1 894-] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3O9 



a few ticks and red bugs on and in your skin, and even when 

 removed the pain lasts for days or weeks. Does it not seem as 

 if really the evil spirit had furnished this country ? 



On account of this peculiar fauna and flora you cannot follow 

 a flying insect, except you bend one eye upwards and one down- 

 wards to look for thorns, rattle snakes and moccasins, too. By 

 exercise and practice you can do it. Yet in spite of all these 

 drawbacks I always had more pleasure in strolHng around obser- 

 ving nature and collecting than in sitting in my room "studying" 

 and classifying insects, counting the teeth of the labrum, the veins 

 of the wings, or the ridges of the coxae. 



Special to the News. — You will perhaps be interested to know 

 that an Entomological Section of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 

 was formed Saturday evening, Oct. 20, 1894. Mr. W. E. Longley, of 

 Oak Park, was elected chairman, and A. J. Snyder, recorder. Reg- 

 ular meetings of the Entomological Section will be held on the third 

 Friday of each month. The subject for discussion at the first meeting 

 will be a prepared paper on ' ' The Diurnal Lepidoptera found in the vi- 

 cinity of Chicago with notes as to time of capture, abundance or rarity 

 of species, etc." 



The formation of an Entomological Section of the Academy is the out- 

 come of a series of meetings held during the Summer at the homes of 

 Messrs. Longley, Snyder, Healy and Tough (in the order named). Col- 

 lectors in the vicinity of Chicago feel the need of a scientific collection 

 similar to those found in New York and Philadelphia, and the aim is 

 to build up a collection that will aid collectors in the identification of 

 specimens ; represent as fully as possible the species of insects, and 

 increase the general interest in Entomology. The new building of the 

 Chicago Academy of Sciences has just been completed at a cost of 

 ^ic»,ooo, and will be formally dedicated October 31st. Mr. Frank C, 

 Baker, the curator of the museum, has just arranged the entire collection 

 in such a manner as to be most useful to those interested in science. 

 Some of the methods of mounting and labeling are original, and seem to 

 be an improvement on the old methods. — A. J. Snyder, Evanston, 111. 



The Lazy Bee. — Another tradition has been shattered by the icono- 

 clastic hand of science. The popular impressions concerning the bee 

 must be revised, says an investigator of the habits of the honey-makers. 

 The bee has long been praised for its industry and diligence, but it has 

 recently been learned that in these respects the bee is a fraud. As a 

 matter of fact, "the little busy bee" works but about three hours a day, 

 and is a most thorough-going loafer for the rest of the time, — Harper's 

 Bazar. 



