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zations is there any iafbrination to guide the stadent as to wherein 

 ihe genera differ from allied genera. Having in the past described a 

 number of species in similar manner and referred them provisionally 

 and often Avrongl}^ to various genera, Mr. Hulst takes this method of 

 cutting the Gordian knot and saving himself trouble by making many 

 of them types of these new genera. Such work seems to us the merest 

 child's play. It is unworthy the dignity of science and justifies today 

 the well-known stigma which Latreille, in his day, applied to a certain 

 class of Lepidopterists. 



We want a couple of young men in the work of the Entomological 

 Division. Qualifications: Some knowledge, or at least interest, in ento- 

 mology, but particularly some chemical training and mechanical inge- 

 nuity. Ability to draw and some knowledge of French and German will 

 add to the applicant's fitness. Any one seeking such a position should 

 correspond with the Entomologist, stating qualifications and references. 



Prof. T)r. K. Lindeman, of Moscow, writes us that the larva of Plusia 

 gamma has been extremely prevalent and injurious the past summer in 



that portion of Russia, having, in seven environments, done great dam- 

 age to Linseed, Peas, and Hemp. 



THE PARSNIP WEB-WORM. 



[Depressaria heracUana De G.) 

 By C. V. Riley. 



SYNONYMY. 



? Phalcena-Tortrix {Ph. -Tinea) heradeana 



Linn. 

 Phalwna-Tortrix heracUana De G. 

 J*hahvna heraclei Retzius. 

 ? Tinea nmheUella Fab. 

 '^ Pjjralis nmhellana Fab. 

 ^ Pyralis heradeana Fab. 

 Tinea apiella Hiibner. 

 Depressaria heraclei Ha worth. 



? Depressaria nmheUarum Hawortb. 

 Hwmtjlis (hmceUa Boiicb<5. 

 Depressaria heradeana Stephens. 

 Hanni/Us pastinacella Diiponcliel. 

 Hwmj/Us nmheUella Zcttorstedt. 

 Depressaria pastinacella Zellcriu litt. 

 Hcemilis pastinacella Bruand. 

 Depressaria oniarieUa Bethnne. 



The first specimen of this moth which we obtained was in 1875 from 

 Mr. H. G. Hubbard, who had found the larva in the stem of some cru- 

 ciferous plant, in slight brown open cocoon, and pupjc several together 

 in same stem. In the summer of 1883, while spending some delightful 

 hours with Mr. Roland Thaxter, of Kittery Point, Me., we found this in- 

 sect extremely common in the stems of Wild Parsnips, of rank growtli 

 and exceptional size, everywhere growing about that point. Some of 



