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sued. It is to be greatly hoped that Dr. Hancock will, in a 

 promised supplement to his otherwise valuable monograph, 

 revise his tables and present them in the ordinary form. 



Among the rarer species of Orthoptera taken by us in 

 British Columbia may be mentioned Podisma polita and Ceutho- 

 philus hcnshaici. The former was taken on the Kitchener 

 Glacier on Mt. Kokanee on August loth. C. henshawi was 

 taken in numbers at sugar at Kaslo during the months of 

 June, July and August. They came out after dark, and after 

 eating of the mixture of beer, rum, molasses and sugar until 

 they were stupid, fell an easy prey. These ''drunken ceu- 

 thops," as Mr. Curris and I facetiously nicknamed them, were 

 so numerous at sugar that several dozens might have been 

 taken in one evening. Though so much in evidence at night 

 I saw few during the day time, in fact I saw no more than 

 half a dozen specimens during the many days of diligent 

 search spent in that region. This remarkable species seems 

 worthy of generic distinction. 



Cyphoderris monstrosa was also a much prized capture. An 

 immature, but almost full grown, female specimen of this 

 rather interesting species was found by Dr. Dyar at Ains- 

 worth. It was found floundering about in a wagon track on a 

 damp mountain trail. This specimen agrees with the adult, 

 a specimen of which was kindly presented by Dr. Fletcher, 

 except that the wing pads are still smaller and the pronotum 

 does not extend back so far over the basal segment of the 

 abdomen. This immature specimen was taken on July loth, 

 and the adult given me by Dr. Fletcher, was taken at Banff, 

 Alberta, on August 8th. 



Cockroaches thrive in British Columbia as they do almost 

 everywhere. The common species there seems to be the Ger- 

 man roach or croton bug, Blattella gcnnaiiicu. They are in 

 every thing, even the food. On this trip I had them served 

 to me in three different styles, alive in strawberries, a la carte 

 with fried fish and baked in biscuit. In justice to our amiable 

 host of the Kaslo Hotel, where we stayed most of the time, 

 be it said that these little appreciated delicacies were not served 

 at his table. 



