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PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH, 1899. 



EDITORIAL. 



Prof. Smith, in his obituary notice of the late Mr. Hubbard, 



in this number, says : "A pupil of Mr. Schwarx in methods 



of collecting, he soon equaled his master, while in getting at 



tin I't'ti/li/ rlttirurfcrisfir fdinid of a ret/ion he irx mic.rrt'llctl."' 



There are few collecting entomologists in this country Unit 



have this happy faculty of getting at the characteristic fauna, 



and it is this and this alone that is of value in the study of 



geographical regions and the distribution of species. The 



ordinary superficial collector picks up all the cosmopolitan 



species and all the showy things that are widely distributed, 



and often overlooks everything else. Some time ago the 



writer received a small collection of butterllies from Tucson. 



Arixona, and there was not a single species in the lot that is 



not found in Pennsylvania. Another lot from Arixona was 



almost entirely made up of common Eastern species. \Ve are 



constantly in receipt of local lists for publication in Tin: Xi;ws 



that show this defect of superficial collecting, and. therefore. 



they are hardly worth the room they take up. Mr. Hubbard's 



letters and Held notes will be published in Tin: N i:\vs. and. 



doubtless, much information on these points will be available 



from this prince of collectors. We wish our collectors of expe 



rieuce would publish more about their methods, for the bene 



lit of the entomological fraternity. 



