ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



31. L. 4-maculata L. 



Rangeley (Miss Furbish). 



33. L. pulchella Drury. 



Reported from a specimen found in the University of Maine 

 collection, but since found in great abundance over ponds and 

 rivers. About Orono (Harvey), Auburn (E. D. Merrill) and 

 Westbrook (Ricker). 



Remarks. Species reported for the first time in this article 

 are numbered from 54 to 66. The numbers lower than 54 refer 

 to species reported in ENT. NEWS, vol. ii, Nos. 3 and 4, 1891, 

 and in vol. iii, Nos. 4 and 5, 1892. This article includes thir- 

 teen species not before reported from Penobscot waters. Several 

 of these have been collected by my son, Bartle Harvey, my 

 daughter, Florence Harvey, and by Mr. E. D. Merrill, of the 

 Junior Class in the University of Maine. We have included for 

 locality specimens taken by Miss Kate Furbish, in Western Maine, 

 and by Mr. P. L. Ricker at Westbrook, Me. 



The remarkable finds are the males of Gomphus n&vius and 

 Scudderi previously unknown and a new species of Ophiogomphus. 



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NOTES ON EDITORIAL 



By H. W. EUSTIS, Minneapolis, Minn. 



The editorial in response to W. R. H. in the January, 1898, 

 NEWS leaves the impression that perhaps I am one of your list 

 of subscribers who ought to contribute some article in the hope of 

 benefiting others of our " numerous class." Hoping the appre- 

 ciation of my effort will be evidenced by the subsequent appear- 

 ance of many valuable papers I herewith offer a few suggestions: 



Use corrugated board instead of cork. It is cheaper and 

 better. By using two thicknesses the pins are held at four points. 



How to get 95 per cent, results from subterranean pupa;. In a 

 wooden box bore several holes the size of a broom-stick on each 

 side about two inches from the bottom, taking pains to get them 

 well opposite. Through these holes put broom-sticks and then 

 gradually cover with wet earth, packing hard as you proceed. 

 Four or five inches of earth is sufficient. Now withdraw the 

 sticks and after placing your pupae in the tunnels thus left cork 

 up both ends and you have your insect in a cell just like the one 

 he made, except that he has company. Keep in a warm room 

 for early results, or a cold one if you intend to breed. Sprinkle 

 once a week and occasionally allow to dry. 



I should be pleased to describe to any collector a little collect- 

 ing box which fits the pocket, enabling me to carry home one 

 hundred butterflies in "the pink of perfection." 



