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Philadelphia Nov. 8th 1856.
Dear Sir,
Send any or all of the specimens you mention to the Academy. We would be very glad to receive any of them, and will make a fair return in publications. The Prairie Farmer, we would not want, as it does not contain any thing in our line, though a valuable work to agriculturists.
With regard to your insects. Send Hymenoptera, Diptera, & Neuroptera to Prof. Baird. Friends of ours are engaged in studying those orders, & Baird will see to the distribution. It is not necessary to pin them, if the alcohol be sufficiently strong, or if the specimens are packed in small boxes (seidlitz powder boxes do very well) between layers of soft tissue paper; not being too dry when packed, as they will then break.
No one here studies spiders. Leidy
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talked of Myriapoda years ago, but has not done anything at them yet.
Sincerely yours John L. LeConte.
#The seeds containing grubs will be very acceptable. I shall hatch them out. Send them on when you send the other things. I am sorry the small Coleopts have been lost, but hope that next year no accident will occur.