158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 



Notes and. News 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 



OF THE GLOBE. 



A CORRECTION. In my notice of the life of Baron Edmond de Selys- 

 Longchamps, in the February NEWS, I stated (p. 34) that ''He studied in 

 the University of Liege"." The authority for this assertion was Vapereau's 

 Dictioiinaire Universel des Contemporaines, sixth edition, Paris, 1893, p. 

 1431. It now appears that this is an error, for M. le Baron Walter de 

 Selys has written to me " mon pere n'a jamais fait d'e"tudes universi- 

 taires." Mr. McLachlan has correctly stated the case in his notice of the 

 deceased in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for March. PHILIP 

 P. CALVERT. 



SOME time ago a box of insects came to me. They were pinned in a 

 rather heavy cigar box, lined with agave pith. The cigar box measured 

 S inches in length, 2^ in depth and 5^ inches wide. This box was en- 

 closed in an outer wooden box measuring 9^ inches long, 4^ inches 

 deep and 6> inches wide. Six ounces of cotton were put between the 

 boxes. Package came by express with nothing but the address on the 

 box. What was the condition of the enclosed insects ? If injured, why 

 were they injured? If there were any mistakes made in the packing, 

 what were they? We will publish the best answer in the June NEWS. 

 HENRY SKINNER. 



Sphceridium scarabcsoides Linn. On page 73 of the Classification of 

 Coleoptera, by Messrs. LeConte and Horn, 1883, there is a foot-note re- 

 lating to the species which states that "an European specimen has been 

 found in Canada, but that it was undoubtedly introduced and accidental 

 in occurrence " 



Under the division of the tribe, the text reads, except Sphceridium, all 

 the known genera of this tribe have been found in the United States." 



I order to correct these statements, I would like to place on record the 

 finding of this species in the Catskill Mountains of New York during the 

 latter part of July, 1900, in considerable numbers under fresh cow drop- 

 pings ; some being taken d^n copula. It would seem that ikis thoroughly 

 established in that locality, for some years ago I also took la single speci- 

 men. While the species is included in Henshaw's List (No. 1662), I do 

 not know of any previous record of its occurrence within the limits of the 

 United States. R. F. PEARSALL. 



GREATER NEW YORK, with the assistance of lesser New Jersey, man- 

 aged to get together about sixteen entomologists to take part in a bug- 

 dinner on the iyth inst. The attraction was great, or the attendance 

 would not have rivalled previous occasions on the 4th of July at James- 

 burg. But it was all due to the irresistable collection-collation called 

 Bill of Fare. Some of the tid-bits mentioned were San Jose Scale on the 



