474 HISTORY OF 



others. Leuciscus corporalis; fall fish and several other 

 species of chub. Exoglossum maxilingua, Les. ; remarkable 

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

 the lower jaw. Esox reticulatus, Les. ; pike. Belone trun- 

 cata] Les.; green gar. Pimelodus; one or two species of 

 catfish.* Noturus; One species. Salmo fontinalisl Mitchill ; 

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

 and has never been caught so far south as Pennsylvania. Alosa 

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

 ring. Lepisosteus osseus, Lin,; gar*. Anguilla; one or two 

 species of eel. Accipenser; 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. 



"We commence with the Coleopteia, because vre Intend to 

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

 been proper to begin the scries with the Hymenoptera, (inclu- 

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

 of the class. That the attention m.ay be more particularly 

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

 species, such as may be readil}'' recognised : 



Cicindela. This genus stands at the head of our carnivorous 

 insects, and the species may be known by their bright colors, 

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

 the bare ground, and the ease with which they take wing. 



Casnonia Pennsvlvanica has the head and slender thorax 

 black, and rather longer than the rem.ainder of the body. The 

 elytra (wing covers) are yellov/ish, each one with 3 blaek 

 spots; 8-10 of an inch long. 



Galerita Americana; length ^ of an inch, head and thorax 

 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; 



♦These English names arc also applied to certain marine fishes. 



