Octt. , *o6] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 309 



Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Dr. John B. Smith is spending the summer in Europe. We hope 

 he may return greatly benefited. 



E. C. Cotton has been appointed Assistant Entomologist at the 

 Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Dr. Philip P. Calvert has been in the western United States and 

 Mexico, and will attend the International Geological Congress in the 

 City of Mexico. 



Otho C. Poling and Karl Mueschen of Quincy, 111., have been on a 

 collecting trip in the southwest. We learn from a newspaper account 

 that they did some work near Silver City and Deming in New Mexico, 

 and at the latter place took a specimen of Sphinx elsa. We will be 

 glad to hear more in regard to what they did. 



Prof. F. H. Snow, of the University of Kansas, has returned from a 

 collecting trip to the Baboquivari Mountains in southern Arizona. He 

 brought back a large collection of insects, including Amblychila baroni. 

 Prof. Snow has made many trips to the southwest on collecting expedi- 

 tions and has turned up many new and rare species in the past twenty- 

 five years. 



"It is probable that we are aware of more imperfections in the sys- 

 tem than Dr. Skinner is, owing to his lack of critical study of genera." 

 (Dr. Dyar on his classification of the Hesperidae.) 



The gods forbid that Dr. Dyar publish any more of the imperfec- 

 tions he knows, as the thing is wretched enough as it stands. — Henry 

 Skinner. 



Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology. This very important 

 work, published by the Brooklyn Entomological Society, and prepared 

 by Dr. J. B. Smith, is now on sale. It is a publication that was badly 

 needed and the author and the Brooklyn Society are to be compli- 

 mented on its completion. We do not see how any working entomolo- 

 gist can possibly get along without a copy. 



Entomological News has never been published during July and 

 August, and it is so stated on the second cover page. This is a time 

 of year when nearly everyone is devoting some time to collecting, and 

 most persons take their vacation, so the journal is not as much needed 

 during the two months mentioned. Moreover, the editors require a 

 rest from their laborious duties and prefer to take it during the hottest 

 summer weather.— Eds. 



