. The American entomologist. Entomology. THi:. Vol III. No. 2, PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Jsa:.^:^: ,i3:-crBEi^, 823 Pearl St., New Vopk. TERMS Two dollars per annum, in advance. EDITORS : CHAS. V. RILEY, Editor, Washington, D. C. A. S. FULLER, Assistant Editor, Ridgewood, N. J. We note, from the Proceedings of the London Entomological Society, Nov. 5th, that the Oxford Commissioners propose to unite the Chair of Entomology founded by the late Rev. F. W. Hope and honored by the veteran entomologist Westwood, with a Readership in Invertebrate Zoology. It seems that the widow of Mr. Hope,
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THi:. Vol III. No. 2, PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Jsa:.^:^: ,i3:-crBEi^, 823 Pearl St., New Vopk. TERMS Two dollars per annum, in advance. EDITORS : CHAS. V. RILEY, Editor, Washington, D. C. A. S. FULLER, Assistant Editor, Ridgewood, N. J. We note, from the Proceedings of the London Entomological Society, Nov. 5th, that the Oxford Commissioners propose to unite the Chair of Entomology founded by the late Rev. F. W. Hope and honored by the veteran entomologist Westwood, with a Readership in Invertebrate Zoology. It seems that the widow of Mr. Hope, before her death, protested against the change as opposed to the spirit of the bequests and the clause of the deed under which the Professorship was held. We sincerely hope, with Mr. McLachlan, that the chair may continue to be held by an entomologist, as a guarantee that the extensive collections will be properly cared for and appreciated, and made to subserve the purposes in- tended by the testator. Resistance of American Vines to Phylloxera.—The vice-president of the Horticultural and Botanical Society of He- rault, M. de Lunaret, draws attention in a recent number of the Messager du Midi, to the fact that a downy, white-wooded Riparia which was planted in 1868, in ground near Montpellier owned by a M. Batigne, is still perfectly healthy, while all the neighboring vines are dead or dying. The 17-YEAR Cicada in Iowa.—The data furnished by Prof. Bessey are inter- esting as more clearly defining the western and northern limits of our brood XIII (1878), which limits were previously un- known ; also as showing more clearly than was hitherto known the western limits of our brood V (1871). There can be little question, we think, that the limits of this brood may be extended throughout the re- gion shown by the dotted lines and that the discrepancy of a year or two in some of the locations reported, niay be accounted for by accelerated or retarded develop- ment. It is very diffi
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