (ie. TT. Blackmore). (Male co-type.) 
(New to science.) Victoria, B.C, (BE. HW. Blackmore). 


(New to science.) 


hucosma terrococtana Wishim. Hucosma niseila criddleana Weartt. 
aanichton, BoC. (ds. G. Colville), Victoria, BoC. (W. R. Carter). 
(New to British Columbia.) (New to British Columbia.) 
troyvreploee capreana Wbn. Bucosma lolana Weartt. 
iraser Mills, B.C. (1. IE. Marmont). Chileotin, B.C. (ih. R. Buekell). 


(Uncommon, ) (New to British Columbia.) 


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Mr. Hanham have taken it there occasionally during the past few years, but this season, for 
some unknown reason, it was more plentiful, Mr. Day taking four specimens and Mr. Hanham 
about seven or eight. It was described from the State of Washington in 1881. 


Geometrida (Plate VI.). 


*Xanthorhe incursata race harveyata Cassino & Swett. This new race was described from 
specimens taken by the late Captain R. V. Haryey on July 2nd, 1904, at Vancouver, probably on 
Grouse Mountain. ‘The types are in good condition, but the paratypes are rather worn. It is 
closely related to lagganata Swett. 

*Xanthorhe ramaria race delectaria Cassino & Swett. Described from a short series in 


‘rather poor condition taken by E. M. Anderson at Atlin on various dates in June, 1914. It is 


superficially like the incursata group, but the genitalia prove it to be unrelated and show it to 
belong to ramaria, which was described from Labrador. 

*Xanthorhe aquilonaria Cassino & Swett. This new species was taken by E. M. Anderson 
at Atlin in June, 1914. <A few of the specimens (including the types) are in good condition, but 
the majority are rather rubbed. The species is closely allied to congregata Wk. and trilineata 
Warr., both of which are North American races of the European abrasaria H.S. Slides have 
been made of the genitalia, which show it to be related to the above three forms, but enough 
differences are noted to warrant specific distinction. More recently I have seen specimeus 
referable to this species, which were taken on Mount McLean by Messrs. Day and Hanham., 

*Pupithecia cenataria Cassino & Swett. ‘This new species was described from a number of 
specimens taken “at light” by the writer at Goldstream in September, 1920. The specimens 
were in a somewhat rubbed condition, as it was rather late in the season for them. I have 
found out since that the species emerges about the last week in July. In 1921 I took two or 
three in fine condition during that period. Mr. Marmont also took a specimen at Maillardville 
on July 28th of this year. This is the same species that has been recorded from Wellington 
under the name of wnicolor Hulst., but the latter, although having the same general appearance, 
is a larger insect. Unicolor was described (Trans. Am. Ent. Soe., Vol. 23, page 271, 1896) from 
specimens taken in California and Colorado. 

*Pupithecia scabrogata form gilvipennata Cassino & Swett. Described from a single male 
specimen taken by Mr. T. Bryant at Wellington on May 9th, 1902. This form differs from typical 
scabrogata Pears, by having the entire central portion of the primaries a deep yellow instead of 
a dark fuscous. A figure of scabrogata was given on Plate IV., Report, Proy. Mus., 1921, 

4423. Itame denticulodes Hulst. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet 
at Vavenby on June 28th, 1922. This is a rather uncommon species in this Province. I haye a 
specimen taken by the late Captain. Harvey on July 22nd, 1908, at Similkameen, and it has been 
recorded from Kaslo (Cockle). I do not know of any other records. 


Pyralide (Phycitine) (Plate VTI.). 


5694. Melitara dentata Grt. This is a good capture and is in fine condition. It was taken 
by Mr. E. R. Buckell at Nicola Lake on August 29th, 1922. I have only seen one other specimen, 
and that was taken by Mr. A. W. Phair at Lillooet on August 30th, 1916. The species was 
originally described from Colorado, 

@eophorida. 


*Agonopteryx blackmori Busck. Described from specimens bred by the writer from larve 
feeding upon broom. The date of the bred species is July 12th, 1918. Since then I have taken 
it commonly at the end of August and all through September wherever broom is growing. Ina 
recent letter from Mr. Edward Meyrick, of Marlborough, Eng., who is a world authority on this 
group, he states his belief that this species is conspecific with the European costosa Haw. If this 
proves correct, blackmori will become a synonym of costosa, but will become a new record for 
North America. 

Bthniide. 


6624. Ethmia monticola Wishm. This fine specimen was taken by Mr. W. B. Anderson at 
Chase on May 27th, 1918, and is a new record for the Provinee. It is a beautiful species, being 
dove-grey in colour with a few fine black markings on the primaries; the abdomen is a bright 
golden-yellow. The species was described from Colorado by Lord Walsingham in 1880. 

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ra Ageriide. 


6654. Ageria tibialis Harris. This interesting clearwing was taken by Mr. C. de Blois Green 
at Marron Lake in July of this year. Several specimens were taken, but as Mr. Green did not 
have the proper means of killing them at hand, they were, with the exception of the one figured, 
in rather poor condition. We are very pleased to have this species, as although it has never 
been listed in any of our local lists, Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller, in his “ Monograph of the Sesiidie 
of North America,” published in 1901, gives, amongst other places, British Columbia and Van- 
couver as localities for this species. It has been taken in the New England States, Colorado, 
and California. The illustration is that of the female; the male is somewhat smaller, averaging 
5 mm. less in alar expanse, and is not so robust. The larye bore into the trunks of willow and 
poplar. Mr. Green found the empty pupal cases on “ cottonwood,” probably Populus trichocarpd, 


Bucosmide. 


. 6818. Argyroploce capreana Hub. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. Marmont at 
Maillardville on July 7th, 1922. It is not a common insect by any means, as it only occurs 
sparingly in any given district. Captain J. Wise took a single specimen at Saanichton on 
July Ist. Mr. Cockle has taken a few specimens at Kaslo and Mr, T. Bryant has three specimens 
in his collection taken at Wellington. These latter are labelled frigidana Pack., but they are 
undoubtedly capreana. I have also seen a poor specimen from Lillooet (Phair) which is refer- 
able to this species. It is a European insect and feeds on Salix sp. 

6959. Eucosma lolana Kearf. This interesting species was taken by Mr. EB. R. Buckell at 
Chilecotin on July 16th, 1921, and is a new addition to our list. It was described (Trans. Am. 
Ent. Soc., Vol. 33, page 31, 1907) from two specimens taken at Colorado. 

6965. Eucosma terrococtana Wishm. A long series of this very pretty little micro, which 
is new to the Province, was taken by the Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton during June and 
July of this year. It was beaten from arbutus trees exclusively, and it is very probable that this 
is its food-plant. Mr. W. B. Anderson also took four specimens of this species at Powell River 
on July 14th. These were beaten from Arctostaphylos tomentosa. Terrococtana was described 
in 1879 by Lord Walsingham from specimens taken in California. 

69864. Hucosma nisella form criddicana Kearf. <A long series of both nisella and the form 
criddleana was taken by Mr. W. R. Carter at Victoria on various dates during July of this year. 
The species is very variable; in colour it ranges from whitish-grey to cinereous-grey, with 
scattered black scales; in some specimens there is a red-brown, somewhat triangular blotch on 
the inner margin of the primaries; in others the basal area is solid black; this latter is the 
form criddleana. ‘The typical form is common in England and Ireland and also occurs in Central 
Europe. The larve feed in catkins and on leaves of poplar and willow. Criddleana was 
described (Can. Ent., Vol. 39, page 58, 1907) as a distinct species from specimens taken at 
Aweme, Man. (Criddle), and Rounthwaite, Man. (Marmont). It was placed by Kearfott in 
the genus Proteopteryx Wlshm., but it has recently been removed from there and placed as a 
form of nisella by Mr. Carl Heinrich. 


Tortricidae. 


7285. Amorbia cuncana Wlshm. Captain J. Wise took a long series of this species in fine 
condition at Saanichton from June 19th to July 2nd. This is the largest of our tortricids, the 
male averaging 32 mm., while the female measures 38 mm. when expanded. We are pleased to 
have this nice series, aS we have previously only had a few odd specimens taken at Quamichan 
Lake (Hanham) and Wellington (Bryant). Mr. W. B. Anderson also took four male specimens 
at Powell River on July 14th. The females are very much scarcer than the males, the latter 
preponderating in the proportion of seven to one. The lary feed upon the leaves of arbutus 
(Arbutus Menziesii). 

*Cacecia victoriana Busck. This species was described from three specimens taken by the 
writer at Victoria and Goldstream in July, 1920. I have since taken two more specimens, one 
on June 23rd and the other on June 30th, 1921, and as these are in better condition than the 
type series I am using one of them for illustration. 

Peronea variegana Schiff. This is the first published record of this common European species 
having been taken in North America. A single specimen was taken by Mr. A. Meugens at 
Victoria on July 20th, 1920. This stood as unique in my collection until this fall, when I took 


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a nice series in my own garden during the second week of September. Mr. W. R. Carter also 

took a number of specimens at Esquimalt about the same time. It is a very variable insect, 
- but the variation seems to run along two distinct lines. In the one form the outer area of the 
primaries is a dark slate and the inner area a clear pure cream; in the other the outer half is 
a reddish-brown, while the basal area is a chalky-white, with a small dark triangular bloteh 
with its base resting on the inner margin. Meyrick. (Hdbk. Brit. Lepid., 1895) gives its food- 
plant as hawthorn, blackthorn, rose, ete. 


Adelida. 


$448. Nemotois bellela Wik. This new record was taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vaveuby 
on May 28th, 1922. Only one specimen was taken, but that was in a beautifully fresh condition. 
It is rather a handsome insect, especially when yiewed under a lens. The ground colour of the 
primaries is yellow, which is mostly obscured by overlying dark-brown scales which heavily 
outline the entire margin of the wing as well as the veins, thus giving it a general dark-brown 
effect. The narrow transverse band is bright yellow, bordered on both sides by light-blue scales. 
The secondaries are dark brown and when viewed in certain lights the whole insect has a strong 
purplish reflection. 

The genus Nemotois Hub. is rather a large one, containing as it does something over eighty 
species, most of which occur in Europe, India, and Japan; bellela, however, being the only 
North American representative. The species was deseribed by Walker in 1863 and the only 
locality then given was “ Canada.” 

NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. 


In the Entomological News for July, 1922 (Vol. 33, page 211), there is an article by Dr. A. W. 
Lindsey entitled “ Notes on the Distribution and Synonymy of some Species of Pterophorid:e.” 
The greater part of the “notes on distribution” deal with British Columbia specimens sent 
by me to Dr. Lindsey for determination, and are included in my paper on “The Pterophoride 
of British Columbia,’ which appeared in the Ann. Rept., Prov. Museum, 1921, page 34 et seq. 
Included in Dr. Lindsey’s paper are “Notes on the Synonymy” communicated to him by 
Mr. Edward Meyrick, of Marlborough, Eng. 

