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brilliant colour, if they are of frequent occurrence some distin- 

 guishing character may perhaps be established 



I am going on with my descriptions of our American Insects, 

 this will be a work totally distinct from my ' ' American Ento- 

 mology ' ' ' this last I hope soon to issue the first number of, 

 which has been delayed by unforseen obstacles, which are now 

 completely removed — I find a great many ins : for which I can- 

 not refer to your catalogue, not having received the species of 

 you ; & many which are not contained in the catalogue ; all 

 these of course I have to name, I mean such as I have not been 

 described ; as for instance, I have thirteen species of the Genus 

 Cicindela, there are only seven in your catalogue & of these 

 but five whose names I can preserve the other two, not having 

 received from you I have perhaps described under some other 

 name ; & so of others. 



I should be very happy to receive from you any insects of 

 your catalogue, that I have not had, & for these I should ex- 

 pect to remunerate you 



Of the two species of Layiguria you sent me one is the Tro- 

 gosita bicolor of Fabricius & and the other L. mozardi of La- 

 treille. I have found two new genera & perhaps three — one 



of which I have named & the second 



the first is remarkable for its large mentum, the anten : are 

 moniliform & the thorax has three raised lines &c — the 



is a small insect, one sex of which has two spines upon 

 its very large palpi & the elytra are abbreviated — you shall 

 hear more about them ^ 



I send you descriptions of some of our fresh water & land 



' It is to be inferred from this that Say intended to publish these de- 

 scriptions on lines similar to those of his American Entomology, which 

 intention was, however, not consummated These "descriptions," if of 

 new species, probably appeared in the many articles contributed by Say 

 to the various journals then existing. It is more likely that they were 

 descriptions of known as well as new forms, and were never published. — 

 W. J. F. 



^ These proposed genera were probably never published by Say, as 

 they are omitted from Scudder's Nomenclator. It is therefore thought 

 advisable not to include the names here. — W. J. F. 



