ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA., DECEMBER, 1901. 



The department of Entomological Literature has been a con- 

 stant feature of the NEWS from its first issue in January, 1890, 

 although its form has been altered considerably during these 

 twelve years. Originally, brief abstracts of the contents of a 

 few journals were given ; later, in an effort for completeness, 

 space limits compelled the quoting of titles only. A list of new 

 species of North American insects described in the literature of 

 the month was added in January, 1892, and discontinued after 

 September, 1894. The ever-increasing volume of entomologi- 

 cal publications necessitated restricting the department in 

 January, 1893, to those dealing with anatomy, physiology, 

 embryology and American species. An index, by orders, to 

 each month's budget was introduced in May, 1894. From 

 January, 1890, to June, 1897, a ll articles were listed under 

 their respective journals, but in September, 1897, an entire 

 change was made in order to effect a further saving in space. 

 The monthly list now became self-indexing, each paper being re- 

 corded under the proper ordinal name. This plan has been 

 followed to the present time, although the alphabetical se- 

 quence of authors was not adopted until October, 1897. 



Beginning in March, 1890, the present editor prepared 

 notices of journals published in English, the associate editor of 

 those in other languages, but in a few months the entire charge 

 was assumed by the latter, who has continued it to this month, 

 except for the period of his absence in Europe, when Mr. Wm. 

 J. Fox filled his place (September, i895-October, 1896). 

 Briefly and compactly as the Entomological Literature has 

 been presented, its preparation ;has, nevertheless, cost cousid- 



