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Picture for album of American Entomological Society has been re- 

 ceived from Mr. L, E. Ricksecker, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



A DOG WORTH TWO FIELD HANDS.— Bob Payne mourns the loss of his 

 wonderful dog, whose biography we gave in the Enterprise last year, and 

 ■whose forte was worming tobacco. This dog, it is claimed, actually re- 

 paired daily to the tobacco patch and carefully sought for and destroyed 

 the worms which prey on the plant. He is now at rest from his labors, 

 and Mr. Payne says he will have to hire two hands to take his place in 

 •the tobacco field. — Forest and Stream. 



Thecla sheridanii has occurred rather plentifully this Spring on the 

 barren tops of the foot-hills near Denver. The habits of this insect have 

 given me no clue to its food-plant; it is generally sitting on small rocks 

 or the ground; the only flower it seems to frequent is the small, white, 

 blooming Saxifraga cespitosa. It is a difficult insect to catch as it is 

 almost impossible to see it on the wing; it is soon faded and worn, but 

 when fresh is a very beautiful insect, the white line being conspicuous. 

 Anthocharis roses has also appeared in some numbers. I captured Pa- 

 pilio indra on blossoms of wild cherry May 4th, the earliest time I have 

 yet seen it. — David Bruce. 



In the room where I keep my collection there is a stationary washstand 

 with hot and cold water. This became the abiding place of a colony of 

 small red ants {Monomoriutn pharaonis). They were a great nuisance 

 and got into some of the drawers of my cabinet which were made years 

 ago, in an unsafe way, so far as museum pests are concerned. I made 

 several desultory attempts to get rid of them, but without success. I 

 made the collections safe by the use of naphthaline, as these little fellows 

 wont stay where it is. I had a jar of oxide of zinc ointment on the wash- 

 stand and the ants were very fond of it, and it was always covered by a 

 3ot of them. I remembered the story of the Quaker on board the ship 

 which was attacked by pirates, one of whom was coming up the side 



