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North American species of Tachytes.— Mr. W. J. Fox, of Philadelphia, 

 has just published a monograph of the Korth American species of 

 Tachytes in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 

 August, 1892. The i)aper covers x)ages 234 to 252 of the nineteenth 

 volume of the Transactions, and is illustrated by Plate xi. Mr. Fox 

 has found 23 species of this interesting genus in North America, and 

 these he separates by means of useful synoptical tables of both sexes, 

 re-describing all of the old species and adding a number of new ones. 

 Mr. Fox has been taking up one genus after another of the Fossorial 

 Wasps, and has also recently monographed the Larrid genus Astata 

 in the current volume of the Canadian Entomologist (pp. 232-235). 



Who are the Readers of Insect Life — Some months since, wishing tO 



reduce the mailing list for Insect Life and weed out those who were 

 not specially interested in the publication, a circular was sent out ask- 

 ing the return of a card, properly filled out, by those who still wished 

 to have the publication sent to them. One of the questions asked was 

 concerning the occupation of the individual. The cards are now about all 

 in and the tabulation of this matter of the occupation of those who have 

 shown enough interest in entomology to wish to continue the receipt of 

 Insect Life is interesting and suggestive. As might be expected, farm- 

 ers, fruit-growers, and gardeners head the list in point of numbers. Of 

 these there are 1,0765 of periodicals, libraries, scientific societies, etc., 

 there are 669 5 of entomologists and naturalists in general there are 583 j 

 teachers, including college professors, 285; physicians, including vet- 

 erinarians, druggists, and dentists, 153 j persons engaged in mercan- 

 tile pursuits of all kinds (general merchandise, real estate, insurance, 

 clerks, etc.), 157; students, 124; literary men, including editors, jour- 

 nalists, publishers, and reporters, 63; mechanics, artizans, and laborers, 

 41; Government employes, at Washington and elsewhere (except De- 

 partment of Agriculture), 40; clergymen, 29; lawyers, 27; chemists, 

 20; engineers, mining, civil and electrical, 17; bankers, 7; artists, 6; 

 geologists, 6; poultrymen, 5; architects and landscape gardeners, 4; 

 horticultural inspectors, silk culturists, bee-keepers, L". S. Army and re- 

 tired, 3 each; comptrollers, and inspectors of insect pests, 2 each; artifi- 

 cial-fly maker, bar-keeper, barber, butcher, capitalist, carpet layer, 

 compositor, clerk of court, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner 

 of horticulture, contractor, cigar maker, dealer in surgical instruments, 

 engraver, member of foreign legation, ice dealer, inspector of grain, 

 inspector of customs, jeweler, kiln burner. Member of Congress, miller, 

 music dealer, milkman, poUceman, restaurateur, stockman, superinten- 

 dent children's aid society, telegraph operator, sculptor, watchmaker, 

 agent, 1 each. 



It is probable that nearly all of the correspondents who occupy them- 

 selves with commerce and professional pursuits, aside from teaching, 



