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46. Haltica bimarginata,$>a.y,23 ex. 53. Anaspis atra,~Lec, Sex. 



47. Phellopsis porcata, Lee, 1 n 54. u rufa, Say, 1 n 



48. Eleodes cordata, Esch., 7 n 55. Eury genius campatiulatus, 



49. Iphthimus serratus,Ma.nn.,s u Lee, 1 n 



50. Platydema Oregonense, 56. Rhynchites bicolor, Fab., 3 n 



Lee, 4 n 57. Amnesia granicollis, Lee., 1 n 



51. Helops pemitens, Lee., 1 n 58. Sciopithes obscurus, Horn, 1 11 



52. Cistela variabilis (var. c) 59. Dorytomus luridus, Mann, 2 n 



Horn, 1 11 60. Orchestes cauus, Horn, 1 « 



While lying in the harbor of Victoria for a few hours, during which I 

 did not have the privilege of going ashore to collect, I climbed to the 

 main-top of the steamer, and while sitting at the cross-trees a specimen 

 of Pachyta liturata, Kirby, came flying toward me and settled on my arm. 

 It was promptly captured and tied in a corner of my handkerchief, and is 

 now embodied in my collection. Numerous specimens of Melanophila 

 longipes also came on board and sought refuge in the seams between the 

 planking of the deck. I caught a dozen or more, and for two days after- 

 wards, when fully six hundred miles off the coast, a stray specimen would 

 now and then turn up upon the spray-swept deck of the vessel. 



The success which attended my efforts to collect at Nanaimo reveals 

 the richness of the locality. I was absent from the steamer about two 

 hours, from 7.30 a.m. until a little before 10 a. m. My collecting was all 

 done in a little clearing made by an Indian for the purpose of planting a 

 few rows of beans and potatoes. The area covered did not exceed 75 

 yards square. The sun was shining brightly, and about the trunks of the 

 freshly fallen fir trees and under their bark the Buprestidse and Elateridas 

 were particularly abundant. It was with pleasure that I recognized Tro- 

 gosita virescens in this high northern latitude, as heretofore it has been 

 represented in my collection mainly by specimens from Florida. Most of 

 the specimens have dark blue elytra, but a few have the typical green. I 

 trust at some future day to be able to explore patiently and thoroughly 

 the length and breadth of Vancouver Island and the coast of British 

 Columbia lying to the East and North. 



