.MARK F, O'BRIEN

NEWSL E TTER

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Volume II, Number 4 * East lansing, Michigan * 3 January 1967

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S PAGE

THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' CALENDAR

4 JANUARY 1967, East Lansing Branch Meeting, 116 Natural Science Building, Michigan State University, 7:30 p.m. Dr. Donald Chant, University of Cal ifornia, R~verside, will speak on, liThe Ecology of Arthropods in the Canadian Tundra."

10 JANUARY 1967, extended deadl ine date for submitting titles of papers to be given at the Annual Meeting. Only six papers have been submitted so far--more are needed. The Call for Papers was mailed with the dues notice.

31 JANUARY 1967, publ ic hearing for the purpose of receiving comments and sug­gestions as to the appropriateness of a proposal to establish about 120,000 acres of Isle Royale National Park as a wilderness area. Memorial Union Building, 1503 Col­lege Avenue, Houghton, 9:00 a.m. A packet of materials describing the proposal, a nd a map of the area, may be obtained from the Superintendent, Isle Royale National Park, 87 North Ripley Street, Houghton, Michigan 49931 .

18 MARCH 1967, 13th Annual Meeting of the MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Albert E. White Auditorium, Mortimer E. Cooley Building, North Campus, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Saturday). A full day's program of entomological pape rs , a sl ide fest, displays--maybe even a color film--are in the offing. Plan to attend.

22-24 MARCH 1967. NORTH CENTRAL BRANCH of the ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AM ERICA , Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Dea dl ine for su bmi t t in g 35mm transparencies of insects for the Photo Salon is 4 March. Write Dr. Do nal d T. Ries, 131 Eastview Drive, Normal, Illinois 61761 for an entry blank and i nfo rma t ion .

SOCIETY TO EXHIBIT AT ESA MEETING

The Mich igan Entomological Society will have a display of rare, endem i c, or unusual Michi ga n i ns ects at the North Central Branch meeting of t he Entomo l ogical Society of Amer ica in East Lansing. We will also solicit new members an d s ubs crip­tions. The exhibit area, in Room 109 Kellogg Center, .i s being donated by the Michi­gan Agricultural Pesticide Association (MAPA). Your i ugges t ions of suitable insects to include in the display are earnestly requested. '~e are also seeking volunteers to man the Society display during the meetings.

DUES PAYMENTS have been coming in at a very gratifyi ng rate. If you haven't paid your dues for 1967, your early attention to the ma t te r will be appreciated. We need the money to support our increased publ ication schedu le of THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST.

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE that The Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo has r enewed its Sus­taining Membership for 1967. The cooperation of members in enl isting new Susta i n i ng Members is urgently requested. REMEMBER: All dues and contributions are deductible for income tax purposes.

EXPANDED FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE IN OFFING FOR 1967

The Society is planning to schedule an ambitious program of field trips in 1967, in addition to the Annual Spring Collecting Trip (which has attracted more people than insects). To help us plan the program, kindly complete and return the enclosed questionnaire as soon as possible to the field trip coordinator, M.C. Ni e lsen.

THE THIRD ISSUE OF THE MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST was mailed to all Active Members and subscribers on 24 D~mber 1966. Ron Wilkinson, the new Editor, is to be congratu­lated for an excellent job. Any Active Member who did not receive his copy should contact the Executive Secretary.

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OVER 100 ENTOMOLOGY PARTICIPANTS AT STATE 4-H SHOW

Over 100 youngsters from throughout southern Michigan participated in the Ento­mology program of the 51st Annual State 4-H Show, held 23-25 August 1966 at Michi.gan State University, East Lansing.

