340 TtlH; CAJNADiAJS EMOMOLOCiliST. 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASHINGTON. 



We learn from Scieiice that in the Bureau of Entomology the salary of 

 the Entomologist has been increased from $3,250 to $4,000. The total 

 appropriation is increased by $48,950, making it $184,960 ; this includes 

 the Cotton Boll-weevil investigations, which have heretofore been carried 

 in an emergency appropriation. In addition, the Bureau has charge of the 

 Gypsy and Brown-tail Moth campaign, for which an emergency appropri- 

 ation of $250,000, an increase of $100,000, was made, the entire amount 

 being immediately available. The silk investigations in progress for 

 several years are to be brought to a close. 



Mr. H. Groh, B. S. A,, Ontario Agricultur.al College, Guelph, has 

 recently been appointed an assistant in the Division of Entomology and 

 Botany, over which Dr. James Fletcher presides, of the Experimental 

 Farms of the Dominion. 



His many friends will learn with deep regret that Mr. J. A. Guignard^ 

 for many years Dr. Fletcher's chief assistant, has felt compelled to resign, 

 owing to advanced age and infirmity, the position which he so usefully filled. 

 He has returned to his native Switzerland, where, it is to be hoped, he 

 may have a prolonged period of rest and quiet happiness. 



The British Museum has lately published " The History of the 

 Collections contained in the Natural History Departments " (2 vols., 

 1905-7). Under "Insecta" there are lists of the accessions for each year 

 and the number of species and specimens in each order. The entire 

 nmnber of insects in 1904 was over 1,018,000 specimens, including 153,000 

 named species. The Coleoptera head the list with 398,000 specimens 

 and 67,300 species ; Lepidoptera 355,700 specimens, 41,000 species ; 

 Hymenoptera 132,000 specimens, 20,000 species ; Hemiptera 57,650 

 specimens, 11,700 species; Diptera 47,000 specimens, 7,400 species; 

 Orthoptera, 18,800 specimens, 3,900 species; other orders 9,200 speci- 

 mens, 1,900 species. (These round numbers are the approximate figures 

 to those given.) The largest single collection ever received was the great 

 Bowring collection of 230,000 Coleoptera; the Stephens collection con- 

 tained 90,000 specimens of various orders ; the Leech collection over 

 50,000 Lepidoptera ; the Pascoe collection 45,000 Coleoptera, including 

 over 3.000 types. These are the most extensive contributions recorded, 

 and formed very notable additions to the possessions of the Museum. 



Mailed September 3rd, igo8. 



