254 [December, 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1898. 



A Correction. — A direction given in the News for Novem- 

 ber, p. 219, for sending insects by mail or express, requires cor- 

 rection. It is that the bristle passed into the abdomen of Odo- 

 nata should be passed through the head and thorax into the 

 abdomen and not in the reverse direction, so as to avoid 

 injuring or concealing the important terminal abdominal appen- 

 dages. 



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