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ofTemagami the paucity of insect life, and notably of Orthoplera, was 

 somewhat surprising to one who had never been in a large tract of such 

 country before. One does not expect to find many Orthoptera in a dense 

 northern forest, but not only were tlfe deep woods utterly devoid of them, 

 but even the clearings and open bushy hillsides, such as support multitudes 

 of locusts in a more open country, would generally yield only a few Mel. 

 atlanis, femurrubrum and islandicus, and Camnula pcllucida. 



The only stations on our route where the common campestral species 

 were found in abundance were the fields and pastures about the village on 

 Bear Island, and in a less degree the clearing on Temagarni Island, where 

 the Temagarni Inn stands. ( )n Bear Islam', for instance, Mel. bivittatus, 

 femurrubrum and atlanis, Dissosteira Carolina, Camnula pclluc'nla, 

 Gryllus Pennsylvanicus and Nemobius fasciatus were all found in their 

 usual abundance, but, strange to say, Stenobothrus curtipennis, Mecostethus 

 gracilis and Mel. extremus were not taken here nor anywhere in the 

 district. The absence of the first-named abundant and widespread species 

 is particularly surprising. 



Even the open marshes were extremely unproductive of Orthoptera, 

 for they usually support a growth composed largely of horse-tails 

 ( Equisetum fluviatile), and sedges, especially the coarse species, 

 Dulichium arundinaceum, with but very few grasses. A few Jfecostetl/us 

 lineatus in favourable spots, Scudderia pistillata and an occasional Mel. 

 bivittatus, femur rubrum or Xiphidion fasciatum seem to be about the 

 only species which inhabit these swamps. 



The Sphagnum bogs are likewise almost barren of Orthoptera, and 

 when covered with Ericaceous shrubs, such as Dwarf Cassandra, 

 Andromeda, Sheep-laurel, etc., the only species likely to be met with 

 is Scudderia pistillata. 



In general it may be said that the Temagarni fauna, in addition to its 

 striking poverty in both species and individuals, differs from that of Fort 

 William and Nipigon chiefly in the absence of most of the western types 

 and certain other species which are common there, and in the presence 

 of the three common ground-crickets, Gryllus Pennsylvanicus, Nemobius 

 fasciatus and A r . Carolinus. 



(To be continued.) 



