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Notes and. Ne^vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE 



Mr. E. P. Van Duzee Collecting in Mexico. 



Mr. K'hvard P. Van Duzee, curator of entomology at the California 

 Academy of Sciences, left San Francisco, March 30th, for Guaymas, 

 Mexico, where he will join an expedition organized by the Academy 

 for the scientific exploration of portions of Lower California and the 

 adjacent islands. He goes as entomologist of the expedition and expects 

 to be back in San Francisco in August. 



Aid for Entomological Publications Asked. 



Our mutual friend, Gustos F. F. Kohl, at Vienna, lately celebrated his 

 70th birthday. He is the author of several monographs, such as Die Gat- 

 tiingcn dcr Sphcijidix. Sphc.r. Ammophila. Podium. Sceliphron, Crabro 

 (palaearctic species) and of many other valuable hymenopterological 

 publications. 



The bad conditions in Austria and the small pension he receives, don't 

 allow him to live at Vienna any longer. He is now residing at Trais- 

 mauer, near St. Polten. But the journey to Vienna is so expensive that 

 Mr. Kohl is not able to visit the museum and to finish a lot of publi- 

 cations he is preparing. It seems that publications on Russian and Si- 

 berian fossores are nearly ready to be printed. It is probable that Kohl 

 may soon finish a monograph of the difficult genus O.rybclus and com- 

 plete his monograph of Ainiuopliila, of which genus only the palaearc- 

 tic species are treated. 



We think it would be deplorable indeed if these bad circumstances 

 would deprive us of books which may really be called standard works. 



So the Swiss liymenopterists thought it might be suitable to collect 

 some money to enable our friend to continue his studies and to add to 

 his valuable publications on our beloved hymenoptera. 



If you will join our collection, we beg you to kindly send your con- 

 tribution to one of us. DR. THEODOR STKRK or DR. CH. FERRIEKE, Mus- 

 eum of Natural History, Berne, Switzerland; DR. MKU. A. v. SCHULT- 

 iiKss-Scinxni.i i.'. Zurich ''-I'.. \Ya-er\verkstrassc 53. 



The Value of the Classics. 



KUITOR, ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS: It is quite customary nowadays to 

 see the value of the classics and of the "dead" languages contemptu- 

 ously decried. An era of "efficiency" and of practical utility has appar- 

 ently little use for Latin and for Greek. May I call attention t<> a 

 recent instance in which a better acquaintance with the classics would 

 have saved an eminent author from an unfortunate misconception. In 