As two of the species mentioned occur in British Columbia, it is thought advisable to refer 
to them here, as corrections to my paper, noted above. Mr. Meyrick expresses the belief that 
; Platyptilia shaste Wishm. and fragilis Wishm. are synonyms of albida Wishm. In this view 
’ Dr. Lindsey concurs, and the name albida Wishm. should be substituted for fragilis on page 38 
of the Ann. Rep., Prov. Mus., 1921. 
Further, Mr. Meyrick says: ‘“ Orneodes (Alucita) montana Ckrll. is in my opinion a synonym 
4 of huebneri Wall. (Europe, throughout Afriea and Kashmir).” In his letter to Dr. Lindsey he 
4 also discusses the characters which lead him to this conclusion. As Mr. Meyrick is a world-wide 
: authority on this group, it would be idle to dispute his dictum on the matter, and it would be 
: well to substitute huebneri Wall. for montana Ckril. on page 45, 1c. 
A In a letter received some time ago from Dr. J. McDunnough, of Ottawa, he states that 
; specimens sent by me for the Canadian National Collection are not Oid@matophorus corvus 
B. & L. as labelled, but are the closely allied species stramineus Wals. Dr. MeDunnough has 
made a slide of the male genitalia, which conclusively proves this fact. The specimens in 
question were taken by me at Goldstream in July, 1920. This locality, together with that of 
Fraser Mills, must be removed from the list of localities given under corvus and placed under 
* stramineus (see page 43, l.c.). Corvus, whieh occurs in the eastern portion of the Proyinee, is 
a somewhat larger insect and has a much smokier appearance than stramineus. 


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ProyvincraL MusruM or Narurau Hisrory, 
Vicrorta, B.C., February 14th, 1924. 
The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., 
Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C. 

Sir,—I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natural 
History, to lay before you the Report for the year ended December 31st, 1923, 
covering the activities of the Museum. 

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Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
FRANCIS KERMODE, 


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DEPARTMENT of the PROVINCIAL SECRETARY. 


The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D., Minister. 
J. L. Waite, Deputy Alinister. 
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
Staff: 
FRANCIS Kermopr, Director. 
WINIFRED V. REDFERN, Recorder, Wititam R. Carrer, Assistant Biologist. 
Ernest H. BLackMoRE, Associate Curator of Entomology. 


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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 


FOR THE YEAR 1923. 


By FRANcIS KERMODE, DIRECTOR. 
OBJECTS. 


(a.) To secure and preserve specimens illustrating the natural history of the Province. 

(b.) To collect anthropological material relating to the aboriginal races of the Province. 

(c.) To obtain information respecting the natural sciences, relating particularly to the 
natural history of the Province, and diffuse knowledge regarding the samie. 


ADMISSION. 


The Provincial Museum is open, free, to the public daily throughout the year from 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. (except New Year’s Day, Good Friday, and Christmas Day) ; it is also open on Sunday 
afternoons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May Ist until the end of October. 


VISITORS. 


The actual number of visitors whose names are recorded on the register of the Museum 
is 30,568, against 21,307 in last year’s report. This does not by any means give the total number 
of visitors throughout the year, as not only have more visitors been noticed, but the attendance 
of school classes has greatly increased, while the classes from the Normal School have used the 
collections considerably in regard to making drawings in connection with their nature-studies. 
The following figures will give some idea of those who recorded their names during the months 


of: January, 1,400; February, 1,031; March, 2460; April, 1,214; May, 1,960; June, 2,940; July, 
5,751; August, 7,045; September, 2.896; October, 1,598; November, 981; December, 1,292. 


ACTIVITIES. 


During the month of March last, from the 19th to the 26th, a photographie exhibition of 
the wild life of Canada was forwarded from the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club, Ottawa, to 
the Natural History Society of British Columbia. The President of the Society made application 
to the Director of the Provincial Museum to see if space could be provided for the exhibition 
of these photographs of nature-studies, as it was thought by the Society that the Provincial 
Museum of Natural History would be the most suitable place to have these pictures shown, 
as it was in keeping with the objects of the Museum. The Director took the matter up with 
the Honourable Provincial Secretary, Dr. J. D. MacLean, M.D., and permission was granted to 
hold this exhibition on the main floor of the Museum. Arrangements were made whereby 
specimens were crowded to one side so as to give ample room for visitors. 

The exhibition was under the distinguished patronage of His Honour the Lieutenant- 
Governor and Mrs. Nichol, who spent a considerable time going over the many beautiful photo- 
graphs of birds in their native haunts. They were conducted by Mr. W. N. Keily, the resident 
of the Society, and the Director of the Museum. His Honour and Mrs. Nichol expressed their 
great appreciation of the pictures. 

During the week that this exhibition was on view over 1,000 persons came to view it. The 
Natural History Society undertook the advertising of this display in the press and also in the 
city and municipal schools. The Department was kept busy arranging times whereby the pupils 
could be accommodated to visit the exhibition without overcrowding, which was arranged 
satisfactorily. This educational exhibition of wild life was first displayed in Vietoria before 
being sent throughout Canada, and proved a great success. It is to be hoped that the Ottawa 
Field Naturalists’ Club will be able in the near future to send a similar exhibit, as it was one 
of the best series of wild-life photographs ever exhibited in Canada. 


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The Director also arranged, with the consent of the Honourable Provincial Secretary, for 
an illustrated lecture on “Indian Art in relation to Canadian Trade-marks and Designs,” to 
be given in the Museum for the Natural History Society of British Columbia by Mr. Harlam I. 
Smith, Archeologist, Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa. This lecture was given on the evening 
of September 27th, the main floor of the Museum being once more arranged to accommodate 
the members of the Society and their friends. The lecturer gave a highly intelligent talk on 
Indian archeology and illustrated on the screen many beautiful trade-marks and designs that 
had been copied from Indian designs. Over 100 persons were present and a unanimous vote 
of thanks was extended to Mr. Smith for his very instructive lecture, which was greatly 
appreciated by all present. 

Many complimentary remarks and letters have been received by the Department with 
reference to the Annual Report and the excellent scientific work that is being carried on in 
this Province, and it is very gratifying to note that the work carried on by this Department 
with such a small staff is so greatly appreciated. 

Towards the end of the year a room on the main floor which has been an office for some 

._ time has been converted into the Provincial Herbarium. New cabinets having been constructed, 
the specimens are now being installed. There are over 6,000 specimens representing the flora 
of the greater portion of British Columbia, which are now available for study and which will 
be of great interest to those who take up the study of botany in British Columbia. It is the 
object of the Department to have these specimens as easily available as possible, and on account 
of the number of teachers who bring their classes at different times through the year to visit 
the Museum, the Department will have many of the specimens, more particularly the common 
flora within the vicinity of Victoria, exhibited in glass-covered double frames, mounted on stands, 
and therefore easily viewed by the children in their study of the wild flowers of this district. 
There is also a duplicate collection, approximately one-half the number of specimens, which 
are kept for study and comparison, showing the variations due to altitude and climatic con- 
ditions. Further notes in regard to the botanical section will be found in the report by Mr. 
W. R. Carter, the Assistant Biologist of the Department. 

The thanks of the Director are extended to C. VY. Piper, E. W. Nelson, Dr. C. F. Newcombe, 
and numerous persons whose names are in accessions for their donations received. 

Professor C. V. Piper, who is the Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D.C., has given a good deal of advice and has spent considerable time in the examination 
and determination of many specimens for this Department. Professor Piper was in this city 
in September; he is a native son of Victoria and had not lived here for over forty years. The 
Director, accompanied by Dr. C. I’. Newcombe, Mr. J. R. Anderson, and the President of the 
Natural History Society, Mr. W. N. Kelly, spent an afternoon in going around the suburbs of 
Victoria with Professor Piper, who wished to see many of the old places of his boyhood days, 
also to see as much as possible of the plant-life of this vicinity. He expressed the desire to 
return to Victoria at an early date, and kindly offered to help in identifying any specimens that 
were sent to him, and to do all he could to help the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum. 

Mr. Edward Nelson, who is the Chief of the Biological Survey, U.S. Department of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, D.C., and his staff gave much gratuitous help in determining many species 
of small mammals which could not be done in this Department, as it is necessary to have a 
large series to work on and to have the types close at hand. 

Among the interesting specimens donated was a portion of a mammoth tusk which was 
presented by Mr. B. H. Lamont, Victoria, B.C. This was picked up at low tide on Island View 
Beach, Saanich Peninsula, opposite James Island, near Victoria. This is a tusk of one of the 
prehistoric elephants which had roamed throughout the northern portions of North America 
before the glacial period, and it is in a fairly good state of preservation. Several molar teeth 
of this extinct large prehistoric mammal have been taken in the vicinity of Victoria, one having 
been taken on James Island, another at Cordova Bay, and, more recently, fragments of one in 
the sand-pit at Mount Tolmie, near Victoria, B.C. 

Another very interesting specimen was presented to the Provincial Museum by the Rey. R. 
Connell and Ira I. Cornwall—namely, a tooth of an extinct sirenian Desmostylus sp.? This 
is the second specimen of this kind which has been taken from the fossiliferous sandstone cliff 
near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, V.I., on exhibition in the Provincial Museum, the first 
one having been found by Miss Egerton in the summer of 1916. (See An. Rep. Proy. Mus., page 

2, 1916.) 


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Mr. E. H. Blackmore, Associate Curator of Entomology, who is carrying on his systematic 
work in regard to the entomology of British Columbia, also arranged a new case of Diptera 
and Coleoptera on the upper floor of the Museum. Part of this collection originally belonged 
to the late Captain R. V. Harvey, of the University School, who was a well-known entomologist. 
Another case has been partly arranged and it is hoped to complete this in the near future, 
when final determinations have been made. The Entomological Report is appended and contains 
valuable information for those who are particularly interested in this branch of science. 


ACCESSIONS. 


Black Merlin (Falco columbarius suckleyi). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, B.C., 
March 28rd, 1923. 
Black-headed Grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala). Presented by Mr. W. M. Mathewson, 
Mission City, B.C., June 12th, 1923. 
Nest and four eggs of Chinese starling (Acridotheres crista-tellus). Presented by Mr. J. A. 
Munro, Victoria, B.C., June 4th, 1923. 
Great Northern Diver Loon (Gavia immer). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Dunean, B.C., 
November ist, 1923. 
Dusky Horned Owl! (Bubo virginianus saturatus). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, 
B.C., November 24th, 1923 
Meadow-lark (Sturnella magna neglecta). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, B.C., 
November 24th, 1923. 
Buffle-head Duck (Charetonetta albeola). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, Duncan, B.C., 
November 27th, 1923. 
The birds in the following list were presented by Mr. C. L. Kaufmann, Victoria, B.C., 
November, 1923 :— 
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). 
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens). 
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus). 
Northwestern Flicker (Colaptes cafer collaris). 
Stellar’s Jay (Cyanocitta stellari stellari). 
Golden-crowned Sparrow (2) (Zonotrichia coronata). 
Nuttal’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys). 
Fox Sparrow (2) (Melospiza melodia). 
Western Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus). 
Lutescent Warbler (Vermivora celata lutescens). 
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Penthestes rufescens rufescens). 
Song Sparrow (2) (Jelospiza melodia). 
Western whttiaited Hawk (Buteo borealis calurus). Presented by Mr. Dennis Ashby, 
Dunean, B.C., December 3rd, 1923. 
Leach’s Petrel (Oceanodorma leucorhoa). Presented by J. Henly, Victoria, B.C., December 
4th, 1923. 
Bush-tits (4) (Psaltriparus minimus minimus). Presented by Mr. R. A. Cumming, Van- 
couver, B.C., December 19th, 1925. 
Western Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucileator?). Taken at Point No Point, Renfrew District, 
February, 1923, and presented by Mr. J. G. French, December, 1923. 
Arkansas Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis). Taken at French’s Beach, Renfrew District, 
February, 1923, and presented by Mr. J. G. French, December, 1923. 
Nest and one egg of Clarke’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). Presented by Mr. J. A. 
Munro, Victoria, B.C., May 16th, 1923. 
BRighteen eggs of European Partridge (Perdir cinerea). Presented by Mr. John Abelson, 
Victoria, B.C., June 28th, 1923. 
Collection of eggs. Presented by Mrs. J. D. Jones, Victoria, B.C.. November 30th, 1923. 
Prickled Sailor-fish (Blepsias cirrhosus). Presented by Master Bernard Hunter, July 31st, 
1923, Victoria, B.C. 
Nudibranchiate sp.? Presented by Mr. Heritage, Victoria, B.C., October 30th, 1928. 
Sponge, taken off the coast of Graham Island, Virago Sound, Q.C.1., 60 fathoms deep. 
Presented by Captain John Anderson, Victoria, B.C., September 30th, 1923. 


