278 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '05 



I HAVE just received from Mr. W. E. Wolfe, of Wray, Colorado, a 

 beautiful specimen of Argynnis idalia taken by him at that point. This 

 beautiful fritillary has a wider range than has heretofore been published. 

 The most western point from which it has heretofore been reported is 

 Dodge County, Nebraska, and my collection contains several fine speci- 

 mens communicated to me in former years by Mr. Dodge. It appears 

 now that it ranges even further westward into Colorado. Mr. Dyar in 

 his valuable list gives the habitat of the species as "the Atlantic 

 States." In "The Butterfly Book" I have stated that it ranges as far 

 west as Arkansas and Nebraska. The map of its distribution, shown in 

 Plate XXI of Scudder's " Butterflies of New England," will have to be 

 very materially changed. If occurring in Colorado, the species is very 

 likely also to be found in Wyoming, Montana, and Dakota. — W. J. 

 Holland, Carnegie Museum. 



The American Mosquito Extermination Society — On December 

 16, 1903, this Society was provisionally organized under the title of the 

 National Mosquito Extermination Society, but owing to the large number 

 of persons residing outside of the States desirous of joining, it was 

 decided on December 15th and i6th, 1904, when a permanent organiza- 

 tion was effected, to substitute "American " for " National." 



The Constitution and By-laws adopted provide for seven classes of 

 membership. An active member pays I2.00 annually. A sustaining 

 member is an individual or an organization contributing $5.00 annually. 

 An associate member pays |io.oo a year; a benefactor, $25.00 at one 

 time ; a life member, |ioo.oo ; a patron, 1500.00 ; and a founder, 

 |i,ooo.oo. Annual dues are payable in January of each year. An 

 appeal is now made for the payment of the 1905 dues and for further 

 contributions. 



The work of the Society for the past year has been to distribute all 

 the literature published in 1903-4. It is proposed for the year 1905 to 

 issue a year book for 1904-5, containing the very interesting and impor- 

 tant features of the second convention and other matter new to those 

 joining, bringing the record of work, as complete as we have it, up to 

 date. 



The public advocacy of scientific relief from mosquitoes for the better- 

 ment of communities is rapidly growing, so that it is only necessary to 

 continue the dissemination of information to hasten the carrying out of 

 urgent improvements. 



Such a society can, by its conventions and the consequent interchange of 

 ideas and through the circulation of its proceedings and other literature, 

 as well as by its correspondence, lead to many crusades, as this society 

 has already done. 



It can gather the accounts of crusades in various sections and put 

 them in the hands of enquirers, which it is constantly doing. Requests 

 come from many parts of the States for suggestions for organizing, and 

 foreign countries are asking for information. 



