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Pictures for the album of the American Entomological Society have 

 been received from T. D. A. Cockerell and his son, Mesilla, New Mex., 

 and L. E. Ricksecker, Santa Rosa, Cala. 



A little-known Halictus. By Charles Robertson, Carlinville, 111. 

 Halictus lustrans. 



Panurgus lustrans Cockerell, Tr. A. E. S. xxiv, 147, 9, 1897. 



SiMULiUM OCHRACEUM AGAIN. — On July 7, 1894, along the west slope 

 of the Medicine Bow Range near Cameron Pass in northern Colorado, at 

 an altitude of 9500 feet, I found this Buffalo gnat very abundant. They 

 worried our horses badly, affecting, principally, the ears, breast and 

 flanks, eventually causing the formation of large, thick scabs. I kept my 

 saddle horse free by daubing the affected parts with axle grease from the 

 wagon hubs. Mr. Coquillett determined the species for me during the 

 same year {1894). — C. F. Baker. 



The collection of Coleoptera made by the late A. S. Fuller, of Ridge- 

 wood, N. J., is in the market. It contains over 4300 named species ex- 

 clusive of varieties and a large amount of material not yet arranged. 

 Counting species not included in the published list and in groups not 

 worked up, the number of species will exceed 4500. Of most species 

 there are good series, and all the material is in good boxes and in good 

 •condition. Further information as to the price, etc., may be obtained 

 from Prof John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. 



The Louisiana Society of Naturalists was organized at New Orleans on 

 July 30th with Prof. J. H. Dillard president and Mr. E. Foster secretary. 

 The society starts with about forty charter members and much interest is 

 being shown by naturalists of the State. The objects of the society are 

 the encouragement and advancement of the study of natural history, the 

 accumulation of a library, the publication of valuable papers and the 

 forming of a museum. We wish the society success and long life, and we 

 would like to see many other such societies in the West and South. 



