138 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April '04 



Mr. John M. Geddes, of Williamsport, Pa., is at Stuart, Dade Co., 

 Florida. 



Prof. A. J. Snyder, of Belvidere, Illinois, contemplates a collecting 

 trip to Utah, Idaho and Oregon this summer. He may decide to reside 

 in Oregon permanently. 



On page 78 of the February number of Ent. News the item about 

 C. eubule strikes me. 



This butterfly has been seen and collected in Nonquitt, Mass , for sev- 

 eral years. I noted it first in 1898 and took several specimens, as did 

 Miss Eliot. My record of its presence was published in Psyche, Decem- 

 ber, 1898. We have seen the butterflies there in succeeding years, but I 

 believe Miss Eliot did not see them last year — an exceptionally poor year 

 for moths and butterflies. It is evidently established there, for the butter- 

 flies have been too fresh to have flown far or long. — Caroline G. Soule. 



Duplication of specific names. — A glance at any catalogue will 

 reveal the fact that many specific names have become exceedingly com- 

 mon. Isn'tit desirable to avoid this? Dr. P. P. Calvert makes it a point to 

 propose no new specific name twice in his specialty — the Odonata. This 

 is believed to be a good plan. In large orders such a course would make 

 the selection of names a difficult task indeed ; but in the case of the large 

 Orders one could modify the rule to cover only superfamilies. 



Let us not duplicate a specific name in an Order if the Order is small, 

 and let us not duplicate a specific name in a Superfamily of the large 

 Orders.— Henry L. Viereck. 



In reply to Prof. P. Jerome Schmitt's inquiry regarding my experience 

 with Galerita taken on Stone Island, Fla., I would state that I took colo- 

 nies of Galerita bicolor mingling with Brachynus alternans and Chlcenius 

 erythropus, in and under decayed pine logs. So far as I can remember, 

 they all bombarded. Many of them, when first disturbed, and again 

 when picked up, would repeat the same performance, the report being 

 quite loud, and the discharge very acrid, leaving a painful burn and a 

 deep-brown stain on the fingers, which would take several days to wear 

 off.— D. M. Castle, 2007 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Doings of Societies. 



A regular meeting of the Entomological Section of the Chi- 

 cago Academy of Sciences was held Thursday evening, Febru- 

 ary 1 8th, at the John Crerar Library, Eight members and 

 one visitor present. Election resulted as follows : Chairman, 

 W. E. Longley ; Recorder, A. Kwiat ; Executive Committee, 

 John L. Healy, Wm. J. Gerhard, A. Kwiat; Honoj-ary Cura- 

 tor, A. B. Wolcott. 

 " Mr. Longley reported on the work of the Section during 



