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February 7. This is quite frequent in low sandy localities in 

 Indiana. 



9019. — Gononotus lutosus Lee. Eight specimens were found 

 beneath drift along the beach of Clearwater Bay at Dunedin. 

 January 21 — February 8. 



A NATIONAL COLLECTION OF CANADIAN INSECTS. 



The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the^ Minister 

 of Agriculture, has appointed the Dominion Entomologist, Dr. C. 

 Gordon Hewitt, Honorary Curator of Entomology in the Canadian 

 National Museum, Ottawa. 



For a number of years the Entomological Branch of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture has been laying the foundation of a repre- 

 sentative collection of the insects of Canada. This collection, 

 together with several collections which have been acquired by the 

 Museum, constitute the basis of a National Collection. In it will 

 be incorporated the insects collected and received by the Ento- 

 mological Branch and by the Museum. As the National Museum 

 is under the direction of the Director of the Geological Survey and 

 Deputy Minister of Mines, increased facilities will be afforded for 

 securing entomological collections made by surveying and exploring 

 parties, for example, the Canadian (Stefansson) Arctic Expedition 

 is collecting insects for the National Collection. The collections 

 will be stored in cabinets similar to those now in use in the United 

 States National Museum at Washington, and it will be a great 

 satisfaction to Canadian entomologists to know that the collections 

 will be housed in a fire-proof building. It is hoped that this im- 

 portant move in the interests of Canadian entomology will receive 

 the support of collectors throughout the country. Collectors hav- 

 ing duplicate material will greatly assist in building up the collec- 

 tions by sending such extra specimens of local insects as they may 

 be able to spare for inclusion in the National Collection. Especi- 

 ally is it to be desired that types of Canadian species shall be 

 deposited in the National Museum, where they will be properly 

 cared for. 



The Entomological Branch of the Department of Agriculture 

 will continue its practice of naming insects for collectors, and such 

 collections and correspondence relating to the same should be 

 addressed to "The Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa." 



