bushes that occurred within the space of a hun- 

 dred yards, every spray of which was burdened 

 with their numbers. After passing this limited 

 district, not an individual was seen during the 

 remainder of our journey. On the recent expe- 

 dition of the same officer to the river St. Peter, 

 I obtained but a single specimen, which was 

 found one evening at an encampment in the 

 North West Territory. 



The upper left figure, natural size. 



LYTTA ALBIDA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black, covered with dense whitish hair 



SYNONYM. 



L. Albida. Nobis. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, 

 vol. iii. p. 305. 



PLATE III. 



