Miscellanies. 387 



offer the former, on the principle of mutual exchange to entomolo- 

 gists in general. For this j)urpose, I shall he happy to enter into 

 corresponflence with those gentlemen of the United States, (more 

 particularly of Georgia, Louisiana and the Southern provinces,) to 

 whom such a plan would be acceptable. All the North American 

 species, of all the orders will be acceptable, provided they are in 

 good preservation ; and where fine and bred specimens can be pro- 

 cured, six or seven of tlie same species will not be too many. It 

 will be more satisfactory to me if any boxes of insects, intended for 

 this purpose are sent in the first instance to some friend or corres- 

 pondent of the sender in London, who is to give them up to me 

 upon receiving in return, a collection of an equal number of good 

 specimens ; thus all fear of procrastination, mistakes, he. will be 

 prevented. The minute Coleoptera, are not so much desired as 

 the larger species, and a preference will be given to the Lepidoptera, 

 Hymenoptera, and Neuroptera. Fine bred specimens of theSpHiN- 

 GiD«, or Hawk Moth, will be very acceptable. If some British 

 Insects are desired in return, they can be also sent. It will not be 

 worth while, to send a smaller collection, than from two to three 

 hundred specimens ; but as many of one sort, will be no objection, 

 it might be as well to send between eight hundred and a thousand 

 in one or more boxes at the same time. The boxes of each par- 

 ty to be returned, should be well waxed, or corked, the speci- 

 mens firmly stuck, and the larger ones secured by additional card 

 braces. A letter by post, containing the name of the vessel, cap- 

 tain, &,c., and the party in London, to whom the collection is con- 

 signed, should also be sent, addressed to me, at St. Albans, Hert- 

 fordshire, Eng., or to the care of Longman, Rees h Co., London. 



Wm. Swainson. 

 St. Albans, 1st August, 1834. 



11. Travels in the Equatorial Regions of South Avierica, by 

 Adrian R. Terry, M. D. Hartford, I2n"»o pp. '290, 1834.— 

 Cooke &; Co. — Thirty years ago, books of travels in foreign coun- 

 tries by citizens of the United States, were rare — but within a few 

 years they have become much more frequent, and we are particular- 

 ly indebted to gentlemen in the United- States Navy, and in the 

 Missionary service, for several valuable and interesting works, not 

 to mention several books of this class, whose origin has been acci- 

 dental. Dr. Terry's little volume, is fairly entitled to rank in this 



