44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. ~ [Jan., ’08 
succeeded in taking one perfect specimen, which I was selfish enough 
to keep for my own collection. Although it seemed to be quite plenti- 
ful in this locality, I am of the opinion that it is a Mexican butterfly, and 
that we took it on the extreme northern edge of its range; at least 
it was not to be taken this year in a region of the same character 
in every respect, and but a few miles north of the type locality, nor 
has it ever been seen anywhere else on the edge of the desert. The altitude 
at Jucumba is about 3,200 feet, and the locality where loki was taken 
is but little over a mile from the Mexican boundary.—W. S. Wricut, 
San Diego, Cal. 
Mr. Wright says, “I am not so sure that I like the name you gave 
it, but shall not presume to criticise. It was my intention to ask you 
to name it after the locality in which it was found, but it matters 
little so long as it has a name.” I don’t fancy the name very much, 
but I am under the impression that it is difficult to get names. 
Linnaeus certainly had an easy time of it in respect to names and some 
people (see Proc. Brooklyn Ent. Soc.) seem to think that any names 
that fall short of the Linnaean standard should not be used. Oh, for 
some one who loves to be of use to others and who will supply ap- 
propriate names! Let us have about a thousand published in the 
News pro bono publico. Happiness, by universal consent, seems to 
consist in doing good to others, so here is an opportunity. Loki was 
the god of strife and spirit of evil, who contrived the death of Balder. 
Afterwards he was chained, and will continue so till the twilight of 
the gods. The locality I had was Mountain Springs—HENryY SKINNER. 
AN OLpD RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE Hasitsor Azabrus.—In 
December, 1904,* Prof. Gillette published an article on the mating 
habits of Anabrus simplex, in which he described a peculiar sac-like 
object which is ejected by the male at the time of copulation and car- 
ried about for some time by the female. A year later Mr. Snodgrass 
makes the same observation on Peranabrus scabricoltis, a related 
species.| The ejection of this sac-like object, called ‘‘sperm-sac”’ by 
Gillette, is not confined to the Decticine as I have seen a similar ob- 
ject carried by Scudderia. 
It has been supposed that these observations were new, Gillette 
thanking Mr. Marlatt for having had a thorough search made in the 
library of the Bureau of Entomology for such references and stating that 
Mr. Banks, the librarian, found nothing upon the subject. Such obser- 
vations had, however, been made and published almost half a centur 
before. 
In an article entitled ‘‘ Exploration in Upper California in 1860, under 
the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution,’ published in the report of 
the Smithsonian Institution for 1864, Capt. John Feilner writes of what he 
* Ent. News, vol. XV, p. 321-324, pl. XIX (1904). 
+ Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., vol. XIII, p. 74-82, pl. 1-11 (1905), 
