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ENTOM OLOGICAL NEWS. 



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

 publication committees of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 pf 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. 



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Philadelphia, Pa., February, 1895. 



A MONUMENT TO THOMAS SAY. 



The interesting articles on Thomas Say now appearing in the News 

 recall the fact that the " Father of American Entomology" has been dead 

 sixty-one years. Much progress has been made in the study during that 

 time, and doubtless Say would be much astonished if he could return to 

 this sphere and see the advancement of the study. Some time ago Mr. 

 Philip Laurent suggested that it would be a very grateful act for the en- 

 tomologists of America to erect a monument in memory of Thomas Say. 

 We have mentioned this subject before in the News and recalled the fact 

 that the ornithologists of America have erected a monument to Audubon 

 in Central Park, New York. Philadelphia, the birth-place of Say, would 

 be the proper place for such a monument, and it is to be hoped that some 

 day this may be accomplished. It would not be a difficult matter to start 

 a Say monument fund in each of the entomological societies of the coun- 

 try and thus collect the necessary amount. If such a thing were done it 

 would show how much love and pride entomologists have in the study, 

 and it would also show the world at large that there is an important study 

 known as entomology, and that it has many enthusiastic devotees. 



Two Practical Hints.— We notice two notes of interest in the " En- 

 tomologist's Record and Journal of Variation" for Aug. 15, 1894. Mr. 

 F. J. Buckell writes that flies always pester him "to infuriation," and that 

 he has found that a liberal sprinkling of Eucalyptus oil on his coat collar 

 and face keeps them away. Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, of Rainham, finds 

 that the use of methylated spirit instead of rum for mixing with sugar 

 when sugaring for insects, greatly increases the attractiveness of the 

 mixture. 



