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On May 29th, near midnight, with temperature at 50° Fahr. at Franconia, 

 N. H., Mrs. A. T. Slosson took another fine v specimen oi Phraginatobia 

 assimilans, var. franconia Slosson. 



The Entomological Society of Belgium, at its meeting of May 2, 1891, 

 discussed the question of the value of types in Entomology. The ma- 

 jority of the members present expressed their ideas on the subject. The 

 result of the discussion was that only those specimens should be cotisidered 

 as types of a species which have served to fix the description. All the 

 individuals which an entomologist afterwards recognizes as belonging to 

 a species established by him are not veritable types; they ought to have m 

 a collection only the note compared with the type by the author with the 

 date of the determination. — From the Compte Rendu, of the Society for 

 May 2, 1891, p. ccxlvi. 



The annual field-meeting of entomologists, under the auspices of the 

 societies of Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Newark, was held on July 4th at 

 Jamesburg, N. J., which is situated near Monmouth Junction on the Am- 

 boy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The societies represented 

 were the Feldman Collecting Social, American Entomological Society 

 and Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, all of 

 Philadelphia; the Brooklyn Entomological Society and the Newark Ento- 

 mological Society. It was feared that the hail storm of the previous 

 evening would somewhat interfere with the pleasures of the day, but the 

 bright sunshine of the early morning brought sunshine into the hearts of 

 the ardent collectors, for Jamesburg is well known to be a favorite col- 

 lecting-ground. The party was met at the Jamesburg Station by convey- 

 ances and taken about a mile to a beautiful grove, bordering the cranberry 

 meadows, where, after a photographer had secured a picture of the entire 

 party, the day was spent in collecting. Ample lunch was provided and 

 eaten under the shade of the trees in the pretty grove. About forty per- 

 sons were present, among whom were H. Wenzel, P. Laurent, Dr. Castle, 

 Schmitz, Trescher, Hoyer, E. Wenzel, C. Boerner, I. C. Martindale, Lie- 

 beck, Fox, C. W. Johnson, P. Nell and H. Skinner, of Philadelphia; Jas. 

 S. Johnson, of Frankford, Phila.; and Messrs. Machesney, Angell, Loeftler, 

 Angelman, Sherman, Thompson, Ottolengui, Leng, Merkel, Roberts, 

 Pearsall, Davis, Baier, Hess, Dietz, Sieb and Julich, of New York, Newark 

 and Brooklyn. The party was looked after by Prof. J. B. Smith, of New 

 Brunswick, State Entomologist. The second annual meeting was a great 

 success, and it is hoped that many more may follow. — L C. Martindale. 



The following are clipped from the daily papers : 



How TWO INSECTS TALKED. — A Parisian chemist has caught two little 

 insects in the act of nocturnal "spirit" rapping. They were found about 

 four inches apart on opposite sides of a piece of heavy wrapping paper. 

 Each tapped loudly with the head about six strokes a second, one answer- 

 ing as the other finished. 



