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well with cribricolle. A little further examination showed that the species 

 lulescens, albescens, lineare and hivillatiivi described bv Leconte under the 

 genus Barikpton might also be placed in Mr. Casey's i>c\v genus, ihey 

 having two connate claws instead of a single claw as in Barihpion proper. 

 Dr. Horn has informed me later that in the type i){ albescens the claws arc 

 extremely closely connate ; and furthermore that this species is not at all 

 like //w(7r<' of which it appears as a synonym in the Henshaw List. He 

 also suggests the possibility of alhescins and lulescens being respectively ^ 

 and 9 of the same species. 



CALLIMORPHA. 



Will all collectors who may be in the position to do so, {ilease col- 

 lect as long series of any species of this genus found in their locality as 

 possible, with the view of getting at the range of variation. Also where 

 that is possible, obtain eggs or larvx' in numbers, and raise them to 

 maturity, preserving specimens of each stage, either blown or in alcohol. 

 Eggs or larvse forwarded to the undersigned, will be carefully raised, and 

 duly acknowledged. 



A study of the species of this genus recently made, the results of 

 which will appear shortly in the Proc. U, S. Nat'l Museum, makes it 

 probable that there are 9 species instead of three, as our lists now show. 

 In order cither to prove, or disprove this conclusion, I beg my friends 

 and correspondents in the U. S. and Canada to assist by supplying me 

 with what notes or material they can. If larva; or eggs are sent, please 

 send name of the food plant from which taken. John B. Smith, 



U. S. N;it'l Mas., Washingt., D. C. 



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Cockroaches ! ' 



In "The Entomologist " Vol. XX, p. 47, appears a notice of a book 

 by Prof L. C. Miall li- Alfred Denny on "The Cockroach: An Intro- 

 duction to the Study of Insects," and among the quotations from it we were 

 interested in one from page 27, Uses : " Of the uses to which cockroaches 

 have been put we have little to say. They constitute a popular remedy 

 for dropsy in Russia ; and both cockroach-tea and cockroach-pills are 

 known in medical practice in Philadelphia. Salted cockroaches are said 

 to have an agreeable flavour, which is apparent in certain popular sauces !" 

 May be some of our medical readers from Philadelphia will enlighten 

 us as to the pardcular diseases for which these medicaments are used. 

 Also what price they bring per thousand — though perhaps the writers of 

 the book can give more information on that score, for it often happens 

 that European works give startling information on American affairs of 

 which we are here grossly ignorant. John B. Smith. 



