THE 



A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



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

 knowledge among Agriculturists and Horticulturists. 



Vol. II, Nos. 11 & 12. 



AUG. AND SEPT., 1867. 



Whole Nos. 23 & 24. 



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PHILADELPHIA, AUG. AND SEPT., 1867. 



VALEDICTOST. 



In taking my final leave of the readers of the 

 Practical Entomologist, I feel that I ought 

 not to omit returning my best thanks to the 

 numerous gentlemen who have rendered me their 

 valuable assistance during the current year. It 

 is perhaps invidious to specify a few names, 

 where so many have cooperated, but I cannot avoid 

 mentioning in particular Dr. J. L. LeConte, Mr. 

 E. T. Cresson, Mr. S. S. Rathvon, and Dr. J. S. 

 Houghton, of Pennsylvania; Mr. H. Ulke, of D. 

 C. ; Baron Osten Sacken, Dr. Wm. M. Smith, Mr. 

 Peter Ferris, Mr. Isaac Hicks, and Mr. J. H. Par- 

 sons, of New York ; Mr. W. C. Fish, of Mass. ; 

 Mr. M. S. Hill, of Ohio ; Mr. John Townley, of 

 Wisconsin ; Dr. E. S. Hull, Dr. H. Shimer, Mr. 

 Elmer Baldwin, Mr. M. S. Duulap, Mr. F. K. 

 Phoenix, and Miss Marion Hobart, of Illinois; and 

 Mr. J. Pettit, of C. W. Would that I could with 

 propriety add Dr. B. Clemens, of Penna., to the 

 list ! But alas ! he is gone from among us, and we 

 shall not soon see his like again. b. d. w. 



THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF ILIINOIS. 



The Canada Farmer, in its issue of July 15, 

 1867, congratulates the State of Illinois upon their 

 discernment and public spirit in creating and liber- 

 ally endowing the Office of State Entomologist, and 



is "much pleased to learn that the appointment 

 has been conferred upon the talented Editor of the 

 Practical Entomologist." As I find that a 

 similar delusion is very prevalent throughout the 

 United States, and as I do not wish that the State, 

 in which I am for the present residing, should be 

 complimented for doing what in reality it has not 

 done at all, I think it proper to give here the true 

 facts of the case. 



On the last day of the regular biennial Session, 

 in the winter of 1866 — 7, our Legislature, as the 

 Canada Farmer correctly states, "passed a Bill 

 authorizing the appointment of a State Entomolo- 

 gist, with a salary of $2000 per annum," but only 

 for a period of two years. By the terms of this 

 law, the appointment was vested in the Governor, 

 "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." 

 On the earliest possible opportunity, namely, at the 

 Special Session held in June, 1867, the Governor 

 accordingly sent in my name to the Senate for the 

 office. But instead of either confirming or reject- 

 ing the Governor's nomination, the Senate post- 

 poned all action upon it till the next regular bienni- 

 al session in the winter of 1868 — 9, when, by the 

 terms of the Law itself, the Office of State Entomo- 

 logist will already have ceased to exist. In other 

 words, they in effect vetoed a law which they, in 

 common with the House, had in the first instance 

 voted for ; or, which is the same thing, took such 

 action that the law became, for all practical pur- 

 poses, mere waste paper. 



It strikes me that this is a good deal like the 

 platform of the facetious politician, who profess- 

 ed himself to be theoretically in favor of the Maine 

 Liquor ]jaw, but strongly opposed to its practical 

 enforcement. b. d. w. 



THE»THBEE SO-CALLED ABMY-WOEMS. 



There are three perfectly distinct caterpillars, or 

 "worms" as they are popularly called — producing 

 three perfectly distinct moths — which at various 

 times and at various places in the United States 

 have been designated as " Army-worms." The ha- 

 bits of the three insects being quite distinct, this, 

 as we might naturally anticipate, has given rise to 