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Hair-worm (Phreoryetes manheanus). Presented by Mr. G. E. Seon, Kelowna, B.C., June 
21st, 1923. 

American Tiger Moth (Arctia caja americana). Presented by Master Tom Garvey, Victoria, 
B.C., August 9th, 1923. : 

Beetle (Rhantus binotatus). Found at Qualicum, V.I. Presented by Mr. W. H. Thorn- 
borrow, Victoria, B.C. 

Trilobite from Mount Stephen, Field, B.C. Presented by Mrs. Stuart Armour, Cadboro Bay, 
B.C., November 2nd, 1923. 

Portion of Mammoth Tusk found at Island View Beach, Saanich, B.C. Presented by Mr. 
B. H. Lamont, Victoria, B.C., June 28th, 1923. 

Tooth of Desmostylus sp.? found near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, V.I., and presented 
by Rey. R. Connell and Ira E. Cornwall. 

Rubber Snake (boa) (Cbarina bottw). Presented by Mr. Dick Spurway, Nelson, B.C., May 
18th, 1923. 

Stone Sinker. Presented by Mr. R. B. Halhed, Chemainus, B.C., May 7th, 1923. 

Slate Spear-head. Presented by Mr. R. Deakin, Victoria, B.C., July 30th, 1925. 

Stone Paint-dish. Presented by Miss Jean Kirk, Victoria, B.C., September 23rd, 1923. 

Stone Battle-axe. Found by Mr. 'T. Wasilieff, Merville, B.C.. September, 1923. 

Rubbing-stone. Presented by Mr. 'T. W. S. Parsons, South Fort George, B.C., November 21st, 
1923. 

Arrow-point. Found at Fanny Bay, V.I. Presented by Mr. R. Cowie, September, 1923. 

Two carved Goat-horn Spoons. Presented by Mr. T. W. Parsons, Prince Rupert, B.C., 
December, 19238. 

Stone Axe-head. Presented by Mr. T. W. Parsons, Prince Rupert, B.C., December, 1923. 

Carved Whalebone Baton. Presented by Mr. 'T. W. Parsons, Prince Rupert, B.C., December, 
1923. 

PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 
(Alphabetically arranged.) 


Acadian Entomological Society, Nova Scotia .....:..5...:........2.....- 

American Museum of Natural History, New York ......:..2-.......2..-- 5 
Augustana College Library, Rock Island; Tl. ... 2.1.2 5500. an oe aie = 1 
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii ..........-.....-.--. 5 
sritish Museum, London, Wmolayd) Stee ver. cls crst = mire ce iste otal ates talteller tase eta -tetelst 2 
3ristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, England ..%......:.....05...2.5. 1 
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal...................... 5 
Galifornia University,’ Berkeley; (Cala tte. tects irene ore ereeetestest= etme eeeeareneneiieeree 26 
Cardiff Museum; (Cardiftis Wales: <cicsiceraietss ciclaleieh<telcrecney emanate) oxciyeret amma tattee aman 2 
Carnecie Museum: ‘Pittsburgh Baw creer scsce cies teteterayetet terete eee teee eet toretines al 
Charleston Museum, (Gharlestom, Si@ij fits «ec siacete chances ecto cot estes terole 3 
Chicago. Academy: of Sciences, ‘Chic&go, De. os sie cre cte ners =v aietn «are eteneyanere it 
Cincinnati Museum Association, Cincinnati, Ohio ....................... 1 
Gitty. Art Museums-S te LouisheMbon sii eeaicnetctenctocctetateteket= enere ceva eetaare enter ate 4 
Colorado Museum of Natural History, Denver, Col.........:.............. 1 
Cooper Ornithological Club} San Francisco, Calis. 0 2.2225. . 2 ee oe wes al 
Cornell University, Tihiseay NSW 7 aio fe cine wise oc whats etetel seater cia teter ata fat euatetener state 15 
Dominion Government (Publications? Fo acta e ~~ reel etl tata sect tele e eteeretaa ets 25 
Field Museum, ‘Chicago; PUP le accit-s)tiserstaietn <2: ayetercvadstes seers, Stohr =tet cea ae emcee tate 7 
Grand Rapids Publicibibrary,, NiiChe soc ctere: « mieucleta ete te ele nte tam ee teeter 1 
Illinois State Natural History Survey. Urbana, Ill. ..........2..0.5.5...% 1 
Insular Experimental Station, Rio Piedras, San Juan, P.R. ............... 12 
Jolin ‘Crerar Library, Chica os TU eitae re eee eres aeta eon iota ieee anette eae totes 1 
Library? of Congress, WaSHinetony DIG! wii .cst, c)nrokeres apetenetat atte tere sea rnierenetetetererel = 2 
TeVOy EMTs Seat neydier= ohare tal fete ote lotevoteliorel oe es fa /elevote teh ste hetetensteletetetat siete teletettete Bess ee 
Manchester Museum, Manchester, England ..........5...0...000-ss0eeee's 1 
McGill’ Wiiversity,? Montrealers Fefetencisters: <1 cteletetetots ater of etobenntontyer tatetetetate 1 
Minnesota Umniversitys Miinriee sss.) ateleiversraetototere oe etcieteger elon ote tenientene meters 1 
Museum of the American Indian (Heye Foundation), New York ......... iT 


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PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS—Continucd. 


EON CIUG? TOVMOT ooo) cies oid wisn en rse''o Sate cha "0:5 aceFsn ee Miata Se nl aurea Pc 166 
Sroseum OL, Dine Arts; Boston: MRSRS |o.%. aa cite cto atalino ahr sael bth etal 2 
Nebraska University, Lincoln, Neb. ..................% Ah Facisrene prs oe ota ea 5 
Newark Museum Association, Newark, N.Y. og ceive: vow « tiecie cele oie diac sei 2 
Mowe Tonks MoOcanicaly Garden, NoWe +5.<-visin t-. cate tatetstts pi siv hiols/m s bievlsioon «iste 1 
Wew ork ‘States Museum, Albany, INJY.)-.:. . .Gteerrsom si ate laistels wnat clon ayale are 1 
Ohio ‘Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio ................... 4 
Oklahoma University, Norman, OI: «ie. < .ahtapeeteeee ole cee ales winloslvsivisle aie 2 
Beahoure a useime, Sales Mass. | 5.2%, cgi. 2. « RORIRNae bre o eiwie elo oNine'y te wla'w Shale Ge 1 
Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. .................45 15 
Benneylvania Mpseumn and: University <.:. . ..ctgsneleeiers sbi ws lsjcte ck cleeieetatcias 14 
Previncevot eritish’ ColmmmDIa. 244 cbc eiec #0). + SEMI roe olde sistas w eraiend ote wteteiehe 3 
PRO MINCOSOLT AI OLER” 210 shs.s, cle.s:nvaleo asia cis’ ssa 5 « MMIateta, ©» wicla lentes ye eet aters 1 
RANOVINGE OL INOW GR; COLA: char, «cs che Mi Sierayels“a.0( se SAMEMRTOAT s ates eevee Mie bie Ae aspera 1 
VOICE LOf, ONEATION «oe atacas catia actalen |. =o SPREE tee pitied seh aie entered Ye 1 
Puplic: Museum; Milwaukee s \WAss a. <scrtein(sinrs signers gioalne stewieleiclsolie ss ay 1 
Roger Williams Park Museum, Providence, R.T. ............- eee cece eee eee 2 
oval Ontario Museum; Loronto, (Ont. 4.3. cicarMaeaeas ao <> debe seis’ slo ei bislate 2 
Sinithsonian: Institution, Washineton; D.C.) . . ilies oc} a slermalaeil seis nie mercies 22 
NOULDIWESE DMUseHm uoOs Angeles: (Cally. .:.:.::'.% eriettaite sok lame alsbayeeaiaiets sletele-c 4 
Staten Island: Institute, New Btighton,, Nav.. /. gate ssa... ce wine elk eyes e 8 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. .............. 9 
university of Washington, Seuttle; swash: cc. sine aco. sec cle serve = 2 
Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa. .................... 1 
Zoolozical Soctety; New Works; Nove oh Seis ws s cleanest a eine oof wialisge ace Gaye 1 
Z0ological: society: se hiladelphias acy, <.c.02 seis . acaete rt w aid wk¥ete cle cietelsin sso ie ie 1 

BOTANY. 272 


By W. R. Carrer. 


During the year 19283 many additions have been made to the Herbarium of the Provincial 
Museum, and the thanks of the Department are extended to the following collectors: Dr. C. F. 
Newcombe; Rey. R. Connell: Mr. G. VY. Copley, of the Provincial Lands Grazing Department ; 
Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards; Mr. A. H. Newcombe, and others, 
for specimens they have donated to the Herbarium. 

Throughout the year the usual quantity of plants has been identified for school-children and 
other local collectors. 

A small set of duplicate orchids was sent to the Rev. F. Stephenson, Ely, Cambridge, Eng- 
land, who is studying certain genera of this family. Specimens of our Hrythronium were loaned 
to the University of Oregon, and a few specimens of Hepatics from the Herbarium were loaned 
to Mr. A. H. Brinkman, of Alberta, for examination; these specimens are part of the collection 
donated to the Provincial Herbarium by the late Professor John Macoun. 

The thanks of this Department are most cordially extended to Professor C. V. Piper, 
Agrostologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., and Dr. P. A. Rydberg, New 
York Botanical Garden, N.Y., for their kindness in identifying many specimens submitted to 
them. 

The following lists, which give actual localities of specimens collected, will give some idea 
of the range of country traversed by the various collectors. . 

Plants of special interest collected and presented by Mr. W. B. Anderson :— 

Bquisetum sylvaticum lL. Prinee Rupert, B.C. 

Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf. Prince Rupert, B.C. 

Salix macrostachya Nutt. Agassiz, B.C. 

