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among which there was a curious admixture of millipedes, scorpions and 

 spiders, arranged in a semi-ornamental manner. One case contained 

 chiefly Coleoptera, with a few Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera. 

 Among the Coleoptera there were some curious and beautiful forms, 

 especially among the Cetonidae and Cerambycidae ; also some handsome 

 Scarabeans, Chrysomelans and Curculios. The second case was filled 

 mainly with butterflies, among which there were a few very handsome 

 ones. That cosmopolitan species, " the painted lady/' Cy7ithia cardni, 

 was represented by several specimens ; there was also a Sphinx closely 

 resembling the deaths-head moth of Europe, and a Utesthesia very like 

 our bella. Besides these there were a number of very curious and hand- 

 some moths, with a few Orthoptera and Neuroptera. No attempt was 

 made in the way of naming anything in this collection, nor any effort at 

 classification. 



An American gentleman, whose name I did not learn, had a very 

 curious exhibit of insects in Agricultural Hall, of a purely ornamental 

 character, in three cases. One was a circular arrangement, and was built 

 up chiefly with butterflies and moths ; the other two represented public 

 buildings and were constructed of beetles ; the specimens were immensely 

 numerous and well preserved ; the whole arrangement indicating great 

 ingenuity and perseverance on the part of the collector. 



India had a very fine exhibit of silks, raw and manufactured, with the 

 insects and cocoons from which they were obtained. The Tusseh silk- 

 worm moth, Autherae paphia, is very handsome, not unlike our poly- 

 phemus ; the cocoon is egg-shaped, and yields a very strong looking silk. 

 The Bombyx Huttonii, or wild silk-worm moth, is also very pretty ; in form 

 it resembles B. mori, but its wings are beautifully marked and tipped with 

 brown. 



It was very gratifying to observe the prominence given to the study 

 of Natural History in the Educational Departments of many of the nations 

 thus represented at the Centennial. Nearly all of them had small collec- 

 tions illustrating the course* of teaching in this branch of study, and in 

 nearly every instance Entomology occupied a prominent position. In the 

 model schools of Sweden and Belgium this was very noticeable ; also in 

 the Russian exhibit, where there were cases of insects of all orders, 

 including in many instances the blown larvae very neatly set up. In the 

 same department in the Japan exhibit there were similar cases fairly 

 classified, illustrating the various orders. The Chinese make use of 