The exhibitors, representing the lie ream of the crop" from the county shows, par­ticipated in eight classes: 851, Entomology I I, 30 or more labeled adult insects representing as many orders as possible; 852, Entomology II, mounted flowers and leaves of honey plants, or 2 one-pound jars of extracted honey; 853, Entomology I I I, 6p to 100 labeled adult insects; 856, Entomology IV and advanced, 100 to 200 adult and/or i mma ture insects suitably preserved and labeled in two standard exhibit boxes; 857, Entomology IV and advanced, 3 one-pound jars of creamed honey, or a single-frame observation hive containing bees, brood, and a queen; 858, Entomology IV and advanced, 40 to 100 plastic embedments in one or two exhibit boxes--two or more embedments showed a series of insect I ife stages; 859, Entomology IV and advanced, display per­taining to member's experimental problem; 860, Innovations, a new category which has yet to be well-defined. Five persons participated in this last category, three of whom submitted articles on their projects for the NEWSLETTER. The first, by Jane Kingston, appears in this issue . .

The blue ribbon winners of these classes, and their home counties, were: Class 851, Charles Bierlein, Gration; Connie Burnham, Cl inton; Mark De Karske, Jackson; David Fabry, Livingston; Jan Folkertsma, Kent; Ralph Kitson, Lenawee; Carol Lenaway, Huron; Bob Mattimore, Kalamazoo; Roxann Post, Gration; Joyce Stanley, Jackson ; and Dan Updike , Ionia.

Class 852: none. Class 853: Lynella Bailey, Kalamazoo; Robert Eppelheimer, Berrien; Mary Ann

Fabry, Livingston; Wayne Martinka, St. Joseph; Nancy Stanley, Jackson; Tim Smith, Branch.

Class 856: Fredrick Brown, Midland; Patrick Connor, Kalamazoo; John Jackman, Macomb; Dan McMaster, CI inton; Steven Schneider, St. Clair; Linda Stockner, Newaygo; and Dan Young, Kalamazoo.

Class 857: John D. Balfe, Jackson; Donald Eppelheimer, Newaygo; Dale Maki, Wayne; and Luther Reffitt, Jr., Wayne.

Class 858: Debby Barcroft, Barry; Patty Frith, Eaton; . Marilyn Hecht, Ionia; Marsha Horn, Genesee; Kenneth Jurn, St. Clair; Carol Krieger, Berrien; Elaine Lutz, Huron; Kim Montney, Clare; Donald Paige, Bay; Charles Peterson, Lapeer; Carol Schep­pele, Wayne.

Class 859: Alan Boehm, Muskegon; Michael Connor, Kalamazoo; Irene Dowdy, Ingham; Richard Good, Genesee; Janice Hecht, Ionia; Richard Irons, Jackson; Cassie Kiersey, Barry; Reginald Martine, Berrien; Ginger L. Simpson, Cl inton."

Class 860: Larry Dowdy, Ingham; Jane Kingston, Washtenaw.

In addition to the above classes, - Senior and Junior Insect Identification Con­tests were conducted by John H. Newman. The Michigan Entomological Soci_ety awa rded 1967 Student Memberships to the five Junior winners, and 1967 Active Memberships to the four Senior winners. The winners, their home towns, and the books awarded them as prizes by the 4-H Departmen t were: Junior Division: 1st place (tie), Ma ry Ann Fabry, Fenton, and Bob Mattimore, Comstock--Frost, Insect Life and Insect Natural His­.!.9£!; 2nd place, DOll Hettinga, Grand Rapids--Jaques, How to Know the Insects; 3rd place_Patrick Connor, Galesburg--Klots, A Field Guide to the Butterfl ies; 4th place, Tim Smith, Bronson. The Senior contest winners were: 1st place, Darryl Quidort, St. Louis--Borror & DeLong, An Introduction to the Study of Insects; 2nd place, Richard Irons, Springport--Swain, The Insect Guide; 3rd place, Gary Doherty, Brown City-­Peairs & Davidson, Insect Pests of Farm, Garden. ' and Orchard; 4th place, Jan Folkert ­sma, A I to.