Eriogonum subalpinum Greene. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Polygonum majus Piper. Lytton, B.C. (1922). 
Cerastium Beeringianum C. & S. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Anemone Drummondii S. Wats. Paradise Valley, B.C, 


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Anemone parviflora Michx. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Coptis trifoliata (1..) Salish. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Ranunculus probably R. alpeophilus A. Nels. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Ranunculus saxicola Rydb. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Ranunculus vericundus Rob. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Arabis acutina Greene. Lytton, B.C. 
Arabis Lyallii S. Wats. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Draba alpina L. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Draba alpina glacialis Adams. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Draba lonchocarpa Rydb. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Draba oligosperma Hook. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Draba prealta Greene. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Stenophragma Thalianwm Celak. (Arabidopsis). Hazelton, B.C. 
Rhodiola integrifolia Raf. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Sedum oreganum Nutt. Agassiz, B.C. 
Savifraga delicatula Small. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Geum calthifolium Menzies. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Rubus Chanvemorus Linn. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Astragalus alpinus L. ? Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Astragalus Beckwithii T. & G. Kamloops, B.C. 
Hypericum perforatum L. Chilliwack, B.C. 
Lythrum Salicaria lL. Chilliwack, B.C. 
Epilobium alpinum I. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Andromeda Polifolia L. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Loiseleuria procumbens Desy. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Vaccinium oreophylliun Rydb. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Vaccinium Vitis-Idewa L. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Androsace subumbellata (Nels.) Small. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Dodecatheon viviparum Greene. Prince Rupert, B.C. 
Gilia minutifiora Benth. Spences Bridge, B.C. 
Phlox rigida Benth. Fort Steele, B.C. 
Phaceclia idahoensis Henderson. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Galeopsis Tetrahit L. Agassiz, B.C. 
Nicotiana attenuata Torr. Spences Bridge, B.C. 
Castilleja crispula ? Piper. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Castilleja subcinerca Rydb. Windermere, B.C. 
Linaria minor (i.) Desf. Agassiz, B.C. 
Pentstemon albertinus ? Greene. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Wook. Fort Steele, B.C. 
Adoxa Moschatellina L. Hazelton, B.C. 
Viburnum opulus americanum Ait. Adams Lake, B.C. 
Antennaria luzuloides T. & G. Fort Steele, B.C. 
Arnica aspera Greene. Mount Cheam, B.C. (1922). 
Brigeron aureus Greene. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Brigeron compositus multifidus (Rydb.) Mack. & Payson. Paradise Valley, B.C. 
Erigeron corymbosus Nutt. Fort Steele, B.C. 
Brigeron minor (Hook.) Rydb. Fort Steele, B.C. 
Lupatorium Bruneri A. Gray. Chilliwack, B.C. 
Buthamia occidentalis Nutt. Keremeos, B.C. 
Orepis elegans Hook. Golden, B.C. 
Hieracium murorum L. Agassiz, B.C. (1922). 
Solidago algida Piper. Mount Cheam, B.C. (1922). 
Senecio ductoris Piper. Paradise Valley, B.C.. 
Plants of interest collected and presented by Mr. G. V. Copley :— 
Agropyron caninum L. Kingsvale, Nicola, B.C. 
Agropyron tenerum Vasey. Kingsvale, Nicola, B.C. 
Deschampsia latifolia (Hook. & Scribn.). Mount Baldy, Bridesville, B.C. 


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Blymus Macounii Vasey. Douglas Lake, Nicola, B.C. 
Festuca octoflora Walt. Kingsvale, Nicola, B.C. 

Hierochloa odorata (L.) Wahlenb. Chimney Creek, Cariboo, B.C. 
Oryzopsis exigua Thurb. Kingsvale, Nicola, B.C. 

Panicum barbipulvinatum Nash. Vaseaux Lake, B.C. 
Panicum pacificum Hitehe. & Chase. Vaseaux Lake, B.C. 
Poa ampla Mery. Nicola, B.C. 

Poa compressa L. Williams Lake, Cariboo, B.C. 

Poa Fendleriana (Steud) Vasey. Nicola, B.C. 

Sporobolus asperifolius (Ness & Meyen) Thurb. Vaseaux Lake, B.C. 
Sporobolus contractus Hitche. Marron Lake, B.C. 

Spartina gracilis Trin. Douglas Lake, Nicola, B.C. 

Stipa minor (Vasey) Scribn. Nicola, B.C. 

Stipa occidentalis Vhurb. Coldwater River, Kingsvale, B.C. 
Stipa Richardsonii Link. Nicola, B.C. 

Carex vespertina (Bailey) Howell. Mount Finlayson, V.I., B.C. 
Carex nigricans C. A. Meyer. Mount Baldy, Bridesville, B.C. 
Liparis Loeselii (L.) L. C. Rich. Nicola, B.C. 

Briogonum umbellatum Torr. Nicola, B.C. 

Polygonum viviparum L. Nicola, B.C. 

Atriplex hortensis L. Penticton, B.C. 

Beta vulgaris L. Chimney Creek, Cariboo, B.C. 

Chenopodium humile Hook. Meadow Lake, Lillooet, B.C. 
Corispermum marginale Rydb. Alkali Lake, Lillooet, 3.C. 
Corispermum villosum Rydb. Deadman’s Creek, Savana, B.C. 
Sweda occidentalis 8S. Wats. Stump Lake, Nicola, B.C. 
Aconitum columbianum Nutt. Osprey Lake, Princeton, B.C. 
Actaea arguta Nutt. Nicola, B.C. 

Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Grand Forks, B.C. 

Alyssum alyssoides (L.) Gonan. Nicola, B.C. 

Draba stenoloba Ledeb. Grand TPorks, B.C. 

Erysimum cheiranthoides L. Kane Valley, Nicola, B.C. 
Lepidium campestre L. Mount Finlayson, V.I., B.C. 
Radicula obtusa Nutt. Victoria, B.C. 

Ribes cereum Dougl. White Lake, Penticton, B.C. 

Mitella nuda L. Nicola, B.C. 

Astragalus adsurgens Pall. Merritt, B.C. 

Astragalus alpinus L. Nicola, B.C. 

Astragalus glareosus Dougl. Kruger Mount, Okanagan, B.C. 
Oxytropis deflera D.C. Aspen Grove, Nicola, B.C. 

Trifolium microcephalum Pursh. Mount Finlayson, V.L., B.C. 
Trifolium microdon HW. & A. Mount Finlayson, Y.L., B.C. 
Trifolium tridentatum Lindl. Mount Finlayson, V.1., B.C. 
Geranium Richardsonii F. & M. Mamette Lake, Nicola, B.C. 
Spheraicia munroana Spach. Osoyoos, B.C. 

G@nothera biennis (a form). Boundary Falls, B.C. 

Lomatium Geyeri (S. Wats) C. & R. Rock Creek, B.C. 
Arctostaphylos media Greene. Mount Finlayson, V.1., B.C. a 
Apocynum cannabinum L. Kettle Valley, B.C. 

Convolvulus arvensis L. Lower Nicola, B.C. 

Gilia Harknessii Curran. Nicola, B.C. 

Lithospermum ruderale Lehm. Deadman’s Creek, Savana, B.C. 
Mertensia oblongifolia (Nutt.) Don. Rock Creek, B.C. 
Stachys scopulorum Greene. Nicola, B.C. 

Orthocarpus faucibarvatus Gray. Mount Finlayson, B.C. 
Pedicularis bracteosa Benth. Big Bar Creek, Lillooet, B.C. 
Rhinanthus Crista-galli L. Aspen Grove, Nicola, B.C. 
Veronica valapensis H.B.1K. Vancouver Island, B.C. 


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Agoseris scorzonerefolia (Schrad) Greene. Merritt, Nicola, B.C. 
Antennaria anaphaloides Rydb. Nicola, B.C. 
Antennaria dimorpha T. & G. White Lake, Penticton, B.C. 
Brigeron drebachiensis Muell. Voght Valley, Penticton, B.C. 
Brigeron lonchophylius Hook. Douglas Lake, Nicola, B.C. 
Hellianthella Douglasii T. & G. Nicola, B.C. 
The following plants included in Mr. Copley’s contributions are from just across the inter- 
national United States boundary in the State of Washington :-— 
Purshia tridentata D.C, 
Dodecathcon dentatum Hook. 
Spheralcia rivularis Torr. 
Collomia aristella (A. Gray) Rydb. 
Hydrophyllum albifrons Ueller. 
Pentstemon speciosus Doug]. 
A very interesting collection of plants, principally from the Queen Charlotte Islands, was 
donated by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, 1925 :— - 
. Adiantum pedatum aleuticum Rupr. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Asplenium viride Wuds. Lockeport, Q.C.T. 
Polypodium Scouleri Wook & Greville (collected in 1903). Ninstints, Q.C.I. 
Lycopodium Selago ? L. Loekeport, Q.C.1. 
Luzula campestris (L.) DC. Skidegate, Q.C.1. 
Luzula parviflora (Bbrh.) Desy. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Fritillaria camtschatcensis (.) Ker-Gawl. Lockeport, Q.C.I. 
Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Streptopus roseus Michx. Lockeport, Q.C.I. 
Salix sitchensis ? (Sanson) Bong. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Alnus sitchensis (Regel) Sarg. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Cerastium viscosum L. (an addition to the Flora of Q.C.1.). Skidegate, Q.C.E. 
Ntellaria borealis var. alpestris (Gries) Gray. Goldstream, V.I., B.C. , 
Stellaria crispa Cham. & Schlecht (an addition to the Flora of Q.C.1.), Lockeport, Q.C.I. 
Montia sibirica Howell. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Aquilegia formosa Fischer. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Caltha biflora DC. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Ranunculus Bongardi Greene. Tockeport, Q.C.1. 
Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt. Skidegate, Q.C.1. 
Arabis hirsuta (1..) Scop. Skidegate, Q.C.1. 
Barbarea vulgaris H. Br. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Cardamine angulata Wook. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Cardamine oligosperma Nutt. Limestone Island, Q.C.1. 
Cochlearia officinalis Linn. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Hemieva ranunculoides Raf. Bella Coola, B.C. 
Tellima grandiflora Dougl. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Ribes laxifiorum Pursh. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Fragaria chiloénsis (.) Duch. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Rubus spectabilis Pursh. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Hosackia americana (Nutt.) Piper. Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C. 
Viola adunca Smith. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Bpilobium adenocaulon Haussk. Skidegate, Q.C.T. 
Hippuris tetraphylla lL. Bella Coola, B.C. (1922). 
@nanthe sarmentosa Presl. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Osmorrhiza divaricata Nutt. Skidegate, Q.C.1. 
Menziesia ferruginea Smith. Lockeport, Q.C.1. 
Dodecatheon frigidwm Hook. Limestone Island, Q.C.1. 
Convolvulus Soldanella L. Saanichton, V.1., B.C. 
Romanzofia unalaschkensis Cham. Albert Head, V.1., B.C. 
Castilleja pallida (i.) Spreng. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Collinsia tenella Dougl. Skidegate, Q.C.I. 
Rhinanthus Crista-galli L. Mount Douglas, Victoria, B.C. 


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Galium aparine I. Skidegate, Q.C.L. 

Valerianella samolifolia (DC) Gray. Skidegate, Q.C.L. 
Microseris Bigelovii Gray. Gonzales Hill, Victoria, B.C. 
Prenanthes hastata (Pers.) Heller. Thurston Harbour, Q.C.1. 

Plants collected and donated by Mr. A. H. Newcombe :— 

Allium attenuifolium Kellog. Observatory Hill, Victoria, B.C. 

Actaca spicata arguta Nutt. (addition to the Flora of Q.C.1.). 
Plants collected and donated by Rey. R. Connell :— 

~ Ranunculus acris L. Sandhill Creek, V.1. 

Castilleja miniata Dougl. Sandhill Creek, V.T. 

Serophularia californica Cham, Alligator Creek, V.1. 

Inina hypoleuca Benth. Muir Creek, V.1. 

