1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, 1 29- 



Prof. E. W. DoRAN recently resigned the office of State Entomologist 

 of Tennessee, which he had held for five years, having recently removed 

 to Missouri. During his incumbency he furnished two reports and a cata- 

 logue of the insects of the State. Dr. F. W. Goding. 



Mr. W. H. AsHMEAD intended to sail for Europe on September 3d, 

 steamer " Munchen," to be abroad two years. He hoped to visit the large 

 collections of the continent and pay especial attention to parasitic Hv- 

 MENOPTERA ; also expected to visit Italy and make some studies on orange 

 insects. 



I LATELY reared seven specimens of the larvae of Terras nicippe to the 

 chrysalis state. Five of the chrysalids were of the normal green color, 

 and two were black. Mr. Scudder calls attention to the same occurrence 

 in his book on the " Butterflies of the Eastern United States." His speci- 

 mens disclosed the normal form of fly. H. Skinner. 



The last of the MSS. for part i of the new " Handbook of the Destruc- 

 tive Insects of \'ictoria" with 13 colored plates has been handed to the 

 government printer, and the work was to have been completed by the end 

 of July. The prospectus has just been issued of a new book entitled, " A 

 Manual of New Zealand Entomology," by Mr. Geo. Vernon Hudson, 

 Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, of Wellington, New 

 Zealand. The work will consist of about 150 pages, and will cotain 20 

 colored plates, illustrating over 100 species of typical New Zealand insects. 



Mr. C. \V. Johnson took a specimen of iViJwyw/'/m iVitchellii aX Dover, 

 Morris Co., N. J. It agrees exactly with specimens of Jllitchel/ii in the 

 collection of the American Entomological Society received from Prof. 

 Mitchell. A'. Mitchenii ■wa.s described by Prof. French in the Canadian 

 Entomologist for February, 1889, p. 25. The types came from Cass Co., 

 Michigan, and were found in upland dry meadows. The country around 

 Dover, N. J., is rocky and hilly. It seems remarkable that this species 

 has not been noticed before if it is at all plentiful, and also more remark- 

 able that the first additional locality should be so far away from the origi- 

 nal. Mr. Johnson's specimen was caught July 10, 1890. H. Skinner. 



I WAS pleased to read in Entomological News the article about bait- 

 ing insects with sugar, molasses, or other sweets. I have followed the 

 advice given in the Lepidopterist's Calendar, London, 1875. It is to mix 

 two tablespoonfuls of new rum with one pint of molasses. The rum gives 

 flavor, and is, I suppose, more diffiisible than saccharine matter alone, 

 and will no doubt serve as a night-cap to Rhopalocera, and as an eye- 

 opener to Heterocera. You will notice m^y Lepidoptera feeding 

 on over-ripe fruit in which vinous fermentation has commenced. During 

 this process much alcohol and oenanthic ether is given off, attracting but- 

 terflies, etc. Under fruit trees, with the ground covered with decaying 

 cherries, mulberries, pears, etc., you will find many, such as Limenitis, 

 Papilio, Grapta and others, and to me it seems that they resort to fruit- 

 bearing trees and bushes for their "toddy." Dr. Richard Kunze. 



