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The few days left before taking passage back to the States 

 were productive of nothing new, insects being much scarcer 

 than they were a couple of weeks earlier; and on the last day 

 of July I left again for Tacoma. A stop for freight at the 

 Indian village of Metlakahtla or Port Chester gave an oppor- 

 tunity for a little collecting, duly improved; the results being 

 a number of PtcrosticJms validus Dej., and Pt. amethystinus 

 Dej., found under logs, a Batrisus zefhyrinus Casey, Mega- 

 fenthcs stigmosiis Lee, and Anaspis r2tfa Say, the last two on 

 flowers. A few examples of Tac/iinns dehilis Horn, and 

 ^cedms capucimis Grav., were taken under rubbish near the 

 beach. A few hours spent at Hunter's Bay brought to light 

 species of much interest, some of which had not occurred 

 before on the trip. Among them were the rare Scydmcenus 

 biformis Makl., Pcdilof horns acmninaUis Mann., and Tachimts 

 crotchii Horn. From a cedar log a number of Xylote^'us bi- 

 vittatus Kirby, and a very few OmaUmn Icusicolle Makl., were 

 taken, just under the bark. This was the last stop made in 

 Alaska, and Tacoma was reached again on the 8th of August. 



The following list of insects includes all the species of Coleop- 

 tera taken by me in Southern Alaska and the Stikine River 

 Valley of British Columbia. Great pains have been taken to 

 insure correctness of identification and all specimens in any 

 way doubtful have been submitted for examination to some of 

 the best specialists of this country and Europe, whose names 

 will be found on a preceding page. Each locality has been 

 taken up separately, and it will be seen that this mode of 

 recording captures has not entailed a great deal of repetition. 

 Some comparisons of this list with others • are give at the 

 close of the Report. 



