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Notes and. Ne\vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF 



THE GLOBE 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz, Honorary Ph.D. 



The University of Maryland, at its commencement exercises on June 

 10, conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy upon Eugene 

 Amandus Schwarz, honorary custodian of Coleoptera in the U. S. 

 National Museum. Mr. Schwarz began work as a beetle specialist for 

 the Division of Entomology under the Commissioner of Agriculture in 

 1878. His forty-four years of official scientific activity to the present 

 have been continuously devoted to the building up of a great collection 

 and to the assistance of other workers, both taxonomic and economic. 

 As dean of entomologists in Washington and senior coleopterist in 

 active service in North America, permanent president of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Washington (of which he never misses a meeting), 

 and honorary fellow of the Entomological Society of America, "Mr. 

 Schwarz is held in high and universal esteem by the entomological 

 fraternity of the country, who would unanimously second his nomina- 

 tion to the honor now bestowed. J. M. ALDRICH, U. S. National 

 Museum, Washington, D. C. 



The University of Michigan- Williamson Expedition to Brazil. 



Our previous notice (this volume, page 216) of this expedition left 

 it at Porto Velho, Amazonas, Brazil, where it remained until May 30, 

 1922. On April 30 it was noted of the Odonata : "Both species and 

 individuals seem less numerous than when we were here before [i. c., 

 Jan. 21 March 5, 1922]. Certain species are no longer seen, but no 

 new ones appear to have taken their place ;" on the other hand, "some 

 things like Lais, Chalcopteryx, etc., are much more common now." 

 [May 9]. Considerable collecting was done on the city water supply 

 creek, at this time 12 15 feet wide and 2 5 feet deep. In the last 

 week of April it rained "every day and sometimes practically all day. 

 We managed to put up one box of bugs, however." Nevertheless the 

 second of May "was the record catch for the trip, 269 specimens to put 

 up last night."* "Had a lively battle with a bunch of pestiferous little 

 ants to-night (May 3). First discovered them in the collecting kit 

 making way with the day's catch ; then found they were in the drier 

 getting after yesterday's stuff." 



On May 9 it was noted: "Rainfall is now much less larger creeks 

 are wadable but there are too many cloudy days." On May 10 Mr. 

 J. H. Williamson had a return of the malarial fever. On May 12 and 

 14 Mr. Strohm collected at San Antonio, Matto Grosso, Brazil, as 

 single day trips from Porto Velho. 



On May 30 the Expedition left Porto Velho on a strainer of the 



*But cf. Manaos, June 17, "Last night we papered 280 dragonflies." 



