THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 109 



It will be seen that the Kansas moth is identical with mine. I have 

 no doubt but that the species is distinct from rubicunda. It is taken at 

 Quebec, and is the only species of the sub-family Ceratocampadae so far 

 known to inhabit that locality. The distribution of this group, as given 

 in Grole's " List " of the Platypterices and other subfamilies of the Bom- 

 bycidae (Nov., 1874) is interesting. All the species extend southward, 

 some as far as Georgia, and some of them also spread into the more 

 southerly parts of Canada. Only one (rubicunda) has heretofore been 

 found in this Province, and that very sparingly. It has only been taken 

 once, I believe, in the latitude of Montreal, and is unknown at Quebec. 

 The new species is probably the most northern representative of the sub- 

 family to which it belongs, and if the Kansas specimens come from the 

 mountainous parts of that State, it would go far to support that sup- 

 position. 



The earlv stages of the insect are as yet unknown, and it is rare in its 

 occurrence at Quebec. 



INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 



COMPILED BY REV. C. J. S. 13ETHUNE, M. A. 



From Kirbys Fauna Borea/i- Americana : Insecta. 



(Continued from Vol. v. i>, 213.) 

 FAMILY CLERIDxE 



332. Necrobia violacea Linn. — Length of body 2 r j lines. Taken 

 abundantly on the journey. 



[244.] Body dark blue, glossy, minutely punctured, rather hairy. 

 Punctures on the head and prothorax nearly confluent and larger than 

 those of the underside of the body ; antennae black, last joint sub- 

 quadrangular : sides of the prothorax obtusangular ; scutellum black ; 

 longer punctures of the anterior half of the elytra arranged in rows, with 

 the interstices minutely punctured; the rows then disappear, and the whole 

 of the apex is indiscriminately and minutely punctured ; legs black with 

 a tint of brown. 



[Taken -in Canada.] 



