THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



COLMAN'S RURAL WORLD 



VALLEY FARMER. 



Devoted to the interests of the 'Weatern Farmer, 

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T«E 21st YEAR AND VOLUME 



WILL 15EGIX JANUARY 1, 1863. Kvery cwltivator of 

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North Western Farmer. 



The Largest and Finest Kural Magazine in Amer- 

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WORKS ON ENTOMOLOGY. 



THE FOLLOWING WORKS ON ENTOMOLOGY, PUB- 

 lished by the American Entomological Society, 

 should be in the possession of every one interested in the 

 Science: 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of 

 Philadelphia. 



Series complete iu 6 voliunes. Octavo. Containing nearly 

 3,000 pages, iiud 32 plates. Nearly out of ijrint. $30. 



Transactions of the American Entomological 



Society. 



Octavo. Published in Quarterly jiarts of 100 pages lacli. 

 Volume 1 complete. Per volume, $3. 



The Butterflies of North America. 



By Wni. H. Edwards. Quarto. Published iu Quarterly 

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 Per part, $2. 



The Practical Entomologist. 



i:dited by Beuj. D. Walsh. Same size as the American 

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WORKS ON N.VTURAL HISTORY FOR SALIC —En- 

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 colored tigni-es and 1026 species of European aud Asiatic but- 

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 Salzer's Geschichte dcr Insekten, Winterthur, 4vo. 1786, 

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Conchology: Index Jtollu.scnrtnn. quae in itinere ad Guiu- 

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