ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[The Conductors of Entomological News solicit and will thankfully receive items 

 of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given 

 in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] 



To Contributors.— All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our 

 earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- 

 tion. Entomological News has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- 

 ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- 

 ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or 

 important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five "extras," without change in form, 

 will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along 

 with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. — Ed. 



Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1903. 



The Nkws is in a more prosperous condition at the present 

 time than at any period of its history. We have maintained 

 the same low price, but have greatly increased the number of 

 pages and the value and number of our illustrations. The 

 present issue contains forty-six pages, as we are desirous to get 

 the papers we have on hand into print as soon as possible. 

 There is no good reason wh}' the News should not contain at 

 least fifty pages in each number, as the interest in Entomo- 

 logy has materially increased in the last five years. It would 

 benefit all our subscribers if each one of them would get at 

 least one additional subscription so that we could maintain a 

 journal that would fully represent the Entomological interest of 

 America and be a credit to the study. A well illustrated, fifty- 

 page, monthly journal of Entomology is a pleasant thing to con- 

 template, and we hope to see it come to pass in the near future. 



Nearly all the plates of Sphingidae, by Weidemeyer, Calverly and 

 Edwards have been sold. These plates were commenced about 1862 and 

 never issued. The American Entomological Society purchased the 

 copies owned by Mr. W. H. Edwards, which are now being sold. There 

 are twenty-seven plates and numerous figures. The limited edition will 

 make this work very scarce and valuable. An account of the history of 

 the plates and an up-to date list of the species accompanies each set. 



Cassida nigkipes.— In Bull. 35, N. M. Exp. Sta., I commented on 

 the occurrence of this sweet potato pest in places where sweet potatoes 

 are not grown. At Las Vegas, N. M., I find that it lives upon Convolvulus 

 incanus. A specimen from this plant has been examined at the National 

 Museum, and found to be genuine C. nigripes.~-T. D. A. Cockerell. 



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