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Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement 



of Science. 



The Annual meeting of the above Association will be held in the 

 city of Cleveland, Ohio, August, 1888. 



The entomological section will hold its first meeting in the High 

 School Building, 9 A. M. , August 15th. 



It is very much desired that the meeting of the section be as suc- 

 cessful as possible. And we therefore urge not only the attendance of 

 Entomologists but as well specific preparation against the meetings that 

 there may be a presentation of papers and a taking part in discussion 

 which will make the meetings a profit and an inspiration. Dr. A. J. Cook 

 of Agricultural College, INIich. is the Secretary of the section and we 

 are earnestly requested by him to ask entomologists to send to him as 

 soon as possible the subjects of intended papers and before the meeting, 

 as well abstracts of the same 



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The American Museum of Natural History at Central Park, New 

 York, has secured the services of Mr. William Beutenmiiller as Curator 

 of the Entomological Department. Mr. Beutenmiiller has for several 

 years made a general study of Entomology and more lately has made a 

 specialty of the Tineidas The Central Park collection which formerly 

 contained many types of Giote and Robinson as well as those of Robm- 

 son's Tortricida^ has been almost totally destroyed by Anthrenus — and 

 what is left is practically valueless. The officials have taken now the 

 right step for a collection, in securing for what is obtained in the future, 

 the care of a very promising and active Entomologist. 



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Book Notices. 



We have received Bulletin No. 2 of the Experiment Stadon of Florida. 



In this Mr. Wm. H. Ashmead of Jacksonville who has been ap- 

 pointed Entomologist publishes notes on various insect pests. 



We wish however to call attention to the fact that in this report he 

 describes two new species of Diptera, Aphidius flavicoxa and Pachyneiiron 

 viaidaphidis. 



We have no objection whatever that descriptions of new species 

 should be given in these bulletins and corresponding publications and 

 reports. But we do claim that thereby the author is doing work which 

 will entail no end of trouble and vexation on posterity We have now 

 or soon will have some 40 or more Experiment Stations bach under law 

 publishing a Bulletin at least every three months. If original descriptions 

 made in these are to be recognized, one can see what a library — almost 

 entirely waste paper to him — the Entomologist must have, if, indeed, he 

 can obtain these reports. It is an easy matter for every describer of new- 

 species to have the species as well published in some regular Entomo- 

 logical journal and in the interest of future Scientists we beg that this may 

 always be done. 



This is said only as the report before us gives us the occasion. Some 

 of our best Entomologists not recognizing the evil have described in 

 State or United States Bulletins and Reports only, and so have unwittingly 