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The State Show is very profitable hunting ground for persons keeping distrib~ ti on­records of Michigan insects. Mo Nielsen gleaned several county records from t he butterfl ies, and found a state-record sphinx moth--Atreides plebei~s, collected in Clinton County by Dan McMaster, who has donated the s'pecimen to" the Entomology Mus eum , Michi gan State University.

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AN EXPERIMENT W1TH JUNE BEETLES

by Jane Kings ton

When are June beetles most active? How does weathe~ affect them? How do the different species react to different kinds of light?

T~ese are questions that I wish to answer through my experiment. I have become acquainted with insects and collecting through my 4-H project and by helping Mi ch igan State University with "black I ight tl surveys. Durihg the late spring and early s umme r months, a very common insect found around our house is the ,June beetle. Ma ny June beetles came to our \..."indows at night while my black light was operati ng , and th 'rough the night 'I discovered that I had collected more bee tles at the hou se l i gh ts than at the black 1ight, which had attracted only five. I wondered why, so th is year I con­ducted an experi~ent concerning J une beetles.

The necessary equ i pment for th is experi men t incl uded a 100 watt whi t e I i ght , a black 1ight, a 75 watt yellow I i ght , data record i ng equipmen t , pat i ence , and t ime . Every night fro_m about 8 : 15 to 10:00 I collected at the three lights. The bla ck 1ight was set up in the garden by the corn and was the only 1ight of the three to run throughout the night. The yellow light was set up facing the south and a n open field. The whi te I igh t was located in the s ame position as t he yellow, except some ­times the direction would change from south to north. This cha nge did no t s eem to affect the catch. Dur i ng t he collecting per iod I sat and watched for beetles and caught them wh en I saw th em f l yi ng around the I i~hts. This con t i nued from Ma y 1 to July 1, 1966. During the la st two weeks of May, when t he catch was heavi er , I went ­around to the trees and bu s hes and watched the beetles eating the leaves .

Through my experimenting I found the beetles to be more active during the last two weeks of May. May 22nd I col l ected 213 June beetl es in one night, the most I ever collected in a single night. By learning about the I ife cycles of the beetl es , I believe tha t at this time the ground had t hawed and the day was wa~m enough to induce emergence of the beetles from the ground. The lowest temperature record ed

owhen beetles were caught was 59 F.

The weather played a vital role in the occurrence of the beetles . If t he t emp ­erature was above 590 or less than 950

, the beetles were active. If it r a i ned t he beetles would take cover, and as soon a s the rain stopped they would res ume fly i ng. Humidity brought out the beetles, but if the . temperature was not warm enough, the beetles would not be active.

Species reactions to -different types of light was the third question answered. discontinued use of the yellow I ight after three weeks, because no beetles were

attracted to it. Phyllophaga futil is was found in the black 1 ight commonly after June 1. Most of the beetles, however, were collected at the white li ght. Phyllopha q , rugosa was the most commonly collected species.

During the last two weeks of May I watched beetles and their eating habits, found that the beetles, especially.E,. rugosa, eat leaves of the Chinese Elm, 'also

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that a great number of beetles fed on the leaves of the Tree of Heaven and Russian 01 ive. No beetles were found eating maple, although many beetles were observed resting on these trees. Although 1966 was not a "thick year" for the beetles, it seemed as though they did an unusua 11 y high amount of damage. II have seen many beetles feeding on elm leaves: I removed up to 300 beetles from just the trees around our house. Through the two-month period, I collected and mounted 788 beetles.

During the month of June a steady flow of beetles prevailed. Anywhere from 2 to 14 were found daily, compared to the irregular flow in the month of May. Many more beetles emerged in May and were caught, but the migration of the beetles gave the regular catch in June. During the second week of May, many grubs were found near the surface of the ground.

Besides June beetles, many other scarab beetles and moths were found at the 1ights. Most of the time, when no beetles appeared no other insects were found either.

This experiment has been very educational and I have learned much from it. Al­though this year has been filled with many compl icated records and data, it has been very fruitful and enjoyable. (EDITOR'S NOTE: Jane based this report on her entomology project, which she dis­

played at the 1966 State 4-H Show.)

