Dec, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 327 



culture. Entomologists know what voracious feeders caterpillars are and 

 will understand that it was impossible to keep the tables, where whole 

 broods of large caterpillars were feeding, cleared of frass. Indeed the 

 little pellets littered the tables in goodly quantity. Imagine the effect 

 when this lady, after a hurried glance, exclaimed : " Oh ! You feed them 

 on those pills ! " — F. K. 



During July a correspondent wishing to send me some beetles, and 

 not having any convenient arrangement for killing them, placed a large 

 male specimen each of Prionus laticollis Drury and Orthosoma brunneum 

 Forst. in a box, together with a small click-beetle. On reaching my 

 office, the Orthosoma had lost all of his tibiae and tarsi and all but the 

 three lower joints of his antennae. One of these stumps was still between 

 the mandibles of Prionus, and the edges of Orthosoma' s wing-covers 

 gave evidence by the marks on them of having been bitten in many 

 places. Prionus had lost two joints from one antenna and four from the 

 other, but was otherwise uninjured. The struggle had been a fierce one. 

 The click-beetle was unharmed, which goes to show that Prionus proba- 

 bly believed in attacking one more nearly his own size. — W. E.Britton. 



In MEMORtAM, {Cicada septetidecim). — "From reports that have been 

 received from different sections of the country," said the City Forester, 

 of Philadelphia, this afternoon, " we will have a rare experience in hand- 

 ling the locusts. They are somewhat early in the season in putting in an 

 appearance, but despite this we are prepared to fight the insects, for we 

 have taken all the precautionary measures possible with that end in view. 

 As soon as the bugs show themselves we will begin to spray the trees, 

 plants, and shrubbery of all kinds with a solution of Paris green. This 

 solution, if judiciously used, will have the effect of destroying the pests. 

 I advise all persons who have gardens attached to their houses to use the 

 solution which we intend to use in the city's parks. 



" In making this solution take one pound of Paris green, and dissolve 

 it in 200 gallons of water, the mixture to be made in smaller proportions, 

 according to the dimensions of the garden. This should be sprayed on 

 plants and trees, as well as on the ground, the moment the locusts are 

 observed. It is not necessary to be extravagant in using the solution, as 

 a small quantity will answer the purpose ; that is, if it is used correctly. 

 In spraying, a hand syringe can be used with very good results. These 

 can be obtained at a very small cost. I would advise the spraying in pre- 

 ference to burning the insects with oil or alcohol, as the oil oftentimes 

 destroys the trees and plants, and the relief obtained is merely tempo- 

 rary." 



The above is copied from a newspaper report of an interview had in 

 the early part of the past summer. The moral is obvious. 



