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Kaslo Creek, June 18 and jo. On these dates Mr. Caudell 

 and I made trips by the Kaslo & Slocan Railway to points re 

 spectively sixteen and ten miles west of Kaslo. Specimens col 

 lected at these points bear the label "Kaslo Creek" for want of 

 a more definite locality. The railroad follows up the creek 

 which, in many places, is lined with pools of standing water af 

 fording an abundance of Culicid and caddisfly larvae and other 

 aquatic insects. On these trips we secured specimens of the 

 enormous predaceous Culicid larva Eucorethra zinderivoodi Un 

 derwood. At the time we thought they were something new, but 

 on returning to Kaslo found that Dr. Dyar had taken smaller 

 specimens of the same larva near Kaslo some time before and 

 had them in a breeding jar in the hotel. The rank growth of 

 grass and weeds made good sweeping, and we obtained a num 

 ber of the delicate little mayflies which were hovering in undu 

 lating swarms above the railroad track. On June 30, at the ten- 

 mile locality, I secured a specimen of the rare and interesting 

 aquatic beetle Amphizoa among drift wood in the creek. On 

 returning from one of these trips we discovered that holding a 

 net out of the window of the moving train was an easy and pro 

 fitable method of sweeping. 



Lardo {altitude i,6jO feet}, July 7- This town is situated 

 at the north end of Kootenay Lake about twenty miles from 

 Kaslo. Dr. Dyar visited the place on the afternoon of July 7 

 and secured a few insects. 



Antoine Mine, McGuigan {altitude about 10,000 feet}. 

 This mine 1 is located in what is known as the McGuigan Basin, 

 in the mountains south of McGuigan a station on the Kaslo & 

 Slocan Railway about twenty-five miles west of Kaslo. Mr. 

 Cockle had planned an excursion to this locality for August, but 

 rainy weather necessitated giving it up. Nevertheless, Mr. An 

 derson of the Antoine Mine, who had kindly invited us to come 

 there, collected a few specimens for us. 



Frye Creek {altitude 1 ,6jO feet}, July 23 . The mouth of 

 this creek, about nine miles north of Kaslo on the east side of 

 the lake, is a favorite camping and picnic ground, and we took 

 advantage of a Sunday-school excursion to visit the place. There 

 is quite a stretch of sandy beach here and huckleberries are plen- 

 ti-ful hence its popularity. The scenery in Frye Creek canyon 

 is very wild and beautiful. An excellent trail has been con 

 structed through it' for several miles giving a good opportunity of 

 viewing its beauties and collecting insects. The collecting at 

 this place pleased Mr. Caudell so well that he wandered far up 

 the canyon, and when the excursion steamboat was ready to re 

 turn to Kaslo he was nowhere to be found. After a half hour's 

 waiting we were rewarded by seeing him saunter up serene and 



