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figured {Aspidiotus perniciosus, A. aurantii, n\n\ Icenja purchasi). He 

 uiit'ortiiuately, however, reproduces some of the worst of Matthew Cooke's 

 figures, and Comstock's very poor one of Lecanium hesperidmn. The 

 volume contains also considerable new matter, to which we shall have 

 occasion to refer later. 



Kinds "Words from a Veteran Entomologist.— The pleasing things which 

 entomologists are writing us concerning Insect Life are very grati- 

 fying, but especially so was the following sentence from a recent com- 

 munication from that veteran and learned entomologist, whom we deem 

 it an honor to call friend, viz. Prof. J. O. Westwood. He writes : 



I congratulate you ou the excellent periodical you have inaugurated — Insect Life. 

 I find it full of valuable tiew matter, and its illustrations fully keep up the old style. 

 I wish I could find aud support an equal set of clever pupils. 



The Lepidoptera of Australia.— We are pleased to learn from a recent 

 communication from Mr. A. Sidney Olliff, of the Australian Museum at 

 Sidney, New South Wales, that the authorities of the museum have 

 recently decided to continue the publication of the drawings and manu- 

 script relating to the life histories of Australian Lepidoptera left by 

 the late Alex. W. Scott and since acquired by the museum. The work 

 of editing and revising this material has been intrusted to Mr. Scott's 

 daughter, Mrs. Edward Forde, and Mr. Olliff. It is to be published on 

 the plan of the three parts which were issued by Mr. Scott before his 

 death, and will probably extend to twenty parts, each containing three 

 or four colored folio plates. The first part is expected about May 1. 



Mr. John B. Smith, who has been our assistant in the Department of 

 Insects at the National Museum, has resigned, to accept the more lucra- 

 tive position of Entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 New Brunswick, N. J. Mr. Martin L. Linell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has 

 been appointed as an Aid in the Department, and during our absence 

 Mr. Howard will act as Curator. Mr. Linell is an entomologist of con- 

 siderable experience, and is well fitted to aid in the care of such an im- 

 portant collection as that of the National Museum has become. We 

 regret to lose Mr. Smith from the Washington entomologists, but con- 

 gratulate him on the appointment, and wish him every success in his 

 new field, in which applied entomology will occupy him more than it has 

 hitherto done. 



The Entomologist will sail on the 13th of April for Paris, as one of 

 the Assistant Commissioners to the Paris Exposition, appointed by the 



