3^ [February, 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Published monthly (except July and August), in charge of the joint 

 ■publication committees of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, and the American Entomological 

 Society. It will contain not less than 300 pages per annum. It will main- 

 tain no free list whatever, but will leave no measure untried to make it a 

 necessity to every student of insect life, so that its very moderate annual 

 subscription may be considered well spent. 



ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Sl.OO, IN ADVANCE. 



Outside of the United States and Canada $1.20. 



8^" -AH remittances and communications should be addressed to 

 Entomological News, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th and Race 

 Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Philadelphia, Pa., February, 1897. 



NEWS AGENTS. 



Quite a number of our subscribers get the News through 

 news and book agencies and they give us considerable trouble. 

 These agencies all expect a discount and we publish th^ News 

 at such a low rate that we cannot afford to give them a percentage. 

 It would be much better if our friends would send us their sub- 

 scription money direct. It is doubtless an advantage for institu- 

 tions to subscribe through an agency, but it can hardly save the 

 individual any trouble. We have had subscribers inform us that 

 they have not received the Nev/s, and in some, cases it has been 

 because we have not received the money for the subscription, 

 and as we expect the money in advange, such copies have not 

 been sent out. Those who have not sent in their subscriptions 

 for the present year will kindly do so and greatly oblige us. 



It is said there is nothing new under the sun. This is a mistake, as we 

 have just received some Coleoptera, to name, put up in gelatin capsules. , 

 Each end of the capsule has a little cotton in it and the beetle is between 

 and can be seen and e.xamined through this transparent material. What 

 xiext? 



