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not be taken out of the saw dust afterwords
until you wish to pin them up, removal
is very apt to destroy some of their most im=
=portant characters.

Hemiptera may be retained in Alcohol, it
takes a great while to spoil them in this
way and does not obliterate their characters.
D^r,, Morris has resigned into my hands all
his Hemiptera, his time will not permit
him to investigate them very thoroughly; he
will however assist me in working them
out from time to time as he has ^the opportunity.
I was sorry there were so few Hemiptera in
the box sent by D^r,, Hoy, there were three
species of the genus Cicada, but no other kinds
of Hemiptera; every thing belonging to this
Order is badly wanted and the number of
species in this vicinity is very small; after
I have got pretty well on with the determination
of the Hemiptera I shall commence to deter=
=mine the Orthoptera and I am now getting the
works together on this subject for this purpose,

not be taken out of the saw dust afterwords
until you wish to pin them up, removal
is very apt to destroy some of their most im=
=portant characters.

Hemiptera may be retained in Alcohol, it
takes a great while to spoil them in this
way and does not obliterate their characters.
Dr,, Morris has resigned into my hands all
his Hemiptera, his time will not permit
him to investigate them very thoroughly; he
will however assist me in working them
out from time to time as he has the opportunity.
I was sorry there were so few Hemiptera in
the box sent by Dr,, Hoy, there were three
species of the genus Cicada, but no other kinds
of Hemiptera; every thing belonging to this
Order is badly wanted and the number of
species in this vicinity is very small; after
I have got pretty well on with the determination
of the Hemiptera I shall commence to deter=
=mine the Orthoptera and I am now getting the
works together on this subject for this purpose,