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Psyche 3:383-384, 1880.

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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS.
Attention Is called to the change
in price of imftscription to Psyche
as further explained on page 314.
MR. E. A. FITCH showed, at tlic meeting of the Entomological society of London, 6 July 1882, twoichneumons the larvae of which are parasitic on spiders.
Paos. E: T. Owm, of Madison, Dane Co.,
Wise., asks persons who have lepidoptera to sell to send liim, with prices stated, their lists of specimens for sale.
MR. ALFRED WAILLY (formerly at 110 Clap- ham Road, London, Eng.) wishes us to make known his change of residence to Tudor Villa, Tudor Road, Norbiton, Kingston-on-Thames (Surrey), England.
MR. R. A. FEASEB has lately bred a fine
hermaphrodite of Laswmmpa tri/olii, an English species. Mr. Frazer gives a brief description of the hermaphrodite in the Ento~~ohqist's mofttklg +ne for October 1882.
DB. J~LIUB FBIEDLX~~DER, head of the firm R. Friedlinder & Solin, Berlin, ~russia, died 4 NOT. 1882. The firm, well-known to Americans M dealers in scientific books, will continue the business at their oid place
A SPECIES of qafomeridne, probabiy Teloganodes triafis, from Ceylon, is said to be luminous by Mr. G. Lewis, who sent a specimen for exhibi- tion before the Entomological society of London, 5 July 1882. According to Mr. Lewis the whole abdomen of the insect is luminous.
DR. MAX WEBER has found that a myriapod, a species of fontaria, emits a secretion containing hydrocyanic acid (HCX). This is MI interesting addition to the list of acids, formic, butyric, ad- icylic, cimicic and others, already known to be found in secretions of arthropods.
MR. THEODORE JAENSCE, Moritzstrasse 7,
Breslau, Germany, desires to obittin, either by purchase or in exchange for European and exotic species, fertile eggs, and living chrysalids or co- cooua of nil sorts of American lepidoptera, even of the commonest species. Sphingidue, bombye- idae and cOtOCit/idae &re particularly desired, THB ANNUAL meeting of the EntomologicaE
societv of Ontario was held at Montreal, P, Q., on the 24th of August thie year, in consideration of the meeting of the American association for the advancement of science at that place at the time. The former officers, with one minor exception, were re-elected to mrve for the ensu- ing year.
M. RAFFOHO, of the SvciWd'horticuStwe de Limoges, has observed that the leaves of the cas- tor41 plant (Ricims oommunis} emit an essential oii or some toxic principle which possesses strong insecticide qualities, so that on being placed in a room infested with flies the fliea were found dead lying on the floor beneath the plant or hanging from the under surface of the leaves.
DR. WM. A. NASOM, of Algonquin, McHenry
Co,, Illinois, offers for sale his collections in nat- ural history, consisting of insects (over 8000 species of coleopiera, besides diptera, hymea' optera and nocturnal lepidoptera), plants, shells and fossils, the result of over fifteen years'study and collection, and embracing large lots pur- chased from local collectors, besides extensive exchanges.
AT A meeting of the entomologists who were in attendance at the meeting of the American association for the advancement of science on the 24th of August, this year, at Montreal, it was voted that Mr. J. A. Lintner should be requested to have a meeting of entomologi~ts called next year on the day preceding the meet- ing of the A. A. A. S., at the place where the association should meet.
AT THE meeting of the Paris Academy on
Monday hi. Dumas stated that at the very beginn& of its work, the Academical commis- sion for the destruction of the phylloxera pro- posed to arrange for the immediate destruction by fire of each plant proved to' ba ideated. Objections were made to this scheme grounded on the state of French legislation on rural prop- erty, and the Academical commission desisted. M. Dumas states that he has in hand an official report from Switzerland establishing the aonnd- ness of the views taken by the Academy on this important question. The cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Lucerne having resorted to the &a- troying process, all the vines, of which the



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value exceeds 40,000,000 l., had been saved at the expense of a few thousand pounds. A spec- ial tax had been imposed on the proprietors of vines for compensation to the owners of the destroyed plants.-Nature, 23 Nov. 1882, v. 27, p. 89.
A REVIEW of Rev. J. G. Wood's "Common
British Insects," in Nature for 7 Dec. 1882, clo- ses with these sensible remarks:
" The real point at issue in connection with books of this nature is their effect.
They are
eminently rudimentary, and not elevating. Let
us take instances from the book now under re- view. At p. 14, after an explanation of the ter- minology of the external skeleton of a beetle, we read : - 'At first some of these terms may appear to be harsh, repulsive,' and difficult to master. In reality they are not so, and a knowl- edge of them is absolutely necessary to any one who wishes to understand the description of an insect.' This is a very sensible remark. Yet throughout the book the utmost favor is be- stowed upon absurd meaningless ' English' - names. The culminating point of absurdity is reached at p. 276. Amongst the small moths the author 'figures' one (undera misspelt generic name), and because it (out of several hundred other fortunate little moths) has received no 'popular' name, he terms it the 'Brown Dolly'!" Remarks of similar import to the above would apply to several American works by more or less scientific writers. G: D.
SOCIETY MEETINGS.
THB REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge En- tomological Club will be held at 7.45 p. m., on the days following : -
13 Oct. 1882.
9 Mar. 1833.
10 Nov. " 13 Apr. "
8 Dec. " 11 May "
12 Jan. 1883. 8 June "
9 Feb. "
G: ~~IMMOCK, sf?~retin~~.
TUB NEW YORK Entomological Club meets
twice monthly, except in June, July and August, but'no special date is fixed for each meeting. HENRY EDWARDS, Secretary.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomological Section of the Boston Society of Natural History will be held at N. W. corner of Berkeley and Boylston Sts., Boston, Mass., at 7.45 p.m., on the days following : -
25 Oct. 1882. 28 Feb. 1883.
22 Nov. " 28 Mar. "
27 Dec. " 25 Apr. "
24 Jan. 1883. 23 May "
EDWARD BURGESS, Secretary.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomologica. 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 following : - 14 Oct. 1881.
10 Mar. 1882.
11 Nov. " 14 Apr. "
9 Dec. '( 12 May "
13 Jan. 188-2. 9 June ('
10 Feb. "
JAMES IT. RIDINGS, Recorder.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL 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 : -
12 Dec 1881. 12 June 1882.
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(UMES H. RIDINGS, Recording Secretary.
THE REGULAR monthly meetings of the Mon- treal Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Que., Canada, on the days following : -
3 Oct. 1882. 6 Feb. 1883.
7 "Nov. " 6 Mar. "
5 Dee. " 3 Apr. ('
9 Jan. 1883. 1 May "
G : J. BOWLES, Secretary.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Brooklyn
~ntomoio~ical Society will be held at 9 Broad- way, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y., on the days fol- lowing :-
28 Oct. 1882.
31 Mar. 1883.
25 Nov. '* 28 Apr. "
30 Dec '" 26 May "
27 .Jan 1883. 30 June "
24 Feb "
l?. G. SCHAUPP, Secretary.
No. 99 was issued 16 Dec. 1882.




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