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Psyche 3:71, 1880.

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PSYCHE. 71
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS.
THE WELL-XKOWN' entomological author, Karl Fritsch, of Salzburg, Austria, died 26 Dec. 1879, in his sixty-eighth year.
Taa~i; PRIZES, amounting to about 1800 dol- law, have teen offered by the Italian govern- ment for vineyards raisedfrom grafts of those va- rieties of American grapes which are known to be capable of resisting the attacks of phylloxera. ACCORHING TO an item in Cdonies and India, a new disease, in the form of a minute tick, has sprung up in the vineyards of Cape Colony. The press of that region is, meanwhile, diseuse- ing measures to prevent the introduction of phyl- loxera into the colony.
Two EMXMENT French lepidopteriata died last December in Paris, Dr. Jean Alphonse Boisduval and Jean fitienne Berce. The latter, well-known as the author of " Lea papilton~ de France," died the 29th, and the former, author of many works upon lepidoptera, died the next day.
THE AHHOAL meeting of the Entomological
Club of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science will be held at the Mu- ueum of the Boston Society of Natural History, comer of Berkeley and Boyl~ton Sts., Boston, commen&ag at 3 p. m., Tuesday, 24 Aug. 1880. It is proposed to eend to every member of the American Amciation, and to all others who may favor the undersigned with their address for that purpose, a circular announcing the special sub- jeets which will be presented at this meeting of the Club ; and therefore all entomojogists who desire to read communications at that time are requested to notify one of the undersigned be- fore August 1st. This will ensure A fuller dip cuesion of the topics presented, and, it is hoped, a larger attendance.
There will be an informal social gathering of entomologieta at the roomsof the Boston Society of Natmsil History, 24. Aug. 1880, from 10 a. to. to 1 p. TO. During the meeting of the American Association a room will be constantly open for the exclusive use of the entomologist^,
SAMUEL H. SCUDOBR, President,
Cambridge, Mass.
B; FICKMAN MAME, Secretary,
Cambridge, Mass.
SOCIETY MEETINGS.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge En- tomological Club will be held at 19 Pollen St., at 7.45 p. m., on the days following:-
8 Oct. 1880. 11 Mar. 1881,
la NOV. ,, 8 APT. ,,
10 Dec. ,, 13 May ,,
14 Jan. 1881. 10 June ,,
II Feb. ,,
B: PICKMAN MAXX, Secretary.
THE BEOCLAE meetings of the Entomological Section of theBoston Society of Natural History will be held at N. W. corner of Berkeley and Boylaton Sts., Boston, Mass., at 7.45 p.m., on the days following : -
27 Oct. 1880. 23 Feb. 1881.
24 Kov. ,, 23 Mar. ,,
22 Dec. 27 Apr. ,,
SO Jan. 1881. 25 May ,,
B: PICKMAN MAW, Secretary.
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THE BEGULAR meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, Pa., will be held at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., on the days follow in^: - 8 Oct. 1880. 11 Mar. 1881.
12 Nov. ,, 8 AP~. ,,
10 Dec. ,, 18 May ,,
14 Jan. 1881. 10 June ,,
11 Vrh. ,,
JAMES H. Bi~~sos, Recorder.
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THE BEMI-AM-KUAL meetings of the American Entomological Society will be held at S. W. cor- ner of 19th and 'Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., on the days following : -
13 Dec. l&SO.
13 June 1881.
JAMES H. RISINGS, Recording Secretary.
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THE SEGULAB monthly meetinga of the Mon- treal Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Que., Canada, on the tlaye following : -
6 July 1880.
7 Sept. 1880,
3 AUK. 2, fi Ctot. ,,
G : H. BOWLBS, Secretary.
PRIZE ESSAYS.
DUE 16 OCT. 188.2. - Life-hiaiories of Sclero- stoma synganitis and of Strotigiiw perwucitis. See FBYCHB, v. 8, p. 69.




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