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others. Leiicisciis corporalis; fall fish and several other 

 species of chub. Exoglossuni maxilingiia, Les. ; remarkable 

 for the manner in which tlic tongue projects, to form part of 

 the lower jaw. Esox rcticulatus, Les.; pike. Belonc trun- 

 catal Les.; green gar. Pimelodus; one or two species of 

 catfish.* Noturus; one species. Salmu fonlinalisl Mitchill ; 

 trout. The fish properly called salmon belongs to this genus, 

 and has nevei been caught so farsouth as Pennsylvania. Alosa 

 sapidissima, Wilson; shad. Clupea vernalis, Mitchill; her- 

 ring. Lcpisostcus osscus, Liu.; gar*. Anguilla ; one or two 

 species of eel. Accipenscr; one species of sturgeon, Pe- 

 tromyzon Americanus, Les,; lampereel. Bdellostoma nigri- 

 cans, Les. ; found attached to the shad. Ammocoetes bicolor, 

 Les. ; lives under sand and mud. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Wc commence with the Coleopleia, because we intend to 

 say but little on the remaining orders, otiierwise it would have 

 been proper to begin the series with the Uymenoptera, (inclu- 

 ding bees, ants, wasps, &:c.) which appear to stand at the head 

 of the class. That the attention may be more particularly 

 called to the insects themselves, wc add a few notes on twenty 

 species, such as may be readily recognised : 



Cicindela. This genus stands at the head of our carniverous 

 in-gects, and the species may be known by their bright colors, 

 strong jaws, long legs, the activity with whicii they run upon 

 the bare ground, and the ease with w iiich they take wing. 



Casnonia rennsylvariica has the head and slender thorax 

 black, and rather longer than the remainder of the body. The 

 elytra (wing covers) arc yellowish, each one with 3 black 

 .spots; 3-10 of an inch long. 



Galerita Americana; length J of an inch, head ;.iul tliora.x 

 slender, the former black, the latter, with the legs yellowish 

 brown, elytra blue-black. 



Brachinus fumans, half an inch long, greatly resembling the 

 preceding, but the head is of the same color as the elytra; 



•Tlica: Eijslisli ramcs arc also npjilicd to ccrtjun mctinc fifihcs. 



