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me, and in the Pennsylvania German dialect asked what I was doing. I 

 showed him my collecting-box and its contents, my net, etc., and as at 

 that moment a large female of the Ephestion butterfly flew near, I joined 

 example to precept by capturing and killing and pinning it in my collect- 

 ing-box in his presence. The most difficult part to make the old gentle- 

 man comprehend, was what the things could be used for after they were 

 caught. I attempted an explanation. Whether I was successful in doing 

 so to his satisfaction I still doubt, however, he seemed pleased, and by 

 way of explanation said, as he departed, ' Ich haab dich gasayn for ein 

 bar Suntaag here und durt so rum springe un ich hab gaydenkt du waarst 

 so ein kaerl wo nicht gons recht in kopf war, aber.'* Here he paused 

 and looked puzzled, and I fear to this day the worthy old husbandman 

 (bless his kindly face) is still, if living, in a state of suspense as regards 

 my being responsible for my actions before the Lord and my fellow-man." 



The Expedition sent out by the Academy has been heard from several 

 times; they are doing good work, and are all well. The last report says, 

 " We have just arrived at Vera Cruz after a very- enjoyable and interesting 

 time in Yucatan. Expect to go straight to Orizaba. This morning, early, 

 we saw the snow-clad peak of Orizaba in the distance." 



While watching a luna moth just after it emerged from the cocoon. I 

 noticed that the small and unexpanded wings were light yellow in color, 

 and I thought it would be abnormal in coloration, but at the base of the 

 wing I saw a small area, which was of a beautiful light green, and as the 

 moth gradually expanded the wings this was distributed through them, 

 making the color normal. This is another proof of the fact that the wings 

 are expanded by the moth pumping a fluid into them when they are soft 

 and elastic. — H. Skinner. 



The fine collection of insects made by the late Stephen Calverley has 

 been presented to the Brooklyn Institute by his son. 



Plans for Exterminating Mosquitoes. — Mrs. Eugene M. Aaron, of 

 1832 Pine Street, has been awarded the first prize offered by Dr. Robert 

 H. Lambom, of New York City, for the best essay on the extermination 

 of mosquitoes, especially by Dragon-flies. The second and third prizes 

 have ceen divided equally between Mr. Archibald C. Weeks, 120 Broad- 

 way, New York, and Mr. William Beutenmiiller, 132 East Seventy-sixth 

 Street, New York. It is understood that Dr. Lamborn will publish the 

 essays. The judges who made the awards were the Rev. Dr. Henry C. 

 McCook, of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Prof. 

 J. S. Newberrj% of the School of Mines, Columbia College, New York. 



Mr. J. D. Evans, in the "Ottawa Naturalist," vol. iii, No. 4, reports 

 Erebia epipsodea as being found at Sudbury on the Canadian Pacific 

 Railroad. 



♦ ' I have seen you running around here for the last couple of Sundays, and I thought 

 you were one of those fellows who were not quite right in the upper story, but'—— 



