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43. Diplax new ? species. 



1888, Aug. 6, one S , five o'clock P. M., in field. 



One or two specimens of each of the species mentioned in the 

 foregoing list were identified by Mr. Philip P. Calvert, of Phila- 

 delphia, and from these the others were identified by me. All 

 the species noted were taken in Manchester, Kennebec Co. , Me. 



Notes and. Nevsrs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



[The Conductors of Entomological News solicit, and will thankfully receive items 

 of news, likely to interest its readers, from any source. The author's name will be given 

 in each case "or the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] 



" Entomology must always be, as it undoubtedly is at this time, not only 

 a useful, but a popular study, and must contribute, perhaps, more than any 

 other to the enjoyment and recreation, mental and physical, of those dwel- 

 lers in towns who possess a true appreciation of the pleasures and interests 

 attaching to country- life. I think it would be difficult to over-estimate the 

 civilizing and refining effect which a day in the country with the object of 

 gaining an insight into the marvels of natural creation, none the less won- 

 derful because in themselves common and widely distributed, must have 

 upon the minds and characters of all who seek such enjoyment." — Lord 

 Walsingham. 



Writing from Darjeeling, British Sikkim, under date of Jan. 13, 1890, 

 Miss Adele M. Fielde refers to a visit she paid to the shop of Mr. Paul 

 Mowis, dealer in Tibetan curios and butterflies, i Victoria Terrace. Mr. 

 Mowis is one of the five Europeans who has ever traveled in Tibet. He 

 makes very valuable collections of Himalayan butterflies, which he sends 

 to museums in all countries. He exhibited to Miss Fielde the male of a 

 pair of butterflies ( Teinopalpus hnperialis) whose mate he had sold to a 

 museum in Berlin for £2^ sterling. This was the largest sum he had ever 

 received for an insect. The male was exquisitely beautiful, bright green 

 and gold. The female was said to have "six tails." 



Miss Fielde incloses a beetle of the family Chrjsomelidae, which she ob- 

 tained from a ragged girl on the Himalayas, who brought it to the train 

 for sale. When she took the insect in her hand she at first thought it must 

 have been artificially gilded, so truly like metallic gold was its ornamenta- 

 tion. This does not remain after death. 



Dr. David Sh.a.rp, the eminent entomologist, and late President of the 

 Entomological Society of London, has accepted the appointment of Cu- 

 rator of Zoology- in the Museum of the University of Cambridge. 



