1896.] . ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 49 



Notes and. Ne^vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 

 [The Conductors of Entomological News solicit, and will thankfully receive items 

 of news, likely to interest its readers, from any source. The author's name will be given 

 in each case for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] 



To Contributors.— All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our 

 earliest convenience, and as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- 

 tion. Entomological News has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfei- 

 ence, as to makeit necessary to put "copy'' into the hands of the printer, for each number, 

 three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or im- 

 portant matter for certain issue. Twenty-five "extras" without change in form will be 

 given free when they are wanted, and this should be so stated on the MS. along with the 

 number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged.— Ed. 



We call the attention of our readers to the journal devoted to wild 

 flowers (see advertising column), botany and the higher branches of 

 general gardening, edited by Prof. Thomas Meehan, the well-known 

 horticulturist and Pennsylvania .State Botanist. The publication is beau- 

 tifully illustrated, and should be in the hands of all lovers of flowers and 

 plants. 



Pictures for the album of the American Entomological Society have 

 been received from Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, W. C. Wood, George 

 A. Ehrmann, J. M. Aldrich, C. S. McKnight, H. C. Fall, G. K. Pilate 

 and Dr. John Hamilton. This is the most interesting collection of the 

 pictures of entomologists in the world, and was started thirty-five years 

 ago. Remember, we wish the pictures of all persons interested in ento- 

 mology. It is not necessary to have published anything, as we want the 

 pictures of " little bugs" as well as the so-called "big " in bugology. 



A VISIT TO Cambridge. — Some months after the death of Dr. LeConte 

 I considered it a (Juty to assist in fulfilling his will by suitably preparing 

 his cabinet and transporting it to the Museum at Cambridge. Annually, 

 since, I have made one or two visits for the more accurate study of its 

 types after a thorough study of my own material had been completed. 

 In that collection I find not only the bare facts, for which I seek, but much 

 besides. In the more than thirty years of our association there is not a 

 box which has not been before us the topic of discussion or for consulta- 

 tion. Every one recalls its memories, and even particular specimens 

 recall incidents of interest. To me such a visit is therefore more than 

 the comparison of specimens, it puts me again in touch with a friend. 



A visit in December last found the collection in excellent condition, and 

 the careful custodian, Mr. Henshaw, is rapidly arranging the specimens 

 in a neater manner, the types defined, and, in those cases in which types 

 are in other cabinets, specimens have been obtained through our united 

 efforts, so that very few remain unrepresented. 



The means for the preservation of the specimens from danger arising 



