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COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN CANADA. 



[1855. 



Schoolcraft subdivides the Northern American Indians into 

 the four following groups : — 



Iroquois. Algonqtiin. Dacoiah. Appalacliian. 



1. Mohawks. ]. Chippewas. 1. Omakes. 1. Chickasaws. 



2. Oneidas. 2. Ottewas. 2. Oloes. 2. Cherokeea. 



3. Onondagas. 3. Western Algon- 3. Winnebagoes. 

 ^. Cayugas. quins, chiefly 4. lowas. 



5. Senecas. of Lepanee 5. Dacotahs or 



6. Tuscaroras. sub-type. Sioux. 



7. St. Regis tribe. 4. Menomerics. G. Quapaws. 



8. Wyandots. 



9. Senecas and 



Shawnees. 



The traditions associated with spots where the relics of warfare 

 are found, betoken the fell struggle between the Red men of the 

 rival races, wherever existing, are worthy of preservation as re- 

 cords of men and a state of things which have now almost 

 passed away. 



Coleoptera Collected in Canada. 



By William Coopeb, Tokonio. 



\_For authorities and si/nmiyms, see Melsheimer' s Catalogue 

 of the Coleoptera of the United States, published hy the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, Washington.'} 



CICINDELA 



SEXGUTTATA. — Mels. Cat. Green, polished, finely punc- 

 tured. On each elytron there are three white marginal spots, 

 and a small white spot near the centre ; antennae brown at the 

 tips; lip yellow. Toronto; common. Length 0-5. 



PUEPUHEA. — Mels. Cat. Purple-green; margin of elytra 

 golden green : with a white flexuous stripe on each, and a single 

 white dot behind each stripe — white fascia at the apes; 

 thorax, top of head, and legs villous ; lip white. Toronto, not 

 common. Length 0-65. 



DTJODECIMGUTTATA. — Mels. Cat. Purple red ; elytra with 

 a round white dot on the front part : a broad white flexuous 

 stripe in the centre, and behind each stripe another round white 

 dot — white fasciae at the apex. Rare. Length 0-55. 



VULGARIS. — Mels. Cat. Ground color dull , elytra with 

 two white oblique stripes — the first commences on the front 

 angles, covers a small space on the margin, and extends nearly 

 to the suture ; the second from the margin half across the 

 elytra, thence downwards, terminating in an upward curvature, 

 near the suture : two white curved spots at the apex. Toronto, 

 common. Length 0-65. 



PUNCTULATA. — 3Iels. Cat. Body narrow, dark purple, po- 

 lished ; elytra with a longitudinal row of light blue punctures, 

 each side of the su.ture : sometimes they fade ; body beneath 

 green ; legs hairy, long, and slender. Lake Simooe. Length 

 0-45. (Note 1.) 



GALERITA 



JANXis. — 3Iels. Cat. Thorax red or tile color ; elytra 

 azure, finely striate ; antennae villous, black in the middle, the 

 first joint red and long ; head dark brown, nearly as long as the 

 thorax ; eyes shining black ; leg-s colour of thorax. Toronto, 

 very rare — having taken but two specimens in four summers' 

 collecting. Linnfe's Si/stema Naturse says it inhabits Carolina. 

 Probably lat. 44° is its most northern range of distribution. 

 Length 0-75. 



BRACHINUS* 



VIRIDIPENNIS. — Mels. Cat. Head, thorax, legs, and anten- 

 nas red; elytra truncate, azure, with elevated lines near the 

 suture. Toronto peninsula ; London, C.W. Common. L. 0-4. 



CORDICOLLIS. — Mek. Cat. Head, thorax, legs, and antennae 

 red ; elytra blue, with a green tinge. Small. Don valley. L. 0'3. 



CASNONIA 

 PENSYLVANICA. — Mds. Cat. Head rhomboid, black ; thorax 

 long, cylindrical, polished black ; elytra truncate, reddish 

 brown, a black fascia on the centre, thus ~'^, which encom- 

 passes the margin to the apex, in form something like the letter 

 D. Peninsula, opposite Toronto. July. L. 0-26. 



AGONUil 



8-PUNCTATUJi. — Mels. Cat. Dark green bronze ; thorax 

 polished bronze ; elytra with four punctures on each, longitu- 

 dinally arranged, and near the suture. Toronto, — on the 

 margin of rivers; rare. Length 0-3. (Note 2.) 



CUPRIPENNE. — Mels. Cat. Head, thorax, and elytra rich 

 metallic polish. This beautiful carab is common throughout 

 the Province. Size of A. S^unct. L. 0-3. 



CHLCENIUS 



SERICEUS. — Mels. Cat. Thorax polished green ; elytra 

 glossy green. When held in the fingers it disgorges a fetid 

 fluid, which produces a colour on them similar to that from the 

 juice of a fresh butternut. Don valley and Peninsula ; com- 

 mon under stones, &c. Length 0-6. 



TRICOLOR. — Mels. Cat. Head golden, polished ; antenna} 

 and legs ferruginous ; thorax gold bronze, polished, and finely 

 punctured, with a slight groove on the disc, and a curved im- 

 pression on each side of its posterior edges ; elytra dull blue, 

 striate — the strias finely grooved and densely covered with fine 

 silky hairs. Common on the Peninsula. Length 0-5. 



CALOSOMA 



SCRUTATOR. — Mels. Cat. Elytra striate, green ; thorax 

 azure : sometimes violet, with a reflected margin ; edge of elytra 

 golden. 



A large and brilliant beetle, but rarely taken in this 

 neighbourhood. 1 found two dead specimens in July, 1854, 

 in drift on the peninsula. Probably they came down the Nia- 

 gara river, and had been from thence blown across the lake by 

 a south wind. Length 1-2. (Note 3.) 



CALIDUM. — Black ; elytra with raised crenate striae, and 

 marked with a triple row of indented gold or copper dots ; 

 there are four or five copper dots near the scutel ; posterior 

 part of thorax deep, the margin elevated, with a fine longitu- 

 dinal groove on the disc ; antenna reddish at the tips. Taken 

 by Richardson on the borders of Mackenzie and Slave rivers, 

 in lat. 58°— 65° N. Length 1-0. 



FRIGIDUM. — Kirby, N. Z. 4, 19. Black, polished ; thorax 

 margined and finely punctured (not elevated, as in Caliduni), 

 with a fine longitudinal groove in the centre ; elytra striate — ■ 

 the striae finely punctured ; three rows of indented polished 

 dots on each ; no large punctures near the scutel. One living 

 specimen was taken on the Peninsula in July, 1854. L. 0-9. 



* Our American species of Brachinus are of various sizes, but re- 

 semble each other in form and color. The characters by which they 

 are distinguished are very slight. They "possess the singular power 

 of emitting with great force a highly volatile and corrosive liquid, so 

 as to produce a slight explosion." — Lee. 



