. 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. 294 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL. '^^ ^ t** -' f V /4' . k^ ' %- u- Y t- IP rfe-# J- > which this
. 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. 294 NOTICES REGARDING THE PRINCIPAL. '^^ ^ t** -' f V /4' . k^ ' %- u- Y t- IP rfe-# J- > which this sucker is composed no doubt represent the mandibles and maxillse of the masticating orders.* Of the hemipterous genus Pentatoma, or wood-bugs, several species were taken by our expedition in their journey from New York to Cumberland House. P. car- nifex is found in Nova Scotia. Almost all these insects exhale a disagreeable and penetrating odour, which con- tinues to emanate for some time from whatever sub- stance they have touched. A pleasant narrative is given by De Geer regarding a species of this genus, several speci- mens of which he found on a birch tree, each followed by a little troop of thirty or forty young ones, which seemed to accompany their mother as chickens do a hen, and were watched over by their parents with fond solicitude. Now this is a very anomalous fact in the history of in- sects, which are scarcely ever personally regardful of their offspring, although they instinctively deposit their eggs in situations admirably adapted for the preservation and support of the future larvae. Specimens of the genera Edessa, Miris, and Aradus, were taken in the course of Dr Richardson's journey to Cumberland House, and as far north as lat. 65°. The genus Gerris consists of insects of an elongated form, and usually of a blackish colour, which are met with on the surface of still waters, on which they seem to advance by starts. They are widely distributed over the earth's
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