THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. bO 



derived fiuni the popular name of its nearest relative, the orchard tent 

 caterpillar, but it is misleading, as Mr. Slingerland points out, since the 

 larva of Clisiocampa dissfria does not make a tent. It is interesting to 

 know that the sympathetic and altogether united organization known as 

 the "jugatcTe" has not falsitied its name in this instance, but has joined 

 with Mr. Slingerland in concluding that the "forest [tnXless catcriiiilar " 

 would bi an appropriate name for this species. 



Since Mr. Slingerland invites suggestions, it occurs to the writer that 

 there are so many hundreds of other forest caterpillars which are tentless 

 that the name lacks the specific quality which is desirable. In answer to 

 his question, '• Has anyoue a better name to suggest? " I might propose 

 "the tin-horn cater[)illar," or "the brass-band caterpillar," referring to 

 the startling discoveries which were made in south-western New York last 

 summer, and which, the writer is informed, Mr. Slingerland intends to 

 investigate next season. Alternatively, the name " the railroad-train 

 obstructor," or '• the slippery-when-smashed caterpillar," might be sug- 

 gested, since this is the species which is at the bottom of all the 

 newspaper stories of railway trains being stoi)ped by caterpillars. Or, 

 since the damage of the last ^cw years is said to have seriously reduced 

 the crop of maple sugar, the insect might be called " the maple-sugar 

 adulteration-promoter." 



Seriously, however, why would not " forest army worm," or " the 



army worm of the forest," be quite the most appropriate and distinctive 



name which could be suggested ? 



L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C. 



Mr. C. W. Mally, M. Sc, assistant to Professor F. M. Webster in 

 the Entomological Department of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, has bsen appointed Assistant Government Entomologist of Cape 

 Colony, South Africa, and has left for his distant sphere of labour. Mr. 

 Chas. P. Lounsbury, who also went from the United States a few years 

 ago, is in charge of the Entomological Department at Cape Town. 



