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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 contain not less than 300 pages per annum. It will main- 

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 necessity to every student of insect life, so that its very mock-rate annual 

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PHILADELPHIA, PA., APRIL, 1894. 



THE NEW ENTOMOLOGY. 



The above is the title of the annual address delivered before the En- 

 tomological Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, England, fan. 8, 1894, 

 by \Y. E. Sharp, from which we quote : " Entomology is comparatively 

 an old science, but it must be apparent that of recent years the study has 

 assumed a wider horizon, and taken to itself new and perhaps even more 

 fascinating methods. ' ' With all respect to the past masters in Entomology, 

 how limited was their sense of domain they were investigating. Patient 

 and reliable as were their researches, valuable as was the knowledge of 

 Nature they acquired and bequeathed to us, they never seemed to trouble 

 themselves about the meaning, the why of phenomena, the how; the 

 methods of tilings were enough for them. The disciples of the past sup- 

 posed that when every insect form in the world had been described and 

 catalogued, and the whole of the order finally and unanimously arranged 

 in methodical series of divisions then their purpose would be accomplished 

 .md their occupation gone. We, on the contrary, know that even with 

 such perfected work our real labors would be but begun. 



A CoLLHCTio.x NOTK. On February 25th, three collectors near New- 

 ark took the following specimens around the base of trees. Any number 

 of Notiophi/ns siiuru'iis, Dyschyrius globulosus, Hcinhidinin i-ons/ricfiini, 

 ]!. .f-tnat-ii/alinn; between fifty and sixty Mctahletus auicricauus, also 

 Apenes sinuata, Platynusmetallescens, Droniiiispift-ns, ( 'rypfair/ni amp/a, 

 Pandeletejus hilaris, Onntius rcn/i.r, besides a considerable number of 

 Staphylinidse, which have not yet been identified. K. A. I'.ISCIIUFK. 



