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in diameter, had scarcely an inch of sound sap wood so far as it was laid 

 bare by me. The specimen from which tlie photograph was made was 

 practically the only one that showed an entire set of galleries fairly well. 

 Almost everywhere else they were so intermingled that it was impossible 

 to get an isolated single set. 



Notes and. News. 



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"The muscular power of the Flea is so great that it can leap to the 

 distance of two hundred times its own length, which will appear the more 

 surprising when we consider that a man, were he endowed with equal 

 strength and agility, would be able to leap between three and four hun- 

 dred yards." 



" Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, is getting to be a gigantic beehive," 

 says a Cincinnati man. "The last time I went through the cave I took 

 both the long and short routes, as they are called. At several places 

 there were rather too many bees for me to feel entirely comfortable, al- 

 though I was not attacked by any of them. If the cave should be ex- 

 plored for honey some rich finds would undoubtedly be made. The bees 

 are increasing constantly." — Nezuspaper. 



While out collecting July 19, 1895, on the Diamond Hill road near this 

 place I was surpised by seeing a strange looking butterfly fly past me 

 going at a great rate of speed. I immediately gave chase, and, after a 

 hard run of about four hundred yards, I caught it as it settled on some 

 milkweed blossoms near the roadside, and to my great surprise I found 

 it to be a specimen of Papilio ajax. Thinking this a catch worthy of 

 notice for this part of the country I thought it would interest some of the 

 readers of the News. — Wm. Dearden, Lonsdale, R. I. 



Nature Study Balked. — Chicago, III., September 16. — The 400 pupils 

 in the South Division High School are very largely in open revolt against 

 a hard bargain which Principal Slocum endeavored to drive with them. 



