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Aug. 2, 1856.

R. W. Kennicott: -

The engravers and printers are
hurrying me to death at present, and till my second
Report is thro' the press I have not a moment to spare.

I have the draft of a long letter to you, written
months ago - some note on the list of Prof. Leconte
&c. &c - and saying, keep all these specimens safe
in your own hands & don't let them get injured -
till I get time to give the coleoptera a look. Then I
will be greatly obliged to you for the loan of some of
them. But at present they will do me no good, & may
be of some help to you.

I also have an examination of the lice you found on
young Pines in a yard in Springfield Ill. - & the coccinella
which destroys them & Apple Bark lice. I had intended
copying this for insertion in the Prairie Farmer, but
some other call upon me, drove me off from making
the copy for the press. I hope to do so yet, or make
some other return for the Prairie F. - which comes to
me regularly. I peruse your articles in it with much