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J. W. S., Cromwell, Conn.— The insect you send is the Ploiaria brevipennis of 
remarkable hemipterous insect, common in the Middle States, but not frequent in ew 
Engla 
0. K. ey Pomonkey, Md.— Wen heard of a Dragon-fly depositing its eggs on its 
breast. The Libellulide æ are very full Hci ti in aes rec es de of the Neu- 
in Ge postscript wit itho uta specimen n before us. 
; London, Canada. — The insect which tates Say, deposits its eggs in the m 
aay diens, $ the canthus niveus, or ee -cri 
C. C. C., Lookout Mountain, Tenn. — one moig in the Southern States will do- 
us a great favor by sending specimens of fired » and insects of all sorts. We want 
very much inpoete cele to the aga Bic especially the caterpillar, ¢ 
and moth of the army-w Will wr NOOA length. 
W.C. F., Sandwich, Mass. — Trel insects came safel . The large beetle'is probably the 3 
Pasimachus obsole tus of Le Cont 

: > C., Fall sig — The ikat i is D polymorpha L. 
Fond du Lac, Wis. — The m you sent was the larva of a fly, Se sat 
we ‘chai have ees ih 0 Say ‘about iti ER a a ee number of the NATURALIST. 
small ‘ white cng il ign pour os thick in the flower-pots are, probably, “ Spring- 
tails.” We know jumping- 
A. P., Hudson, So io.— You ales iS. able to peg oe of the Cynthia Silk-worm 
from Mr. W. AS aon 264 Third Avenue, New York city. 
L. W. B.— a solution of two parts of car “oa acid to one hundred of wa 
Polpa ptet tAd with it. You must proceed carefully so as not to injure the : 
ouse plant "a 
S. B., Garrettsville, Ohio.— The shell-like objects you sent are the cases mape e a 
grains of sand by the larva of a gop vig We will give a eae account 
ee after. Try to obtain the la rake not known. 
J.B., Hi Poat Mass. — The i sen nt belong to a special a Psocus, which lives 
on the bark of trees, often eating Daat they often occur in great numbers. y 
- N. O., New York.— The glass sides of the case, containing the insect you enoii 
broke, and the specimen was paora lost. The best way to send EE aste 
largest insects is to cut or punch a hole through a strip of cork, and then tie on at eet ei 
board coyer saws = holes. In this way the insect will travel safely, and w 

Antecus, à 
nant R. I.—The insects are the male and female of Strategus. 
arge ates mn beetle. 

M. C. R., Hudson, 0.—Th fely. Please try to raise the worms yont: 
self also. : 
W. H. L., Clyde, N. ag osha is the Bartrak the wild 
eM, lle ii —The sample of ibe sponi puai Ress found ne rerpillat 
Azalia, was mislaid fea some ways and we do not remember seeing it. “Tule oon 
found on the Jommon Creeper, Ampelopsis quinquefolia, s ‘the larva wees woth th the sur 
The fact that just before turning to a pupa, i urie contended — 
face of Be ground, is new and exceedingly anre ng TH S, y we hayo e iong Sia the trop ! 
lated to Castnia, which bores in the stem of plants 
ics, and is not allied to Notodonta, one of the Silk-worm family. 

BOOKS RECEIVED. 
ag a reap oat AA o , 7 ? i} 
erly Jou SOG e. July. London. 
Cosmos. June 13, 20,2 27, August 1, 8. ce 
The Field. Sune 37; July 4,18: į Angust 1, 8 don. 
American Bee Journal. “hu uly, August, mie r. ORV ashington. ' 
3 y iA 
American Cervus. Hion Sonn D. a, I1., 1868. 8v0, pp. #8: Ih ei 
e Percheron Horie, translated from igri a oF Charles du Huys. New ? 
. 100, illustrated. A ; 
The Past and Future of our Plta: By Wiliam Denton. Boston, 1868. E I, Nos. 
: ge enais of TON and Natural History. Edited by Andrew Murray. 
uani * 
Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Vol. IL, No. p sorb i968. 
wa the Red Sandstone of Vermont. By Rev. J. B. Perry. 

