1855.] 



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CLYTUS 



UNDULATUS Say; undatus Kirby. Sai/i Lap. teste Hald. 



Antenna3 10-articulate : a white spot at the base of each ; 

 head black, short and truncate in front; thorax globular, of a 

 soot color, finely granulate on top, with a ring of whitish hairs 

 on the margin in front, and slightly cinereous on each side pos- 

 teriorly ; elytra covered with short hairs of a lighter color than 

 thorax, and marked as follows : — About one line behind each 

 shoulder angle, a white spot forms an arch, and from the region 

 of scutellum a white line occupies the suture, connecting with 

 an oblique branch which crosses from the lateral margin, and 

 from the latter oblique branch two longitudinal lines point pos- 

 teriorly — the outside line joins the margin, the inside one joins 

 the sutural line, enclosing a square spot of the ground color on 

 each side of the suture : the apex is spread apart and margined 

 with white ; anterior legs short, posterior pair long ; body 

 ringed with white. Toronto and Owen Sound, not common. 

 Length ~i\ lines. 



Taken by Sir John Richardson on the shores of the Arctic 

 Sea, mouth of the Mackenzie river. 



FLEXDOSUS Fabr. ; angnlatum'Sakix.; picta Dravj j Harris's 

 Insects, p. 85 ; robinse FoKt. ; ziczac Voet. 



Velvet black; three transverse yellow bands on the head, 

 four on the thorax, and six on the elytra — the tips of which 

 are also edged with yellow ; the 1st and 2d bands on elytra are 

 almost straight, 3rd band forms a V, or, united with the oppo- 

 site one, a W, as in speciosus — the 4tli angled, and runs up- 

 wards on the inner margin towards the scutel, the 5th is broken 

 or interrupted by a longitudinal elevated line, and the 6th is 

 arched, and consists of three little spots; antenna; dark brown; 

 legs rust-red. Varies from 6-lOths to 3-4ths of an inch in 

 length. In September on locust trees, flowers of golden rod, 

 and other flowers. — San-is. 



In September last, I witnessed in a garden in Montreal, in 

 which grew the species of locust attacked by these beautiful 

 beetles — their singular attachment and propensity to destroy 

 the above mentioned ornamental trees — an account of which is 

 truthfully given by Mr. Harris in his Insects Injurious to Ve- 

 getation. 



LEPTURA 



8-NOTATA Say. 



Palpi 4; antenna; 10-artioulate ; head black, wider than 

 thorax — the latter black, polished, narrower anteriorly than 

 posteriorly, much narrower than elytra, and interspersed with 

 yellow hairs ; elytra black, polished, densely punctured and co- 

 vered with yellow hairs : four yellow spots on each elytron, and 

 wider across the shoulders than at the apex — the latter spread 

 apart ; anterior femora; and tibipe black, tarsi with brush-like 

 appendages ; upper section of posterior femora; yellow, poste- 

 rior tibiii; black, and the tarsi yellow ; body beneath, black, po- 

 lished. Toronto, on wild parsnip ; not common. Length 42 lin. 



MELAXDRYA 



STRIATA Say; tJioracica Meh. Pr. Acad. (var. a); hkolor 

 Mcls. Pr. Acad. (var. i). 



Palpi moniliform, 3-articulate, 2nd articulation shortest; an- 

 tenna; 11-articulate, the 2nd basal articulation shortest; head, 

 in the eeutro, as broad as long; thorax almost deltoid in form : 

 finely punctured, with three hollows on top — the central one 

 longitudinal, the marginal ones abbreviated ; scutellum smooth 

 rounded posteriorly ; elytra striate, eight punctured stria; on 

 each elytron. Length 6 lines. Toronto, common. They are 

 generally found in decayed wood. 

 2 



The color of the above is black. Specimens were sent to me 

 from the north-western part of the Province, which are of a 

 dull chestnut color, with red thorax; they may be the varieties 

 cited in Melsheimer's Catalogue. 



The Laying of the Fovmdation-Stone of the Hall of the 

 Canadian Institute. 



On Tuesday, November 14th, His Excellency the Governor- 

 General laid the foundation-stone of the Hall of the Institute, 

 about to be erected on the handsome and extensive building 

 site on Pembroke Street, presented by G. "W. Allan, Esq. 

 The ceremony took place at three o'clock in the afternoon, 

 under most favourable and auspicious circumstances. A guard 

 of honour, of the Enrolled Pensioners, was in attendance with 

 their band. The members of the Institute assembled in Moss 

 Park, whence they marched in procession to the building site, 

 to receive His Excellency the Governor-General. His Excel- 

 lency the Governor-General was attended by the Hon. Inspector- 

 General Cayley, and Aides-de-camp Colonel Irvine and Captain 

 Eetallack. He was received with the usual military salutes, 

 and was conducted by the Council of the Institute to a platform 

 prepared for the purpose. Surrounding the platform on which 

 His Excellency stood, elevated galleries were erected, one on 

 the north for ladies, one on the west for members of the Insti- 

 tute, and one on the south for the Public — all of which were 

 well filled. The ceremonies were commenced by the President 

 of the Institute reading the following Address : — 



To Ms Excellency Sir Edmtmcl WalJtcr Head, Baronet, 



Governor General of Britisli North America, <ix. &c. cfce. 

 Mat it please your Excellency: — 



We, the President, Council and Members of the Canadian 

 Institute of Upper Canada, beg leave to renew the assurances 

 of our devoted loyalty to Her Majesty, and to express to your 

 Excellency the high gratification with which we see in the 

 representative of our gracious Sovereign, one who, by the 

 distinction achieved by him as member of the most ancient 

 University in the empire, has given the best evidence of his 

 personal interest in the cause of learning. 



Permit us on this the first occasion of our unitedly addressing 

 your Excellency, most respectfully to offer to you our cordial 

 welcome to the capital of Upper Canada, and to express to you 

 the satisfaction with which we are animated by the assurance, 

 that, while your wisdom and experience will guide you in those 

 responsible administrative duties which lie beyond the sphere 

 of our objects, your distinguished academical career furnishes 

 guarantee for your generous sympathy and encouragement in 

 all that relates to the progress of those objects for the promotion 

 of which we are associated together. 



The Canadian Institute, founded in the year 1S49, and 

 incorporated by Imperial charter in 1851, has been established 

 for the encouragement of learning and the developement of 



