12° BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC VOM vill: May 1884. ] 
Editor’s Department. 
Excursions, It has been the custom of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 
for several years past, to have an annual excursion or field meeting, early in 
spring. ‘These excursions were so popular, and the attendance was so large, 
that for the coming season a series of excursions has been arranged, under the 
charge of various members of the Society. At the April meeting a programme 
was adopted, and the following dates and places were fixed upon: 
Micnvapll ens paberelisl en dlacicr afer). - « eeraee eaten. 11 tee Mr. A. C. Weeks. 
«30! Clitton, Ne J, (Annual Mxcursiom)\02). . 5.0206 Mr. J. B. Smith. 
AV TTT RS MELON MSSM ING I GetccaGk ah, 5 a, 2 Meera eri aGltoicd vee aoe Mr. Geo. Gade. ~ 
«- 99 Rockaway, L. I., (Sea shore collecting) .......... Mr. J. B. Smith. 
Trl 2h, CUMEVONgI, MIRC lence opid np Baer so occ cy So sncaamamoe: Mr. Geo. D. Hulst. 
«¢ 6, Flatbush, L. ii scoala a, Speen pany eectetsti ere oi einem Mr. F. Tepper. 
Aug. 17, Fordham and West Farms, N. ARB a Gre REN eles Mr. Geo. Gade. 
The first excursion, under the charge of Mr. Weeks, will be to Garrettson’s 
Staten Island. Leaving N. Y. from Foot of Whitehall St. (South shore) at 9 a.m. 
The collecting will be in the woods to the South of the R. R. Station. 
The second excursion, May 30, is the annual field meeting of the Society, 
and will be under the charge of the President, Mr. J. B Smith. Leave N. Y. 
via Erie R.R. on the first train afier 5 a.m., and the collecting to be done in the 
fields, woods, and shrubbery to the south east of the R.R. station. Other dates 
will be published in a future number. From the interest manifested, it is ex- 
pected that the attendance at these field meetings will be large, and all persons 
interested in Entomology are cordially invited to attend, and further and more 
particular dates, as to these excursion, will be promptly and cheerfully given to 
all desiring same. 
The Butterflies of Maine, by Prof. C. H. Fernald, designed for the use of the 
students in the Maine State College, and the farmers of the State. This book, of 
104 pages, in pamphlet form we have just received from the author. It contains 
a synoptic table for the determination of the cenera and species, and descriptions 
of the imago. and where known, the larval stages of the outterflies known to occur 
in Maine. It is very well written and is of use not only for the limited public 
mentioned in the title, but also to all New England Lepidopterists. A commend- 
able feature is, the accentuation and division into syllables of the scientific names. 
Almost each collector has a different pronounciation of a given name, and uni- 
formity is very desirable. ‘This is a step in the right direction. 
A less commendable feature, and to our view a step in the wrong direction, 
is the adoption of ‘‘common” or ‘‘popular’’ names for the butterflies; introduc— 
ing such names as ‘‘The Mormon”’ for P. zabulon; ‘‘The sleepy dusky wing”’ for 
T. brizo; “‘The Wanderer” and ‘‘The Piebald”’ for F. tarquinius ete. ete. We are 
sorry to see that Prof. Fernald has given any countenance whatever to this 
practice. 
