Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 59 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



In the June News I note an article on the collecting regions around 

 Las Vegas, N. M., and would like to add a few remarks with regard to 

 the regions which lie to the west of Springer, and are known as the 

 Moreno Valley and Ute Creek districts. In the month of February I 

 made a visit to Elizabethtown, and, judging from the indications at that 

 time, and from information gathered from the natives, I believe these 

 regions will prove very rich in new material. 



Elizabethtown is situated near the head of the Moreno Valley, at an 

 elevation of over 8000 feet, and is practically surrounded by mountains 

 that range in height from 10,000 to 14,000 feet. The only way of access 

 to this valley that I know of is through a narrow canon some 15 miles in 

 length. 



This valley is so completely shut off from the surrounding country that 

 a great deal of the fauna of the adjacent district is not represented here. 



The railroad journey ends at Springer, on the Atcheson, Topeka & 

 Santa Fe R. R. From here you begin a stage journey of 57 miles to 

 Elizabethtown. The first 21 miles is from Springer to Cimarron, and 

 passes through a rolling country consisting of meadows, irrigated lands 

 and one or two small lakes. 



At Cimarron you will have to stop over night, and the first place will be 

 at Mr. Hawkins', the owner of the stage line. 



From Cimarron to Ute Creek (12 miles) the road begins to enter the 

 foothills ; from Ute Creek to Elizabethtown (20 miles) then entering the 

 canon shortly after leaving Ute Creek and emerging into a beautiful valley 

 about five eighths of a mile from Elizabethtown. 



The elevations of the posts on this trip are : Springer, 5800 feet ; Cimar- 

 ron, 6500 feet ; Ute Creek, 7500 feet ; Elizabethtown, 8500 feet. So you 

 see that there is considerable altitude. The snows are never very heavy 

 at Elizabethtown ; when I left, the last of February, there was about six 

 inches on the level, and at Springer none at all. 



At Elizabethtown there is a family from Philadelphia by the name of 

 Lynch, and I feel sure that one could get accommodations here ; for they 

 are very pleasant, and are always glad to receive strangers. They have 

 been here for years, and are well acquainted with the country. — M. C. 

 HoAG, Maxwell, Iowa. 



To Collect Pairs of Dragonflies. Poisoning Specimens. — 

 Pairs of dragonflies, papered with a single pair in an envelope, are often 

 valuable in rendering the specific determination of the female certain, 

 and such material may have a further value for the student of variation. 

 If a vial of small insect pins is carried into, the field, each pair, as it is 

 taken, may be impaled on a pin and dropped into the cyanide jar. Two 

 cyanide jars may be used, and a distinction made between those pairs 



