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of this insect on a fungus. I have also got a most beautiful 

 Chrysomela, as large as C. polita, of a pale cream-colour with 

 a green suture, and several green liturae on the elytra ; the 

 thorax is also green. I have likewise taken a Thanashmts, an 

 Onthophagus,a beautiful thing allied to Ips } and many others ; 

 but as they are still in their winter-quarters, it requires good 

 hunting to find them. The old rotten stump swarms with ants, 

 some species an inch long ; also a small species of white ant, 

 Termes ; these are at present in the pupa state. The Bombi, 

 Andrence and Osmice are just coming out. I have taken a very 

 beautiful Abia or Zarcea, with clouded wings ; a species of 

 Dosijtheus, just like D. J unci, is abundant. 



" Another bird this morning, a Sylvia striata ; it has been 

 running up and down the stem of a cherry-tree, about eight feet 

 from the window, like a creeper ; there are a great many robins 

 about. Returning from Hudson to-day, I saw two large round 

 winged hawks, as big as buzzards, and having the same cry : 

 they were soaring very high, and in circles. I also saw an- 

 other male Baltimore ; these and the blue birds appear much 

 brighter living than dead. I go on to Utica to-morrow, for a 

 few days." 



Death of Mr. Standish. 



It is our duty to record the death of Mr. Joseph Standish, 

 one of our oldest and most successful collectors of Lepidoptera. 

 Mr. Standish was formerly in business as a stationer, and re- 

 sided under the Royal Exchange, but has for many years been 

 living independent of trade. He was not only a collector, but 

 a close observer of the economy of Lepidoptera; he made an 

 immense number of drawings of larvae in all stages of their 

 growth, and these, as well as others of the perfect insects, were 

 executed with much fidelity and beauty. He died at Camber- 

 well, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 



