. The Canadian field-naturalist. 28 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XLIV NOTES ON THE NORTHERN SCORPION, VAEJOVIS BOREUS GIRARD, IN BRITISH COLUMBIA By T. B. KURATA Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto D URING the summer of 1928 the writer had the opportunity of collecting speci- mens of the small northern scorpion, Vaejovis boreus Girard, in southern British Columbia and made a few observations upon its habits which may be worth recording. Vaejovis boreus is widely distributed in the western United States and ranges northward into the drier parts of southern British Colum- bia and Alb
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 28 The Canadian Field-Naturalist [Vol. XLIV NOTES ON THE NORTHERN SCORPION, VAEJOVIS BOREUS GIRARD, IN BRITISH COLUMBIA By T. B. KURATA Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, Toronto D URING the summer of 1928 the writer had the opportunity of collecting speci- mens of the small northern scorpion, Vaejovis boreus Girard, in southern British Columbia and made a few observations upon its habits which may be worth recording. Vaejovis boreus is widely distributed in the western United States and ranges northward into the drier parts of southern British Colum- bia and Alberta. Ewing ('28)i records it from Arizona, Nebraska, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and North Dakota ("Bad Lands"), and Essig ('26)2 Hgts it also from California, Nevada, Utah and Washington The earliest record of scorpions in Canada is that of Anderson ('01)^, who found them at Keremeos, in the Okanagan district of British Columbia. The species is not named but was doubtless the same as ours, no other species being found nearly so far north. It has also been reported from thte vicinity of Medicine Hat, Alberta by Chamberlain ('24)^. To these may be added the following Canadian records:— Little Sandhill Creek, Red Deer, Alberta; 1 specimen collected by C. M. Sternberg (Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology). Near Iddlesleigh, Red Deer River, Alberta; Aug. 25, 1919; 1 specimen, V. R. Summerhayes (Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology). Medicine Hat, Alberta; 2 large and 1 small specimen. Miss J. M. Gondie (National Collec- tion, Ottawa). Turner Valley, 35 miles southwest of Calgary, Alberta, 1925; Dr. George Hume. Summerland, , July 3-24, 1928, numerous specimens, T. B. Kurata and E. B. S. Logier. On June 29th, in company with Professor J. R. Dymond and C. Mottley of the Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, and Mr. E. B. S. Logier of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, I arrived at Summerland,. which is on the west side of Okanagan Lake, about ten
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