1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 265 



Notes and. Nevw^s. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QLARTERS OF THE GLOBE. 



The insect meutioned on page 247 of the October News was a 

 pink katydid. — The species was not given — Eds. 



TO A MOSQUITO. 



O, tiny insect, pity take ; 



Go hence ; the haunts of man forsake, 



We pray you. 

 For should our baser passions wake, 

 You'll rue the day — make no mistake : 



We'll slay you. 



For many weary years, it's true, 

 A table d'hote we've furnished yon 



All gratis. 

 \Vhen you had nothing else to do — 

 And that was pretty often, too — 



You ate us. 



With cheerful buzz you'd ply your sting. 

 And then away would gaily wing. 



So fleet, oh ! 

 But now you've had your little fling. 

 Begone— or we'll not do a thing. 



Mosquito ! 



Egbert T. Habdy, Jk. 



Mr- H. H. Newcomb, of Boston, >[ass., announces the sudden 

 death of Mr. M. C. Stevenson, of Salt Lake City. Utah, who died 

 last June from an acute attack of appendicitis. The deceased was 

 interested in Lepidoptera. 



I AM engaged in a special study of the Lepidopterous genus, 

 Plusia, and hope at some time to publish an illustrated monograph 

 of the N. A. species. I hav^e at present examples of about fifty 

 species, many, however, represented by but single specimens. I 

 should welcome any assistance in this work, either in the form of 

 specimens (for which I will give ample return in exchange or 

 cash), or in the following manner : I earnestly request each collector 

 who reads this paragraph to send me a list of the species o( Plusia 

 present in his collection, with a statement of the localities of cap- 

 ture. If all collectors would aid me in this simple way, I shall 

 very quickly be enabled to publish an article showing the geo- 

 graphical distribution of the genus. I await the results of this re- 

 quest, as it will in a meisure demonstrate who are ready to do a 

 little work for the advancement of knowledge, and who are afflicted 

 with what Mr Grote once aptly termed '* the greed of possession '' 

 — possession being the sole aim of their labors. Due credit will be 

 given to all who aid me in any manner.— R. Ottolengui, 115 Madi- 

 son avenue, New York City. 



