30 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. Qan., '07 



had been filled in with material in the course of city develop- 

 ment. The breeding of mosquitoes was always found great- 

 est where interference with nature's balance by man was 

 most marked. Anopheles punctipennis always greatly outnum- 

 bered A. maculipennis. It seemed quite evident during the 

 course of the visits, that there was no demand for talks on the 

 subject of mosquitoes as there was in the summer of 1903. 

 This indicated to them that there had been a decline in the 

 enthusiasm over the subject. 



Seemingly unpardonable ignorance of basic facts and prin- 

 ciples in entomology was detected, even among physicians, and 

 in general it was noted that the dubbing of everything that 

 crawls with the term "bug," is still too widespread. It seemed 

 to them that this is due to the fact that entomologists seem loath 

 to translate their study to the public through collections and 

 articles. Hence they are impelled to wish that entomologists 

 may become more concerned in giving their study the place 

 it deserves in the public estimation, and in dispelling, among 

 other things, the allusion to an insect as a despised bug. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held November 22, 1906, 

 Dr. D. M. Castle presided. Thirteen persons were present. 



Mr. Ilg presented eighteen specimens of blown larvae. 



Mr. Rehn reported the gift of eighty-nine species of Orthop- 

 tera, by Mr. Biolley, from Costa Rica. 



Dr. Calvert described his trip to Mexico during the past 

 summer. He visited Hermosillo and Nogales in Sonora ; Guz- 

 man, Chihuahua City and Santa Rosalia in Chihuahua; Tor- 

 reon, San Pedro and Saltillo in Coahuila; Zacatecas, 

 Aguascalientes, Queretaro, Lake Chapala, Guadalajara, Mex- 

 ico City, Orizaba, Jalapa, Popocatepetl Park and Toluca. The 

 collecting at these various places was described. No new 

 species of Odonata were found. One species new to Mexico 

 was taken, Libellula flavida Hagen not Ramb. 



Mr. Rehn exhibited some remarkable forms of Orthoptera 

 purchased by Mr. Hebard. 



