l^Frotn the " Canadian Untomoloffitt."'] 



INSECTS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERICA. 



COMPILED BY THE REY, C. J. S. BETHF\E, 



Editor of the "CaiuyAutn Efitomoloji.-ii." 



From " Kirby^s Fauna Boreali-Americana : Imecta.'"'' 



I.—COLEOPTERA. 



For ten years we have been tr) %, and trying in vain, both in England 

 and America, to obtain a copy of Kirby's descriptions of the insects of the 

 Northern parts of British America, contained in the fourth volume of Richard- 

 son's Fauna Boreali-Americana, published at Norwich in 1837. Many of 

 our friends have been making similar attempts, and always with the like ill- 

 success. We have had, however, occasional access to a copy in the library of 

 the University of Toronto, which, with the exception of one in the library 

 of Parliament at Ottawa, is the only copy we know of in Canada. By the 

 kindness of Prof. Croft we have obtained a loan of the copy belonging to the 

 University, and, with the full approbation of many of our friends and corres- 

 pondents, we now propose re-publishing from it in the pages of the Canadian 

 Entomologist, Kirby's descriptions of new species and such other matter as 

 may be deemed of special value or interest. As the work consists of upwards 

 of 300 quarto, pages, it will be necessary for us to omit almost everything 

 except the descriptions of species that cannot be obtained elsewhere, in order 

 to accomplish the republication within a reasonable time, and without tres- 

 passiug too much upon our limited space. Though we shall thus depart a 

 little from the expressed intention of only publishing original matter in this 

 Journal, we feel assured that all our readers will be pleased to have brought 

 before them descriptions of Canadian insects to which they can hardly other- 

 'wise obtain access. For convenience of reference, the paging of the original 

 work, and any notes we may add, will be enclosed in square brackets. 



[8] Family CicindeliduEv 



* Labrum untdenlate. 



1. CiciNDKLA HiRTicoLLis, Sai/. — Locality not stated. [For description, 

 vide Say'a Ent. ii. 423.] 



[9] 2. CiciNDKLA RBPANDA, De Jean. — Locality not stated. 



Very like the preceding species, but the labrum is shorter and less promi- 

 nent in the middle ; the lateral margin of the elytra is not continuously white ; 



