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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA., NOVEMBER, 1894. 



AN EXPERIENCE. 



SOME time ago a very talkative and plausible young man came to Phila- 

 delphia from New York (or that vicinity) in quest of money to aid him in 

 an entomological trip to somewhere. He found it (the money) in goodly 

 quantity, to our sorrow. It has been intmated that he went to Florida, 

 and as far as anything having materialized goes, we are led to believe that 

 there are no insects in that country. The whole thing was a swindle, and 

 it is a question whether any one should consent to buy a "pig in a poke" 

 as it is entirely an " unbusinesslike" proposition. We have learned wis- 

 dom by experience, and the next fellow that comes along will have trou- 

 ble in " raising the wind." We have never known of any adequate return 

 for money expended in advance for expeditions, etc., as far as entomo- 

 logical specimens are concerned. Some of our New York friends were 

 also losers by this same party, and perhaps also some Washington ento- 

 mologists. Our foolish confidence will doubtless serve as a warning to 

 our friends not to pay for things in advance, especially insects. Was our 

 money stolen ? 



Bergrothia steelii was found in some numbers this month (September) 

 on Larrea near the N. Mexico Agricultural College. Some further consid- 

 eration of the evidence leads me to think that it may be more correct to 

 write it B. townsendi var. steelii, after all. The exact specific value of 

 such forms is very hard to determine, so that much room is left for indi- 

 vidual differences of opinion. Probably most satisfactory results will be 

 obtained by experimental methods transferring doubtful forms from one 

 plant or locality to another. T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