Prenanthes hastata (Pers.) Heller. Muir Creek, V.1. 

Senecio triangularis Hook. Alligator Creek, V.1. 

Other plants presented :— 

Pseudotsuga mucronata Raf. Alberni, V.L., by J. Frank Thomson. 

Gilia aggregata (Pursh) Spreng. Penticton, B.C., by W. Downes. 

Artemisia frigida Willd. Penticton, B.C., by W. Downes. 

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Penticton, B.C., by W. Downes. 

Hippuris tetraphylla L. Prince Rupert, B.C., by Harlan I. Smith. 
Romanzofia unaiaschkensis Cham. William Head, V.1., by Ira E. Cornwall. 
Hyosyamus niger Linn. Salmon Arm, B.C., by J. W. Gibson. 

Datura Stranmonium L. Saltspring Island, B.C., by P. de Noe Walker. 
Lioydia serotina Reich. Wahleach Range, Agassiz, B.C., by F. Perry. 

Plants which are supplementary additions to “ The Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte 
Islands, 1921 (introduced plants being printed in italies in conformity with the printing of the 
Check-list) :— 

Carex stenochlena (Holm) Mackenzie. Mount Arrowsmith, V.I., July 26th, 1915. W. R. 
Carter. 

Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Goldstream, V.I., July Ist, 1920. G. V. Copley. 

Lepidium campestre L. Elk Lake watershed, May, 1923. Master Raven. Specimens also 
collected later, Mount Finlayson and Telegraph Bay, V.I., by G. V. Copley. 

Scandix Pecten-Veneris L. Victoria, B.C., April 13th, 1925. G. V. Copley. 

Centaurea maculosa Lam. Victoria, B.C., August Sth, 1921. W. R. Carter. 

Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill. Mayne Island, B.C., June 20th, 1914. John Macoun. 


ENTOMOLOGY. 
3yY E. H. Brackmork, F.E.S. 


The season of 1923 has been a most peculiar one from a collecting standpoint. Insects that 
are generally common have been very scarce, while others that have been regarded as some- 
what rare have been taken in series. 

Reports from ntany localities throughout Southern British Columbia all agree as to the 
remarkabie absence of noctuid moths. This makes the third year in suecession that the scarcity 
in this large family has been particularly noticeable. 

The weather was exceedingly poor for collecting until the middle of July, as from the early 
spring until that time there were a great number of rainy days. The balance of the season 
right up to the end of the fall was very fine and dry, with a corresponding increase of insect- 
life, particularly amongst the Geometride. 

The European satin-moth (Stilpnotis salicis Linn) still continues to spread, two or three 
specimens having been taken in Victoria by Mr. W. R. Carter, Assistant Biologist of the Pro- 
vincial Museum, and a couple of individuals were captured by Captain J. Wise at Saanich- 
ton, B.C. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


The thanks of the Department are extended to the following specialists for their kindness 
in determining and verifying material submitted to them during the past season; Dr. W. Barnes, 
Foster H. Benjamin, Annette F. Braun, August Busck, Carl Heinrich, Dr. A. W. Lindsey, Dr. 
J. H. MeDunnough, Wm. Schaus, and L. W. Swett. 


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British CoLuMBiA INSECTS NEW TO SCIENCE. 


The number of new insects described from British Columbia material as new to science 
during the year amount to forty-two species. They are divided between the following four 
orders: Lepidoptera, 16; Hymenoptera, 1; Diptera, 24; and Plecoptera, 1. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 


The sixteen species of Lepidoptera are distributed amongst the different families as follows: 
Lycenidw, 2; Sphingidse, 1; Noctuide, 3; Geometridz, 1; Gelechide, 1; Olethreutide, 7; and 
Tortricide, 1. 

Lycanida. 


Plebius sepiolus insulanus Blackmore. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 98, April, 1923) 
from twenty specimens taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C., and Goldstream, B.C. This new 
- race differs from typical s@pivlus in the much brighter blue of the male on the upper side and 
on the under-side by the clear bluish-white of the ground colour instead of greyish-white, as 
in the typical form. In the female the upper side of insulanus is an even dark brown with a 
few scattered blue scales basally, while typical s@piolus is heavily shot with blue on both wings. 
Typical swpiolus occurs at Atlin, B.C. 

Plebius icarioides montis Blackmore. Described (ibidem, page 99) from eight specimens. 
Holotype, allotype, and four paratypes taken on Mount McLean, near Lillooet, B.C., by A. W. 
Hanham; one paratype from Mount Cheam, near Agassiz, B.C.; and one from Hope Mountains, 
B.C. (R. V. Harvey). 

We now have three races of this Californian species in British Columbia—namely, pembina 
Edw., blackmorei B. & McD., and montis Blackmore. In the males montis differs from pembina 
in the much lighter shade of violaceous blue and in the narrower black border; from blackmorei 
by the totally different shade of blue, the latter being of a peculiar silvery blue; on the under- 
side it differs from pembina in the much lighter ground colour and in the lighter spotting of 
the fore wings, which, however, are much heavier than they are in blackmorei. 

Since the above description was published I have seen three specimens of montis taken 
this year on a mountain near Lytton, B.C. It is evidently a high-altitude form. 

These three races of icarioides Bdy. will now stand in our list as follows :— 

Plebeius icarioides race pembina Edw. Southern British Columbia. 

Plebeius icarioides race blackmorei B. & McD. Vancouver Island. 

Plebeius icarioides race montis Blackm, Mountains of British Columbia. 


Sphingide. 


Sphinx mordecai McDunneugh. Described (ibidem, page 148, June, 1923) from eleven speci- 
mens taken at Penticton, B.C. (W. B. Anderson), Wellington (G. W. Taylor), Vancouver (Living- 
ston), Vernon (E. P. Venables), and Peachland (J. B. Wallis). 

This is the species which has been known for so many years as Sphinx vancowverensis Uy. 
Edw. According to Dr. McDunnough’s article, I understand that typical vancouverensis is the 
same insect that we have latterly been calling perelegans and which has been formerly recorded 
from various points in the Interior as drupiferarum (vide “ The Sphingidée of British Columbia,” 
Blackmore, Pro. B.C. Ent. Soc., page 26, Feb., 1921). 

Pereleganus was described from “ Big Trees, Calif.,” by Hy. Edw. in Pro. Cal. Acad. Sci., 
Vol. V., page 109, 1874, and vancouverensis was described on page 111 of the same number froin 
a single specimen taken by Dr. Bremner at Esquimalt, near Victoria, B.C. Dr. McDunnough is 
of the opinion that these two names may represent one species, but for the present proposes 
that the name vancouverensis be used in a racial sense. 

This species is larger and darker than mordecai and presents other minor differences which 
renders separation easy. 

In future our two species of this genus will stand as follows :— 

Sphing perelegans Hy. Edw. 

race vancouverensis Hy. Edw. Vancouver Island; Southern British Columbia. 
Sphina mordecai McD. Generally distributed throughout the Province. 


Provincia Museum Revorr. 


Noctuida, 


f 
/Bucoa lindseyi Blackmore. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 214, Sept., 1925) from seven 
specimens—five taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C., and Goldstream, B.C., and two from the 
Barnes collection, one taken at Victoria, B.C., and one at Calgary, Alta. 
Oncocnemis parvanigra Blackmore. Described (ibidem, page 215) from four specimens— 
three taken at Kaslo (J. W. Cockle) and one at Mount McLean (A. W. Hanham). 
Litholomia napwa umbrifasciata Blackmore. Described (ibidem, page 216) from fifteen 
specimens taken by the writer at Victoria, B.C. 
Further notes on the above will be found under “ Illustrated Lepidoptera ” and illustrations 
of each species on Plate V. 


Geometridae, 


Enypia venata ab. elaborata Cassino & Swett. Described (Lepidopterist, Vol. 1V., page 13, 
June, 1923) from a single male taken at Wellington, B.C., by the late Rev. G. W. Taylor on 
July 2nd, 1904. 

This striking form differs from the type in having the fore wings pure white and the usual 
venular dots merged into a wide suffused black band. We may say here that venata is fairly 
common on Vancouver Island and is extremely variable both in coloration and markings. In 
the writer’s series of about thirty specimens they range in colour from a light stone grey to a 
rich warm brown. 

Gelechida. 


Gelechia trichostola Meyrick. Described (Jixotie Microlepidoptera, Vol. IIL, page 22, June, 
1923) from two specimens taken at Victoria, B.C., in September, 1919, by Dr. A. J. Turner, of 
Brisbane, Queensland. 

I have a long series of previously undetermined Gelechia which I have identified as the 
above species. They were taken by the writer on various dates in March and September, and 
agree with the description in size, colour, and maculation. They were all taken at rest either 
on the trunk or the foliage of the scrub oak (Quereus Garryana). It is evidently a hybernating 
species. 

The male measures 19 m.m. in expanse, with the female slightly smaller. It is brown in 
colour, irregularly suffused with dark fuscous irroration. On the fore wing is a small black 
linear mark beneath costa near the base, and an elongate black spot at the base of the inner 
margin; a few whitish scales between first and second discal dots and an angulated transverse 
streak of brown ground colour about three-quarters out from base. Ilind wings grey, fringe pale 
grey. A distinguishing character in the male is a very long dark-grey pencil of hair underneath 
the hind wings, extending from base of costa to beneath posterior portion of cell. 


Olethreutider (Eucosmine). 


Thiodia fertoriana Heinrich. Described (Revision No. Amer. Eucosmine, Bull. 123, U.S.N.M., 
page 264, April, 1923) from three specimens taken at Goldstream, B.C., on May 10th, 1903. 

The specimens were found amongst the undescribed material in the collection of Dr, Wm. 
Barnes, and although not bearing the collector’s name were in all probability taken by Mr. A. W. 
Hanham, who collected in that district at that period. 

Eucosma metariana Ueinrich. Described (ibidem, page 133) from nine specimens—six taken 
at Shasta Retreat, Calif.; two at Ilot Springs, Green River, Wash.; and one at Victoria, B.C. 
(Blackmore). (See “* Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) ' 

Epiblema purpurissata Heinrich. Described (ibidem, page 149) from two specimens bred 
from wild rose at Vernon, B.C. 

Epiblema periculosana Heinrich. Deseribed (ibidem, page 268) from three specimens taken 
on Mount McLean, near Lillooet, B.C., by A. W. Hanham. 

Epinotia digitana Heinrich. Described (ibidem, page 215) from two specimens—the type 
taken at Kaslo, B.C., by Dr. IL. G. Dyar on July 28th, 1903, and the paratype taken by Professor 
Cc. V. Piper at Pullman, Wash. This is the same insect that had been determined by Kearfott 
as transmissana Walk. and is so listed in Dyar’s Kootenai List and the Cheek-list of British 
Columbia Lepidoptera (1906). 


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Transmissana Walk. must now be removed from out British Columbia List and digitana 
Heinrich put in its place. Digitana is very close in colour and maculation to nigralbana Wals. 
The latter also occurs on Vancouver Island. 

Epinotia meritana Heinrich. Described (ibidem, page 226) from thirteen specimens. ‘The 
type and eight paratypes were reared from larvie mining pine-needles by H. J. Peck, of the Utah 
Agricultural Experiment Station; the other four paratypes were taken by W. R. Carter at 
Victoria, B.C. The latter were found at rest on the trunks of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga 
mucronata). This is a small species measuring from 10-11 mm. in alar expanse. The fore 
wings are white, banded and cross-lined with blackish fuscous ; the hind wings are smoky fuscous, 
with shining lead-grey fringes. So far it has been found here in a very limited area. 

