ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 



ACADEMY NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



VOL. II. 



JANUARY, 1891. 



No. i. 



CONTENTS: 



Remarks on Illustration i 



Slosson Phragmatobia assimilans 2 



Holland African Hesperidas 3 



Horn Trichodes ornatus 6 



P. P. C. Elementary Entomology 8 



Wadsworth Dragonflies of Maine n 



Notes and News 12 



Entomological Literature 14 



Doings of Societies 18 



Supplement i 



OUR illustration represents the " Hickory-horned devil" just as 

 he appears when in search of a place to undergo his transforma- 

 tion into a chrysalis. He was found August jth, crawling on the 

 turnpike, by Julius F. Sachse, editor of the "American Journal 

 of Photography," who put him on a gate-post, and did him the 

 honor of taking his picture. We are indebted to Mr. Sachse for 

 kindly loaning us the plate for the NEWS. " Every entomologist 

 recognizes the difficulty experienced in attempting to preserve 

 specimens of the larvse of moths and butterflies; even under the 

 most favorable circumstances the prepared specimens shrivel and 

 lose their color. Heretofore, drawings have been made of the 

 larva, a proceeding expensive, and often unsatisfactory. It is here 

 where photography asserts its superiority for example, we will 

 take the illustration: It would be an easy matter to stop out the 

 negative, print on heavy, plain paper, and then lightly tint with 

 proper shades in water colors."* The reproduction is by the 

 Ives process, the engraving by the Crosscup & West Co., and 

 the printing by P. C. Stockhausen. We hope to give illustra- 

 tions in volume 2 very frequently, and trust to receive the sup- 

 port of those interested in Entomology so that this may be done. 



* J. F. Sachse, in the " American Journal of Photography," Scpu-mtvr, i^jo. 