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DAVIDS, MONROE V., 278 Abbot Hall, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Mich.48823. GILPIN, RICHARD W., 619 Byron Road, Howell, Michigan 48843. GRIMBLE, DAVID G., 2331 Fernwood Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. ILNITZKY, STEVEN, 236 Strathatallan Wood, Toronto 12, Ontario, Canada. KALEVA, WILLIAM, 26689 Mou nd Road, Wa rren, Michigan 48091. LEONARD, JUSTIN W., 1041 Arl ington, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. KENNEDY, PATRICK C., 215 B Natural Resources Building, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, Michigan 48823. MATTSON, WILLIAM J., JR., 319 Larpenteur East, Apt. 17, st. Paul, Minnesota 55113. McCOY, C.E., Ferris State College, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307. , SCHRODER, ROBERT F.W., 35C Ridge Road, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770. SLlI.oJA, DAVID D., 125 Worden Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103. VANDENBROUCKE, ROBERT C., 31217 Kelly, Fraser, Michigan 48026.

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ANDERSON, MARILYN P., 402 West Owen Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823. General i nt erest; seeks a broader knowledge of insects.

COLODNEY, DANIEL, RFD #3 , Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Aquatics; behavior, biology, ecology, collecting. COLEOPTERA (CERAMBYCIDAE); HEMIPTERA (lYGAEIDAE, REDUVIIDAE, MIRIDAE); TRICHOPTERA.

CURRY, LaVERNE L., Biology Department, Box 7-Brooks Hall, Central Michigan Un iversi t y , Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48858 . Aquatics; biology, ecology, collecting, taxonomy, TENDIPEDIDAE (aquatic midges).

MAKI, JON R., Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823. Biology, ecology.

MASTERS, JOHN H., Box 7511, Eastern Heights, St. Paul, Minn. 55119. Physiology, be­havior, biology, ecology, collecting, taxonomy, photography. RHOPALOCERA, esp. of VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, & BOLIVIA.

NEWS OF THE BRANCHES

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DETROIT: The last meeting we know of was held on 26 May 1966, in Room 102, Science Hall, Wayne State University. Milo Yacos spoke on "Differential Feeding in Two Michigan Acrididae," and Henry K. Townes spoke on "An Entomological Trip to South America. 11

EAST lANSING: The East lansing Branch meeting was called to order by Chairman Arthur Wells at 7 :40 p . m., 10 May 1966, in room 304 of the Natural Science Building on the Michigan State University campus.

In the absence of the Secretary, and because of the long program, minutes of the previous meeting were dispensed with.

Chairman Wells introduced Dr. Dwight M. Delong, Ohio State University, and Dis­tinguished Vi'siting Professor, Department of Entomology, Michigan State Un iversity. Dr. Delong presented a stimulating and colorful slide talk entitled l'An Entomol og i st in Alaska: Collecting Along the Glacial Front. I ' In addition to a picture tour up the Inside Passage and on to Point Barrow, Dr. Delong told of his insect survey at the Muir Glacier, one of the best-documented retreati ng glaciers in North Ame rica. The area once covered by the glacier was a perfect site for studies of succession- - mo re so because scienti,ts have deter~ined the location of the glacier at IO-year inter va l s for the past 75 years.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respec tfully s ubmitted , Jul ian P. Donah ue, Secretary Pro-Tem.

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The East lansi'ng Branch of the Michigan Entomological Society was cal led to or­der by Chairman Arthur Wells at 7:50 p . m., 15 November 1966, in room 204 o f th e Nat­ural Science Building on the Michiga n State University campus. Minutes of th e previous meeting we re read and approved. A total of 28 persons were in attendance-­repres enti ng a wi de in terest in entomology.

