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Bred a specimen of olibrus apicalis (phalacridae) from Hessian fly strain in 1861.
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Opatrinus notus Lay bred in 1861 from pupa found in S. Ill. under [[strikethrough]] decayed [[/strikethrough]] bark of dead tree.
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Rec [[superscript]] d [[/superscript]]. March 1862 from John P. Reynold, 4 specimens of leucania unipuncta "caught in the spring of 1861 flying about the cherry trees in the evening when the trees were in blossom" by Phil. M. Springer of Springfield, who sent them to Reynolds. 
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Psyllide - ^ [[insertion]] in [[/insertion]] Cabinet
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In relaxing [[male symbol]] [[female symbol]] Fremen Columba, [[male symbol]] anus is just above anal horn; but there is no [[female symbol]] anus there. Confluent with vulva, as in aculeata?
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May 1862
Strata on boring Artesian well at Depot R. I.
117 ft Limestone
6 or 7 in. Shale
5 ft sandstone
1 ft 6 in bluish limestone (like that of Coal Valley)
2 ft 2 in coal
6 [[strikethrough]] to 8 ft [[/strikethrough]] sandstone (getting more calcareous) opposite
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[[curly bracket encapsulating inserted text]] Llandeilo rocks (lower Silurian) in Dumfriesshire contain beds of anthracite Lyell p. 441 (Principles?) [[/inserted text]]
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May 1862 [[curly bracket]] Put 5 or 6 larvae of [[underlined]] Corydalis cornutus [[/underlined]] in water of river; 3 or 4 rolled themselves up & were carried away by the stream.  Two crawled out of the water.  One of them climbed up an adjacent very smooth barkless stump 3 ft. high : used his anal process [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] as a proleg : did [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] use the ventral processes : attempted to climb down the same stump & lost his hold & fell into the river.
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May 26, 1862  Coleman (V.F.) writes me that Ithycerus noveboracensis (specimens sent me) "was sent here from Lagrange Mo by J.H. [[strikethrough]] Hairgis [[/strikethrough]] Hargis, who gives a deplorable a/c of their ravages on his young trees roses etc. He is a nursery man & they are eating up his nursery."
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The hind wing of Nomia heteropoda Say is split thus [[image - pencil drawing of insect wing]]
( = some diptera) 
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light brown limestone   10. 
white marble            10.
light gray limestone    10
June 2, 1862