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found two box tortoises, those which close their shells ; and 

 saw the Tetrao umbellus. Among the clefts of the rocks, the 

 little Hepaticas were flowering more beautifully than I have 

 ever seen them in England ; they are bright blue, pale blue 

 and white ; I have seen no pink ones. Aquilec/ia Canadensis 

 was also in plenty, just coming into flower. The sides of the 

 creek and the meadows are yellow for yards together, with the 

 yellow dog's-tooth violet, and in other places white, with the 

 beautiful Sangninaria Canadensis. 



" We had a deal of thunder yesterday, which continued most 

 of the night : such thunder and lightning I never witnessed : 

 the lightning was rose-coloured. The rain has caused the 

 woods to put on rather a greener hue ; but, save the willows, 

 not a leaf of any deciduous tree is out : one or two cherry 

 blossoms, and a peach blossom are nearly out, and the 

 apple-trees are budding a little. Besides the plants I have 

 mentioned, I have only seen a Viola, an Anemone, and a 

 Saxifraga, which I do not know ; also a Gnaphalium and 

 a J'araxacum. The sallows are in bloom partially, and 

 yesterday I saw some Vireo {V. olivaceus, I think) catching 

 flies off* them. The wild vines in the woods have stems as 

 large as my arm. 



** Of insects few are out yet : of Lepidoptera none, save 

 Antiopa ; another Vanessa, resembling Urticce, which I could 

 not catch ; we found also one crushed specimen o^ Arclia fuligi- 

 nosa; one Noctua, and two or three Tinece. OfColeoptera we 

 have taken many ; Cicindela, two species ; Carahus, 1 ; Bra- 

 chimes, 1 ; Lebia, 1 ; Cymindis, 1 ; Chlocnius, several ; Pmci- 

 lus, 1 ; Harpalus, several ; Anchomenus, Agonwn, and 

 Bembidimn, several ; and one beautiful thing allied to Carabus^ 

 I have also a Byrrhits ; one or two Aphodii ; three or four 

 Melolojithce ; several Elateres, one allied to E. hcsmorrhoida- 

 lis, by dozens ; Nitidida, one species ; Meligetlies, 1 ; Altica, 

 several ; and among these are several large and beautiful spe- 

 cies, one the form of A. Nemorum, but much larger ; it has a 

 red thorax, and black elytra ; each elytron having a white lon- 

 gitudinal line. The most extraordinary Coleopterous insect I 

 have seen is a thing something like Sepidiinn, but shorter ,• it 

 is heteromerous, covered with tubercles, and the male has two 

 horns on the thorax ; it is rather longer than our biggest Trox, 

 which it a little resembles ; I found one male and two females 



