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one after Dr. Ridgway, the other after Mr. Beck. The word gala- 

 pagoensis is printed many times "galapagcensis," which is quite errone- 

 ous. 



Mr. P. Cameron describes numerous species of Odynerus and im- 

 mediately allied genera from North America. Many are said to be 

 from New Mexico, no collector's name being given. Presumably, they 

 come from that mysterious "New Mexico' - collection which contained 

 so many evidently Mexican species, and we must regard the locality 

 as doubtful until they are rediscovered. O. ruficandis, on p. 328, is a 

 misprint for ruiicaudis. — T. D. A. C. 



Notes and. News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Dr. W. G. Dietz, 21 N. Vine St., Hazelton, Penna., will name Micro- 

 lepidoptera, particularly Tineina. 



Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke will leave about May first on a four months' 

 exploring trip to the Aleutian Islands, and says, "We are to make as 

 thorough an exploration as we can, in the time, of the entire Aleutian 

 group of islands. We will not stop at any point on the mainland, 

 after leaving Seattle, though we may possibly visit one or two of 

 the Commander group. We go first to Unalaska, then strike west 

 to Attu, and work back with the trade winds from there. We will 

 thus not be at all in touch with the rest of the world. I go both as 

 physician and scientist, the opportunity to thoroughly explore this 

 group, being really too tempting for me to refuse. The party is to 

 be known as the "Technology Expedition," and is mainly to make a 

 thorough reconnoissance of the group. The party will be small, six, 

 including two assistants from the Boston Technology, so we will have 

 to distribute our energies somewhat. I will have to do some botani- 

 cal work in which I will have an assistant, but I can assure you, most 

 of my time will be put in in collecting insects. I will try and get 

 as complete a series as I can in all orders from all of the islands. 

 That I think is very much needed, and will enable us to get a very 

 much better idea than we have had of the range of the various species. 

 The insects are to be my own, but I will most likely send on a com- 

 plimentary series to Cambridge, seeing that it is the Boston people 

 who are financing it. I will, however, try and get series enough so 

 that I can send somethings to my friends. All insects outside of 

 Coleoptera, I will, of course, ask others to work up, a full series, 

 types included, to be returned to the California Academy. I will do 

 the best I can with the Lepidoptera." 



