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wealth, but yet utilised only in a small degree compared with 

 its capabilities. To receive the full benefit of these great treasures 

 which Providence has placed within our reach, we need more 

 practical science. We have seen too much of the neglect and 

 loss of valuable minerals and of the deterioration and waste of 

 soils, of the squandering of money on worthless objects, of the 

 neglect of science and its votaries by our public men and our 

 business men. The ignorance of the masses of our population, 

 the want of appreciation of the value of science on the part of 

 capitalists, the paltry sums granted by our government for scien- 

 tific research, the almost entire want of encouragement and sup- 

 port to our scientific schools, these are features of Lower Canadian 

 life saddening to any man who wishes well to his country, dis- 

 couraging to those who have struggled for better things. Let us 

 hope that a brighter time is coming, and that even the little 

 twinkling light which our Natural History Society has sustained 

 amidst the darkness, may be revived and made to shine more 

 brightly in the time to come. 



Although in the morning the clouds looked threatening, the 

 day on the whole was bright aud sunny, with the exception of 

 one or two light showers which fell in the afternoon. A list of 

 the plants met with at this locality has already been published 

 in these pages, and few, if any, additional species were collected 

 on this occasion. The entomologists of the party were, however r 

 more successful, as the following list of insects taken or observed 

 during the day, kindly prepared by Mr. F. B. Caulfield, will 

 testify : 



Coleoptera. 



Cicindela purpurea Oliv. One specimen. 



" sexguttata Fabr. do. 



Pterostichus lucublandus Say. Two specimens. 



Harpalus Pennsylvanicus Degen. Several taken. 



» ? undetermined. Three specimens-. 



Silpha peltata Cates. One specimen. 

 Leistotrophus cingulatus Grav. do. 



Aphodius fossor Fabr. do. 



Geotrupes excrementi Say. do. 



Dichelonycha elongatula Fitch. Several. 



Ancylocheira maculiventris Say. One specimen. 



Telephoens Carol in us Fabr. Several. 



Melandrya striata Say. One specimen, 

 Meloe augusticollis ? Bay. do. 