Epinotia vagana Weinrich. Described (ibidem, page 230) from twelve specimens—five from 
Liaga, Wash.; five from Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore) ; one from Duncan, B.C. (Hanham) ; and 
one from Hoquiam, Wash. (See “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 


Tortricidae. 


Cacacia columbiana McDunnough. Deseribed (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 167, July, 1928 
from a single female taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at Salmon Arm, B.C. 


Tly MENOPTERA. 
Tenthredinidea (Saw-flies). 


Dolerus nicwus MacGillivray. Described (ibidem, page 68, March, 1928) from a female 
specimen taken at Chilliwack, B.C. This new species of saw-fly is about 11 mm. in length, 
with the body entirely black and the head and thorax hoary. The wings are slightly smoky, 
with the veins and stigma black. 

DIPTERA. 


The arrangement and sequence of families and genera in the following list of new species 
is in accordance with Aldrich’s “ Catalogue of North American Diptera ” :— 


Culicide (Mosquitoes). 


Ades hewitti Hearle. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 5, Jan., 1923) from fourteen “speci- 
mens, all taken at Yale, B.C., by the author. This new species is evidently very local, as 
although a survey of the mosquito fauna.of the whole of the Lower Fraser Valley was under- 
taken by Mr. Hearle in 1919, Yale was the only locality wherein it was found. 


Stratiomyida (Soldier-flies). 


Stratiomyia discaloides Curvan. Described (ibidem, Vol, 54, page 281, Dee., 1922) from 
three specinens—two taken at Chileotin, B.C. (i. R. Buckell), and one at Kelowna, B.C. (M. TI. 
Ruhmann). 

Stratiomyia griscata Curran. Described (ibidem, page 285) from two specimens—type from 
Aspen Grove, B.C. (P. N. Vroom), and paratype from Lillooet, B.C. CA. W. Phair). 


Therevide (NStiletto-jlies). 


Thereva brunnea Cole. Described (Rey. Family Therevidee,’ Pro. U.S.N.M., No. 2450, page 
108) from nineteen specimens. The male type taken at Victoria, B.C., by W. Downes and the 
female allotype by W. B. Anderson at the same place. Paratypes were taken at Sayary Island, 
B.C. (R. S. Sherman); Vancouver, B.C. (R. 8S. Sherman; R. C. Treherne) ; and Chase, B.C. 
(W. B. Anderson). 

Thereva nigripilosa Cole. Described (ibidem, page 110) from three specimens—the type 
bred from larva at Victoria, B.C., by W. Downes and the paratypes collected by C. B. Garrett 
at Cranbrook, B.C. 

Asilidee (Robber-jflies). 

Eucyrtopogon (gen. nov.) comantis Curran. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 116, May, 
1923) from three specimens collected by E. R. Buckell—the type taken at Chilcotin, B.C., and 
the paratypes at Vernon, B.C. 

Eucyrtopogon spinigera Curran. Described (ibidem, page 117) from a single female specimen 
taken at Victoria, B.C., by R. C. Treherne. 


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EBucyrtopogon diversipolis Curran. Described (ibidem, page 118) from four specimens. Holo- 
type and allotype taken at Chilcetin, B.C., by FE. R. Buckell and two paratypes taken by 
C. Garrett at Banff, Alta. 

Bucyrtopogon calcarata Curran. Described (ibidem, page 119) from ten specimens. The 
types were taken at Banff, Alta, (N. B. Sanson); the paratypes are from Cranbrook, B.C. 
(C. B. Garrett) ; Nicola, B.C. (P. N. Vroom); Aspen Groye, B.C. (Vroom) ; and Quilchena, B.C. 
(Vroom). 

Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran. Described (ibidem, Vol. 54, page 277, Dec., 1922) from over 
100 specimens from British Columbia. Holotype from Chileotin, B.C. (&. R. Buckell), and allo- 
type from Aspen Grove, B.C. (Vroom). 

Cyrtopogon inversus Curran. Described (ibidem, Vol. 55, page 172, July, 1923) from six 
specimens. The male and female types were taken by P. N, Vroom at Aspen Grove, B.C., while 
the paratypes came from Darcy, B.C. (W. B. Anderson); Chileotin, B.C. (BH. R. Buckell) ; 
Nicola, B.C. (Vroom) ; and Hedley, B.C. (Anderson). 

Crytopogon predator Curran. Described (ibidem, page 188, Aug., 1925) from a single female 
taken by W. B. Anderson at Fort Iraser, B.C. 

Holopogon albipilosus Curran. Described (ibidem, page 207, Sept., 1923) from five speci- 
mens. Types and two paratypes taken by N. L. Butler at Vernon, B.C., and one paratype taken 
at Chileotin, B.C., by E. R. Buckell. 

Nicocles canadensis Curran. Described (ibidem, page 208) from five specimens. Holotype 
male from Saanich, B.C. (W. Downes) ; allotype female, Seattle, Wash. ; paratypes, Royal Oak, 
B.C. (Treherne) ; Mount Douglas, B.C. (Downes); and Seattle, Wash. 


Dolichopodida (Long-footed Flies). 


Porphyrops grandis Curvan. Described (ibidem, page 210) from two specimens taken by 
R. Glendenning at Agassiz, B.C. 

Syntormon tricoloripes Curran. Described (ibidem, page 209) from four specimens taken 
at Cranbrook, B.C., by C. B. Garrett. 

Scellus amplus Curran. Described (ibidem, page 73, March, 1923) from a single male taken 
by W. Downes at Saanich, B.C. 


Syrphide (Flower-flies). 


Pipiza atrata Curran. Described (ibidem, Vol. 54, page 283, Dec., 1922) from one male 
specimen taken by E. R. Buckell at Chilecotin, B.C. 

Chilosia subchalybea Curran. Described (ibidem, Vol. 55, page 276, Dec., 1923) from two 
specimens taken at Cranbrook, B.C. (Garrett). 

Platychirus peltatoides Curran. Described (ibidem, page 274) from six specimens. The male 
type from Penticton, B.C. (1. R. Buckell) ; female type from Vernon, B.C. (M. HW. Rubmann) ; 
and four paratypes taken at Penticton, B.C. (Treherne) ; Victoria, B.C. (W. B. Anderson) ; 
Royal Oak, B.C. (‘Treherne) ; and Ilwaco, Wash. 

Leucozona lucorum var. americana Curran. Deseribed (ibidem, page 38, Veb., 1923) from 
six specimens. Type male from Hull, Que. ; type female from Metlakatla, B.C. (Rey. J. I. Keen) ; 
and four paratypes from Hull, Que.; Smith’s Cove, N.S.; Chileotin, B.C. (Buckell) ; and one, 
no data. 

Tachinida: (Caterpillar-flies). 

Ginglimyia bicolor Curran. Deseribed (ibidem, page 246, Oct., 1922) from four females 

taken by W. Downes at Saanich, B.C. 


Loncheide. 
Lonchea atritarsis Malloch. Described (Pro. Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. 25, page 47, Feb., 1923) 
from a single male specimen taken at Kaslo, B.C., by A. N. Caudell. 
Trypetida (Peacock-jhes). 


Eurosta solidaginis var. subfasciatus Curran. Described (nt. News, Vol. 34, page 202, Dec., 
1923) from seven specimens taken in British Columbia, Male and female types reared from 
Solidago galls by E. R. Buckell at Vernon, B.C. 


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Plecoptera (Stone-flies). 


Nemoura cornuta Claassen. Described (Can. Ent., Vol. 55, page 285, Dec., 1923) from a 
single male specimen taken at Nanaimo, B.C. (Biological Station), by E. P. van Duzee. 


LEPIDOPTERA NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FROM BritisH COLUMBIA. 


Fifteen species and races (excluding Microlepidoptera) have been added to the British 
Columbia list of Lepidoptera since last year’s Provincial Museum Report was written. The 
numbers preceding the names are in accordance with those contained in Barnes & McDunnough’s 
Check-list (1917). 


Noctuide. 


1270. Euwxoa feniseca Hary. One specimen taken at Nicola Lake, B.C., by E. R. Buckell on 
August 24th, 1922. Described from California in 1875. The type is in the British Museum. 

‘ 1283. Euroa excogita Smith. A single specimen taken by T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby, B.C., 
on August 26th, 1921. Deseribed in 1900 (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 22, page 423) from ten specimens 
taken at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, by Dr. Barnes. 

12894. Huxoa stigmatalis atrofusca Sm. This is also a unique taken by Mr. Moilliet at 
Vavenby, B.C., on August 14th, 1921. Described (ibidem, page 447) as a distinct species from 
specimens taken in Colorado and at Pullman, Wash. It is now considered to be a variety of 
stigmatalis Smith. 

1453. Agrotis atrifrons Grt. wo specimens—one taken by E. R. Buckell at Nicola Lake, 
B.C., on August 28th, 1922, and the ether taken at Lillooet, B.C., by A. W. Phair on August 
12th, 1917. The latter had been previously determined for us as piscipellis Girt. and was so 
listed in Ann. Rep. Prov. Mus., 1917, page 18. The two species are closely allied and very similar 
in appearance. Mr. Benjamin informs me that piscipellis has usually a more or less dark collar 
and the thorax seldom shows any definite line of black at the base of the tegulie, while atrifrons 
shows this line. 

1517. Apharetra pyralis Sm. One specimen taken by L. E. Marmot at Maillardville, B.C., 
on August 15th, 1922. (See * Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

* Lampra forbesi Benjamin. Several specimens taken by Mr. G. O. Day at Quamichan Lake 
and Maple Bay, near Dunean, B.C. This species and nefascia are very closely allied and difficult 
to distinguish by superficial characters, but are easily separated by the genitalia, which are quite 
distinct. Mr. Benjamin made a slide of one of Mr. Day’s specimens and it agrees in every par- 
ticular with the type of forbesi. Forbesi was described (Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., Vol. 20, 
page 98, Dec., 1921) from nine specimens, all taken in Utah. 

1605. Protagrotis obscura B. & McD. Two specimens taken by Mr. E. R. Buckell at Nicola 
Lake, B.C., on July 29th, 1922. 

1647. Lasiestra phoca Moesch. A short series taken on Mount McLean, near Lillooet, B.C., 
by Mr. A. W. Hanham in August, 1921. (See “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.”) 

1905. Orthosia mys Dyar. Three specimens taken by Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton, 
October 17th to 20th, 1922. Described from California. This is an especially good capture and 
they are the first typical specimens taken in British Columbia. Mr. Day, of Duncan, took ¢ 
single specimen many years ago which had been determined by Wolley Dod as this species, 
but it is in reality the form coloramica B. & McD., described from Arizona. The latter is con- 
siderably darker in colour on the primaries and secondaries have the veins outlined with reddish 
sealing. 

2122. Brachylomia populi Stkr. One specimen taken at Seton Lake, near Liliooet, B.C., by 
Desmond Martin during the early part of August, 1923. (See * Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 

2937. Homoglea hircina Morr. A short series taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby in 
March, 1922. (Sce “ Illustrated Lepideptera.”) 

