7 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May. 



me, and in tin- Pennsylvania German dialect asked what I was doing. I 

 showed him my collecting-box and its contents, my net. etc., and as at 

 that moment a large female of the ICf>/icstion butterfly Hew near, I joined 

 example to precept by capturing and killing and pinning it in my d fleet- 

 ing-box in his presence. The most difficult part to make tin- old gentle- 

 man comprehend, was what the things could be used tor after they 

 caught. 1 attempted an explanation. Whether I was successful in doing 

 so to his satisfaction I still doubt, however. In- seemed pleased, and by 

 way of explanation said, as he departed, ' Ich haab clich gasayn for ein 

 bar Suntaag here und durt so rum springe un ich hab gaydenkt du waaiM 

 so ein kaerl wo nicht gons recht in kopf war, aber.' Here he pauvd 

 and looked puzzled, and I fear to this day the worthy old husbandman 

 (bless his kindly face) is still, if living, in a state of suspense as regards 

 my being responsible for my actions before the Lord and my fellow-man.' 



Tut: EXPEDITION sent out by the Academy has been heard from several 

 times; they are doing good work, and are all well. The last report says, 

 " We have just arrived at Yera Cruz after a very enjoyable and interesting 

 time in Yucatan. Expect to go straight to Orizaba. This m< >rning, early, 

 we saw the snow-clad peak of Orizaba in the distance." 



WHILE watching a luna moth just after it emerged from the cocoon. 1 

 noticed that the small and unexpancled wings were light yellow in color. 

 and I thought it would be abnormal in coloration, but at the base of the 

 wing I saw a small area, which was of a beautiful light green, and as the 

 moth gradually expanded the wings this was distributed through them, 

 making the color normal. This is another proof of the fact that the wing- 

 are expanded by the moth pumping a lluid into them when they are soft 

 and elastic. H. SKINNER. 



THE fine collection of insects made by the late Stephen Calverley has 

 been presented to the Brooklyn Institute by his son. 



PLANS FOR EXTERMINATING MnsoriToEs. Mrs. Eugene M. Aaron. of 

 1832 Pine Street, has been awarded the first pri/e offered by Dr. Robert 

 II. I.amborn, of New York City, for the best essay on the extermination 

 of mosquitoes, especially by Dragon-Mies. The second and third p' 

 have ceen divided equally between Mr. Archibald C. We, -ks. u,, p.m. id 

 way. New York, and Mr. William P.eutenmiiller, i;,j K.ist Seventy-sixth 

 Street, New York. It is understood that Dr. I.amborn will publish the 

 essays. The judges who made the awards were the Rev. Dr. llenrv t 

 M ( ook, of the Academy of Natural Scieix es of Philadelphia, and Prof. 

 |. S. Newberry, of the School of Mines. Columbia Co New N rk. 



Mr. |. D. EVANS, in the "Ottawa Naturalist." vol. iii. No..), rep. 

 /'.rcliiti <-f>if>s/>t/t-ii as being found at Sudbnry on the Canadian P. i 



Railroad. 



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