^^ 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



' PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. v. OCTOBER, 1894. No. 8. 



CONTENTS: 



Arnold — A flight of Locusts 237 [ Notes and News 253 



Smith — Classification of the Lepid 240 Entomological Literature 255 



Calvert— Data on the distribution of Entomological Section 260 



dragonflies 242 



Nason — Mounting Hymen, and Diptera 245 



" New localities for Hymen 246 



Editorial 248 



Economic Entomology 249 



Wickham— Descriptions of the larvae of 

 Tritoma, Carpophilus and Cyllodes 260 



Cockerell — Desc. of new Coccidae 263 



Kunze — Larva and pupa of S. luscitiosa 265 



A FLIGHT OF LOCUSTS. 



By Sir Edwin Arnold in the Dazfy Telegram, London. 



We were sitting on a hill upon the southern side of the great 

 plain of Esdraelon, in the Holy Land, with our backs turned to 

 the west wind, which was softly blowing from the Mediterranean. 

 The horses were picketed close by, grazing the sweet mountain 

 grass. The Arabs of our caravans were cooking a " pillaw" a 

 little distance off. Around us were laid out the wherewithals of 

 a light lunch, among which was an open marmalade jar. I was 

 thinking of Ahab, and wondering how he could put up so long 

 with Elijah, especially when on this very spot the prophet said 

 to the king, ' ' As the Lord liveth, in this place where dogs licked 

 the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood — even thine" — 

 when suddenly, right into the marmalade, there dropped what I 

 took for a large grasshopper. It was yellow and green, with 

 long jumping legs and a big head, and while I was taking it out 

 of the jar two others fell into a plate of soup and half a dozen 

 more of the same kind upon a dish of salad. At the same time 

 my horse stamped violently, and I saw more of these grasshop- 



