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April iSSg- 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Entomologist for Minnesota. —A re- 

 cent number of Entomologica ameiicaiKi 

 states that Mr. Hermann Oelrichs is Uie en- 

 tomologist of the Minnesota experiment sta- 

 tion. This is a mistake as Mr. Otto Lugger 

 the original appointee still holds the position. 



Colorado biological association. — The 

 reorganization of the Colorado ornithologi- 

 cal association under the above name is 

 announced. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, the 

 secretary of the newly organized society, 

 has already written many articles on North 

 American insects for English and American 

 entomological journals, and is at present 

 engaged on a "Bibliography of Colorado 

 entomology" for the new association. G: D. 



Spider poisons. — Professor Breeger has 

 recently investigated the poisons of spiders. 

 He found that the Russian varieties of spi- 

 der, Phalanchiiim and Tiochosa (tarantula), 

 are non-poisonous, but that a third, Cara- 

 curt or "black wolf," secretes a powerful 

 poison, forming 25 per cent of its whole 

 weight. This substance is a peculiar unsta- 

 ble alkaloid, destroyed at 60° C, or by alco- 

 hol. Introduced into the circulation of warm- 

 blooded animals, one-thirtieth of a milligram 

 per kilogram of the animal treated was suffi- 

 cient to cause death. It exceeds in power all 

 known vegetable principles, and prussic acid 

 being comparable in toxicity with the poison 

 of snakes. — Set. americatt. 17 Nov. 18SS. 

 V. 59. P' 310- 



New scientific journal. — Contributions 

 to science by Charles J. Maynard, a new 

 quarterly (No. i, April, 1889) published by 

 the author at Newtonville, Mass., contains a 

 description with figures of the defensive 

 glands oi Anisomorpha biiptestoides. 



G. D. Smith collection of beetles. — 

 Mr. F. C. Bowditch has purchased the large 

 and valuable cabinet of beetles formed by the 

 late Mr. George D. Smith of Cambridge, 

 Mass. According to an enumeration made 

 several years ago by Mr. B. P. Mann, this 



collection contained more than 8900 species 

 and 37,000 specimens. With this addition 

 Mr. Bowditch's collection ranks among the 

 largest in this countrv. 



Agricultural experiment station 

 reports. — The Cambridge Entomological 

 Club desires to obtain as full sets as possible 

 of all reports of slate experiment stations 

 established under the Hatch bill, in so far 

 as these reports contain entomological 

 matter. Up to the time of writing the libra- 

 rian has received bulletins from the states 

 indicated by an asterisk below. For the 

 benefit of our subscribers we append a list, 

 as accurate as we can now make it, of the 

 addresses of those stations that have ento- 

 mologists. We should be glad to receive 

 additions and corrections for this list. 



State. Entomologist and address. 



Maine. Prof. F. L. Harvey, Orono. 



Vt. Prof. G: H. Perkins, Burlington. 



Mass.* Prot". C : H : Fernald, Amherst. 



N. Y.* Prof. J : H : Comstock, Ithaca. 



N, J. John B. Smith, New Brunswick. 



Del.* M. H. Beckwith, Newark. 



Va. W: B. Alwood, Blacksburg. 



S. C* Prof. G: F. Atkinson, Columbia. 



Geo. J. P. Campbell, Athens. 



Miss. Prof. S. M. Tracy, Agricultural 



College. 



Tex. M. Francis, College Station. 



Mo. J- W. Clark, Columbia. 



Ark. C : W : Wood worth, Fayette ville. 



Tenn. H : E. Summers, Knoxville. 



Iowa.* C. P. Gillette, Ames. 



Minn.* Otto Lugger, St. Anthony Park. 



Dak. J. H. Orcutt, Brookings. 



Mich.* Prof. A. J: Cook, Agricultural 



College. 



Ohio.* C. M. Weed, Columbus. 



Ind. F. M. Webster, Lafayette. 



Neb. Lawrence Bruner, Lincoln. 



Kans.* Prof. E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan. 



Cal. F. W. Morse, Berkeley. 



No. 153 was issued 11 Jan. 1889. 



No. 154-155 were issued 8 March 1889. 