Plans were discus s ed for forthcoming Branch programs . Jul ian P. Dona hue gave information on the Societyl s total membership and its rap id growth du ring t he past year; he also. mentioned t ha t the third issue of THE MIC HIGAN ENTOMOLOGIST was in pr e ss and would be ma iled out shortly.

Cha i rman Wel.ls announced it wa s time to nomi nate and elect new Branch officers. Do na hue nomina ted Richard J. Sn i de r for Chairman . A motion was made and a pproved to close the nominations for Cha i rma n. Dr. Gordon E. Guyer nom i nated Orlo K. Jantz, a new member, for Secretary-Treas ur er. Motion was made and approved to close the nom ­inations for t h is office. Qo na hue ma de a mo tion tha t the new Chairma n can appoi nt a program chairman, if nece s sa ry, to ha ndl e ar rangemen ts fo r future mee t i ngs . This motion wa s approved. Both Sni der a nd Jantz were una n imously elected by a show of hands.

The Chairmarr: then introduced Dr. Wi ll iam L. Downes, Dept. of Natural Sci ence, Michigan State University, as the feat ured speaker. Dr. Downes presented ah inte r ­esting account of his wo r k on the mating beha vior of the higher Diptera. His t op ic covered such questions as how th ese i nsects locate their mates and how t hey devel oped this beha vior . Dr. Downes' field \Nor k wa s dis cussed, including his uniq ue observa ­tions and collec t i,ons of di fferent species of flies at various elevations and pos i t io n~ on an 111 inois fire towe r and in some of the wes tern mountains.

Th e meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, M.C. Nielsen, Secretary-Treasurer.

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EUGENE E. KENAGA, entomologist in the Agricultural Research Center of Dow Chemi­cal Company, Midland, has been appointed by Michigan Conservation Department Director Ralph A. MacMullan to a five-man civil ian research review committee. The advisory group will help steer the Department's wildl ife research efforts.

THOMAS D. MAC MEEKIN reports that he has just finished Peace Corps training at the University of Missouri. On 13 December he left for the Indian state of West Bengal (excellent collecting territory--Ed.) for two years of work in food production, working in particular to improve rice yields through appl ication of fertil izer, pest­icides, and improved farming techniques. Tom will also get involved in sanitation, irrigation, vegetable gardening, and poultry production. He may be reached at this address: Thomas D. MacMeekin, American Peace Corps Volunteer, c/o American Embassy, New De Ihi, Ind i a .

WALLACE E. LA BERGE writes that in mid-January he will leave for a two-month visit to the British Museum (Natural' History), where he will be studying bees of the genus Andrena.

BRUCE H. BAKER writes, "Although I am currently working as a survey & control forest entomologist in Alaska, I appreciate receiving entomological information from the state where I was trained & which I claim as home."

MARJORIE C. TOWNES writes, "The catalogue on Neotropic Ichneumonidae was pub -I ished on December 6, 1966. I have now started the bibl iographic work for a similar catalogue on African Ichneumonidae while my husband continues his work on the genera of Ichneumonidae. No trips in sight in the immediate future."

J.S. "STEVE" BUCKETT of the University of Cal ifornia, Davis, has recently been appointed chairma n of the Program Committee of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society For the coming year he hopes to have an array of speakers deal i ng with insects and related arthropod ecology, systematics, and evolutionary trends.

KENNETH J. KRAFT writes from Michigan Technological University that he taught a new course fall quarter, called Advanced Insect Taxonomy, to four students. He is continuing his study of cone insects from red and jack pines (see his research re­quest elsewhere in this issue).

J. CHARLES E. RIOTTE writes from Toronto: "Good luck played a new species of Ani­sota (Anisota) into my hands. I am busy describing it. It is very difficult to separate from A. senatoria if you do not have long series. Anybody I iking to have his Anisota re~identified is cordially invited to s end them to me. To understand this rightly, Anisota (Dryocampa) rubicunda is not concerned, and among t he brown ones fl. stigma is also out of the runni ng ." J.C.E.R., Dept. of Entomology, Royal On ­tario Museum, University of Toronto, 100 Queen' s Park, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada.

