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undescribed species of Lepidoptera have been added, and several hun- 

 dred specimens of Coleoi)tera, Ilemiptera, and Diptera, the re.>uUsof the 

 summer campaip^n are now in process of preparation for the cabinet. 

 We have to acknowledge the receipt, from Mr. Denis Murray, of 

 Roxbury, of a large number of valuable specimens, some of them ex- 

 ceedingly rare. Among them several coccoons of AUaciis Cecropia, 

 containing larva of parasitic ichneumon flies ; three specimens of Cor- 

 diceps Carolineiisi's, growing from the larva of Elater communis, the 

 "wire worm;" a number of warts from the plum tree, caused by Sphce- 

 ria morhosa, and containing la r vie of ^geria exitiosa, some of which 

 passed through their transformations and produced the imago after being 

 deposited in the cabinet, and specimens of Cetonia Inda, galls of Cynips 

 semiiiator, and other gall-producing insects, among which is a new gall 

 upon twigs of the gi'ape apparently produced by a dipterous insect, but 

 which has not yet arrived at maturity. Mr. M. also presented a great 

 variety of scarce fungi, which will serve as a nucleus for a collection of 

 that class of plants. 



Mr. Jamks Flint, of Reading, presented a nest of the common hornet 

 or paper-making wasp, Vespa crabro, suspended from a long shoot of 

 birch one-eiglith of an inch in diameter, two very fine specimens of 

 Gryllotalpa brevipennis, the "mole- cricket," and a specimen of Spectrum 

 femoralum, the " walking-stick insect." 



From Dr. Briggs, of Abington, Ave have received a fine specimen of 

 Dryocampa imperialis, female ; one of Gastropacha Americana, Chau- 

 liodes pectinicornis, Saturnia lo, Spectrum femoratum, and an undescribed 

 species of Pygcera. 



From Nathan Wyman, Esq., of Woburn, several coccoons of ^-IWaeus 

 Cecrppia, and Promethetis. 



From William II. Floyd, of Weston, small pear-shaped nest of 

 the paper-making wasp, coccoons of Attacus Cecropia, and Prometheus, 

 and various alcoholic specimens. 



From l*AOLi Latiirop, Esq., specimens of larva? and pupa? o^ Eury- 

 toma hordei in stalks of rye. 



From Wm. F. Poole, Esq., specimens o( Saperda bivittata, am] larva 

 in a block of apple tree. 



From Naiiim Smith, Esq., Weston, specimens of Tremex Columba in 

 walnut tree. 



From W. 0. Haskell, Esq., of Chelsea, specimens of Corydalis cor- 

 nuius, and Cicada pruinosa. 



From Charles IIerhert, of Rowley, a fine large specimen of hornet's 

 nest on thorn tree. 



From Daniel Perham, Esq., Tyngsboro', specimen of Spectrum fem- 

 oratum, walking-stick insect. 



