Labrador, the country and the people . Fig. lardarius 446 APPENDIX I. Fig. agrestis. parts of our continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its larva feeds on the wood of living pinetrees, boring its way out to thesurface. Pachyta liturata Kirby (Fig. 26)is not so common as the preced-ing, but is found over practicallythe same wide territory. It ismuch shorter, being only three-quarters of an inch long, and thesides of the body are not parallel,as in that species. The wingcases are light yellow, faintlymarked with black, and whenfolded the insect is very muchwide
Labrador, the country and the people . Fig. lardarius 446 APPENDIX I. Fig. agrestis. parts of our continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its larva feeds on the wood of living pinetrees, boring its way out to thesurface. Pachyta liturata Kirby (Fig. 26)is not so common as the preced-ing, but is found over practicallythe same wide territory. It ismuch shorter, being only three-quarters of an inch long, and thesides of the body are not parallel,as in that species. The wingcases are light yellow, faintlymarked with black, and whenfolded the insect is very muchwider and thicker at the middleof the body than at either extrem-ity. On each side margin of the thorax is a small spine. Beetles belonging to several other families besides those I have mentioned are found in Labrador. Byrrhus Americanus Lee, a small, convex, silky, greenish black beetle was taken by Professor Packard on the stems of the Labrador tea, and several specimens of this and another smaller, close-ly aUied kind have been sent to me. The beetles of the family ByrrhidsB ar
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