14 Mr. T. Tatum on two new species of Carabus /rom Asia. 



Milium pungens of Torrey. Asplenium melanocaulon closely re- 

 sembling our A. trichomanes occurred here, and at several other 

 places in crevices of the rocks. 



Kingston Mills, the last station on the canal to which I re- 

 ferred, was not examined at all at this time, but as during a 

 subsequent residence at Kingston in 1845-6, I had frequent 

 opportunities of collecting in that neighbourhood, I mention the 

 more interesting results here to render the account of the district 

 more complete. At Kingston Mills the canal is carried through 

 a deep glen, surrounded by rounded hills of granite protruding 

 through the limestone strata, and then unites with the Cataragui 

 river, a broad, sluggish stream with extensive marshy banks which 

 bear a profusion of Acorus Calamus. 



On one of the southern declivities of the granite with a very 

 scanty covering of soil, the Corydalis glauca reappears in great 

 profusion and beauty, accompanied by Silene antirrhina, Aspi- 

 dium rufidulum and Polygonum cilinode, a remarkable species 

 sending long runners to a distance of ten or twelve feet over the 

 rocks. Arabis hirsuta, Lepidium ruderale and Turritis stricta 

 were found more sparingly in the same situation. In the damp 

 valley itself, among the under brush composed of Lonicera and 

 Ribes prostratum, Cornus canadensis with Anoplon biflorum made 

 their appearance. The latter, the Orobanche uniflora of older 

 authors, occurs very sparingly ; and of another uncommon spe- 

 cies, the Ranunculus fascicularis, I only observed one small 

 patch. 



From this catalogue it will be observed that the vegetation of 

 this district (which lies in about 76° W. longitude and between 

 44° and 45° N. lat.) resembles much more that of the lower or 

 eastern than of the upper section of the province ; and the rarity 

 as well as the poor appearance of the Podophyllum peltatum and 

 Zanthoxylon americanum, when they do occur — species abundant 

 in Western Canada — show that they nearly reach their northern 

 and eastern limit at the Bideau Canal. 



IV. — Description of two new species of Carabus from Asia. 

 By T. Tatum, Esq. 



Carabus lithariophorus. 



Entirely of a bright jet-black. Head rather large and smooth, 

 with two deep indentations between the antennae. Palpi with the 

 extreme joints strongly securiform. Antenna long and tapering, 

 the last seven joints of a rusty brown colour. Thorax broad, 

 rather flat and smooth except near the lateral and posterior mar- 



