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 our 

 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, 

 will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along 

 •with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. — Ed. 



Philadelphia, Pa., November, 1901. 



" De esta magnifica publicacion " (Revista Chilena). The 

 News is as good as we can make it under present conditions. 

 The subscription price is very low ; the News costs more than 

 we ask for it. We need an invested fund for the journal of at 

 least five thousand dollars. If any of our readers are thinking 

 about willing a portion of their wealth for the benefit of human- 

 ity, they should remember the News. Large sums of money are 

 given for other purposes far less worthy. In the large cities, 

 hospitals are helping to pauperize the community. The les- 

 sening of sickness and disease lies in prevention. The News 

 is doing good work in the dis.semination of knowledge in 

 regard to the carriers of disease (insects). In times of war 

 the prevalent sickness, typhoid fever, is almost entirely due 

 to house-flies. Bullets (lead) kill comparatively few. Malaria 

 and yellow fever also add materially to the mortality list. The 

 loss of service and the care of sick soldiers mean the expendi- 

 ture of fabulous sums of money. The British, in the Boer 

 war, have had over 125,000 men invalided, and we lost 8,000 

 by disease in our war with Spain. These diseases are prevent- 

 able by a knowledge of entomology, and the News supplies 

 a medium for disseminating this information. We believe the 

 wealthy can aid humanity by aiding the News. 



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