RICHARD C. FLEMING, who is presently working on t he head musculature of sphinx moths, recently complet ed a series of lectures on the WO OD-TV "Ten O'Clock Scholar" series. His topics we re: "Insects at the shore I ine;" "Energy transfer in the 1it­toral zone;" "Birds of the shore 1ine;" and "M igra tion along Great Lakes shores.'1

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TEEN INTERNATIONAL ENTOMOLOGY GROUP (TIEG)

Here is something no youngster should pass up, if he is at ·all interested in insects--a group, with a newsletter, by and for teenagers ' throughout the world. AN D IT'S FREE. The group .is sponsored by Dr. Warren T. Johnson and the New York State Cooperative Extension Service and the New York State College of Agriculture at Cor­nell. Write Dr. Johnson at Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.1 4B50

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I WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING SPECIMENS OR COLLECTION RECORDS OF MICHIGAN VELVET ants (Mutill idae). David A. EYans, Department of Biolog~ ~ Kalamazoo College, Kala­mazoo, Michigan 49001.

RECORDS WANTED: would appreciate' recelYlng any new state or county butterfly records from Michigan not I isted in Moore's 1960 Checkl ist. The records are needed for the compilation of a new 1ist of the butterfl ies of Michigan . Records and doubt­fu l specimens may be forwarded to M.C. Nielsen, 3415 Overlea Drive, Lansing, Michi­gan 48917.

SAMPLES OF RED PINE · AND JACK PINE CONES are needed for a study of cone insects. Samples of cones that matured in 1966 may be sent to Kenneth J. Kraft, Michigan Technological University, Biology Department, Houghton, Michigan 49931. Postage will be gladly refunded to anyone generous enough to send some cones.

THE U.S. NATI ONAL MUSEUM & SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION are establ ishing a Reg istry of Tumors in Lower Animals, in cooperation with the National Cancer Institute. The pur ­pose of the Registry is to collect specimens to be used to gain a fundamen tal under­standing of neoplastic processes. The Registry is soliciting specimens of in ve rt e ­brates that have induced or naturally occurring neoplasms, pre-neoplastic cond i ti ons , or indeterminate lesions of a pres ump tive neoplastic nature that requires conf irma ­tion. Even speci mens demonstrating infla mma tiqn, repair, and regene ration are de ­sired, to establ is h points of reference. (In plain language , I guess this mean s t ha t they would I ike to have speci mens of anything with unusual bump s, warts, or configur­ations.) The collection will be housed in t he U.S. Na tional Mu seum , Washin gton, D.C. Donations should be forwarded t o George E. Cantwell, Director, Regi st ry of Tumors in Lower Animals, U.S. National Mus eum, Washington, D.C. 20560.

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,', Cooperative Extension Service. There are openi ngs now for fie ld sta ff t o ItJor k -,',

iT;* in county or area Ext ens ion offices to develop programs , tra in l ay leade r s, ~T,,', and promote 4-H youth activi t ies for boys and girls in t hes e geogra phi cal

,', areas. Salaries are open and the position affords tho se bene f i ts common to ..,',

* Michigan State University fa cul ty members. Interes ted men a nd women shou ld -'­if, * contact Dr. Gordon Beckstrand , Director, 4-H Youth Programs , Cooperative Ex­··k* tension Service, Room 1, Agric ul tural Hall, Mic h igan State University, East

* Lansing, Michigan 48823. t':

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NOT! CES

WANTED: COLEOPTERA , ALL FAM Ill ES, in exchange for Co I eoptera fr om southwes te rn Ontario, southwestern U.S.A., and Ind ia. Karl Stephan, Rural Route 5, Ti l bury, On­tario, Canada.

