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wind- twisted stunted evergreens that mark the timber line, 

 the rest of the v^egetation consists only of low herbs which be- 

 came of less and less height as we ascend until at last we find 

 the flowers blooming almost on the level of the ground from 

 which they emerge — a scanty circlet of leaves, crowned by a 

 stalkless blossom — and the spaces between the boulders are 

 clothed with a flower-studded carpet of vegetation which has 

 the general effect of moss, though really very different. Between 

 timber line and the summit we secured Pterostichus surgenn, 

 Amara hyperborea, Cymindis eribricolKs, Ct/tilus trivittatus, Ap- 

 hodius aleutus, A . phceopterus, A . vittatus and fragments of the 

 before mentioned Carabiis and of Entomoscelis adonidis. 



The lower hills near town were worked for Carabidae by 

 careful search under stones. As a result we got Notiophilus si- 

 biricus, Plerostichus protractus, Pt. luczotii, innumerable Amarw, 

 Calathus ingratus, Cymindis unicolor, G. cnbricollis, Harpalus in- 

 nocuus and H. montanuSf, Incidentally we secured some beetles 

 of other families in the same situations, — (Jytilus trivittatus, 

 Cryptohypnus \abbreoiatus,\C. nocturnus, C tumescens, Graphops 

 varians, Adimonia externa and a species of Macrops. Foliage 

 of the dwarf evergreens on these hills was beaten over an um- 

 brella with results as follows : — Scymnus utilis, one specimen, 

 Athjwi simplex, rather scirce, Podibrus lateralis more abun- 

 dant, Danytes hudsonius, a few, GalUdiiim hirteUum,'d, couple, and 

 Pachybrachys subvittatus, several. On poplars we found a Bi- 

 cerca (tenebrosa f) and numerous Zeugophora abnormis, the lat- 

 ter eating irregular holes in the leaves. Some dead tops of 

 coniferae yielded several MafjdaUs, Plagithmysus muricatidus 

 in plenty, and a specimen of Salpingus virescens. Flower . 

 working and miscellaneous sweeping showed up (besides some 

 commoner things) Goscinojytera vittigera, Trichodes oruatus, Epi- 

 canta pruinosa and EntomosceUs adonidis. Rhynchites bicolor was 

 not uncommon on wild roses. A few pieces of wood and the 

 rubbish accumulated by a former rush of water through a 

 deep ravine, furnished shelter for Peritojcia rugicollis and 8te - 

 phanocleonus cristatus. The insects of the marshes are mostly 

 Staphylinidse, not yet worked out ; however I can name a few 

 beetles from these spots, as follows : — Elaphrus clairvUlei, rare, 

 Tachiniis angustatus, Mycetoporus sp., and an Eryeus which 

 seems to be morio. 



