. 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. 302 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL K â â m 'â ' \ -#tJ. il ^^*" support, by means of which the ima
. 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. 302 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL K â â m 'â ' \ -#tJ. il ^^*" support, by means of which the imago or completed fly sustains itself for a time upon the surface of the glitter- ing waters, being for it *⢠A shell of ample size, and light As the pearly car of Amphitrite That sportive dolphins ; A North American mosquito (and there are probably many others) is described by Mr Kirby under the name of Culex punctor. It is a small species, measuring little more than a fourth of an inch in length, the general colour black, with the legs and nervures of the wings testaceous. Of the genus Tipula (the species are known in Eng- land by the name of Harry Long-legs, while in Scotland they rejoice in that of Jenny Nettles), we shall mention of American kinds only T, pratorum, of wliich the head and trunk are slate-coloured, the prothorax has four brown stripes, the abdomen is yellow, with three longi- tudinal lines, and the apex brown, the legs and antennse are testaceous at the base, and the wings clouded. The genus EmpiSf of which we have nearly thirty species in Britain, is likewise well known in North America. Their early history has not been clearly de- temiined, but in the perfect state they seize upon other flies and suck them to death. E. luctuosa and genicu- losa were taken in countries to the north of Canada, where also a well-known British insect belonging to another genus,âwe mean Bomhylius major,âwas not unfrequent. A smaller species of that genus (5. pyg
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