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The female is also remarkably \\Vi& pipiens, but the cross-bands 

 of yellowish scales on the abdomen are narrower, being scarcely 

 apparent on the anterior segments. 



The larva has been well figured by Dr. H. G. Dyar (Jour. 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc. , XI, Plate II, Figure 3); strangely enough, 

 it has not a rounded head and robust subanal tube, as in 

 pipiens, but a subquadrate head and long, slender subanal 

 tube, as in territans, from which it can scarcely be distinguished 

 except that the spinous processes on the subanal tube have 

 three or four branches, while in tcrritans they usually have a 



single branch. 



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H. G. KLAGES has disposed of his foreign collection to the Carnegie 

 Museum, and is about to sell his North American material and give up 

 entomology. 



ANDRENIN^; (Andrena s. 1. etc.) and Parnopes of North America; 

 Philanthidse of New Mexico and bees of the Northwest (Oregon, Wash- 

 ington and Vancouver) ; all these are being arranged systematically. 

 Persons having specimens in these groups from the territory mentioned 

 will add to the completeness of. the work by sending their material to 

 the writer for examination. HENRY L. VIERECK, Connecticut Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn. 



IN THE December issue of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS we note with in- 

 terest that " the immediate immersion of insects in gasoline in collect- 

 ing" was suggested, "as they frequently injure themselves in fluttering 

 about the collecting bottle." 



How delightfully ridiculous it is that the amateur collector will go on 

 year in and year out stuffing his sphingids and large " flies " into some 

 sort of a death-trap poison-chamber, and cheerfully acknowledging that 

 the specimens are "only slightly rubbed!" He knows that he must 

 never touch these wing surfaces with his fingers, yet he persists in thrust- 

 ing violently active specimens into the death chamber, knowing full well 

 that the " dust " will fly from said wings till the last struggle is over. He 

 knows, too, that it is no easy task to paper the remains of said specimens 

 when extricated from said slaughterhouse ; and the fact that the speci- 

 men may come to life if removed too soon is frequently too obvious. 



Gasoline injection, the only simple, safe, and sure method of killing 

 large insects has been described once or twice in the NEWS ; but the 

 amateur, plodding collector would not mend his ways even if extra edi- 

 tions of warning notices were placarded all around him. 



Verily, we shall have the needlessly " slightly rubbed " specimens with 

 us forever. O. W. BARRETT, Mayaguez, P. R. 



