Allied to pontiaria Tayl. in male genitalia bat the numerous teeth along the chitinized costa of the clasper much smaller; the strong excavation of this section found in pontiaria is much reduced in the present species and the membranous portion of the clasper is subequal in length to that of the chitinzed area and not considerably shorter. The whole genitalia are noticeably smaller.

All stages or aphids and many forms of soft bodied insects can be successfully preserved whole in nlicroscopical mounts provided the specimens are prepared according to methods based on suitable technique. Leading works on the subject, notably those by Kingsbury and Johannsen (4), Eltringham (1). Lee (5), and Kennedy (3), deal essentially with principles, formulae, and processes applied mostly to histological studies with some reference to entomological technique.

A large, finely punctate, vittate species having the facies of a giant form of D. griseostriatus (Degeer), and to a lesser degree resembling very large specimens of Hygrotus unguacularis (Crotch). Readily distinguished from the described Nearctic Deronectes by the narrowly separated and nearly parallel metacoxal lines.

A number of species have been described as new from the West since the publication of Mason's revision of the genus Amphorophora (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 67: 1-92, 1925). To make clear the characters and relationships of some of these aphid species, and particularly those which infest berry crops, the present key has been prepared.

During 1944 one of the worst and most widespread grasshopper outbreaks in the history of British Columbia was in progress. From the Bulkley and Nechako Valleys south through the cattle ranges of the Chilcotin, and over the whole of the southern interior and the Kootenays, grasshoppers were present in outbreak numbers. In some areas they had been more numerous in 1943 and were on the decline, while in other sections they were still on the increase, but everywhere they were present in damaging numbers.