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but one species has as yet been described, this will form a sec- 

 ond have you ever met with it ? it is not half the size of the 



Ichneumonia & the peduncles of the eyes very short compari- 



tively 1 will seek in the same place for a duplicate, & if I 



am so fortunate as to find one I will send it you with those 

 that are ready for you 



I am about sending to Europe for entomological books, & 

 shall be ver>' happy to receive your opinion as to such as I 



ought to order it is certainly of the first importance to a 



naturalist to know what has been done by others in his particu- 

 science in order that his researches may be directed to proper 

 objects & that he may not do over again what has been better 



done by his predicessors 1 am determined to be as cautious 



as possible in this respect 1 have forgotten the title of the 



work you shewed me containing criticisms on Latreille's sys- 

 tem you would oblige by adding its title to the list 



That you may enjoy health & happiness & length of life for 

 the pursuit of this charming science is the sincere prayer of 

 Your Most obd^ Ser\'^ 



Thomas Say 



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Over the Range in a Wagon. 



By Prof, and Mrs. A. J. Snyder. 

 On July 9th, having left Belvidere. 111., in its morning 

 freshness, we caught the Colorado Special at DeKalb with a 

 fixed and deliberate purpose of reaching Denver, Colorado. 

 During the westward journej^ we watched as closely as pos- 

 sible the change in bird and insect life, trying to gain, even 

 from the rapidly moving train and in the brief stops at sta- 

 tions, some better idea of those sections in which eastern and 

 western species overlap. Nebraska is said to be the great 

 territory for birds from both sections, but in insect life there 

 seems to be more variety, some western species reaching eastern 

 points, perhaps even beyond Illinois, while a few eastern spe- 

 cies have crossed the continent westward bound. In brief 

 observ^ations, Chrysophanus xa7ithoides, or the variety dione has 

 been noted, while all other species seen from the train seem ot 



