grounds, and visitors were catching and feeding ihem to the monkeys. 

 I found one of the officials and learned that they were much alarmed at 

 the ravages of this insect and were about to take active measures for their 

 destruction. They proposed then to shower the trees with clear water 

 to wash the moths down to the ground where they could be crushed. 1 

 asked w liether thcv had used poisonous insecticides for the destruction 

 of the lar\a but he said that they had not, and he had never heard of 

 such a tiling. I suggested that if they should liberate the monkeys and 

 send them up into the trees they would destroy more than they could 

 wash down. 



This he took in sober earnest and explained to me at great length 

 why the plan could not be successful. My joke was a failure. 



The celebrated Insectarium in the Zoological Gardens in London 

 was very disappointing to me. From all I had read of this establish- 

 ment I was expecting to gain some very valuable hints on the best meth- 

 ods of breeding insects, but 1 was astonished at the crudeness of the 

 whole affair. 



Finally I think I have reason to feel proud of my American breth- 

 ren, both the svstematic and the economic workers, and trust they will 

 continue their good work. 



Hoping that you may have a successful meeting, I remain. 

 Yours truly, 



C. H. Fernald. " 



SYNONYMICAL NOTES. 



By Gho. H. Horn, M. D. 

 In a letter from Dr. E. Bergroth, Forssa, Finland, my attention was 

 called to the apparent neglect of a few North American Coleoptera, de- 

 scribed by Drapiez in the " Annales generales aux Sciences Physiques ' 

 Brussels, 1819 — 1821, and to the fact that the name of but one of them 

 appears in the Henshaw !.[>{. They are as follows : 



Mclolontha mijiima Drap. , loc. cit. , Vol. I, p. 291, pi. XI, fig. 2=^ 



Strigodertna pygmcea Fab. 

 Lamia catiteriator Drap., loc. cit.. Vol. II, p. 47, pi. XVI. fig. 6, 



is now a Tetraopes. 

 Tenehris stiialellus Drap., loc. cit., Vol. 5, p. 327, pi. LXXXIII, 



fig. 5 =^ Nyc/obales pensylvanica De Geer. 

 Mc/olon/ha qiiadrimaculata Drap., loc. cit.. Vol. VII, p. 276, pi. 



CIX, fig. 2 =-= Anomala lucicola Fab. 

 P'rom the synonomv given it is very evident why the names ha.ve not 

 appeared in Henshaw's List. There are very many other isolated de- 

 scription of our species which are not yet publicly accounted lor, not- 

 ably in the writings of Motschulsky, to which it is my desire to give at- 

 ion when time can be spared from more serious work. 



