(S8 The JYativraVlstT Couipcuiion. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Hilkza, 21 St November, 1886. 
Chart^EvS P. Gukef, Plsq. 
Dear vSir:- 
By a notice published in “Physical Sci- 
entifical Journal,” in Italy, a certain Mr. 
G. H. Berry, Livermore, Me., oifered to ex¬ 
change American coleoptera and lepidopo- 
tera for such of Europe. I had correspon¬ 
dence with him, and he wrote me to send 
a large collection of the said specimens. I 
forwarded, therefore. 500 line butterflies 
packed in copping and a box face Liver¬ 
more, Their value amounts to |6o and I 
paid $2 postage. I have not received any 
notice from the said gentleman in reference 
to my sending, and all my letters remained 
unanswered. I wrote, therefore, during the 
last spring, to my friend Mr. Seebach, of 
Peru, Ill., and the said friend took the mat¬ 
ter in hand in an energical manner. Berry 
answered that he was not able to send me 
anything the last year, as all his collections 
were wasted, but that he would send me 
then 550 pieces instead of 500 as I sent. 
But till to-day I am awaiting the sending or 
any reply to my various letters. You will 
very much oblige me when you will have 
the kindness to let me know your opinion 
what I should do for recovering my speci¬ 
mens or my $ 62 . ****-!<-** -:^ 
Please favor me by an answer, and be¬ 
lieve me, dear sir, 
Very respedlfully yours, 
Ad. Hodeczek, Naturalist, 
Hileza, pr Dawideii}", 
Bucowina, Austria. 
We would like to hear from Mr. Berry in 
relation to the above.— Ed. 
Having received from collectors and oth¬ 
ers interrogations relating to the sulphur 
diamond, I take the privilege of answering 
through the columns of your journal. The 
sulphur diamond is only pyrites, and is of 
no great value. It is found in the anthra¬ 
cite coal region in the mines, and when first 
procured it is very soft and fragile, but when 
exposed to the atmosphere for several hours 
it becomes as hard as flint. Of late years 
it has been purchased by jewelers for set¬ 
tings in rings, pins, etc., and at the present 
writing specimens are very rare. I have 
some very Ijeautiful specimens on hand and 
would not part with them for a good deal. 
Geo. W. John, Shamokin, Pa. 
Recently while sitting at my window 
cleaning my magnifying glass I dis¬ 
covered a wasp which on inspedlion I found 
had two heads. I tried to capture it but 
failed! Frank Bode, Rochester. N. Y. 
EXCHANGES. 
TlllSeoItinin open <o all subserifiers, n/io m j iiiseri! 
exchanges Jree of charge. M) ailrertisemeiits adiniUtd to this; 
coliiiiiii under any eircnnistaiices, and «e shall reserxe Ihe 
right to insert.no exchanges which are merely intended to sc¬ 
ene cash purchasers.--Ed. 
W- R. Lighton, Lea veil wort li, Kansas. 
— A bronze coin of Morocco, six hundred 
years old, obtained dire6t from a correspon¬ 
dent in Syria, for minerals, fossil coral, or 
Indian and Mound Builders’ relics. 
Box 435, Sharon, Wise.—Prize Holly 
scroll saw and minerals for birds’ eggs in 
complete sets with full data. Nests desired 
when possible. 
W. W. Phileips. Clark, Penn.— I have a 
complete set of Wilson’s American Ornith¬ 
ology, in four volumns, fine cloth binding, 
and in very good condition. Price, when 
new, |i6. Will exchange for books, eggs 
or minerals. 
Jo.SEPH Anderson, Muskegon, Mich. — 
To every one sending me a geological speci¬ 
men or sea'shell I will send a paper over 50) 
years old. The first 15 will receive lare 
curiosities. 
Geo. W. John, Box 533, Shamokin, Pa. 
— Slate rock with impressions of ferns there¬ 
on for minerals not in my collection. 
Write what you have to exchange. 
J. R. Nissley, .Ada, O. — “Coins and Coin¬ 
age,” new. 100 pages and over 100 illustra¬ 
tions, to exchange for Indian relics, miner¬ 
als or marine specimens. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
To C. D. O., Waco, Texas, 
The bird described in the last issue is un- 
doubtedlv a female Towhee Bunting. 
F. C. Lusk, Holley, N. Y. 
H. C. O., Waterloo, N. Y.—The speci¬ 
mens sent for identification are as follows: 
1 and 2, corals; 3. skate or sand shark egg; 
4 and 5, unknown to us; 6 agate; 7, believe 
it to be the same. 
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