THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 267 



NOTES ON SOME COLEOPTERA OF THE OKA'nAGAN 



VALLEY. 



BY E. P. VENARLES, VERNON, B.C. 



In preparing the following list, I am fully aware that many 

 of the observations and records may not be new. But as some 

 years have been spent by the writer in collecting and recording, as 

 opportunity has offered, insects of the Vernon district, there will 

 no doubt be found among the species given some records of interest 

 from the standpoint of geographical distribution. The Okanagan 

 Valley, at Vernon, has an elevation of 1250 feet and it is at this point 

 that all the material has been taken. Vernon is situated in what 

 is known as the dry belt of B.C. 



The summers are, as a rule, somewhat dry and irrigation is 

 a necessity. During March and April there is, as a general rule, 

 no rain to speak of beyond a few showers, and the months of May 

 and June are what may be called in this district the wet months. 

 From the middle of June to the middle of September the weather 

 is very warm and bright. The snowfall begins at the end of No- 

 vember, and there is in most seasons a foot or more on the ground, 

 which does not disappear until early in March. 



The dates when given are those oil the labels of the specimens 

 and are not meant to show the period of activity of the species. 

 This can, of course, only be done after many seasons of careful 

 observation and accurate note-keeping. 



I have not worked to any extent in the Carabida?; hence the 

 small number of species given. It is hoped to present lists of other 

 families from time to time. 



CiCINDELID.E. 



Cicindela longilahris Say.— IV. 04, V. 05, VIII. 08. 

 purpurea Oliv. — Rare, I. IV. 04. 

 vulgaris Say. — Very common in sandy places. 

 oregona Lee. — Another abundant species found on the 



shores of Long Lake. 

 imperfecta Lee. — Not commonly observed, V. 04. 



Carabid/E. 

 Cychrus marginatus Fisch. — -Found in rotten stumps, fairly numer- 

 ous. 

 angiisticollis Fisch. — Only one specimen. 



August, 1913 



