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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



Published monthly (except July and August), by the Entomological 

 Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, with the 

 endorsement of the American Entomological Society. It will contain not 

 less than 240 pages per annum. It will maintain no free list whatever, 

 but will leave no measure untried to make it a necessity to every student 

 of insect life, so that its very moderate annual subscription may be con- 

 sidered well spent. 



ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00, IN ADVANCE. 



fi®" All remittances should be addressed to E. T. Cresson, Treasurer, 

 P. O. Box 248, Philadelphia, Pa.; all other communications to the Editor 

 of Entomological News, Academy of Natural Sciences, Logan Square, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Philadelphia, Pa., February, 1893. 



It has been suggested that we should publish more reports of captures 

 and local lists, after the manner of the English entomological journals. 

 We are perfectly willing to do so, and trust our readers and subscribers 

 who think such notes would be interesting, will send a supply for each 

 month. This has been done to a very limited extent in entomological 

 journals published on this side of the "great pond," and the reason is 

 not far to seek. The conditions of affairs here as compared, for instance, 

 with England are very different; we have an area of 3,605,000 square miles 

 in which we collect, and the area of England and Wales is but 58,000 

 square miles. Moreover, there are perhaps fifty entomologists in England 

 to each one in the United States. We also have many more species to 

 look after, and it is a matter of very small moment to an American col- 

 lector if he takes a common butterfly, but our English friend immediately 

 reports it to his journal. On looking over an English entomological 

 journal one will find it largely made up of notes of captures, local lists, 

 items of interest to collectors, and similar affairs. Perhaps a number of 

 people will report captures of Colias hyale and Colias edusa; now, if we 

 should do the same, and every' bug hunter should report the capture of 

 Colias philodice in our immense territory, it would take up almost a whole 

 issue of the News to contain it all. There is a happy medium in every- 

 thing, and while we do not expect to see these local reports carried out to 

 the same extent as abroad, on account of the conditions being so very 

 different, yet we might have very much more of it done here in America,, 

 so send in your reports and we will do the rest. 



Pictures for the album of the American Entomological Society have 

 been received from William Beutenmiiller, W. H. Edwards, H. H. Ly- 

 man, Dr. F. W. Coding, James Angus, Dr. S. W. Williston and E. B. 

 Southwick. We still want all we can get. 



