Dec, '03] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3^7 



Prof. Smith read an extract from the Century Magazine of 

 1889, describing a method of gambhng in Russia by means of 

 the movements of certain insects. [See page 333, a7itea.'\ 



Dr. Castle suggested a method for mounting insects with 

 smooth undersurfaces. Instead of fastening them by glue to 

 slips, a small incision is made in the side of the insect, into 

 which the slip is inserted. 



Dr. Skinner suggested the immediate immersion of insects 

 in gasoline in collecting, as they frequently injure themselves 

 in fluttering about the collecting bottle. 



Messrs. Wenzel and Smith said gasoline hardens the speci- 

 mens, so that mounting is made difficult. 



Dr. Dedrick spoke of the prevalence of body lice among the 

 Esquimaux, and stated that the means adopted to rid them- 

 selves of the pest is to hang out their clothes and allow the 

 insects to freeze, and by beating their clothes to dislodge the 

 insects. 



'Mr. Laurent exhibited some live specimens of Te?iodera 

 si?ie?isis. 



Mr. Wenzel referred to the statement that the only eastern 

 species of Cicindela attracted by light is C. pn?ictulata. At 

 Anglesea, N. J., he had observed C. 77iarghiata coming to 

 light, and he believed all the species would be so attracted 

 were the lights situated near- their habitats. 



Prof. Smith stated during the past summer he observed 

 many specimens of May flies which had been beaten down by 

 rain. Nearly all were females, and from the abdomen of each 

 extended two strings of eggs, each being as large as the body 

 of the insect. In this insect the ovaries have each a separate 

 opening from the body, instead of opening into a single pass- 

 age or vagina, as in most insects. During the summer he had 

 collected 33 species of mosquitoes in New Jersey, and of these 

 he had bred 31 species. 



Mr. Daecke reported the capture of Eiicosma adamontona. 

 which, described from Lapland in 1825, has not been found 

 until the present specimens were taken in New Jersey. He 

 also exhibited Belvosia bifasciafa, showing interruption in an 

 auxiliary abdominal band on the second segment. 



