ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, 



specimens of Aegialia rufescens under a piece of wood nearly 

 buried in sand, but not much else of interest occurred, excepting 

 Opisthius Richardsonii, a specimen of which I washed out of the 

 bank. 



Glenora was reached at last, and, through the kindness of the 

 Inspector of Customs, I was soon installed in the building for- 

 merly used as the Custom House. This place was a thriving and 

 busy little town during the days of the gold excitement, but is 

 now almost deserted, except by a few miserable and diseased In- 

 dians who manage to exist on fish and berries, with what little 

 additional food they can procure of the white traders near by. 

 The country here proved very different from what I had seen on 

 the lower river, rising in terraces from the stream, the sides and 

 tops of the benches being covered with a growth of conifers and 

 shrubbery, but not of so imprenetable a character as near the 

 coast. The insects found proved quite different, as a comparison 

 of lists will show. 



Close to the river, under rubbish and drift-wood, were found 

 several species of Ne.bria in -small numbers. N. metallica, hud- 

 sonica, Sahlbergi and Manner heimii, with Opisthius Richardsonii, 

 Bembidium planatum, planiuscuhim, striola and lucidum, and 

 Platyrus piceolus. In damp spots under dung occurred Platy- 

 tcthus americanus, Tachinus semirufus and some Aleocharini. 

 Beneath the bark of a log lying near the water I got a series of 

 Omalium pusilhtm, Dryocoetesaffaler2C&& Polygraphus rufipennis. 

 Up on the terrace, where the soil was dry, the fauna was of a dif- 

 ferent character, and here I got Bembidium monelum, Harpalus 

 cautus and rujimanus; under burnt logs a few Cytilus trivittatus 

 were seen, beneath sound ones I took one example each of Pla- 

 tycerus depressus and Adimonia externa. In fungi, besides a lot 

 of Staphylinidae, I took a few Hallomemis punctilatus and Tetra- 

 toma concolor. Beating flowers yielded a few Centorhynchus and 

 a few single specimens of Leptura subargentata, Bnprestis Langii 

 was seen once on the rafters of a cabin. 



Sickness and the advance of the season impelled me to leave 

 after a short stay here, and I took the opportunity offered by the 

 return of the Indians to go back with them. Our return trip 

 was made in short time and with little labor, having the current 

 and often the wind in our favor, we reached the mouth of the 

 river after only seventeen hours of actual travel. 



