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with the entomological instructors. The course may be made to 

 cover one or two semesters and to earn a three-hour or a five-hour 

 credit in each. At least a three-hour course for one semester will be 

 required as a preparation for entomological thesis work. 



SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY. This course, while primarily entomologi- 

 cal, is designed to be of general use to students of biology. The lec- 

 tures include a historical and critical survey of the systems of classi- 

 fication ; a discussion of the aims and methods of classification; the 

 nature of species, genera, and other groups, and the rules of nomen- 

 clature; the preparation of taxonomic articles, involving the study 

 of bibliography, synonymy, analytical keys, etc. These subjects re- 

 ceive practical treatment in the laboratory, and to qualified students 



the unworked material of the State Laboratory of Natural History is 

 available for study. 



Kratomological Literature. 



THE GENERA OF THE TORTRICIDAE AND THEIR TYPES. By C. H. Fernald, 



A. M., Ph.D. Published by the Author. 



This paper is the culmination of twenty years of work on this fam- 

 ily of Microlepidoptera. It shows diligent and profound research into 

 the literature of the subject. The synonomy of the genera is given. 

 There has been much additional interest in the micro-moths in recent 

 years and a work like this will be invaluable to future students. 



Notes and. Ne\vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



THE next number of this Journal (No. 8) will appear October first 

 August and September being omitted. 



A YOUNG son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Greenwood, residing at 

 in Sprague street, in this city, has been troubled for some time with 

 ear ache and pains in the head, which were ascribed to neuralgia. 



Recently Mrs. Greenwood, following instructions found in a medical 

 book, dropped a few drops of sweet oil in the lad's ear. Within a 

 short time the boy's ear began itching in a distressing manner, and 

 a little later a live potato bug came out of the ear. 



It is believed that the bug found lodgment in the ear when the 

 boy was playing on the grass some time last summer, as he has 

 been troubled with his ear and head for some time past, and certainly 

 the insect could not have found its way there since the advent of cold 

 weather. It had penetrated the ear far enough to be out of sight 

 and out of reach. Jamestown Journal, Jamestown, N. Y., Jan., 10x18. 



