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States Bureau of Standards, writes in Air. Johnson's pamphlet: 

 "In my opinion the strongest reason for the adoption of the 

 Centigrade scale is the one given above, viz., the international 

 uniformity." 



The American Entomological Society in Philadelphia fully 

 endorsed Mr. Johnson's bill on December 13, 1915. We hope 

 that other entomological societies will take similar action and 

 acquaint Mr. Johnson of their act. Letters to members of Con- 

 gress from individuals and from associations will help the 

 cause. Mr. Johnson will be glad to send the reprint of his 

 speech and of the letters to any societies whose secretaries will 

 express a wish to that effect. 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS PROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Punkies feeding on a fish fly. (Dip.: Chironomidae; Neur.: 



Sialidae). 



On July 4, 1915, while eating lunch beside a delicious spring which 

 feeds one of the characteristic bogs near Beltsville, Maryland, my at- 

 tention was attracted by motion in a nearby bush. Upon looking for 

 the cause I found a fish fly (Chauliodcs fasciatus Walker) crawling 

 along a small twig. This large insect partially lifted its wings at fre- 

 quent intervals and hitched along as if in discomfort. When I picked 

 up the Chauliodcs, a flock of about six minute flies appeared in the 

 air about it. and as I held the fish fly between thumb and finger seem- 

 ed reluctant to leave it. This disposition on the part of the little flies 

 enabled me to capture one of them. The specimen has been identified 

 by Mr. J. lv. Malloch as Ceratopogon fusicoruis Coquillet, a species 

 \\hicli with two new species Air. Malloch has recently segregated* in a 

 new genus Huforcipomyia. W. L. MCATKK, Washington, D. C. 



Curious behavior of Cicindela unipunctata (Col.: Cicindelidae; 



Hym.; Formicidae). 



On July 14, 1915, the writer chanced upon a specimen of Cicindela 

 unipunctata Fab. in a woodland road just east of Dead Run, Virginia, 

 a locality opposite and a litt'e down stream from I'lummer's Island, 

 Maryland. An ant, Formica fnsca var. subsericea (Say), was running 

 all over the body surface of the beetle, which stood high from the 



*Bul. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist. XI, Art. IV, December 1915, pp. 

 312-315. 



