April, '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 179 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



A SPECIES OF MOLE-CRICKET NEW TO THE UNITED STATES. During 

 the fall of 1006 a single mole-cricket was sent to me from Darien, 

 Georgia. This specimen proves to be Scapteriscus vicinus Sc., and is of 

 especial interest since it is the first record of this species being found 

 in the United States. I learned that these insects had become very 

 prevalent during that summer and that much injury had been done 

 by them to the golf course at Darien. M. HEBARD. 



IN a note in the March number of ENT. NEWS, page 112, Mr. Karl 

 R. Coolidge announces, that the generic name Pronuba Riley is pre- 

 occupied and he proposes the name Valentinia Coolidge to take its 

 place. This name would be very excellent and appropriate except for 

 the fact that it is itself preoccupied by Valentinia Walsingham (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxiii, page 200, 1907). Moreover, it has long been 

 known that Pronuba was preoccupied (cf. Walsingham Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 39, page 260, 1003), and the generic name Tegeticula Zeller (1873), 

 given to the same species, takes the place of Riley's name. There is 

 plenty of room in the synonomy, but does the mere possession of a 

 copy of Scudder's Nomenclator justify anyone in adding to it by pro- 

 posing names in groups of which he has no special knowledge. AUGUST 

 BUSCK. 



JOHN B. KISSENGER, of South Bend. Indiana, who, in the interest of 

 science, submitted to the bite of a yellow fever mosquito while in the 

 army in Cuba, and for whose relief a bill has been introduced in Con- 

 gress, is now, and has been for years, almost helpless. 



Kissenger, who volunteered for the experiment, was bitten by mos- 

 quitoes carrying yellow fever germs and then treated by the best medi- 

 cal experts in the army. It was supposed he had recovered his health 

 and that as a result of the experiment yellow fever could be guarded 

 against, but he later suffered a breakdown and is now a physical wreck, 

 unable to use his feet and legs. Two others died from inoculation, and 

 in each case the Government has given the widows pensions of $100 a 

 month. Kissenger's friends say he is entitled to the same amount. 

 The Record. 



COLEOPTERA COLLECTING BY GAS-LIGHT. The excitement of night col- 

 lecting can only be realized after one has partaken of it, descriptions 

 fall far short of picturing the pleasure it brings or the knowledge 

 gained by one interested in collecting insects. 



During the past year Mr. H. B. Kirk, of Harrisburg, and myself have 

 utilized many of our spare evenings and nights in this way, and it has 

 added materially to our knowledge and collection. We start out at dusk 



