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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



province. But as some recent authorities, and 

 among them Prof. Leidy, of Philadelphia, are 

 disposed to class them with the Articulates, and 

 as with the funguses, the American Entomolo- 

 gist seems, by common consent, to be looked to 

 for information about them, we take great pleas- 

 sure in referring our readers to an article on 

 "Gapes in Fowls" in the present number of our 

 magazine, from the able pen of Dr. N. H. Paaren, 

 V. S., of Chicago, Ills. It must be remembered 

 that none of these intestinal worms undergo 

 any complete transformations as do true insects, 

 and that the suppositions of Mr. Conard and 

 Mr. Parsons are without facts. Prof. Leidy is 

 of the opinion, that, from the destructive char- 

 acter of any of the oils, fixed or volatile, to 

 insects, worms, etc., olive, lard, or other oil, 

 with or without a few drops of turpentine or 

 other essential oil, applied by means of a feather, 

 would be of service in "Gapes;" while the fol- 

 lowing paragraph from an old number of Turf, 

 Field and Farm, speaks for itself: 



"A gentleman who has had much experience 

 with poultry, in England, recommends a novel 

 cure. He writes: 'The whole apparatus con- 

 sists in a thin piece of gut, such as flies are 

 fastened on, coarser for chickens than for phea- 

 sants, and tolerably stiff, about from four to six 

 inches long, and fastened at the end of the loop 

 with a piece of sealing wax, by way of handle. 

 Put this gut down the windpipe, twist it round 

 half a dozen times, and you will draw out the 

 parasite that gives so much trouble ; repeat the 

 process two or three times, and let the chicken 

 go. From being flexible, no harm is done to 

 the tender tube of the windpipe. Wire kills as 

 often as it cures.' " 



I^" As the spring season is at hand, and much 

 may be done in the way of preventing the in- 

 roads of noxious insects before the trees put 

 forth their leaves, we make room this month 

 for several communications of a practical nature, 

 and have necessarily had to omit several "An- 

 swers to Correspondents." 



l^°Now is the time for all those whose sub- 

 scriptions expire with the first of this year, to 

 renew. Those who appreciate our efforts 

 should strive to send along with their own, the 

 name of some one or other of their neighbors. 

 The eflbrt costs nothing, and besides that satis- 

 faction which every right-minded man feels in 

 imparting to others useful knowledge, there is 

 the reward which comes of having careful 

 neighbors who fight their own insect enemies, 

 and thus make it easier for you to subdue 

 yours. 



Erratum. — Page 111, column 1, last line but 

 one, for "Peiris" read "Pleris." 



OS OUR TABLE, 



The Plbi.ic Ledger Almanac for 1870. — 

 G. W. Childs, Publisher, Philadelphia. 



The Herald of Health.— "Wood & Hol- 

 brook, New York. 



Monthly Report of the Dki'autment ok 

 Agriculture, for Xovember and December.— 

 ■Washington, D. C. 



Tilton's Journal of Horticulture.— J. E, 

 Tilton & Co., Boston. 



Chicago Medical Times. — R. A, Gunn, M. 

 D.. and J. E. Hurlbut, M.D., Editors, Chicago. 



Once a Month and Home Magazine. — T. 8. 

 Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia. 



"Western Educational Review. — O. H. 

 Fethers, Publisher, Jefferson City, Mu . 



Second Annual Report of the Board op 

 Trustees of the Illinois Industrial Univer- 

 sity. 



Notice of the Crustacea — Collected by 

 Prof. C. F. Hartt, on the Coast of Brazil in 1867, 

 together with a List of the Described Species of 

 Brazilian Podophthalmia. — By Sidney I. Smith, 

 Assistant in Zoology, Yale College, New Ha- 

 ven, Conn. The author has our thanks for this 

 interesting pamphlet. 



Some of the Hindrances and Helps to the 

 Advancement of Agriculture. — An Address 

 before the New York State Agricultural So- 

 ciety at Elmira in 18C9. By George Buckland, 

 Professor of Agriculture in University College, 

 Toronto. 



Prang's Ciiromos— A Journal of Popular 

 Art. — L. Prang & Co., Boston. Nothing could 

 he better calculated to awaken aud increase the 

 interest of the public in Prang's celebrated 

 Chromos than the attractive publication be- 

 fore us. 



The Horticulturist. — This old established 

 monthly has rapidly increased in interest since 

 under the charge of its present editor, Mr. H. 

 T. "Williams. We heartily welcome it to our 

 table, and admire the spirit and ability with 

 which it is conducted. 



The Western Pomologist — A Monthly Jour- ' 

 nal of Horticulture aud Floriculture. —Pub- 

 lished at Des Moines, Iowa. Mark Miller and 

 J. A. Nash, editors. The first number of this 

 new monthly lies on our table. The field it pro- 

 poses to occupy is a wide one, and is to a cer- 

 tain extent unoccupied. Mr. Miller's experi- 

 ence as an agricultural editor, and as a jiracti- 

 cal horticulturist, eminently fit him for the 

 position which he assumes. 