THROUGHOUT JULY AND AUGUST OF 1967 I will conduct a Jamaican field trip, col­lecting all represented l ep idopterans and coleopterans. Although interior collec ting will be emphasized, ma ny peri phe ral sites wi ll be visited, affording an extens i ve coverage. Collectors who are interested in securing Jamaican species of the a fore­said orders are invited to submit their respective I ists of desiderata. Suc h lists must be scientifically grounded in particulars, such as the following example : Family: PAPILIONIDAE. DESIRED SPECIES: Papil io homerus homerus, Battus po ly da mu s jamaicensis. If such s pecific I ists cannot be furnished, more general ized 1ists must at least include desired families and general amounts required. Spec imens ItJill be sold or exchanged by prearrangement, and all inquiries will be responded to. Wayne W. Klopp, 6226 North Normandy, Chicago, III inois 60631.

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SEASON SUMMARY--LEPIDOPTERA

M.C. Nielsen reports that during the 1966 Lepidoptera season 94 species of but­terfl ies were observed and collected in 15 Michigan counties. Choice species in­cluded Hesperia ottoe, Pyrqus . G:entaureae, Papil io philenor, Callophrys irus, henrici, & eryphon, Boloria eunomia dawsoni, Euptychia mitchell ii. Countless species of moths were collected at UV and MV 1ights during some 30 nights from April 9 to October 9. Notable moth records included the discovery of Exyra rolandiana (a tiny noctuid feed­ing on pitcher-plants) in four new counties, and the successful rearing of Papaipema harrisi from Angel ica plants found in Jackson County, and f. appassionata from pitcher-plants in Cheboygan County.

(NOTE: This is only a partial 1ist, since a complete summary will be publ ished in the Season Summary in the NEWS of the Lepidopterists' Society. Anyone is invited to submit his outstanding records for 1966, for any group, for inclusion in the NEWSLETTER.--Editor)

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This question was recently asked by Jerome D. Wenger of Caledonia, who goes on to say: "It was brought to my attention a few months ago that perhaps toma to worms (Protoparce quinguemaculata) are really top rate gardeners! When a truck farme r raises tomatoes, he cl ips the plant tops off after there is a number of large green tomatoes present. By removing the top vegetation the farmer gets rid of excess leaves, I ittle tomatoes, and new flowers which would hamper the ripening of the lar ge r green tomatoes. Now stop and think, what does the tomato worm do? You guessed it! They eat the top leaves and some I ittle tomatoes, exposing the larger t oma t oes at the basal portion of the plant. So perhaps we aren't so smart after all!

"To be truthful, I haven't done any real work on this idea, and I would I ike to hear from anyone who know more about it. It would probably be a very interesting experiment for some 4-H member.'1 J.D.W., 9579 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, Mich. 49316.

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RECENT LITERATURE

Nielsen, M.C., 1966. "Occurrence of Callophrys eryphon (Lycaenidae) in Mic h i gan . J. Lepid. Soc. 20: 41-42. This species, very similar to f. niphon, was collected i n Marquette, Chippewa, and luce Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Hatch, Melville H., THE BEETLES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Part IV, Macroda c t yles , Palpicornes, and Heteromera. University of Washington Press, Seattle 981 05 . 35 2 pp. , $10.00. Includes about 520 species; il lust . by 28 plates.

POLLUTION-CAUSED FIS H KILLS IN 1965, sixth annual report issued by the Federal Water Pollution Control Admin istrat ion . For sale by t he Super intendent of Doc uments , U.S. Governme nt Printing Office, Wa s h i ngton, D.C. 20402. Pr ice: 25¢. Many instances of pesticide-caused fish kills are cited.

For a free 1 ist of publ ications available from the Agricultural Experi men t Sta­tion and Cooperative Extension Service, many of wh ich relate to insects, write for a copy of "Available Publ ications" to MSU Bulletin Off i ce, P.O. Box ;231, East Lansi ng , Michigan 48823.

For a I ist of publ ications of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station, man y of which relate to insects, write the Director, North Central Forest Experi me nt Sta t ion, Forest Service--U.S. Department of Agriculture, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.

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