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I have two or three new namesakes among my Gap captures, 

 but modesty forbids my enlarging upon these. One wet chilly 

 day I started for a walk; but my net was soon useless, being 

 soaking wet, and insects were scarce. I decided to give it up 

 and return home. As I passed a low dwarfed sycamore I 

 caught sight of an odd-looking lump on a leaf and knocked it 

 into my damp net. It was a large Membracid new to me, and 

 I sent it to Mr. Van Duzee. The very next day I received a 

 letter from him telling me that this was a long lost species of 

 Walker's, which he had never before seen, and that it settled 

 a doubtful point for him as to the identity of another species 

 described by himself. I was, of course, filled with jo}^ and 

 pride over my rare unique. But, a day or two after, a note 

 from Mr. \"an Duzee told me that, after hearing from me 

 that the insect in question was found on sycamore, he had 

 searched such trees and — found two specimens of the bug, 

 right in the suburbs of Buffalo ! He secured but one of the 

 two, the other escaping from the net. I tried hard to sympa- 

 thize with the loser, but fear I felt selfishly resigned to the 

 thought that he now had no more than I had — just one. But 

 a little later my second specimen was secured and now I earn- 

 estly hope that at least one more Buffalo bug of this sort will 

 fall into the net of my good friend, the Hemipterist. 



I was going to tell you of some other interesting captures 

 made in this same locality. Odonata, Diptera and Orthoptera, 

 but that story must wait till another time. However. I can 

 assure vou that I heartily agree with the ambitious bellboy, 

 fresh from the country academy, who, after looking at a box 

 of my insect treasures, exclaimed, "The Water Gap must be 

 a very insectivorous place." 



New West Indian Gall Midges (Dipt.). 



By E. P. Felt, Albany. New York. 

 The following descriptions of new species are based upon 

 material received during the past year from St. A'incent. W. I. 

 The most interesting form is BrnggmannieUa pisoniae, remark- 

 able because of its presenting a combination of characters found 



