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on the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian regions and on 

 the Cetoniidae of the Malay Archipelago (these two in Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond. 1867) were based in large part on his own col- 

 lections, are summarized in My Life (i, pp. 400-403) and con- 

 stitute his systematic entomological work. 



Many of his essays on general subjects such as Mimicry, and 

 many chapters in his larger works, The Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of Animals, Darwinism, Tropical Nature, etc., are founded 

 on his own observations on insects. As President of the En- 

 tomological Society of London, his address in January, 1871, 

 dealt with the peculiarities of insular insects, while that of 1872 

 "endeavoured to expound Herbert Spencer's theory of the origin 

 of insects, on the view that they are fundamentally compound 

 animals, each segment representing one of the original inde- 

 pendent organisms." 



Notes and. Ne\vs 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



The Alligator Pear Weevil (Col.) A Correction. 



On page 416, ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, vol. XXIV, No. 9, November, 

 1913, under "Notice of Public Hearing on the Alligator Pear Weevil," 

 the insular possessions Hawaii and Porto Rico are incorrectly cited 

 as localities in which the avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boh.) is known 

 to occur. The only other records of this weevil known to us other 

 than Mexican are Central American. Naturally, no quarantine action 

 will be taken or is intended against the islands referred to, or other 

 avocado-producing countries free from this weevil. The error in the 

 notice is sincerely regretted, and was due to the absence from Wash- 

 ington of the writer at the time. C. L. MARLATT, Chairman, FederaJ 

 Horticultural Board, Washington, D. C. 



Acknowledgment of Photographs Received. 



The album of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia has been increased by the addition of the 

 photographs of the following persons, and the thanks of the Section 

 are tendered to the donors for their gifts : 



Messrs. R. Godfrey,* Harry L. Johnson, A. L. Melander, D. E. 

 Merrill, F. W. Nunenmacher, J. H. Reading, R. J. Smith and O. S. 

 Westcott. 



* Deceased since receipt of the photograph. 



