142 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



it becomes a chrysalis, from which the butterfly appears, to commence afresh 

 the circle of existence. In all probability our other two species belonging to 

 this family — Boisduvalii and Nephele — have a similar history although they 

 appear later in the season. 



INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA, 



COMPILED BY THE EDITOR, 



From Kirovs Fauna Boreali-Americana : Insecta. 



(Continued from page 110. J 



51. Amara vulgaris, Latr. — Length of body 4 to 4i lines. Many 

 specimens taken in lat. 65°, and in the Rocky Mountains. 



Body black, glossy; above black-bronzed. Scape of the antennae piceous; 

 inner lobe of the maxillae, and first joint of the outer palpi, testaceous; 

 basilar impressions of the prothorax double, deepish, impunctured, the exter- 

 nal one oblique; channel abbreviated anteriorly, with a punctiform impres- 

 sion beyond the middle : furrows of the elytra lightly drawn, indistinctly 

 punctured; apex subacuminate or suddenly narrowed: legs black, with the 

 hairs, spurs and claws testaceous. 



Variety B. Bright, bronzed with a cupreous tint. 

 C. Wholly black. 



[An European species, unknown to Dr. LeConte. Stated by Mr. William 

 Couper — but probably erroneously — to be common at Toronto. — Can. Jour. 

 1855, p. 256.] 



[39] 52. Amara in^qualis, Kirby. — Length of body 4 lines. Several 

 taken in lat. 54°. 



Very like A. vulgaris, but the two first joints of the antennae are rufous; 

 the basilar impressions of the prothorax are not so deep; and the interstices 

 of the furrows of the elytra are convex and uneven : in other respects there 

 is little difference between them. [Previously described as A. interst it talis, 

 Dej. ; taken, according to Dr. LeConte {Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., June, 

 1855, p. 353), on Lake Superior, at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River, and in 

 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Also found at Grimsby, and other 

 places in Ontario.] 



53. Amara impuncticollis, Say. — Taken in lat. 54°. [Common in 

 Canada; for description vide Say's Ent. Works, ii. 463.] 



54. Amara pallipes, Kirby. — Length of body 3 lines. Only one speci- 

 men taken. 



Body glossy; underside, mandibles, coxae and tarsi piceous; upperside 

 bronzed. Three first joints of the antennas rufous; frontal impressions very 



