Labrador, the country and the people . 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 are common in northern climates, living in mossy places, around the roots of plants, etc. Then there are some small snapping beetles of the family Elateridse, and some Buprestidse (whose larvae are wood-borers). Also some species of weevils which are bark-borers, and a few beetles which we might expect to find upon the blossoms of plants. The regular leaf and plant beetles, however, are conspicuous by their
Labrador, the country and the people . 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 are common in northern climates, living in mossy places, around the roots of plants, etc. Then there are some small snapping beetles of the family Elateridse, and some Buprestidse (whose larvae are wood-borers). Also some species of weevils which are bark-borers, and a few beetles which we might expect to find upon the blossoms of plants. The regular leaf and plant beetles, however, are conspicuous by their absence, though very likely some of them may be found in Labrador. None were found by Dr. Packard, and I have not received any. There is no doubt that there are many species of Labrador beetles besides those already known. The additions made to former records by Dr. Grenfells friends show this clearly enough, and if these men continue the search, we can probably look for many more important captures from this very interesting Fig. liturata. II THE MARINE CRUSTACEABy Mary J. Rathbun Crustacea are the most conspicuous invertebrate animals onthe coast of Labrador by reason of their vast numbers, brilhantcolours, swift movements, and diversity of form. The shallowwater fauna is most abundant on the northern and southern shores,especially in Ungava Bay and from Hamilton Inlet southwardand westward, where the harbours are enriched by the silt ofnumerous rivers and the land slopes gradually into the sea. Vari-ous kinds of Amphipods and other small forms swarm under therocks and in masses of algae or in pools of water. Along most ofthe Atlantic coast, however, the bays are barren and rocky, withhttle seaweed, and there are few large streams carrying downsediment to form muddy and sandy bottoms; the rocks at thewaters edge are precipitous, supporting a narrow line of Fucus,which gives shelter only to the common sand-flea. In quiet eddiesin the passages between the is
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