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pleted. To lessen this difficulty, the paragraph devoted to 
each entry should be as brief as possible, particularly where 
published information already exists and references to it can 
be given. This dictionary is conceived of as a work of refer- 
ence, a guide to sources, not as a compilation of all that is 
known or may be gleaned from the existing literature. 
The task of preparation is not a light one, to be accomplish- 
ed in two or three years. It will require many years, access 
to large and complete libraries and the exercise of wise judg- 
ment to produce a satisfactory result along the lines indicated. 
It will be worth the doing, however, and therefore is brought 
to the attention of entomologists. 
Notes and News 
ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 
OF THE GLOBE. 
Ambulyx strigilis L. in Florida (Lep.). 
Mr. Morgan Hebard has presented to the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia a specimen of Ambulyx strigilis Linn., taken 
at Miami, Dade Co., Florida, February 2, 1899. It would be of interest 
to know whether this species is a visitor to Florida or a resident there. 
This sphinx moth is found in the West Indies and South America.— 
Henry SKINNER. 
Side Lights on Entomology. 
“To an outsider it looks as though the subject of entomology were 
still largely in the taxonomic stage of development, which is not to be 
wondered at when one recalls that over half the species of animals are 
insects.”—M. A. Curyster, Professor of Botany, University of Maine, 
in Science for March 13, 1914, page 377. 
7 . what has chiefly contributed to the progress of Odonatology 
during the period under review [18095-1912] is the application of the 
developmental method as a means of tracing the origin, and so com- 
prehending the significance, of the various parts of the Odonate’s body. 
If the application of this method to these insects seems to students of 
other animal classes to have been slow, the excuse must be the great 
number of insect forms, the consequent great mass of detail to be 
mentally digested, and the relatively smaller number of investigators.” 
—P. P. Catvert, in Transactions, 2nd International Congress of Ento- 
mology, Oxford, 1912, page 157, Oct. 14, 1913. 
