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West wood, there are found in the south of Europe threo 

 species ; in South America, twenty species ; in North 

 America, three species ; in Asia, forty species ; in Austra- 

 lia, twenty-seven species ; and in Africa, two species. 



Mr. Say, in his American Entomology, has given a good 

 illustration cf the Spectrum femoratum, in plate 37, and of 

 the Spectrum vittatum, in plate 38, to which I refer the 

 reader. 



It is much to be regretted that death has taken from us 

 this highly distinguished American naturalist; but his 

 works are left behind him, and will insure him long re- 

 membrance among all lovers of Science and Nature. Mr. 

 Say accompanied Major Long in his exploring expedition 

 to the Rocky Mountains many years ago, and afterward 

 traveled with Mr. M'Clure through Florida and other coun- 

 tries, lie published his American Entomology in 1824, in 

 three volumes, with fifty-four very-well executed colored 

 plates, and is the author of a great number of valuable ar- 

 ticles contained in the Transactions of several of the learned 

 societies of the Union. Thomas Say was a member of the 

 Society of Friends, Curator of the American Philosophical 

 Society, Professor of Natural History in the University of 

 Pennsylvania, and of Zoology in the Philadelphia Museum. 



