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prise great field operations have been successfully prosecuted 

 and reports on the same published. Parallel cases are those 

 of Mr. Harriman and his Alaska expedition, and the Godman- 

 Salvin Biologia Centrali-Americana. I am not a millionaire 

 but I have managed to publish the Invertebrata Pacifica in 

 clear and usable form. This series of reports is published on 

 exactly' the same plan as the Proceedings of the Biological 

 Society of Washington — an irregular number of pages at odd 

 times as the papers are ready. This feature may commend 

 these two publications over all others of this nature in the 

 United States — each separate number is given up wholly to 

 one group and may be purchased separately. I shall refer to 

 this again. 



Dr. Skinner's remarks on the point of bibliography I fail 

 entirely to appreciate. The numbers of Invertebrata Pacifica 

 as issued are sent to the Congressional Library and to all 

 promptly published bibliographical lists, besides to the various 

 subscribers. Does Entomological News do any more ? Each 

 part is carefully dated, and each part bears the name of the 

 editor and publisher — usually in two places. Citations can be 

 easily and rapidly made, and this is certainly not true of num- 

 erous other publications. If in the natural course of events, 

 the editor finds it to his interests to change his address occasion- 

 ally, it is to be regretted that this fact so disturbs the worthy 

 Doctor. Certainly, all such changes have been thoroughly 

 advertised. Dr. Skinner's impatience over the fact that there 

 should be titles in the bibliographies not to be found in the 

 Philadelphia library, evidences a condition of affairs often ex- 

 perienced also by isolated and independent workers who are 

 poor in pocket — a condition unfortunately true of my own 

 library and of most others that I know. The point of the re- 

 mark I fail to see. If Dr. Skinner will remit the necessary 

 amount, I shall be pleased to send him all the parts of these 

 reports published, or an\^ part he may be especially interested 

 in, which is better than he could do for me in the case of Ento- 

 mological News or Transactions of the American Entomo- 

 logical Society. And by the way, wh}' cannot Dr. Skinner 

 furnish copies of the Proceedings of the Entomological Society 



