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"posterior," "dorsal" or "ventral." Other terms have been 

 used by German writers, but at least some reference is neces- 

 sary as these distinct surfaces are very important in distinctive 

 characters. The "Mesal surface of the leg. That surface 

 of the front and hind legs which is naturally turned toward the 

 body" conveys no meaning to me. "Preapical bristle" applies 

 to a bristle on the femora in some families. The "Tarsus" may 

 be said to be almost invariably composed of five joints in the 

 Diptera. 



Under "Wings" almost all definitions are subordinated to 

 the figure, and consequently I will only remark that obviously 

 the First Longitudinal Vein is the Second and so on ; the first 

 posterior cell is often closed and consequently not bounded by 

 the outer margin of the wing, while the (so-called) "Apical 

 Cross-vein" is only a continuation of the (so-called) "Fourth 

 Longitudinal Vein," and equally the "Posterior Cross-vein" 

 is a continuation of the (so-called) "Fifth Longitudinal Vein." 

 American writers have probably done more than any others 

 in describing and naming the homologies of venation, and it 

 seems unfortunate that all that work should be ignored. 



I am afraid that I must come to the conclusion that the 

 ''Glossary" should be revised and considerably developed, in 

 at least the parts devoted to "Legs" and "Wings" before it 

 can be accepted as a standard, and that the European writers 

 (especially Girschner) upon Chsetotaxy should be studied and 

 compared. 



In conclusion I can say that I welcome the paper, but 

 I offer these criticisms from fear that all the statements con- 

 tained therein may be accepted as "Gospel" unless attention 

 be quickly drawn to inaccuracies and serious omissions. 



Mr. Edw. M. Ehrhorn, at present Deputy Horticultural Commis- 

 sioner of California with Entomological Inspector's duties stationed in 

 San Francisco, has received and accepted the appointment of Superin- 

 tendent of Entomology of the Hawaiian Board of Agriculture begin- 

 ning October ist. Mr. Jacob Kotinsky resumes the post of Assistant 

 Entomologist with the Board. 