23428. Oligia tonsa levigala Sm. Two specimens—one, a male, taken by E. R. Buckell at 
Nicola Lake, B.C., on July 18th, 1922, and the other, a female, taken at Saanichton, B.C., on 
July 7th, 1922, by Hon. J. G. Colville. It is rather strange that these two specimens, the only 
records that we have for the Province, should be taken in two entirely different faunal areas. 
Typical tonsa and the race subjuncta were illustrated on Plate III. of the Ann. Rep. Prov. Mus., 
1921. The whole group is extremely rare in the Province. 


ProyinciaL Museum Report, 


Geometridae. 


i ; 
— £009. Hydriomena nubilofasciata Pack. aud 


4 40094. Hydriomena nubilofasciata raptata Swett. Mr. W. R. Carter took a very long series 
of these geometers in a pine-woods near his home at Esquimalt (a suburb of Victoria, B.C.) 
during the latter end of February and the beginning of March of this year (1923). From 
February 26th to March 2nd 126 specimens were taken in excellent condition. The first batch 
of thirty-six specimens were taken on February 26th, between 8 and 9 p.m., resting on the under- 
side of the lower pine-boughs. The weather was decidedly frosty, with about 3 inches of snow 
on the ground. The whole series showed a remarkable range of variation. : 

Mr. L. W. Swett kindly undertook to compare specimens with the types in the Packard 
and Swett collections and has succeeded in matching exactly the types of nubilofasciata, vulner- 
ata, and raptata., There are also several intermediate forms and some specimens which do not 
agree with any of the published descriptions. * 

It is self-evident that the two latter names are not real geographical races, but simply forms 
of one very variable species. 

4289. Bufidonia notataria Walk. Several specimens taken by Mr. W. B. Auderson at Prince 
Rupert, B.C., on May 23rd, 1923. (See “ Illustrated Lepidoptera.” ) 


RARE AND UNCOMMON LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DURING 1923. 


Victoria —Very little of interest has been taken amongst the Macrolepidoptera during the 
season in this vicinity. Mr. W. R. Carter took a series of Conoides plumogeraria Hulst. at the 
end of March and noticed several Hrannis vancouverensis Hist. flying in November. The writer 
was fortunate enough to take four specimens of Venusia obsoleta Swett. in the first few days 
in May. This is the first time I have taken it and the first record for Victoria since the late 
Captain R. V. Harvey took it in 1908. 

Saanichton.—During the season Captain J. Wise took some very nice geometers, including 
Lygris harveyata Tayl.; L. atrifasciata Hist.; Dysstroma sobria sivetti Blackw.; Chlorosca neva- 
daria Pack. ; Sabulodes cervinaria Pack.; and Eupithecia scabrogata Pears. The latter are the first 
records of this species that I have had since Mr. T. Bryant took two specimens at Wellington, 
B.C., in 1908. The species is figured on Plate 1V. of the Prov. Mus. Report for 1921. 

Colwood.—A single specimen of Tawniosea discivaria Walk, was taken by the writer at rest 
on a tree-trunk. This is the first record for Vancouver Island. 

Shawnigan Lake.—Mr. J. Clarke collected in this district for a few days in July and took 
a fine specimen of Arzama obliqua Walk., also a specimen in goed condition of Trachea impulsa 
Gue. The latter is rare in collections. 

Duncan.—Amongst Mr. A. W. Hanham’s captures in this district the following are the most 
noticeable: Catocala relicta race elda Behr. (rare); Autographa metallica Grt.; Olene styrc 
B. & MeD. (rare); and Cleora albescens Wist. (uncommon). 4 

Maillardville—Mr. L. If. Marmot took a perfect specimen of Feralia deccptiva B. & McD. 
(uncommon), a single specimen of Cucullia florea Grt. (vare), and two specimens of Aplectoides 
occidens Hamp. We are glad to get this latter record as it has been considered quite a rarity 
in the Province (vide Ann. Rep. Proy. Mus., 1921, page 31). 

Seton Lake.—Master Desmond Martin spent July and August in this district, which is 
situated some 3 miles from Lillooet. He captured some very nice material, the best of the diurnals 
being Strymon titus Fabr. and 8S, sepium Bady., the former being especially rare. A specimen of 
Tolype dayi Blackm. was taken, which extends its known distribution. Amongst the Noctuidse 
the following were the most desirable: Agrotis oblata Morr.; Priopyga perbruanea Grt. (rare) ; 
and Catocala nevadensis race montana Beut. In the Geometride a specimen of Macaria 
bicolarata Fabr. was taken; this is very rare in British Columbia. I have only seen two 
other specimens, one from Armstrong and one from Kaslo. Jtame denticulodes Wulst. and 
Plagodis approximaria Dyar were also taken, both of which are rare in collections. 

Vavenby.—The materiai collected in this locality by Mr. 'T. A. Moilliet and his son reflected 
the general conditions prevailing throughout the Province. Amongst the Geometridie there was 
nothing of any special interest, but in the Noctuidie there were several species which we are 
pleased to have. The following are the most desirable: Heliothis phloriphaga G. & R.; Anytus 
evelina French (only previous record from the Province is Rossland); Cryptocala gilvipennis 


C22 Brrrisoh CoLuMBIA, 1924 


Grt. (rare) ; Scotogrammea trifolii Rott.; Polia sutrina Grt. (very rare on the Mainland) ; Pyrrhia 
umbra experimens Wlik.; and Autographa orophila Wamp. (rather rare). A fine specimen of 
Pachysphing modesta Warris was also taken. 

Marron Lake—A few specimens were taken by Mr. C. deB. Green in the latter part of 
September; the two most desirable species being Euroa andera Sm. and Trachea mactata allecto 
Sm., both of which are rather rare in collections. 

Mr. W. B. Anderson, Dominion Inspector of Indian Orchards, states that although last year 
was a bad one from a collecting standpoint, this year was very much worse. Amongst the coim- 
paratively few species taken, the best were Heodcs cupreus Edw., taken at Paradise, B.C. a 
mining camp in the Selkirk Range at an altitude of 7,300 feet and about 20 miles from Inver- 
mere. This brilliant ‘* copper” butterfly has only previously been recorded in the Province from 
Mount McLean. A single specimen of Apantesis parthenice Wirby was taken at Invermere, B.C., 
Melicleptria sucta Grt. was taken at Chase, B.C. This latter species is very rare in the Province, 
our preyfous records being from Vaseaux Lake and the Hope Mountains, 


MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 


Owing to the extensive collecting done in this group during the previous three seasons, much 
of the material sent in was found to be a duplication of species already set up; consequently 
I only mounted some 880 specimens this season. However, many new records for the Province 
were discovered and series of hitherto rare species were taken. 

Collections have been made at Victoria, Brentwood, Saanichton, Colwood, Goldstream, 
Shawnigan Lake, Duncan, Maillardville, Seton Lake, Marron Lake, and Vavenby. 

The following list of species are new to the Province and are additional to those previously 
published in the Annual Reports of the Provincial Museum for 1920, 1921, aud 1922. Included 
in this list are species taken in 1921 and 1922, but which have only recently been definitely 
determined. 

The numbers and arrangements are in accord with Barnes & McDunnough’s Check-list 
(1917), with the exception of the Eucosminze, which are arranged according to Heinrich’s 
“ Revision of the Hucosminz of North America” (1923). 

Collectors: W. B. Anderson, I. Tl. Blackmore, BE. R. Buckell, Dr. W. R. Buckell, W. R. 
Carter, J. Clarke, Hon. J. G. Colville, G. O. Day, C. deB. Green, A. W. Hanham, L. FE. Marmont, 
T. A. Moilliet, and Captain J. Wise. 

Pyralide. 

dB. Crambus prefectullus Zinck. Adams Lake (W. R. B.). 

5417. Ommatopleryx ocellea Waw. Nicola Lake (E.R. B.). 

5474. Jocara trabalis Grt. Marron Lake (C. deB. G.). 

5566. Dioryctria pondcrose Dyar. Dunean (G. O. D.). 

eK 5631bB. Salebria virgatella inconditella Rag. Shawnigan Lake (J. C.); Dunean (A. W. H.). 

5670. Epischnia albiplagiatclla Pack. Nicola Lake (E.R. B.). 


Pterophorida, 


5865. Platyptilia marmarodactyla Dyar. Revelstoke Mountain (W. R. B.). 
Platyptilia mea B. & L. Vort Steele (W. B. A.). 


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Cosmopterygide. 


5Os2. Cystiecetes nimbesus Braun. Victoria (H. I. B.) ; Maillardville (LL. Ei. M.). 
GO1T. Mompha murtfeldtella Cham. Shawnigan Lake (J. C.); Dunean (A. W. HH.) ; Mail- 
Pts ory j yl 
lardville (. I. M.). 


Gelechida. 


6083. Telphusa belangerela Cham. Maillardville (1. H. B.). 
6214. Gelechia trophella Buseck. Saanichton (J. G. C.; J. W.). 
6236. Gelechia fluvialella Busck. Salmon Arm (W. Rh. B.). 
_~ 6268. Gelechia versutella Zell. Victoria (J. C.). 
* Gelechia trichostola Meyr. Victoria (Dr, A. J. Turner; Eb. H. B.; W. R. C.). 


u Gro. 


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ProvincrAL Museum Revrorr. €) 23 


Olethreulida (Bucosming). 


G766. Barbara colfaviana siskiyouana WKearf. Dunean (G. 0. D.). 
* Thiodia fertoriana Wein. Goldstream. 
* Pucosma metariana Hein. Victoria (Bb. Il. B.). 
* Ppiblema purpurissatana Hein. Vernon. 
* Ppiblema gratuitana Hein, Victoria (EB. WH. B.); Duncan (A. W. IT.). 
* HEpiblema periculosana Hein. Mount McLean (A. W. II.). 
7157. Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana Ratz. Vietoria (E. H. B.; W. R. C.). 
6954. Epinotia miscana Kearf. Mount McLean (A. W. I.). 
* Bpinotia digitana Hein. Kaslo (Dr. H. Dyar). 
* Epinotia meritana Hein. Victoria (W. R. C.). 
* Fpinotia ragana Hein. Victoria (1. I. B.). 


Olethreutide (Olethreutine). 


6807. Exartena quadrifidum Zell. Chase (W. B. A.); Dunean (A. W. H.). 
6819. Olethreutes deceptana Kearf. Victoria (A. W. TI.). 
rf 6833. Olethreutes chalybeana Wals. Shawnigan Lake (J. C.). 


Tortricide. 
7366. Cacacia pallorana Rob. Dunean (A. W. T.). 
* (Cacecia columbiana MeD. Salmon Arm (W. R. B.). 
7415. Peronea oxycoccana Pack. Maillardville (lL. 1. M.). 
Phalonide. 
7543. WWysterosia waracana Kearf. Duncan (G. 0. D.; A. W. IT). 
7544. Hysterosia cartwrightana Kearf. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
Glyphipterygida. 


7605. Allononyma diana Wub. Goldstream (A. W. IT.). 


Yponomeutide. 


