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A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



Published by the American Entomological Society, for the dissemination of valuable 

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Vol. II, No. 6. 



MARCH, 1867. 



Whole No. 18. 



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' PHILADELPHIA, MARCH, 1867. 



J^- CHANGE OF NAME.-^ss, 



At a meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 Philadelphia, hold March 11, 1867, the following 

 By-Law was unanimously adopted : — 



"Article 1, Chapter 1.— The Society shall be called the 

 AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, and is insti- 

 tuted for the improvement and advancement of Entomo- 

 logical Science, and the investigation of the character 

 and habits of Insects." 



The above change has been made for two rea- 

 sons. 1st. That the Society has to rely on the 

 country at large for support, and in order to receive 

 this support, the erroneous idea which is in many 

 minds, namely, that the Society is a /ocunnstitution, 

 must be displaced. 2nd. It is believed that this 

 change in the name will extend the reputation and 

 claims of the Society, and awaken new and more 

 extended exertions for the permanent support of the 

 only Entomological Society in the United States. 



Now that the Society has adopted a national 

 name, it is hoped that ALL the readers of the Prw- 

 ticdl Eatninoloijist who recognize the usefulness of 

 an Entomological Society, will rally to its support. 

 Any one may become a Contributing Member 

 by the annual payment of a sum of not less than 

 One dollar. The Society will furnish each mem- 

 ber with a handsome diploma. Let all who are in 

 favor of the diffusion of useful knowledge become 

 Contributing Members of the American Ento- 

 mological Society. 



WIEE-WOEMS. 



The ancient Romans had a proverb — " It is gar- 

 lic that I am talking about, and you answer me 

 about onions." (Eijo de alio loqiior ; tu dr. ciepe 

 rcspondfs.) Americans, wlien they are talking 

 about insects, sometimes in the same way answer 

 one another at cross purposes. For example, there 

 are two entirely distinct creatures known by the 

 name of " Wire-worms" in America. The first of 

 these is not a true insect, but a Thousand-legged 

 worm, belonging to the genus Iidiis and the class 

 M^rkipoila.* A figure of one of these is repeated 



Color, livid brown. 



here from Practical Entomologist, II, p. 34, 

 that the reader may see at once, that it has a very 

 large number of joints to its body, and nearly four 

 times as many legs as it has joints; and this kind 

 of so called Wire-worm, never changes into any- 

 thing materially different from itself. On the other 

 hand, the second of the two above referred to, is a 

 true insect, but still in the larva or imperfect state; 

 and, as will be seen from the annexed figure, it haa 



Color, pale shining mahogony. 

 only twelve joints to its body, exclusive of its head, 

 and only six legs, which are placed two upon each 

 of the three front joints of its body. Moreover it 

 has no conspicuous antennae on its head, whereas 

 the other one has antennas of some considerable 

 length. This second kind of •■ Wire-worm" — which 

 is the one that is properly so desiguiited, both in 

 pjuiope and America, — changes after the lapse of 

 several years to what is popularly known as a "Click- 

 beetle,',' {Einte.r taiuily.) That from' which the 



* Harris states that lulua is the Americaa " wire-worm," 

 Inj. Ins. p. 52. 



