NATURAL HISTORY.— INSECTS 



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Melanophila longipes Say. 



Fort Smith. Has a wide northern and montane distribution 

 in the United States and Canada. 



LAMPYRIDiE. 



Ellychnia corrusca Linn. 



Grand Rapids. Common in Canada and most of the United 

 States east of the Rocky Mountains. 



CERAMBYCID.E. 



Merium proteum Kirby. 



Fort Smith. Also occurs in Alaska, British Columbia, Can- 

 ada, and our northern states. 



Xylotrechus undulatus Say. 



Grand Rapids. More or less abundant in British Columbia, 

 Canada, and our northern states generally. 



Leptura sexmaculata Linn. 



Fort Smith. Reported also from Europe and Siberia, Can- 

 ada, the Rocky Mountains, and several of our northern states. 



Monohammus scutellatus Say. 

 Fort Smith. 



Monohammus confusor Kirby. 



Grand Rapids. Both of these are characteristic of the great 

 belt of coniferous forests and its southern extension. 



CHRYSOMELID/E. 



Chrysomela multipunctata Say. 

 Fort Smith. 



Galerucella nymphaeae Linn. 



Slave Lake. 



Haltica ignita ///. 



Fort Rae, All of these Chrysomelidae are of wide distribu- 

 tion and common far to the southward of the localities in which 

 they were taken. 



