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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. Bclone trun- 

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

 catfish.* Nolurus; one species. Salmu fontinalis I Mitchill ; 

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

 and has never been caught so farsouth 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. Ammocoites bicolor, 

 Les. ; lives under sand and mud. 



COLEOPTERA. 



We commence with the Coleoptcia, because we intend to 

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

 been proper tj begin the series with the Hymenontera, (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, we add a few notes on twenty 

 species, such as may be readily 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 leg?, the activity with which they run upon 

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



Casnonia Pennsylvanica has the head and slender thorax 

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

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

 spots; 3-lU of an incli long. 



Galerita Americana; length i 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; 



*ThcBC English r.aracs arc alto applitd to certain marine fishes. 



