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Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1900. 



A well-known entomologist writes to the News as follows : 

 " I have been surprised that there is no means for the many 

 entomologists of the non-economic kind to see each other with- 

 out each makes a pilgrimage to the shrines of all the others. 



Now, why can not we get together somewhere once in a while 

 and have a royal good time, exchange notes and specimens, 

 and .see how each other looks? Say, for instance, that about 

 the Christmas holidays the scattered entomologists throughout 

 New England and the Eastern States in general, as well as 

 those of the larger cities, meet in conference at some central 

 point. Let each one bring some specimens of the things he 

 loves best and be prepared to give some little talk on the sub- 

 ject which interests him most. I do not know whether any 

 such thing has ever been proposed, but I cannot see wh}^ it 

 should not prove a success. If the economic entomologists 

 can do it, why can not the others ? ' ' The News would be 

 pleased to see some active entomologist interest himself in this 

 and try and make such meetings successful and profitable. 



Lenth of Life in a Beetle. — At the meeting of the Natural His- 

 tory Society of Brunn, Austria, March 10, 1898, Herr Ign. Czizek showed 

 a beetle, Gibbium psylloides, which he had kept living in a small box 

 since the spring of 1895, and which was still active and lively. 



