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Psyche 3:20, 1880.

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so PSYCHE.
PSYCHE.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., FEBRUARY 1880.
Cornrnioations, eroftanges and editors'copies ahauld be astdrwwd to EDtTORE OF PaYCHK,C(tiri6n!ige, &t. Com-mitfticafims far pudliwtion fin PSYCHE mv-rf he ~nvperly authenticated, and m artonpow wtW% will ^epttbU#hed.
Editors and kmtrfbwtoru we onXy reqm&bIe fm the tintmmta made in their own commitnicntWlt~. Wwh on ei#ecte not related to enfomolom will wit be rsvictoed is PsyCHB.
For mtea of subsen'puotl ami of advertising, see ad- vertiftm; columns.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
ENTOMOmGrCAti SOCIETY OF IOSDOK.
3 Dm. 1879. -. . . Mr. W. L. Dia-
tant exhibited a hitherto unrecorded ~ari- ety of Danuisplexippus (commonly knows
as D. wrchippus) , received from Antigua. . . . Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse communi-
cated same interesting details as to tenacity of life iu Curcult0 ekonus. - The Rev. H. S. Gwham read a paper entitled 44 Mate-
riala for a revision of the Lampy~Xae."
-Mr. Bates, in connexion with the light- emitting power of this family, remarked
that certain species of loiigicoma mimicked J~tt,myn~tå´da with great exactness, the light- giving segments of the latter being per- fectly represented in the longicorns, al- though destitute of phosphorescent power. - Mr. J. W. Slater wmmnieated a pa-
per " On certain minute charactera of in- sects with reference to the theory of evolu- tion." - Extracted from Athenaeum, 27
Dec. 1879, p. 853.
CANBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
9 JAM. 1880. - 64th meeting. The of-
ficers for the year 1880 were elected, as follows : 3E : Burgess, President; B : Pick- a n Mann, Secretary, Treasurer, and Ed-
itm of PSYCHE; E: Payson Austin, S:
Henshaw, Dr. E : Laurens Mark, Exem
tive Committee.
Retiring president E : Burgess delivered the annual address, upon the progress
made in anatomical and physiological en- tomology in recent years. [The address
will he published in PSYCHE.]
Retiring secretary B : Pickman Mann
presented his annual report, including the animal report of the treasurer, and of act- ing librarian Clifford Chaae Eaton. This is the sixth annual meeting, and the third annual meeting as a corporation. The
Club has 16 resident and 56 non-resident members. During the past year it has
held 9 meetings, and has received 22
principal communications. 64 pages of
PSYCHE, with 7 advertiser covers, were
issued in 1879, also 26 extra pages of
entomological items and advertisements,
and 26 pages of the bibliography of the
entomological writinga of Dr. G : H :
Horn and the writings of 6: Hubbard
Scudder. 32 more pages, besides the in-
dexes, are required to complete the eeo- ond volume of PSYCHE. Metis-arcs have
been taken to ensure the continued publi- cation of PSYCHE through a third volume. The permanent publication fund amounta
to $167.75.
262 new titles have been recorded in the library accession book since the last report, making 729 in all. A card catalog is be- ing formed, and now numbers 203 cards.
The arrangement of the volumes in the
library is nearly completed.
B : PICKMAN MANS, Secretary.




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