560 EXCHANGES, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 
EXCHANGES. 
I wish to exchange Land and Fluviatile Shells of the United States, with 
persons re iiia in other aar Ar nooi Marine Shells for Land and Fresh-water 
hells.— H. FREEDLEY, Norri 
LEPIDOPTERA. —The rarer species rer Catal Brood ag oh E a, he desired in 
exchange for American Lepidoptera by JAMES , West Farms, N 
The rarer species of American Moths veces Bios etride), are pire by the 
ps rea lg OF THE PEABODY ACADEMY. Native and exotic insects will be sent in ex- 
SE 
ia acne ibed | I species of North y ost Ati butterflies for dere Ph in “The Butter- 
oes of igs ae or poms will not be injured by the artists, and will be re- 
ned to th _order Ay received. Parcels sen | to Ba o of J. H. 
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cea! TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Wyoming, Luzerne Co., Pa.— Your specimens came perfectly. They are re fungi 
of ie’ = er of the Puff-balls, foot belong to the — wr Mich. The species 
we ot determine at this moment, and it might require some study. The Geasters 
her rare, — Cooke reckoning but nine species found in k eat Britain. They rb 
closely „ampa to the common Puff-ball, but more curious and eletu in form. Nou ae 
em, nor are they supposed to be at all poisonous. It will be wo 
while 40 a ok for more.— a M. T. 
W. H. E., Coalburgh, Va. — The PE rye enclosed is the young of 
Photuris Pensylvantes (ce see “hg. 2, p. 482). It is o mmon luminous larva, 
we have identified it since the note on p. 432 was a writted. 
ch 
H. S., Mt. LOA The moth is a species of Depre aie We should be mu 
obliged to any of our readers for specimens of th e SURE “as orse ticks. ba y are to 
be undi in the early part o eee especially in the Scuth-western State 
J. M. H., Kalam 00, Wis.—During cloudy weather moths and ee 
themselves during the ~~ in grass and among leaves and similar hiding races. They cloudy 
pi all very susceptible to the sunlight, non do not fly, as a general rule, in 
ays. 
Dr. 
WO astham, Mass.— Your fish is the rare little “ One-spotted Dory,” of 
Stor wi Report P- 78. pl. 14, fig. 2), if tae ey sgn = eierne” Dr. nm 
says that the only s pecimen he has seen was taken je Size a8 
Bat oe rs epeciihen was taken at Saco, Me Your ‘eon E r haryo "the u 
ee r two known specimens. Has your fish any eggs, or does it 
W., East Windsor, Conn.—The larva is Phobetrum pithecium, one of the e 
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worm family, si a very singular form. the 
H. H. K., Spencer, Mass.—For a brief eo gi ieg froth-insect, which ma 
“ toad-spittle” , ae Vol. I: of the NATURALIST, 
W. H. K. L., Kansas City, Mo.— We sein Á ano, which is the Belostoma Halde 
manum of Leidy. 

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