News Notes 



FOEDYCE GRINNELL, JR. 



"But, of still greater moment, is a letter in which Wallace 

 tells Bates that he begins 'to feel dissatisfied with a mere local 

 collection. I should like to take some one family to study thor- 

 oughly, principally with a view to the theory of the origin of 

 species. ' The two friends had often discussed schemes for going 

 abroad to explore some virgin region, nor could their scanty 

 means prevent the fulfilment of a scheme which has enriched 

 both science and the literature of travel. The choice of country 

 to explore was settled by Wallace's perusal of a little book 

 entitled A Voyage up the River Amazons, including a residence 

 ill Para, by W. li. Edwards, an American tourist, published in 

 Murray's 'Family Library,' in 1847. In the autumn of that year 

 Wallace proposed a joint expedition to the river Amazons for 

 the purpose of exploring the natural history of its banks." 



— Clodd, Pioneers of Evolution. 



"That which is in the man is greater than all that he can 

 do." — Jordan. 



Alfred Eussel Wallace, the eminent naturalist, died in London, 

 England, Nov. 7, aged 91 years. He visited California in 1887, 

 on a lecturing and sightseeing tour. 



Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke, president of the Pacific Coast Ento- 

 mological Society, has become a member of the Department of 

 Entomology of the University of California. 



Mr. H. H. Newcomb talked before the boys of the Lorciuin 

 Natural History Club in Los Angeles, on November 7, on some 

 of his collecting trips in the eastern states. 



The Rivers' Natural History Club, for boys, has been organ- 

 ized in Los Angeles, named after the oldest living naturalist of 

 California, J. J. Rivers, who is 88 years of age. 



Mr. E. J. Newcomer, well known as a collector and student of 

 Lepidoptera, has been contributing a series of articles to the 



