ENTOMOLOGICAL 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 out 

 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 circumfer- 

 ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- 

 ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or 

 important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five " extras," without change in form, 

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Philadelphia, Pa., September, 1905. 



In the June News we spoke of the lack of knowledge of the 

 literature of American entomology in some quarters, and we 

 now call attention to what we call a publication evil which 

 may be a valid cause for neglect of our literature. We object 

 to obscure and sporadic publications without definite places of 

 publication and which are dependent on one person. It is 

 especially reprehensible to describe new species in these publi- 

 cations as the)^ are ephemeral and difficult to obtain. Suppose 

 a European student should see a reference to a new species 

 described in " Invertebrata Pacifica," where and how would 

 he obtain it ? The first pages of this publication bear date of 

 September 15, 1903, and pages 85-92 are dated May 15, 1905, 

 so that rapidity of publication is no excuse. The first pages 

 read " Contributions from and through Department of Bio- 

 logy, Pomona College," and the latter pages give no place of 

 publication but say " Edited by C. F. Baker, Estacion Agro- 

 nomica, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba." We mention this pub- 

 lication particularly, as it is one of a class with which we have 

 had experience, and find them mentioned in reference cata- 

 logues, but generally find them absent in the library when 

 needed. The "Bulletin of the Colorado Biological Associa- 

 tion " belonged to this class, and we believe it went into a con- 

 dition of innocuous desuetude the year of its birth. Can't 

 you imagine the pitiable sorrow of some European Hymenop- 

 terist who wishes to see the descriptions of the new species in 

 it? See also "On the Dates of Jacob Hiibner's Sammlung 

 Europaischer Schmetterlinge. Prof. C. H. Fernald." 



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