Vol. XXVi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 35 



Identification of Specimens. 

 For the mutual benetit of the coUtctor or amateur entomologist, and 

 the specialist who desires to examine all the material po — ib i c in the 

 groups in which he is interested, the Nbws r ta t r rt * tfmoe for listing 

 those who are willing to determine stich material The oonectors most 

 bear in mind that the nuterial must be in first class condition acoim- 

 panted with full data as to date and location of capture ; must be pinned 

 (excepting Coccidae and other minute jniccts which require special 

 treatment) and properly packed. Speci m eaa not in tndi oooditioa will 

 be returned at the expense of the sender. Hint* in pnddnf insects for 

 transportation may be found in this number, page 33. The transporta> 

 tion to the specialist most be prepaid. The specialist is to have the 

 privilege of retaining the first set of any species lie may desire. 



Any 9! '>t listed hot wilfing to make determtnationa. and any 



of those : 'W who no longer care to do sncfa work, pleaae advise 



the editor of this journal. 



The following specialists will determine material in tlietr respective 

 groups, from North America, imless otherwise noted. Those names 

 preceded by (*) shonhl be comnMurfcatcd with before sending sped- 

 mrn«. as their time for sncfa woric is Bmited, or they are interealed 

 only in special groopa or genera. 



DirmA.—Ckironomidae and yy<etopkUida*: O. A. Johannsen, Cor- 

 nell Univ.. Ithaca, N. Y.; Rmpidida*'. A. L. Melander. Pullman. 

 W, ^ rphidat: A. L. Lovett Conratlis, Orcg.; Acatyptratof. 



C-- .fkydridt: E T. Cressoo, Jr^ Acad. Nat Sd., 1900 Race 



St.. Phila, Pa. 

 HcMirmA.— /ai»db#: E. D. Ball Logan. Utah: Apki^da* (material 

 in this family should be provided with complete data on food plants. 

 rnrrrct scientific names of same, date and location of capture) : C. P. 

 C.illctte. Fort Collins. CoL. II. F. Wilson. Corvallis. Ore Edith M. 

 r.itth. r)r()no. Me.; PgyUUof (see note under Aphididae) : Kdith M 

 r.itcli. Oruno. Me : Altyrodiiat: J. R. Wataon. Gainesville. Fla.; 

 Coccidae: *J. G. Sanders, Madison. Wis.; Chicntpis. Hcmichion- 

 asfii and Pkenacaspit of the world : R. A. Cboley. Boxeman. Mont. 

 Ii^ Ml \nfnMA.—Tfnlhredimida* and Uroetfidoix *A. D. MacGillivray. 

 i»K\ W. Michigan Ave Urbana. IIL; Aplndima* and Opknmae: A. R. 

 <i).ui. College Park. Md.; Chalcidoidea: A. A. Girault, Nelson 

 • ^ ><Mi«), Oaeensbnd. .Australia; Megcstimus: C. R. Crosby. Cor- 

 nell I niv., IdMca. N. Y.; Spktcidae: H. T. Femald. Amherst. Mass.; 

 Apoidta: E. G. Titus, Logan, Utah; from Nebraska, Myron H. 

 Schwenk. Lincoln, Neh. 

 %fAtti>piiACA A Airnn.rr»A — *V. L. Kdlogg. Stanford Univ., CaL 

 \m K'>n»Rv \\ • .\ubuni, Ala. 



nuTiioiTWA — "J \ iin, .Acad. Natural Sciences, Phila.. Pa. 



lM m>unu LA.—Rkopolocer9 ; Henry Skinner, Acad. Natural Sciences. 

 Phila.. Pa. 



