1897.] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Published monthly (except July and August), in charge of the joint 

 publication committees of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, and the American Entomological 

 Society. It will maintain no free list whatever, but will leave no measure 

 untried to make it a necessity to every student of insect life, so that its 

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PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1897. 



LOCALITY LABELS. 



THIS month we wish to again call the attention of our sub- 

 scribers to the great importance of having pin locality labels on 

 their specimens. Every collector should have a supply of these 

 labels to furnish to his or her correspondents, so that all insects 

 may have exact locality and date on the pin. In the past it was 

 difficult to get these labels, but now Mr. Philip Nell, of Phila- 

 delphia, has consented to print them to order (see cover), and 

 we hope every entomologist will take advantage of the chance 

 to get them. In Philadelphia and Washington it is now the 

 custom to write the date with a fine pen on each individual lo- 

 cality label. This much is imperative, any additional facts may 

 be kept in a book with reference to a pin number, but we do not 

 approve of pin numbers alone when they refer to date and lo- 

 cality as the reference books often become lost or destroyed. 



IN order to economize space, a new arrangement of the summary of 

 Entomological Literature is adopted m this number of the NEWS. This, 

 it is believed, retains the more useful features of the former plan without 

 sacrificing any others of importance. As before, this department is in 

 charge of the Associate Editor, all else being under the Editor's direction. 

 The Associate Editor will always thankfully receive any suggestions a- 

 to the conduct of this department. 



