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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOEOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. XII. JUNE, 1901. No. 6. 



CONTENTS: 



Carpienter — Protection of Chionobas 



semidea l6l 



Lovell— Prosopis Ziziae 162 



Snyder— Over the Range in a Wagon 



(conclusion) 163 



Merrick — A New Device 169 



Banks — A New Ascalaphid from the 



United States 172 



Fox — Letters from Thomas Say to John 



F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825.— IV '73 



Harvey — Contributions to the Odonata 

 of Maine, IV 178 



Skinner— On a small Collection of But- I Editorial 179 



terflies made in California and ' Entomological Literature i8o 



Arizona 170 Notes and News 185 



I Doings of Societies 189 



Protection of Chionobas semidea. 

 By Sidney C. Carpenter. 



I have read somewhere, but do not remember where at pres- 

 ent, that Chionobas semidea^ the White Mountain butterfly, is 

 being exterminated by too much collecting. Now why can't 

 this species be protected by law ? It may seem novel to have 

 butterflies under the protection of the law, but why should it ? 

 Of course a great many natural objects are protected for eco- 

 nomical reasons : game, that the supply for market may not 

 be exhausted ; some birds, that they, in turn, may protect our 

 vegetation from insects ; forests, that the rain supply may not 

 be interferred with ; but a large number are protected for their 

 own sake. Among these are : the game in Yellowstone Nat- 

 ional Park ; the sea-lions on Seal Rocks, San Francisco ; the 

 big trees in California, and the Palisades on the Hudson River. 



Why are the wild animals protected in Yellowstone Park ? 

 Not that they may be available for hunting at some future 

 time, but that they may have at least one place in this great 

 country where they may live and multiply in peace. Why are 

 the Palisades and big trees protected ? Simply that they may 



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