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found two box tortoises, those which close their shells ; and 

 saw the Tetrao umbellus. Among the clefts of the rocks, the 

 little Hepaticas were flowering more beautifully than I have 

 ever seen them in England ; they are bright blue, pale blue 

 and white ; I have seen no pink ones. Aquilegia Canadensis 

 was also in plenty, just coming into flower. The sides of the 

 creek and the meadows are yellow for yards together, with the 

 yellow dog's-tooth violet, and in other places white, with the 

 beautiful Sanguinaria Canadensis. 



" We had a deal of thunder yesterday, which continued most 

 of the night : such thunder and lightning I never witnessed : 

 the lightning was rose-coloured. The rain has caused the 

 woods to put on rather a greener hue ; but, save the willows, 

 not a leaf of any deciduous tree is out: one or two cherry 

 blossoms, and a peach blossom are nearly out, and the 

 apple-trees are budding a little. Besides the plants I have 

 mentioned, I have only seen a Viola, an Anemone, and a 

 Saxifraga, which I do not know ; also a Gnaphalium and 

 a Taraxacum. The sallows are in bloom partially, and 

 yesterday I saw some Vireo (V. olivaceus, I think) catching 

 flies off them. The wild vines in the woods have stems as 

 large as my arm. 



" Of insects few are out yet : of Lepidoptera none, save 

 Antiopa ; another Vanessa, resembling Urticce, which I could 

 not catch ; we found also one crushed specimen of Arclia fuligi- 

 nosa; one Noctua, and two or three Tinece. Of Coleoptera we 

 have taken many ; Cicindela, two species ; Carabus, 1 ; Bra- 

 ck i nits, 1; Lebia, 1; Cymindis, 1 ; Chlccnius, several ; Pceci- 

 lus, 1 ; Harpalus, several ; Anchomenus, Agonum, and 

 Bembidium, several ; and one beautiful thing allied to Carabus. 

 I have also a Byrrhus ; one or two Aphodii ; three or four 

 Melolonthce ; several Elateres, one allied to E. hcemorrhoida- 

 lis, by dozens ; Nitidula, one species ; Meligethes, 1 ; Altica, 

 several ; and among these are several large and beautiful spe- 

 cies, one the form of A. Netnorum, but much larger ; it has a 

 red thorax, and black elytra ; each elytron having a white lon- 

 gitudinal line. The most extraordinary Coleopterous insect I 

 have seen is a thing something like Sepidium, but shorter ,• it 

 is heteromerous, covered with tubercles, and the male has two 

 horns on the thorax ; it is rather longer than our biggest Trox, 

 which it a little resembles ; I found one male and two females 



