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be separated ? How can the larvae be differentiated ? Does one 

 represent a seasonal brood of the other ? There are many in- 

 teresting problems in regard to our butterflies and moths that 

 can only be accurately solved by studies in the field by persons 

 living where the species in question are abundant. The biolo- 

 gical studies are most interesting, and the student of these 

 problems should prove or disprove the work of the closest 

 naturalist, who is governed by what he sees, and if he has the 

 ,** mihi itch'' there is no telling what he may see. It is hope- 

 less to expect the systematic worker to put genera like Cicin- 

 dela or Argynnis on a firm footing, and yet the individual who 

 lives where the things fly, depends on the systematist for names, 

 or at best does not give the latter the benefit of knowledge which 

 the field worker could or should readily acquire. 



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 D. C. The subscription blank was not filled out. Please send 

 your name and receive credit. 



Mr. Merrick's plate of Haploa in the last News should be an 

 object lesson to the Sloppy dopterist. 



Notes and News 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Queer Cause for Divorce. — Wife says her husband made her 

 catch bugs. — Because her husband forced her to catch bugs, although 

 she was deathly afraid of them, Mrs. Fanny Welch, of Baltimore, Md., 

 sued for a limited divorce. At the time of their marriage Mr. Welch 

 was in the employ of the United States Geological Survey. While in 

 Dennison, Tex,, Mrs. Welch said, her husband took a notion to collect 

 beetles, centipedes, tarantulas, and all sorts of bugs and insects. De- 

 spite her horror of such things, he would make her go with him and 

 help to catch them. He would keep the insects in their room, she said, 

 and when they escaped at night he would compel her to catch them. 

 The court granted her a decree. — Newspaper. 



I Have just completed a preliminary revision of the species of 

 Nonagria and would be glad to see material from all sections of the 

 country prior to publication. Will name and return promptly all speci- 

 mens sent me by correspondents.— John B. Smith, New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J. 



