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Philadelphia, Pa., November, 1907. 



The International Entomological Congress. A plan has 

 been inaugurated to establish such a congress to meet for the 

 first time in the year 1908. The purpose of the Congress is to 

 promote the interests of entomological research and of biology 

 in general by furthering the cordial co-operation between the 

 entomologists of the different countries, stimulating research 

 and directing it into channels* where it may be most needed. 

 We firmly believe that the meeting of entomologists of various 

 nationalities can accomplish great good. The acquaintance- 

 ship and social intercourse alone would be of great benefit. 

 This was well illustrated during the Zoological Congress: It 

 was a great pleasure to meet entomologists from Europe and 

 exchange ideas and find out what splendid fellows they were. 

 We knew their work and reputations ; but now we look upon 

 them as personal friends in addition. We sincerely hope 

 those promoting the International Entomological Congress 

 will go on with the work and make the first meeting a great 

 success. From the list of names of those advocating it, suc- 

 cess would appear assured. 



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A New Parasite of the Domestic Fowl. — Last month Charles Euler. 

 one of my students, brought in a peculiar mallophagid which he had 

 found on a domestic fowl in Boujder. I turned to Professor Kellogg's 

 papers, expecting readily to determine it, but could not make it agree 

 with anything from Gallus. and so sent it to Professor Kellogg himself. 

 11 e kindly informs me that it is Lipeurus docophoroides Piaget which 

 was discovered by Piaget on California partridges, Callipcpla cali- 

 fornica, in the Zoological Garden of Rotterdam. Professor Kellogg has 

 taken it on the same bird, wild, in California; but it has not hitherto 

 been reported from any domestic gallinaceous bird. — T. D. A. Coc k e r ell. 



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