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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF >rATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. v. NOVEMBER, 1894. No. 9. 



CONTENTS 



Benjamin Dann Walsh 269 1 Notes and News 286 



Slosson— Mt. Washington again 271 ! Entomological Literature 288 



Webster — Annual broods in Harpipho- ' Entomological Section 292 



rus maculatus 275 ; Cockerell and Casad— New species of 



Snyder — Notes common or otherwise... 277 | Mutillidae < 293 



Hulst — Relationship between Pyrali- | Fox — Photopsis vs. Brachycistis 296 



dina and Pteraphorina 279 | " — A new species of Mutillidae 297 



Editorial 282 \ Banks — Two families of spiders new to 



Economic Entomology 283 I the United States 298- 



BENJAMIN DANN WALSH. 



We present this month a picture of a deceased American ento- 

 mologist of note. The picture is from a photograph in the album 

 of the American Entomological Society. Mr. Walsh at the time 

 of his death was senior editor of the " American Entomologist," 

 an excellent journal, copies of which are now very scarce. Mr. 

 Walsh was succeeded as editor by Prof. C. V. Riley, who gave 

 a very interesting account of the life and works of Mr. Walsh in 

 the number of the journal published for December and January;: 

 1869-70, from which we take the liberty of extracting the follow- 

 ing : "On Friday, the 12th of November, 1869, Mr. Walsh 

 started in excellent spirits on his usual morning walk to the post- 

 office, and on his return, while walking on the track — the track 

 of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, he suddenly noticed 

 the passenger train for Chicago slowly nearing him. Stepping 

 aside he continued his wdy on what he supposed was a side track, 

 down which the train in reality came, though he did not discover 

 his mistake until the engine was close upon him. His left foot 



