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webs, but wander hi seuvh of prey Thi- species ts quite flat, and 

 has very long' lei:s. The female cairi;-- her co-o-_ >:lr under th--- hod\ . 

 Xothinir i> known n-i: irdin;r the poisonous qualities of tluse spider-. 

 lni they are probably ranch les> danirerons than the true " i aran- 

 tul;i>." NATHAN II \NV-. 



AN ArrEAL IN IlKii \ 1.1 'U KN I<>MC>I.<>< <, AND l\ INMI;I;D Si II-.NI i .-. 

 In the interest of entomology, it Mould lie a irood plan if"ver\ ento- 

 moloiiist in ( lie Tinted States would petition their representative** 

 in ( 'oniiTe.-s lo li;i , e paragraph (iM! of tlie tariff l:iw of |S'.:7 amended, 

 so that specimens of natural hi-tory tor -cientilic collert ions l,e 

 admitted free of duty, whether intended I'm private or puldi<- u-'. 

 The paragraph in (|iie>ti:>n come- under I h; 1 free li>l . and read> a- 

 follows: "Spei'imei> of irilural liistory. hotiny and ii)ineralo'\ 

 v, hen imported for scientific puMic collections, and not for -ale." 



A law that tends to discourau'e private scientific iv-eirch in natu- 

 ral history should be h lot ted out imuiedht"l\ . a> it is a di-Li'raee (o a 

 civilized nation. Kntoiuolo^y. especi \]\\ , merils all t lie encourage 

 meut possible, and one of I lie best ways of helping I he can -e \\ ould 

 be to remove the barrier from the private >tudent. All who re-id 

 this are earnestly requested iminedi-ili 1\ to petition their repre-eni 

 ativesnt Washing ton, urging 1 1 ha f the section in ([iie-tion be amend 

 ed.and that \\ithout dela\. KDV/AUH A. KI.A--: -. 



\<>TK> ON in; lii-;.\n I P I . >'i <'I>I;NI;I; m MKNKO. At present the 

 northern part o!' the State of (inerrero i- onsidered to be the lea-i 

 known di.-trict of the rei)iiblic. Lyin- belwei'ii the route from 

 Toluca to ('olima and the old road from Acapulcoup to Chilpan- 

 cino'o ;n;d Mexico ('ity. it is almost mil raveled. < >n ac.-oiinl of 

 the lon- drv season it is but little cultivated, and the hills. are 

 sparsely covered with stunted tree-. The alt ilude ranges from l.iion 

 to -J (KM feiM. with " eerros" of :!.'<><) to :).uni) feet . The numerous 

 gold and quicksilver mines of the region and the "(.ran Paciiico" 

 railroad, which is building, will s:on brin^ I he >: HI n I ry i nlo ]ir;>mi- 

 iien -e 



Though at the present lime Dec., '98] lliedrx s-is'in i-onl\ fairly 

 begun," the apparent in-e-t fauna is hardly :> percent, of that of the 

 rainy season. There is still a ^ood \ariei\ of Orthoptera, especially 

 L< ic 1 1 -I id,' a i (1 ( Jry II id a-. ( tdonata are. of cour-e. to be found ahum 

 the Hio Mescala and Uio ( 'ociila : <ioiii])hii:.-e not me! with- Taran- 

 tulas st ill prowl and scorpions -till lurk. The \\nod-boriiii:- < 'ole- 

 optera 'hold their own" in the narrow timber strips aloiiu' the 

 rivers: but all the Phytophaga are hibernating. <)!' hiptera and 

 Lepidoptera there i- left s.-arcely a trace. A hot (b -strlate count r\ 

 jn>t now. but one of ! he 1110-1 intei est in- corner- of l he neot ropica I 

 re>ioii i. -Inn ii I'IU'HS O N\' . I ' A I;I;K ri . Tacnlaya. \^. V . Mexico. 



IN Mr \Vellc-' ariicle i I )e-u ud ive Work of l>arcmma Calal- 

 la- '. in your hecember number, the menfion of unusual abundance 



