Vol. XXIV] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. l8l 



Full particulars as to what the Agassiz Association is and what is 

 its Arcadia, what it has done and what it is trying to do, and in- 

 cluding a copy of "The Guide to Nature," will he sent upon appli- 

 cation. 



On the other hand, full particulars will be required of the person- 

 ality, skill, experience, plans, etc., of the applicant who would come 

 here and take charge of our Entomological Department. We would 

 prefer some one who has retired from active business life and has 

 means to devote the rest of his days to his favorite pursuits, but 

 such entire devotion of time is not necessary. Arrangements could 

 be made for some income for services, if desired. Employment of 

 various kinds can be obtained in the vicinity, but, as previously stated, 

 the ideal would be one who has retired and intends to devote all the 

 rest of his time to the interests and beauties of entomological nature. 



For further particulars apply to The Agassiz Association, Edward 

 F. Bigelow, President, Arcadia, Sound Beach, Connecticut. 



Entomological Meeting in California, 1915. 



The Entomological Society of America has received an invitation 

 from the i'Panama-Pacific International Exposition to hold a meet- 

 ing in some Californian locality in the summer of 1915. This gather- 

 ing may be at either of the universities or on the exposition grounds. 

 It has received the enthusiastic support of western entomologists. 

 These latter have attended many eastern meetings and this is an ex- 

 cellent chance for us to return the compliment. It may be possible 

 for a number to go out with a party, stopping off at one or more in- 

 teresting points en route. As chairman of a special committee to con- 

 sider this matter and report at the next meeting of the Association, 

 the undersigned would welcome suggestions in regard to this meet- 

 ing and also expressions relative to the support it would probably 

 receive from eastern entomologists.. E. P. FELT, State Museum, Al- 

 bany, New York. 



[Attention may be called to the fact that the time of this proposed 

 meeting coincides with that of the Third International Congress of 

 Entomology, to be held at Vienna. ED.] 



Some Nomenclatural Questions. 



To the EDITOR, ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 

 Sir: 



A case anent the whole discussion of nomenclatorial priority. 



The Coleopterous family Trogositidae was separated by Rev. W. 

 Kirby (1826) from the Nitidulidae, where the group was lumped 

 by Erichson. Family based on type Trogosita (Olivier) maitritanica 

 (Linne). In 1865 (circa) it was discovered that Pallas had previ- 

 ously erected the genus Tcnebrioides to lit this species. Therefore the 



