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horealis^ Bhexia, Ci/pripedium, Corallorhiza verna^ Orchis 

 spectabilis, witli others of less note, have been rooted out by 

 the so-called hand of improvement. Cicindela rvgifrons^ 

 Helluo prceusta, Sphceroderm stenostomus, Blethisa quadricoUis 

 (americana mi), Carahus^ Horia^ Avliich for several years 

 occurred in profusion on the sands beyond Mount Aulnirn, with 

 others, have entirely disappeared from their ancient haunts, 

 driven away, or exterminated perhaps by the changes effected 

 therein. There may still remain in your vicinity some se- 

 questered spots, congenial to these and other varieties, which 

 may reward the botanist and the entomologist who will search 

 for them carefully. Perhaps you may find there the pretty 

 Coccinella-shaped, silver-margined Omophron, or the still rarer 

 Panagceus fasciatus, of which I once took two specimens on 

 Wellington Hill, but which I have not seen since. 



