130 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



reference be made to the original name, which has been used by Mr. 

 Strecker "in vain." 



It is not here a question of Orthodoxy, but of taste and decency. 

 While great sacrifices are to be made to secure a stable nomenclature by 

 the enforcement of the law of priority, there is a point where the proposer 

 of objectionable names should meet with a check. Under cover of 

 priority there is no telling how far we might be led, were we obliged to 

 adopt any names that might be proposed. But no student is obliged to 

 use names which appear to him disadvantageous to the comprehension of 

 his subject or the general welfare of his science. The more he is inter- 

 ested about the fact and the less about names and rules, the better. At 

 least he will not trouble himself to use an objectionable term for the sake 

 of priority. And this is the strong point of the anti-Hiibnerists. And it 

 would be legitimate were it not shown that Hiibner's names are mainly 

 objected to from their being neglected, or insufificiently founded ; there 

 can be no reason, where they are well founded, for their further neglect, 

 since their use makes but little trouble at present and what we need is a 

 stable nomenclature. To attain this we must exhaust the application of 

 names at present in literature. 



PREPARATORY STAGES OF HOMOPTERA LUNATA. Drury. 



BY G. H. FRENCH, CARBONDALE, ILL. 



Egg. — Diameter, .03 inch. Globular in shape, slightly flattened at the 

 base, the apex having a punctured space but no depression ; a series of 

 longitudinal ridges from near the base, 20 of which reach the apical space. 

 As these ridges are the same distance apart, there are between those 

 reaching the apex several shorter ones, the number not noted. The 

 depressions between the ridges show slight punctures. Color pale green. 

 Duration of this period 5 days. 



Young Larva. — Length .15 inch, slender, 12 legs, the first and 



