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Show 866 APPENDIX C- INSECTS. INSECTS. BY PROF. S. S. HALDEMAtf. THERE were but few facilities for collecting, preserving, and transporting insects upon> the journey, quid those which were brought home are few in number and in bad condition. Under these ciroumstances, Captain Stansbury has allowed other specied to be introduced, which have been collected by Lieutenant Horace Haldeman, U. S. A., chiefly at Fredericksburg and Fort Gates, on the western frontier of Texas; - and by Mr. Richard Kern, in a journey across the plains to Santa F& In the latter case, the specimens were thrown into bottles of spirits as collected, so that there is tfothing to distinguish those which were found upon the route from those of Santa ¥ 6; but as the greater part probably appertain to the latter Ideality, this has been used to Mr. Kern's species. . ^ "" * L LEPIDOPTEJtA, PAPILIO AST; ERIAS, Cramer. ' A specimen with the patagia yellow, and forming a continuous lateral yellow line with the spots upon the thorax and head* CYNTHIA CARDUIJ Lumens. A specimen of this species, which is common in Europe and the United States, and one of the most widely spread species knowQ, occurring in India and'Africa. 0n this continent it has been found among the Rocky Mountains and in California. JPlERIS PRdTODICE. J) EILEPHILA LINEATA, Fabr. (- daueus} Cramer). Harris, Am. Journal Sci-, vol. 86* |