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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



owing to the fact that the railroad bridge at Duthil had been partially 

 carried away by a freshet in the Bow River, we were compelled to lie at 

 Canmore Station for about twenty-four hours. The delay was rather 

 acceptable to me, as it enabled me to do a little collecting in a region 

 wholly new to me. We reached Vancouver upon the evening of June 

 1,7th, and on the morning of the 19th were courteously permitted by 

 Captain Marshall, and Captain Webber, the Naval Superintendent of the 

 Can. Pac. R. R., to go to Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, where the 

 "Abyssinia" took on her coals. Upon the morning of the 20th, while 

 the " black diamonds " were being poured into the hold of the great ship, 

 I took refuge from the dust and discomfort which prevailed on board, and 

 with the assistance of a couple of Indian lads, spent two hours in collect- 

 ing specimens a few hundreds of yards from where the ship was tied up 

 to the shore. My captures consisted exclusively of Coleoptera. I saw a 

 specimen of Argynnis, and a fine male of Papilio Eurymedon, but neither 

 came within reach of my net, and after giving chase for a moment, I 

 reverted to the more profitable task of gathering the beetles, which 

 appeared to be abundant. The result of my collecting at Canmore and 

 at Nanaimo is given in the accompanying lists. I am indebted, to my 

 good friends, Dr. John Hamilton of Allegheny, and Dr. Geo. H. Horn 

 of Philadelphia, for the determination of the Coleoptera. 



Species Collected at' Canmore, June ijt/i, 188 J. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



i. Papilio zolicaon, Boisd., 1 ex. 9. Chionobas Chryxus, 



2. Co lias var. occidentalis $ 1 n 



3. Thecla Irus, Godt., 4 n 



4. Lycaena autiacis, Bdl., 13 11 



5. ti amyntula, Bdl., 7 11 



6. Phyciodes Montana, Behr., 1 n 



7. Argynnis Prey a, Thnb., 2 n 



8. Erebia Epipsodea, Butl., 1 ex. 



COLEOPTFRA. 



Pterostichus Luczotii, Dej., 1 ex. 4. Acmaeops pratensis, Laich., 3 ex. 



Trichodes omatus, Say, 2 u 5. Saperda trideutata, Oliv., 1 M 



DicJielonycha Backii, 6. Lepyrus gemellus, Kirby, 1 u 

 Kirby, 39 n 



Dbly.-Hew., 1 ex 



10. Nisoniades Icelus, Lint., 3 



11. Heliothis, sp., 2 



12. Rheumaptera, sp., 

 1^. Eupithecia, sp., 

 14. Nephopteryx, sp., 



