2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, 



specimens of Aegialia rufescens under a piece of wood nearly- 

 buried in sand, but not much else of interest occurred, excepting 

 Opisthius Richardsonii, a specimen of which I washed out of the 

 bank. 



Glenora was reached at last, and, through the kindness of the 

 Inspector of Customs, I was soon installed in the building for- 

 merly used as the Custom House. This place was a thriving and 

 busy little town during the days of the gold excitement, but is 

 now almost deserted, except by a few miserable and diseased In- 

 dians who manage to exist on fish and berries, with what little 

 additional food they can procure of the white traders near by. 

 The country here proved very different from what I had seen on 

 the lower river, rising in terraces from the stream, the sides and 

 tops of the benches being covered with a growth of conifers and 

 shrubbery, but not of so imprenetable a character as near the 

 coast. The insects found proved quite different, as a comparison 

 of lists will show. 



Close to the river, under rubbish and drift-wood, were found 

 several species of Nebria in small numbers. N. meiallica, hud- 

 so7tica, Sahlbergi and Mantierheimii, with Opisthius Richardsonii, 

 Bembidiutn planatuni, planiiisculum, striola and lucidum, and 

 Platyrus piceoltis. In damp spots under dung occurred Platy- 

 tethus mnericanus, Tachinus semirtifiis and some Aleocharini. 

 Beneath the bark of a log lying near the water I got a series of 

 Omaliiwi pusillnm, Dryoccetes affaler Bx\d Polygraphus rufipennis. 

 Up on the terrace, where the soil was dry, the fauna was of a dif- 

 ferent character, and here I got Befnbidium monelum, Harpahis 

 caiUiis and rufimanus; under burnt logs a few Cytilus trivitiaius 

 were seen, beneath sound ones I took one example each of Pla- 

 tycerus depressus and Adimonia externa. In fungi, besides a lot 

 of Staphylinidae, I took a few Hallomefius pimdilatiis and Tetra- 

 toma concolor. Beating flowers yielded a few Centorhynchtis and 

 a few single specimens of Leptura subargentata, Buprestis Langn 

 was seen once on the rafters of a cabin. 



Sickness and the advance of the season impelled me to leave 

 after a short stay here, and I took the opportunity offered by the 

 return of the Indians to go back with them. Our return trip 

 was made in short time and with litde labor, having the current 

 and often the wind in our favor, we reached the mouth of the 

 river after only seventeen hours of actual travel. 



