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Syneta ferruginea, Germ. 



Pachybrachys femoratus, Oliv.* 



Adoxus vitis, Linn. 

 Tenebrionldce : — Iphthinus serratus, Mann. 



Phellopsis obcordata, Lee. 

 MelandryidcB : — AUopoda lutea, Hald.* 



Phryganophilus collaris, Lee. 



MordelUdce : — Aiiaspis atra, Lee. * 



Mordella acutellaris, Fab. 

 (EdemeridcR : — Ditylus ccBruleus, Rand. 

 Pythidce : — Pytho niger, Kirb. 

 Otiorhynchidce : — Evotus naso, Lee. 



Scythropiis elegans, Coup. 

 Rhynchitidce : — Rhynchites bicolor, Fabr. 

 Cureulionidce : — -AnthonomoiTS musculus, Say. 

 Scolytidce. : — Dendroctonus terebrans, Oliv. 



INDIAN" LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN MANL 



TOBA, NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES AND 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Dr. Rae in a lecture delivered at the London Institution stated 

 that in the Northern part of Canada there were five hundred different 

 Indian languages, divisible into seventy-five ethnical groups. 



I am unable from my reading 'and observation to corroborate this 

 statement, but give the results of my studies and experience in the 

 following notes. 



I. List of Languages in Manitoba, Keewatin and North-West 

 Territories. 



1. The Sioux Language — A small band of these Indians is 

 located near Portage la Prairie 



2. The Stony Language — This is a dialect of the Assiniboine 

 or Dakotah Indians. They are located at Morley, on the C.P.R. 

 forty miles west of Calgary and on a reserve near Edmonton. 



3. Ojibway Language — Some of these Indians may be found 

 around Lake Superior. 



4. The Saulteaux Language — This is a dialect of the Ojibway. 

 These Indians ai-e to be found in the vicinity of Hudson's Bay and 

 near Norway House. 



