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Show IIKATM TO INSKI T 1 ll'K. A SlniiU l.lri trlr light Mtl.ioUcil lo lf troy 1II0.0OO In f Mhl, Ai.hasv, July 1, I'rof. Llntner, utate enloiimlogiat, has inado a mleroseopie examination of tin) insert colic, t ions of a single 1 i lit. and estimates that tint debris w hich ho iutipnctnd reprrienled ;i:i,(M)U Insects. As many of the imalter forms of Insect lifa probably constituted consti-tuted the larger portion of thoso attracted at-tracted to destruction by th light, lie believes that the average number of In-seels In-seels destroyed iu a night hyaslnglu electric light ut nearly too.oot). The larger portion "of Prof. I.lntner'a sneeiiuim collection from una light eon'-sinIimI eon'-sinIimI of minute gnat, mldtfes, crane Hies, and similar two-wlnged Insects. No inosipiiloea were discovered among Ihe victims, as they hi not attracted to the lights, Thera "were, however, lai go number of plant bug, which am fn-jurioim fn-jurioim to vegetation, pnrtleiilarty of one small specie of a lintidsoiiin green giiMid, which feeds upon our grae. A number of the moths, and ouw of tho leaf rollers which have niadn mich havoc in our fruit trM thi season, wcih found, as well a other upoele of tlio saiiiu family. Prof. Limner, In speaking of the examination, niid: "I wa sorry to sen tptita a number of tho beautiful gatue wing among lh heap of the slain, n their tarvw are the aphis Hons, which aid in keeping t dow n phidei or plant lice." I "Thu electric light," t quotti Prof. Limner, "will lindoiibfedly prove an active agent in tho reduction of insect pests, and also furnish vutoniuliglt w ith many rare Miceliiien ami with many specie novorimfor fc-oo," |