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taken in copulation and those in which the female was being only held by 

 the male. In papering material this should be noted on the envelope, 

 and when a male and female, taken separately, are placed in the same 

 envelope, it should be clearly indicated that they were not associated at 

 the time of capture. 



At times it may be a convenient way of placing naphthaline in insect 

 boxes to dissolve the crystals or moth balls in gasoline or carbon bisul- 

 phide, and pour the solution in the box. The gas poisons the contents 

 thoroughly, and the naphthaline is left in the box in a form which cannot 

 injure the specimens, as sometimes happens when cones or crystals are 

 used. E. B. WILLIAMSON, Bluffton, Ind. 



A GREEDY INSECT. While collecting insects on the Prairie near Golden, 

 Colorado, on the 27th of July I caught a half-grown female Mantid. I 

 put it in a glass jar, and left it without food till noon the next day, when 

 I gave it eight living house flies. Then did it not only demonstrate that 

 it was hungry, but also illustrated the proverb that "He who grasps too 

 much looses all." It immediately seized a fly with each foreleg, and, 

 transferring one to its mouth, caught the third. Still unsatisfied, it, with 

 inexcusable greediness, attempted to seize a fourth fly. But it was a 

 disastrous attempt ; for, instead of getting the coveted fly, it lost one of 

 those already captured. With a disgusted look, it then gave up the 

 attempt to catch more than it could handle, and went to eating ravenously. 

 Within an hour it caught and devoured seven of the flies and tried to 

 catch the eighth. A. N. CAUDELL, Washington, D. C. 



" REPORTS from the orange country say that the imported lady bugs are 

 still running up and down the San Jose scale in a manner that threatens 

 to drive that pest on the high C." 



I send the above clipping from the Minneapolis Journal, which I think 

 is worthy of a place in the "funny column" of the NEWS. RAYMOND 



OSBURN, Fargo, N. D. 



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Doings of Societies. 



A regular stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social 

 was held December 18, 1901, at the residence of Mr. H. W. 

 Wenzel, 1523 S. i3th St. Eleven persons present. Visitors, 

 Messrs. Joutel and Schaeffer of New York. President Charles 

 W. Johnson in the Chair. 



Prof. Smith said that he had taken some very fine photo- 

 graphs of the mouth and anal parts of mosquito larvae. These 

 parts of the larvae can be used in their determination. A 

 specimen of the larva of Culc\ .vrA-v.sYr/.v which he had ex- 

 amined had the breathing tubes which are found in the pupa 



