. Insects . REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18 VOLUME III: INSECTS INTRODUCTION LIST OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES COLLECTED BY THE EXPEDITION By C GORDON HEWITT. 6881—1 OTTAWA THOMAS MULVEY. PRINTER TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1920 Issued December 10, 1920 INTRODUCTION. 6881—2 INTRODUCTION. Our knowledge of the insect fauna of northern and arctic Canada hashitherto been so meagre, and our collections so lacking in material from thatregion that the invitation given me in 1913 by the Deputy Minister of Minesto prepare a memorandum of instructions concerning the collection of i
. Insects . REPORT OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-18 VOLUME III: INSECTS INTRODUCTION LIST OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES COLLECTED BY THE EXPEDITION By C GORDON HEWITT. 6881—1 OTTAWA THOMAS MULVEY. PRINTER TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1920 Issued December 10, 1920 INTRODUCTION. 6881—2 INTRODUCTION. Our knowledge of the insect fauna of northern and arctic Canada hashitherto been so meagre, and our collections so lacking in material from thatregion that the invitation given me in 1913 by the Deputy Minister of Minesto prepare a memorandum of instructions concerning the collection of insectsby the Canadian Arctic Expedition which was then being organized was morethan welcome, and high hopes were entertained that a rich harvest would sad and untimely death of Mr. James Murray, the marine biologist of theexpedition, following the loss of the Karluk, placed upon the shoulders of Johansen, to whom the entomological work had been assigned, a doubleburden and increased duties and he became responsible for the marine biology inaddition to his botanical and entomological work. The large collections ofmarine and other invertebratesinsects00cana
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