THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



57 



BTThe popular reader, who generally ob- 

 jects to the long crack-jaw scieiitifin names ol' 

 insects, will lind that we always when possible 

 give the plain English names of such insects as 

 we have occasion to refer to, adding in a paren- 

 thesis (printed in italics) the Latin or scientific 

 names. To the entomologist, these last names 

 are an absolute necessity, because it is only 

 through the use of them that he is (iuabled to 

 know, with the requisite scientific precision, 

 what particular species we are talking abo\it. 

 To the general reader, they need not be any 

 stumbling-block; for lie will always lind that in 

 our columns lie can skip over the parenthesis 

 that contains them, without interfering in any 

 wise with the full and complete meaning of the 

 sentence. By adopting this plan we aim to 

 suit as far as possible botli \)arties; namely, tlie 

 scientific man who is never saiistied unless he 

 knows the scientific appellation of the insect 

 that we are treating o(, and the popular stu- 

 dent, who is generally annoyed and disgusted 

 by stumbling upon Latin phraseology which lie 

 neither understands nor cares about. 



ON OUR TABLE. 



REimutiy. 



In New York, the other evening, there was a 

 learned dissertation on the subject : " Bedbugs, 

 and their remarkable tenacity of life." One 

 asserted of his own knowledge that they could 

 be boiled and come to life. iSonie had soaked 

 them for hours in tur|)entine without any fatal 

 consequences. Old Hanks, who had been list- 

 ening as an outsider, here gave in his experi- 

 ence in corroboration of the facts. Says he: 

 " Some years ago I took a bedbug to an iron 

 foundry, and dropping it into a ladle where the 

 melted iron was, had it run into a skillet. Well, 

 my old woman used that skillet i)retty constant 

 for the last si.x years, and here the other day she 

 broke it all to sniash; and what do you think, 

 gentlemen, that 'ere insect just walked out of 

 his hole, where he'd been layin" like a frog in a 

 rock, and made tracks for his old roost up stairs. 

 But," added he, by way of parenthesis, •' by 

 George, gentlemen, he looked mighty pale." — 

 iVeit' York Bepublic. 



INSECT DESTRO^m; ASSOCIATION. 

 Associations of this kind are being started in 

 New Jersey, with a view to the more success- 

 ful cultivation of apples, pears, peaches, etc. 

 The object is to adopt a plan which will work 

 to clear orchards of injurious insects of every 

 kind. It is held that if ev.ry IVuit-grower will 

 adopt some established means to rid his or- 

 chards of these insects, and sedulously and hon- 

 estly attend to it, the culture of fruit will be 

 made a certainty and the profitableness of it will 

 satisfy the reasonable demands of every one. 

 It is farther held that all farmers and cultiva- 

 tors of fruit will be forced to come into the 

 measure on the principle of self-interest: that 

 is, they must either destroy the insects or fail of 

 success. — Germantoton Telegraph. 



Besides our regular exchanges we And on our 

 table the following publications, which we are 

 obliged to notice in the most curt manner, on 

 account of our limited space: 



Recoud of Amekican Entomology fou the 

 Yk.vh 1868, Edited by a. S. Packard, Jr., M. D., 

 Salem, Mass. — Naturalists' Book Agency. — A 

 work that has been greatly needed by American 

 Entomologists. This initiatory number is gotten 

 up in good style, and is just what it purports to 

 be, namely, a Year Book of the Progress in 

 American Entomology during 18(18. Dr. Pack- 

 ard has made a good beginning, and we hope 

 he will keep the ball rolling from year to year. 

 No one interested in the study of insects can 

 afford to do without this Record. Price $1.00. 



The Can.vdian Entomoi.ooist. — We are 

 pleased to learn of the success of this little con- 

 temporary. It will be found of great interest 

 and value, to the American as well .as to the 

 Canadian entomologist. The number of pages 

 of reading matter has lately been doubled, and 

 each issue is embellished by a cover. As with 

 our own journal, the second volume of the 

 Canadian Entomologist is to end with the year 

 1870. Subscriptions received by the editor, 

 Rev. C. J. S.Bethune, Credit, Ontario, Canada. 

 Price $1.00. 



Tkansactionsok the American Entomologi- 

 cal Society, Vol. 2, No. .3. — This number has 

 been unexpectedly delayed by difficulties in 

 preparing the plates. It is freighted with inter- 

 esting and invaluable matter, and we only wish 

 that the Entomologists of this country would 

 support it more liberally. (See advertisement on 

 the inside of cover.) 



Seventh Annual Report of the State 

 Board of Agriculture of the State of 

 Michigan. — Lansing, Mich, 1808. From San- 

 ford Howard, Secretary. 



The American ExcHANtJE and Review. — 

 A monthly Miscellany of Useful Knowledge 

 and General Literature. Philadelphia. .$3.00 

 a year. 



The Occidental. — A monthly Journal of 

 Popular Homreopathy. St. Louis, Mo. $1.00 

 per annum. 



Annual Report of the Board of Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 

 1868.— Washington, D. C. From the Secretary. 



Proceedings and Transactions ok thf. 

 Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Sci- 

 ence, Vol. II, Part II. Hiilifax, N. S. 