T7684. Argyresthia quadristrigella Zell. Victoria (W. R. C.); Saanichton (J. G. C.). 
7708. Argyresthia pedmontella Cham. Victoria (W. R. C.); Brentwood (1. HT. B.). 
7710. Argyresthia mesocausta Meyr. Victoria (1. UH. B.). 
Gracilariida. 
7804. Lithocolictis basistrigella Clem. Victoria (1. HW. B.; W. RR. C.). 
7906. Lithocolletis alnicoleila Wism. Maillardville (Tl. B. M.). 
7911. Lithocolletis scuddercila FP. & B. Victoria (BH. W. B.); Maillardville (1. 2. M.). 
7928. Lithocolietis fragilella FP. & B. Victoria (8. WW. Ts.) : Saanichton (J. G. C.) ; Maillard- 
ville (L. 1. M.). 
7942. Lithocolletis hamadryadella Clem. Victoria (BE. HW. B.; W. R. C.). 
8011. Parectopa salicifoliclia Cham. Vavenby, (T. A. M.). 
80134. Ornix guttca solitariclla Dietz. Victoria (2. H. B.). 
Gracilaria syringella Fab. Maillardyille (L. 1B. M.). 


Scythiridida. 
* Ppermenia alaincda Braun. Duncan (A. W. IL). 
Lyonetiida. 


8125. Bucculatric canadensisella Cham. Victoria (BE. H. B.; W. R. C.); Maillardyille 
(1. I. M.). 
8135. Buccuiatrix pomifoliclla Clem. Maillardyille (L. 2. M.). 


Tineidw. 


8223. Scardia anatomella Grt. Vavenby (T. A. M.). 
8268. Tinca niveocapitella Cham. Saaniehton (J. G. C.). 


C24 3RILISH COLUMBIA. 1934 


Nepticulida. 
8373. Nepticula latifasciella Cham. Victoria (i. H. B.; W. R. C.). 
8383. Neplicula pomivorella Pack. Victoria (1. H. B.). 
S401. Nepticula diffascie Braun. Victoria (EB. 1. B.; W. R. C.). 


ILLUSTRATED LEPIDOPTERA (PLATE V.), 
Noctuida. 


* Buroa lindseyi Blackmore. This new species is rather uncommon, as I have only taken 
five specimens in twelve years’ collecting on the Island. The ground colour is cinereous grey, 
with sparse fuscous markings. It is closely allied to catenula Grt., which occurs on the Mainland. 

1228. Buxroa murdocki Smith. A single specimen of this rare species was taken by Mr. E. R. 
3uckell at Nicola Lake, B.C., on August 24th, 1922. I have only seen one other specimen from 
British Columbia (taken by Mr. A. W. Phair at Lillooet). The species is recorded in our Check- 
list from “B.C.,” but Smith’s North-west British Columbia really meant Alberta, in the vicinity 
of Red Deer and Edmonton. The above two specimens are the only authentic British Columbia 
records. 

1517. Aphareta pyralis Sm. This species is a new record for British Columbia and was 
taken by Mr. L. BE. Marmont at Maillardville on August 15th, 1922. It is a very interesting 
capture and was originally described (Ent. News, Vol. 7, page 26, 1896) from two specimens 
taken by the late PF. H. Wolley Dod at Calgary, Alta. 

1647. Lasiestra phoca Moesch. A short series tuken by Mr. A. W. Hanham at Mount McLean 
in August, 1921. It had been confused with the race /uteola Sm. taken at the same time and place, 
but it is consistently smaller and differs in minor particulars, especially on the under-side of 
the secondaries. Phoca was described from Labrador in 1864 and it also occurs in Colorado, 

* Oncocnemis parvanigra Blackm. The first specimen of this new species was taken by 
Mr. J. W. Cockle at Kaslo on August 12th, 1909. No further specimens were captured until 
1921, when Mr. Cockle took another ope on August 6th, and Mr. Hanham captured one on Mount 
McLean on August 14th of the same year. The only male specimen was also taken by Mr. Cockle 
on August 10th, 1922. It is close to tenwifascia Sm. 

2122. Brachylomia populi Strecker. A beautiful specimen of this species was taken last 
August by Desmond Martin at Seton Lake, near Lillooet. This is the first record that we have 
of this species from British Columbia, although it has been recorded from Calgary and Red 
Deer, in Alberta. It was originally described from Colorado. 

* Litholomia napwa race umbrifasciata Blackm. This is our common Vancouver Island form, 
which is quite distinct from typical napaa, the latter also occurring in the Interior of British 
Columbia. In wnbrifasciata the ground colour is a greyish-white and has a contrasting dark- 
brown median band, while in napw@a the colour is dark grey, with the maculation somewhat 
obscured. It is also consistently larger. 

2998 Parastichtis decipiens Grt. The specimen figured was taken by Dr. W. R. Buckell at 
Salmon Arm. ‘The species must be very local as we have no record of it from any other locality. 
Decipicns was described from Indiana in 1881. It is closely related to P. acta Grt., which is ¢om- 
mon on Vancouver Island in the late fall. 

2237. Homoglea hircina Morr. A short series of this species, which is new to the Province, 
was taken by Mr. T. .A. Moilliet at Vavenby at the end of March, 1922. It is variable in colour, 
but does not differ materially from Eastern specimens. It is considerably smaller than either 
H. carbonaria Uaw. or H. dives Sm., both of which occur in British Columbia, the former on the 
Mainland and the latter on Vancouver Island. 


Notodontida: 


2652. Tanassa semirufescens Wik. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. L. I. Mar- 
mont on July 12th, 1928. It is rather a rare species in the Province. In the 1906 Cheek-list 
I. semirufescens var. peranguiata Wy. Edw. is recorded from Wellington and Kaslo, and I 
strongly suspect that these records refer to semirufescens. Perangulata is now treated as a 
distinct species, although very similar superficially. 


PLATE V. 


NOCTUID.2-—NOTODONTID.E—GEOMETRID.D, 


Euxoa lindseyi Blackm. 
(Allotype female.) 

B.C. (i. WH. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Victoria, 


Tanassa semirufescens Walk. 
(Ll. Ia. Marmont). 


Iraser Mills, B.C. 


(Rather rare.) 


Brachylomia populi Stkr. 
Seton Lake, B.C. (D. Martin). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Parastichtis decipiens Grt. 


Litholomia napwa umbrifasciata Blackm, 


(Partoype male.) 
B.C. (E. H. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Victoria, 


Homoglea hircina Morr. 
Vavenby, B.c. (T. A. Moilliet). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Salmon Arm, B.C, (W. R. Buckell). 


(Very local.) 


Apharetra pyralis Sm. 
Fraser Mills, B.C. (L. E. Marmont). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Buxroa murdocki Sm. 
Nicola Lake, B.C. (EE. 
(Very rare.) 


Oncocnemis parvanigra Blackm. 
(Allotype female.) 
Kaslo, B.C. (J. W. Cockle). 
(New to science.) 


MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 


Scardia anatomella Grt. 
Vavenby,. BCs (isa. 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Onmatopterua occllea Waw, 
Nicola Lake, B.C, (E.R. Buekell). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Evergestis insulalis B. & MeD. 
Saanichton (J, Wise). 
(Uncommon.) 


Quamichan 
(New 


Beartema quadrifidum Zell, 
3:C: (CW. B. 
to British Columbia.) 


Bucosma metariana Wein. 
Victoria, B.C, (i. If. Blackmore). 
(New to science.) 


Chase, 
(New 


Gelechia trophella Buseck. 
Saanichton (J. C. Colville). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Moilliet). 


Anderson). 


Lasiestra phoca Moesch. 
Mount MeLean, B.C. (A. W. Hanham). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


R. Buekell). 


EPufidonia notataria Walk. 
Prince Rupert, B.C. (W. B. Anderson). 
(New to British Columbia.) 


Salebria virgatella ineonditella Rag. 
Shawnigan Lake, B.C. (J. Clarke). 
(Rather rare.) 


Dioryetria ponderose (Dyar). 
Lake, B.C. (G. O. Day). 
to British Columbia.) 


vagans Vein. 
(i. If, Blackmore). 
to science.) 


Epinotia 
Victoria, B.C. 
(New 


Ppicallima coloradella Wishm. 
Victoria, BC. (W. R. Carter). 
(Rather rare.) 


14 Gro. 5 Provincia, Museum Rerorr. C 25 


Geometridae. 


4289. Bufidonia notataria Wik. Several specimens of this pretty little geometer were taken 
by Mr. W. B. Anderson on May 23rd, 1923, at Prince Rupert. This is the first record of this 
species in British Columbia, although it occurs in Alberta and eastward to the Atlantic Coast. 

Pyralide. 

4992. Evergestis insulalis B. & McD. The specimen illustrated was taken by Captain J. Wise 
at Saanichton on July 2nd, 1923, and although the species occurs regularly but sparingly on 
Vancouver Island, it is very seldom that a specimen is taken in such fine condition, The species 
was described (Cont. Lep. No. Amer., Vol. 2, page 229, Aug. 1914) from specimens taken at 
Duncan and Victoria. 

5417. Ommatopteryx ocellea Haw. This exceedingly delicate species was taken by Mr. E. R. 
Buckell at Nicola Lake on July 18th, 1923, and is a new record for the Province. It is a native 
of the Mediterranean coasts and has been accidentally imported into a number of countries, 
including Asia, Africa, North America, and Australia. 

5566. Dioryctria ponderose Dyar. This is another new record for the Province and was 
taken by Mr. G. O. Day at Quamichan Lake, near Duncan. It must be very rare as well as 
local, Mr. Day having only taken two specimens in sixteen years’ collecting, and we have no 
other record. 

5631zn. Salebria virgatella inconditella Rag. The specimen illustrated was taken by Mr. 
J. Clarke at Shawnigan Lake on July 14th, 1923, and is new to our list. Mr. A. W. Hanham 
also took a specimen, but not in such good condition, at Quamichan Lake late in July. 


Gelechide. 


6214. Gciechia trophella Buscix. A short series of this rather striking gelechid was taken 
by Hon. J. G. Colville at Saanichton during June, 1922, and two specimeus were taken by Captain 
Wise in June of this year at the same place. We have not seen it from any other locality. It 
was described (Pro. U.S.N.M., Vol. 25, page 860, 1903) from Platte Canyon, Colorado, The larvie 
were found feeding on oak. 

Qeophoride. 

6492. Epicallima coloradella Wism. Mr. W. R. Carter took a short series of this species 
during the past summer. It has always been considered somewhat of a rarity in British Columbia 
collections. It has been previously recorded from Kaslo (Cockle) and I have seen one specimen 
taken at Duncan by Mr. Day. 

Olethreutide. 


6807. Exartema quadrifidum Zell. This pretty grey and maroon species was taken by 
Mr. W. B. Anderson at Chase on July 18th, 1928. A specimen was also taken in June by Mr. 
Hanham at Quamichan Lake. It is a new record for the Province. 

* Bucosma metariana Heinrich. The ground colour of this new species is white, with brown 
lines and spots, and it measures about 14 mm, in alar expanse. It is not at all common, as I 
have only taken three or four specimens in as many years, including the paratype. It occurs 
in July, and as far as I know is very local. I have only found it in one very small area. 

* Bpinotia vagana Hein. This new species is rather striking in colour, the costal half of 
the fore wings being a bright purplish red. It measures about 18 mm. in alar expanse, The laryie 
feed on wild crab-apple and the adult flies in August and September. Described in part from 
five specimens taken by the writer at Victoria and one specimen taken by Mr. Hanham at Duncan. 


Tineide. 


$223. Scardia anatomella Grt. A single specimen of this species, which is a new record 
for the Province, was taken by Mr. T. A. Moilliet at Vavenby on June Sth, 1923, It is a very 
striking species and was originally described from New York in 1882. ¢ 


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