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Bombas fervidas Fabr.— The males referred to this species by Cresson 

 really belong to B. borealis Kby. Mr. Robertson suggests A. elatiis Fabr. 

 as a more nearly related male, Ent, News i, 41. B. perplexiis and B. 

 hudsonicus. of which the females are unknown, may belong iofervidics; 

 they belong to the section containing B. vagans Sm.— W. H. Patton. 



A FATAL Mosquito Bite (Bacillus of Anthrax communicated to a man 

 by the insect). — New York, August 4th. A man has just died in Bellevue 

 Hospital, according to the doctors, as a result of a mosquito bite. While 

 the case is a very unusual one, it is not unprecedented, they say. The 

 mosquito had absorbed the microbes of a dangerous disease, which he 

 transmitted to the patient in the biting process. A fatal case of menin- 

 gitis was developed as a result. The bacillus of Anthrax is the scientific 

 name of the poisonous germ in this instance. The patient was Peter 

 Kennedy, sixty-nine years old. It was about ten days ago when he was 

 bitten on the left cheek by the mosquito. " The case is a very interesting 

 one," said Dr. DeLaney, senior surgeon at Bellevue, to-day; "but it is 

 not an isolated case of death resulting from the bite of a mosquito. Such 

 cases are rare, but there are several clearly defined ones. "Anthrax is 

 a disease of cattle. When we know that mosquitoes feed on dead horses 

 there is nothing remarkable in their absorbing the disease germs of ba- 

 cillus of Anthrax, which are germinated in the putrifying flesh. After the 

 mosquito has absorbed the bacilli or poisonous ptomaines, it is not re- 

 markable for them to be transmitted to the human system. The germs 

 multiply rapidly and soon extend to nearly all parts of the body." — Public 

 Ledger. 



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NOTES ON ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



Prof. L.uvRENCE Bruner, in his report upon Insect Depredations in 

 Nebraska for 1891, gives the following interesting account of a remedy for 

 the cabbage butterfly {Pieris rapes): "These insects were not especially 

 numerous over the State during the year, but are referred to here simply 

 because I wish to call attention to a reported ' new' remedy against them." 

 To say the least, it is unique as well as simple, if it proves as effectual as 



