o4 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE ENTOMOLOGY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. 



NOTES ON SEVENTY-SIX SPECIES OF CICINDELID^ AND CARABID^ 

 COLLECTED NEAH VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND. 



BY GEORGE \V. TAYLOR, VICTORIA, B C. 



The beetles enumerated below were all taken by myself in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Victoria, Vancouver Island, during the past few seasons. 

 Some of the larger species, especially the Colosomas, were captured under 

 heaps of rubbish in my garden. The species of Omus and Cychrus and 

 many others were found while searching for land shells under oak logs in 

 the woods. Very many kinds too were found under stones, also during 

 search for shells, while most of the rarer kinds were taken, accidentally I 

 might say, while flying in the sunshine. 



The number of specimens of Carabidac that could be collected here 

 is very large, individuals being in fact far more numerous than I have 

 ever seen them anywhere else, and I feel confident that a season's careful 

 working would almost double my present list of species. 



A large number (40 out of 78) of those I now record are new to the 

 Canadian fauna, that is, as far as my knowledge of the same (which is 

 based upon the Toronto Check List) goes^ and some of these additions 

 are very interesting ones. 



The correctness of the determinations is, I think, beyond question, 

 all the types (except in the case of eleven species) having passed 

 through the hands of Mr. Ulke, of New York, who has been most kind 

 and obliging in this matter. The remaining eleven species have been 

 named for me by Dr. Horn, through the kind mediation of Mr. W. H. 

 Harrington, of Ottawa. I have added to the list two species taken on the 

 mainland of British Columbia by Mr. James Fletcher (of Ottawa) in 

 1883, and very generously given to me. 



CICINDELIDyE. 



1. Cicmdela vulgaris Say, var. Not uncommon, but much less frequent 



than the next species. 



2. Cicindela 12-guttata Dej. The variety Oregona Lee. is the form 



occurring here. It is very common indeed, especially by the sea- 

 side. I have another species of Cicindela not yet identified. 



