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to be henHci (Papilio, I., 150-152), etc.," in the separate he 

 sent me, and then in his recent article says : "Dr. Skinner can 

 hardly plead that the facts were unknown to him without 

 laying himself open to the charge of culpable ignorance of the 

 literature of his subject." .... This reference is in most 

 of the catalogs, including my own. I later received another 

 letter from Mr. Cook (March 3, 1907), to which I also re- 

 plied, and my letter had a return address on it, too. I will 

 not quote this in full, as I wish to save space. He practically 

 repeats his argument given in Can. Ent., Vol. XXXVII, p. 216, 

 and in addition says: "The larvse and eggs are sufficiently 

 unlike to enable the veriest tyro to distinguish between them 

 at a glance." Mr. Cook had not published anything on the 

 larva of hcnrici, and he scores me for suppressing facts com- 

 municated in a letter. He knows perfectly well that I replied 

 to his letter, and I also told him I did not consider it proper 

 to take cognizance of anything not in the literature of the 

 subject. I had the temerity and audacity to have an opinion 

 of my own in regard to the matter and have thereby been 

 charged with culpable ignorance, suppression of evidence 

 and discourtesy. Mr. Cook knew perfectly well that I re- 

 ceived his letter, and the inference he- wishes drawn shows 

 almost malicious deception. His feeling is shown in his 

 first letter, where I permitted the expression of a very re- 

 markable opinion to get into print. Even though I may have 

 been wrong I do not think I owe Mr. Cook any apology 

 for my opinion. If those interested in natural history are 

 compelled to accept the ipse dixit of everyone, or be abused, 

 it is high time different methods are adopted. I can see 

 nothing in his letters that should have prevented the appear- 

 ance of my article. After considering myself smeared all 

 over with vilification and buried to the eyes in obloquy (in 

 litt.) I did not expect to see it in print also. 



Prof, and Mrs. J. H. Comstock have been spending the summer 

 camping in the high Sierras of California. 



Morgan Hebard and J. A. G. Rehn were collecting in the Southwest 

 and Orthoptera were the insects desired. We will hear later the result 

 of the journey. 



