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home." 'The bo PS upon whose farm the ‘‘roost” is located, says 
they rise up every morning, and after forming four divisions, the one flies 
east, another west, another north, and another south, returning again in 
the evening. About the same number fly in these same directions, and 
about the same hours every day.— S. S. RATH 
How TO COLLECT Myrrapops. — The pi nón — from the late 
Newport of England, was written to his frien LE D ER of the 
same country. The latter had volunteered the services of Dr. T. W. Har- 
iet with whom he had formed a close intimacy during his sojourn in this 
ountry, in collecting material to aid Mr. Newport in his studies upon the 
Myrlapo ds. M Ir. Ne T ort MM one of the highest authorities in this 
group. miliar form, the more important directions 
o call attention to cb interesting anima hose who wish to study 
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CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, Dec. 22, 1842. 
My Dear Sm :— In ac Corde with your suggestion, I now send you 
a few observations respecting those Myriapods which I so much desire to 
possess. You are aware that I should be delighted to obtain any speci- 
mens of ET from the United States, and that the localities being 
e i would make them much more valuable. I would suggest that in- 
oo of ie dos specimens, the whole be preserved Fig. 24. 
in strong spirit, as a great many may be stowed away 
in that manner without receiving any injury, and can 
afterwards be dried, if Aen td as specimens for the 
cabinet. As far as my own wishes are concerned, f 
would much prefer all Baca es in spirit, and shoul 
be greatly obliged by having as many specimens, even 
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these families, owing to the great hardness and impenetrability 
of their tezument, do not preserve well, unless the spirit can 
be made to enter their interior. I would suggest, therefore, 

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true Juli [Fig. 24, Julus multistriatus Walsh] and the Cermatia, 
- Shield-bearers, be once or twice pierced’ with a strong 
needle in the middle and posterior parts of the body, to allow the spirit 
to send They would then be well preserved and fit for an exami- 
of their interior anatomy, which is my object in obtaining many 
specimens of the same species. If I unders tood 2 Penny, the Cerma- 
tia are very common in America. Iam exceedingly glad, as I cannot yet 

