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Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OP THE GLOBE. 



Another European Anthomyiid in Illinois (Diptera). 



Tn the collection of the Illinois State Natural Survey, there is a 

 male of Phaonia ijucrccti Bouche, a European species not hitherto 

 recorded from North America. The specimen was taken at White 

 Heath, April 14, 1909. (Cf. Ent. News, xxix, p. 32). J. R. MAI.LOCH, 

 Urbana, Illinois. 



One Hundred and Fifty Years of Collecting. 



In noting the death of William H. Baker, a British collector of 

 insects, in May, 1917, in his ninety-third year, the Entomologist (Lon- 

 don) says that the 13,000 British moths, of which the united col- 

 lections of his father and himself consisted, are said to represent the 

 labors of no less than 150 years. (Vol. 1, p. 168, July, 1917.) 



New Entomological Officials in Minnesota. 



The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, at their 

 meeting on January iSth, elected Dr. W. A. Riley, of Cornell, Pro- 

 fessor of Parasitology and Chief of the Division of Economic Zoo- 

 logy. Associate Professor A. G. Ruggles was, at the same time, ap- 

 pointed Station Entomologist, which position carries with it the office 

 of State Entomologist. At the December meeting of the Board. Pro- 

 fessor F. L. Washburn, who has held the position of State Entomolo- 

 gist in Minnesota for nearly sixteen years, asked and obtained per- 

 mission to be relieved of that position and its attendant police duties, 

 and the action of the Board on the iSth was necessary to fill the va- 

 cancy thus caused. 



Mr. Schaus's Collecting in Guatemala. 



Mr. William Schaus, who has been collecting Lepidoptera in 

 Guatemala for the past three years, writes us under date of January 

 19, 1918: "We have had severe cold here [Motagua valley, not far 

 from Puerto Barrios], 54 at night, and. as there was no collecting. 

 I have been separating my catch into families and repacking, so much 

 less work to do later. I find I have 40000 specimens which will take 

 some time to classify and identify. Moreover, the cost of living is 

 soaring, for here in the Motagua valley we are dependent upon the 

 I'.nit Co. for many supplies and many articles are no longer obtain- 

 able. Carbide has given out and no more will be received, so with- 

 out my night work I am quite lost. We are only waiting for more 

 favorable climatic conditions to go north and I hope to be in Well- 

 ington before April is over." 



