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Nephelopsis obscura (Verrill). 



"Near Beaver Lake, Alberta, summer. 1907. 

 A. Halkett." Two specimens, one 19 mm. long, 

 thickly sprinkled with fine small black spots on a 

 light clay color background; the other about 

 twice the size and shrunken through drying. 

 With P. rugoso and H. marmorata. 



"Jasper Park, Alberta, summer, 1919. W. 

 Spreadborough." Four much spotted specimens. 



Miss Ryerson has recorded a large number of 

 this species from Georgian Bay. In a bottle 

 from Pembroke Lake, Cape Breton Island, are 

 several egg cases resembling those of this species. 



"Loch Lomond (near St. John), New Brunswick, 

 October 7, 1920. A. G. Huntsman." Two small 

 specimens, one thickly, one sparsely spotted, and 

 two egg-cases. 



"Pond on fields at Moose Factory, Ontario, 

 July 14-15, 1920. F. Johansen." Three medium 

 sized, sparsely spotted specimens, and two egg- 

 cases. 



"Missinaibi River, Ontario (between Mattice 

 and Opazatika River), June 24, 1920. F. Johan- 

 sen." Two small specimens, with well-developed 

 clitella. One measures 46 mm. long and is thickly 

 blotched, the other 64 mm. and is marked with 

 scattered blotches on a yellowish ground. 

 Dina parva ( Moore i. 



"Ottawa River, near Hull, Quebec, October 13, 

 1918. F. Johansen." Twelve specimens, none 

 exceeding an inch in length. No pigment. Sex 

 pores separated l)y three and one-half annuli. 

 With G. complanata and E. punctata. 



"Lake Deschenes, Ottawa, Ontario, July 10, 



1919, W. K. Bentley." One young specimen 14 

 mm. long. Eyes distinctly four pairs. Obscurely 

 clouded with pigment dorsally, 



"Stream-pool at St. Foye Monument, Quebec 

 City, Quebec, September 19, 1919. F. Johansen." 

 One specimen 15 mm. long, contracted. Nearly 

 uniform grayish, darker above where there appear 

 to be some scattered flecks of pigment. Eyes 

 eight, the first two pairs quite distinct. 



"Catfish Bay, Hull. Quebec, May 16, 1920. 

 F. Johansen." One typical example. 



"Pool at Catfish Bay, Hull, Quebec, May 16, 



1920. F. Johansen." One with the genital 

 orifices separated by only two and one-half 

 annuli. 



"A. N. S. No. 3401, Cataraqui River, Kingston, 

 Ontario, October, 1915. A. B. Klugh." 



This species has not been reported previously 

 from Canada. 



Dina fervida (Verrill;. 



"Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, June 14, 1920. A. H. 

 Leim." A small specimen somewhat doubtfully 

 referred to this species. 



"A. N. S. Nos. 1137-8, Long Point, Ontario, 

 August 18, 1899." 



"A. N. S. No. 1142, Long Point, Ontario, 

 August 21, 1899." 



"A. N. S. Nos. 1139-40, Rondeau Harbor, 

 August 28, 1899." 



"A. N. S. No. 3402, Cataraqui River, Kingston, 

 Ontario, October, 1915. A. B. Klugh." 



Not in the Ottawa collection, nor reported by 

 Miss Ryerson, but abundant in Professor Reigh- 

 ard's Lake Erie collection. 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE PROF. JOHN MACOUN 



To BE Published as a Memorial Volume by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



Member s of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' 

 Club will be pleased to learn that the Club has 

 made arrangements to publish the autobiography 

 of the late Prof. John Macoun, Assistant Director 

 and Naturalist to the Geological Survey of 

 Canada. As the volume will be sold by subscrip- 

 tion it will be necessary to have a sufficient number 

 of subscribers to pay for its publication before 

 the order is given to the publishers Hence, 

 those who desire a copy should notify Mr. Arthur 

 Gibson, Dominion Entomologist and Treasurer of 

 the Macoun Memorial Committee, Birks Building, 

 Ottawa, without delay. The price of the volume, 

 which will be one of between 300 and 400 pages, 

 will be $3.00. Further information will be found 

 in the prospectus which has been sent to each 

 member of the Club. 



This autobiography was written by Prof. 

 Macoun while residing at Sidney, Vancouver 

 Island, B.C., and he was still engaged upon it 

 when the illness which resulted in his death on 

 July 18, 1920, brought it to a close; but he 

 succeeded in bringing the history of his life to 

 within a few years of his death. 



Those who knew Prof. Macoun will not need 

 to be told that his autobiography will have the 

 personality of the writer of it emphasized in it. 

 Prof. Macoun had a style all his own, two of the 

 characteristics being directness and frankness. 



The following brief outhne of Prof. Macoun's 

 work and travels will give some idea of what may 

 be expected in this memorial volume. 



Soon after his arrival in Canada in 1850 he 

 began the study of botany, and in a few yeais 



