180 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



the country there are no collections, with one exception, 

 worthy of the name. Much of the very fine material taken 

 by the several collectors, who have collected in this locality, 

 has been destroyed, and the collectors, becoming discouraged, 

 have abandoned the field. A nicely prepared series of insects 

 is "a thing of beauty," an object lesson that educates and 

 serves to familiarize us with these most curious and interest- 

 ing creatures so important in the economy of nature. 



