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the details, though iu the main I believe that it will be found ac- 

 curate, and my hope is tliat it will serve as a nucleus to which 

 others with more light and further studies will be able to build, 

 and if the future structures are better than mine, so much the 

 better. F. M. W. 



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Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GHLOBE. 



ALLORHINA NITIDA L., again. As Prof. Gillette's note on the 

 above insect has called forth remarks from Mr. Cockerell and Prof. 

 L. O. Howard, I feel that I will be in good company when I call at- 

 tention to the tact, that in the second annual report of the South 

 Carolina Experiment Station for 1889, as Entomologist to the 

 Station, I gave a short notice on page 105. of the damage done the 

 Fig crop in the South, by Allorhina nitida or the " Fig-eater"' of 

 the Children's vocabulary, (pronounced "Fig-gater.") 



ELLISON A. SMYTH, JR. 



THE Ohio State University has purchased from Mrs Kellicott the 

 extensive collection of Odouata, which had been brought together 

 by the late Prof. D. S. Kellicott. Aside from the complete series 

 of Ohio species forming the basis of Prof. Kellicott's published 

 papers on the group there is a representative series of North Ameri- 

 can species and a number of exotics, making altogether a most ex- 

 cellent study collection. It is fortunate that the collection is assured 

 permanent preservation and the University is very fortunate in the 

 acquisition Prof. Kellicott had nearly finished, the manuscript of 

 a descriptive catalogue of the Ohio Odouata based on this collection, 

 written especially for the use of students. The species not treated 

 in the original manuscript have been covered by Mr. J. S. Hine, 

 and the work is being printed by the Ohio Academy of Sciences. 



HERBERT OSBORN. 



BULLETIN 15, Div. of Entomology, U. S. Dept. Ag., by Prof. F. 

 M Webster, devoted to the Chinch-bug, is a valuable contribution 

 to the literature on this widespread pest. Could its teachings be 

 thoroughly distributed and heeded by the class of farmers who suf- 

 fer most froni the ravages of the pest it would accomplish great 

 things Unfortunately the farmers most needing it are likely to 

 give it the least attention. 



Asa study in geographical distribution it is a valuable contribu- 

 tion to science as it contains a very complete presentation of Prof. 

 Webster's view as to the original habitat and lines of dispersal of 

 the insect, a view to which he certainly brings a strong array of 

 evidence His statements concerning the probable conditions pro- 

 ducing dimorphism are perhaps less fully supported, but there is 

 here the possibility of so many factors having been operative that 



