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whence it diminishes very slightly and gradually towards 

 the extremities, near the anterior extremity it is more ra- 

 pidly attenuated ; colour black or fuscous with irregular 

 whitish or light coloured spots ; beneath pale, generally im- 

 maculate, but sometimes with confluent black spots ; the 

 ocular points are placed in a regularly curved line. 



Length when at rest about two inches and a half. 



This, and the preceding, are both large species, but the 

 present is by far more abundant in the same situations, 

 where they may be observed, many at a view, adhering to 

 rocks, or swimming in their undulating manner. 



4. H. decora. Body livid with a dorsal series of twenty- 

 two small red dots, and a lateral series of the same number 

 of black dots of a similar size; a transverse line of ocular 

 points in close order before ; on each side of which, and at 

 a short distance from them and from each other, are two 

 points of the same kind ; beneath fulvous with a few black 

 spots. 



This species is much smaller than either of the preced- 

 ing and is comparatively rare. It occurred in Vermilion 

 Lake. 



E. CLASS mSECTA. 

 ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



CICINDELA, Linn. Latr. 



1. C. longilabris. Blackish; elytra spotted and banded 

 with white ; labrum long. 



Inhabits North-west Territory. 



Head and thorax slightly tinged with greenish; an- 



