. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ⢠t regions; e north- iisappear itain, jukI vet been IS, that in species of B, lineata nada and IS lat.
. An historical and descriptive account of British America [microform] : comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas, and the fur countries, their history from the earliest settlement, the statistics and topography of each district, their commerce ... : to which is added a full detail of the principles and best modes of emigration. Hudson's Bay Company; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ⢠t regions; e north- iisappear itain, jukI vet been IS, that in species of B, lineata nada and IS lat. ()5°, iins. The jies of the Lshed from od flexibh^ was taken ring party, rned for so ibuted; for Europe and in Europe, ;cd beetles, in North ,ws during lus plants; icu* history ,re carried tantities by â¢ise to what igs the re- the insects light which ⢠most inte- tho lumi- Lf frequent ly under [orm, and the IPhil. Trans. p. 423. ZOOLOGICAL PRODUCTIONS OP BRITISH AMERICA. 277 the control of the animal, which, when approached, may frecjuently be observed to diminish or put out its light. The only species with wliich we are acfiuainted from British America is Lampyris eoruscUy Linn. It occurs in Canada, and has been taken at least as far north as lat. 54°. It was originally described by the great Swedish naturalist as a native of Finland and Russia, on the authority of Uddmann, but has not since been found there ; and Mr Kirby conjectures that the hitter may have mistaken an American for a European specimen. Various well-known wood-eating insects, belonging to the Malacodermous group, are found in North Ame- rica. Such is a species of Anohiuin, nearly related to our British A. striatum, and described by Mr Kirby under the specific name o{ foveatum.'^ This genus was instituted by Fabricius, and was probably named from avajSiov, resuscitated, the species being remarkable for their pertinacious sinmlation of death, and their re- iissumption of activity so soon as they
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