2 University of Michigan 



Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, who has 

 sent me for study an interesting lot from Alberta, collected by 

 Airs. J. A. Miller, of Edmonton. I am indebted to Mr. \\'. 

 Downes, of Victoria, and to Mr. M. H. Ruhmann, of Vernon, 

 B. C, for their kindness in sending extensive materials, most 

 of which they themselves have collected. Mr. Downes' col- 

 lection is especially valuable for the careful and copious notes 

 accompanying it. providing important ethological data for many 

 species concerning which nothing of the kind has hitherto been 

 published. Special acknowledgement is due my colleagues in 

 Hemipterolog}', Barber, Knight, and Van Duzee, for valued 

 advice in the determination of species on which I felt unable 

 to pass with certainty. 



Most of the localities mentioned in the succeeding list will 

 be found on ordinary maps, but some special information regard- 

 ing them, communicated by Mr. Downes and Mr. Ruhmann, 

 may be of interest. All of the localities on Vancouver Island 

 (indicated '\\ 1.' in the list) lie in the southern part. Saanich 

 District (Dist.) is the term applied to the whole peninsula ex- 

 tending north from Victoria and bounded on the west by 

 Saanich Inlet. Royal Oak, not to be found on some maps, is 

 on the peninsula, about four miles north of Victoria ; here is 

 located a field laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. 

 Air. Downes states of Saanich District, "The same faunal and 

 climatic conditions obtain throughout" (in lift.). Savary Is- 

 land lies to the north of Texada Island, in the Gulf of Georgia. 

 Sea Island is across the Straits of Georgia, somewhat south 

 of the city of Vancouver. Most of the localities on the main- 

 land. Vernon, Lillooet, Kelowna, etc., are in the southern part 

 of Yale-Cariboo District, in the region known as the "upper 

 country," of which Downes writes, "The elevation is about 

 iioo to 1500 feet above sea level, and the climate is very dry 



