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Vol. XXXV. 



LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1903. 



No. 



LIST OF CANADIAN COLEOPTERA. 



BY JOHN D. EVANS, TRENTON, ONT. 



The following list has been prepared from collections made in the 

 Northwest Territories of Canada during the seasons of 1879, 18S0 and 

 1 88 1, by Prof. John Macoun, Botanist of the Geological Survey Depart- 

 ment of Canada. 



During the summer of 1879 collecting was done, starting from Fort 

 EUice, thence to the head of Long Lake: thence to the elbow of the South 

 Saskatchewan ; then after crossing the river, in an almost straight line to 

 Battleford ; then south to the Hand Hills, and still south to Blackfoot 

 crossing ; thence west to Calgary, and up the Bow River to the gap in the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



In 1880 collecting commenced at Brandon ; thence to Moose Moun- 

 tains, from there to Moose Jaw ; thence by Swift Current Creek to the 

 Cypress Hills and Fort Waish ; from Fort Walsh to Dunmore, and then 

 towards the South Saskatchewan, and on to Humboldt, on the old north 

 trail, and thence to Fort Ellice. 



In 1 88 1, starting from Portage la Prairie ; thence to Lake Manitoba; 

 then up Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis to its head; then up 

 Red Deer River to its head ; then down Swan River to Livingstone, and 

 across to the Assiniboine at Fort Pelly, and down it to Fort Ellice. 



The first two years were almost wholly on the plains, and collections 

 made largely on mud by pools and in sand hiils. The third year wa« 

 almost wholly by water. 



The species taken during each of these seasons are indicated by the 

 abbreviated figures '79, '80 and '81, respectively. 



An asterisk (*) before the several names indicates a species not here- 

 tofore recorded as having occurred in Canada, in so far as the Society's list 

 and lists appearing subsequently in The Canadian Entomologist are 

 concerned. 



The numbers are those of Henshaw' s List. 



