PSYCHE. 



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Personal Notes. — Mr. R. E. Snod- 

 grass, instructor in Entomology in Stanford 

 University, lias just returned from a ten 

 months' collecting trip to the Galapagos 

 Islands. He brings back a large collection 

 of insects, including an especially large 

 series of Acridiidae from all the islands of 

 the group and a large number of Mallophaga 

 taken from the birds of the islands. The 

 collection belongs to the department of ento- 

 mology of Stanford University, and will be 

 studied by well-known American specialists. 



Mr. W. A. Snow, son of Chancellor F. H. 

 Snow of the University of Kansas, and an 

 entomologist know-n for his systematic stud- 

 ies on the Diptera, was drowned in the har- 

 bor of San Francisco on October lo. Mr. 

 Snow was swept overboard from a small 

 launch while greeting General Funston and 

 the 2oth Kansas Volunteers just returned 

 from Manila. Mr. Snow had been an assist- 

 ant or instructor in entomology in the Uni- 

 versity of Kansas, in the University of Illi- 

 nois and in Stanford University. 



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In this book the author has tried to present 

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Guide to the Genera and Classification of the Orthoptera of North America 

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