INSECTS 



Class HEXAPODA. 



THE insects. 1 collected on this expedition are comparatively 

 few in number, in consequence of the time being fully taken 

 up with more conspicuous forms of life. Aside from a locust 

 {Melarwplus bivittatus Say), an humble-bee, a Phryganeid and a 

 small fly (Dilophus), all from Grand Rapids, they belong to the 

 orders Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, and in general represent 

 species which are characteristic of or common in the pine-cov- 

 ered regions of Canada and the country of the Great Lakes; 

 some of them indeed extending even far to the southward of 

 the Canadian boundary. 



Order LEPIDOPTERA. 



NYMPHALID^E. 



Vanessa antiopa Linn. Mourning Cloak. 



Several specimens of this species, which is common to both of 



the northern continents, were obtained at Fort Rae in August 



Vanessa milberti Gdt. Milbert's Butterfly. 



Fort Rae, August 12th. 



SATURNID^E. 



Attacus cecropia Linn. Cecropia Moth. 



One specimen, Fort Rae, August 12th. 



Order COLEOPTERA. 



CARABIDiE. 



Trachypachys inermis Mots. 



Slave Lake, one specimen. This species is widely distributed 

 in North America, through the northern and mountain regions. 



1 Report furnished by H. F. Wickham. 

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