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Pictures for the Album of the American Extomologic.a.l So- 

 ciety have been received from Chas. Fuchs, of California; David Bruce, 

 Brockport, N. Y. ; and Chas. Boerner, of Philadelphia. Three interesting 

 pictures were presented by Prof J. B. Smith. They were groups ofsome 

 of the members of the Association of Economic Entomologists, and in- 

 cluded Messrs. Webster, Howard, Hopkins, Davis, Riley, Summers, 

 Weed (H. E.), Osborn, Gillette, Aldrich and Claypole. 



" The greatest bridge builder in- the world is the spider," says the New 

 York Sun. "There is a point on the Meramec River, not far from the 

 Missouri Pacific bridge, where a large spider made a bridge clear across, 

 a distance of over 200 feet. He first sent out a flyer, a sort of kite string, 

 which was carried across the stream by the breeze and lodged in a tree 

 opposite. It was then braced by guys to other branches, and thus fifty 

 feet above the water was a perfect suspension bridge. In comparison 

 with this insect work the Niagara and Brooklyn bridges are trifling." 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of the Agricultural College of Michigan, states that 

 the exhibit of insects at the World's Fair, and which was mentioned on 

 page 260, October News, was made by students of the college, three of 

 whom were farmers, two teachers in the public schools, one a student of 

 medicine, and one a professional entomologist, although the specimens 

 collected by the latter were all obtained by him while a student at the 

 college and before he became a specialist in Entomology. The original 

 boxes in which the collections were made were not suitable for exhibition 

 purposes, hence the transfer. 



Stinging Powers of Ichneu.mons. — Looking over vol. i of the News, 

 ]\Ir. Gillette's note on page 162, referring to his having been stung by 

 Ichneumon suturalis, reminds me of a somewhat similar experience I had 

 with other members of the same family. Some years ago I caught, by 

 hand, a specimen of a large Cphion in the room, and it stung me severely 

 enough to cause me to drop it at once. Again, just a month ago, an in- 



