68 [March, 



ENTOM OLOGICAL NEWS. 



[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 make it necessary to put "copy" into the handsof 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. 



Philadelphia, Pa., March, 1898. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



The subscription list of the News suggests to us some inter- 

 esting points for study in relation to entomologists in this country 

 and Canada. It appears that entomology has grown from certain 

 centres of interest, irrespective of population, although popula- 

 tion is doubtless also a factor to a certain extent. As an illustra- 

 tion, the States that produced Say, Harris Walsh and Fitch show 

 for Pennsylvania 83 subscribers, Massachusetts 63, Illinois 47 and 

 New York 88. The South and far West, except California, show 

 a lack of interest due to want of centres or starting points and not 

 lack of population. Wherever one person begins the study 

 others sooner or later follow in the good work. Indiana, a 

 populous State, shows but 6 subscribers. Delaware, Maryland 

 and the District of Columbia give but 26, and most of these are 

 in the city of Washington. The New England States, excepting 

 Massachusetts, show little interest in comparison; Maine having 

 9 subscribers, New Hampshire 6, Vermont 2, Rhode Island 6 

 and Connecticut 19. Some States in the West show a surprising 

 lack of interest; Nebraska, for instance, furnishes 2 subscribers, 

 Dakota 2, Idaho 2, Montana 4, Nevada 1. The States that do 

 not believe in the News, or who have no entomologists, are 

 Wyoming and South Carolina. California shows the results of 

 the work of some of its well-known entomologists of the earlier 

 years as its subscribers amount to 41. Canada gives 27 and 

 Europe but 31. Instead of having a subscription list of 550 it 

 should be twice that many and we could then make the News a 

 journal of which to be proud. 



