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kutsuwa-mushi is so named because its cry resembles the sound made by 

 a horse in champinjj the bit. There are two species of it, the one a light 

 yellow and the other a pale green. This in.sect is none other than a kind 

 of winged grasshoper, common in many countries. — Nezvspaper. 



Diaspis ^/r/V<?/rt.— Mr.Marlatt, in his interesting article in Ent. News, 

 November, credits the combination Diaspis piricola to Francesco Saccar- 

 do, but that writer did not propose any such name ; nor did Berlese, who 

 also pointed out the generic position of Del Guericio's species Both these 

 writers proposed to continue the erroneous name Diaspis oslrecefonnis. 

 The first occurrence of the combination Diaspis piricola. so far as I know, 

 is in Bull. 6, Tech. Ser., Div. Ent., p. 4 (1897). The method of double 

 citation (of the authors of the name and of the combmation), while cu.s- 

 tomary in botany, is not so usual in zoology ; but when it is employed care 

 should be taken to follow the rules governing it. — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Doings of Societies. 



Bj- invitation of Mr. Wm. D. Kearfott, of Montclair, N. J., 

 the Newark Entomological Society held its regular meeting at 

 his residence, Sunday, December 9th. Seven members present. 

 President Buchholz presiding. Visitors, Mr. Braun, of Newark, 

 N. J., Messrs. Watson and Comstock, of New York. 



Mr. Kearfott entertained his vi.sitors very agreeabh*, ex- 

 hibited his extensive collection, consisting of Lepidoptera from 

 all quarters of the globe, it being especially rich in the micro- 

 lepidoptera of N. America, to which, of late, he has been 

 directing his main efforts, and among these are probably many 

 undescribed species of Tineidse. Excellenth* mounted on silver 

 wire and polyphorus strips, these small forms made a beautiful 

 and very artistic exhibit. Mr. Kearfott also explained his 

 method of inflating larvae, exhibiting the requisite apparatus, 

 his collection containing inflated larvae of over 500 species, 

 among them, several examples of Daremiua catalpo", only 

 recently recorded, from New Jersey. 



Mr. Kemp reported the capture of Spragiieia dama at Angle- 

 sea, N. J., September 3d. 



"Aberrations and other odd forms," were made the subject 

 for discussion and illustration at the next meeting. 



S. T. Kemp, Secretary. 



