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April 2, 1860

Entomology circular, 1860

April l2, 1860. Secretary Joseph Henry issues a circular to entomologists, listing the authors of several catalogues underway for different orders of North American insects, and requesting the help of collectors to provide examples of specimens to the Smithsonian’s United States National Museum for these catalogues.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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