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Psyche 4:147, 1883.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., MARCH 1884.
Commi~ftimliou~, exchnfls a d editors' cojk yhould be addressed to EDITORS OF Psycu~, Cam. bridge, Mass* Cowiffftfticotioti~. for pu^icattw in PSYCHE funst be property authfniicutfd, nJnf nu fl~ouy- motts vrticirs will bejfubfisfied,
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES,
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
S JUNE 1883.-The 94th meeting of the
Club was held at 19 Brattle Square, Cam- bridge, 8 June 1883. In the absence of the President. Mr. R. Hayward waschosen Chair- man. Five persons were present.
Mr. S. H. Scucitler reviewed P. H. Gosse's '-On the clasping organs ancillai? to genera- tion in certain groups of the lepidoptern" (Trans. Linn. soc. Loud-. April 1883. Zoo], : . 2. v.. a, pt. 6, p. 265-345. PI. 26-33) and described the genera! structure of the genita- iia of tepidoptera, giving the nomendature of these parts according to Gosse and accord- ing to other authors, [For further notice of this review see Sci'rure, 6 July 1883, v. 2, p. 22-23.]
Mr. G. Dim mock exhibited, n living speci- men of Buthi occifitiiu~, and described some e habits of -that species of scorpion.
cimen "shown was taken near the
aboratory, at Banvitls-sur-mer. Pyr&
ntales, France, in May 1882.
. Hayward showed a male specimen
ssn afraia;nnd some discuhsion fol-
Mr. G. Dimmock said that after repented
attempts he had succeeded in making the
male of Cdisx drink. The structure of the mouth-parts of the male had led the speaker to believe that the male mosquito could drink aitho it could not bite us and thus get at our blood. and by keeping a male without drink for several days he had had the satisfaction of seeing the insect drink water freely from it moist cloth.
THE LARGE number of references to gdl?
and gall-insects in the Bibliographiciil record, recently. are brought together in answer to inquiries from correspondents. We have
many more on hand, not yetcomplete enough to print in the record. but sufficient for im- mediate use. Having brought together, in the coin-se of years, by diligent labor, an im- mense stock of references, partially indexed, we are prepared to supply such to correspon- dents, in manuscript. We deem it no more than just to require such correspondents to pay for the afisiiitance thus rendered them, either in kind or in money which may be ap- plied 10 defraying the expenses of PSYCHE. B: P. M.
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LONDON LETTER.
EAST DVLWICH, LONDON,
JANUARY 5th- 1884.
One of the most important and extensive
contributions to a knowledge of the Japanese <;~ttomoIoepical fauna has recently been receiv- ed in this country from the hands of Mr. Geo. Lewis, This gentleman, having made a no
inconsiderable collection during a previous sojourn in Japan, returned to that country for the express purpose of supplementing and in- creasing the same, and being an experienced British collector wan thus enabled to bring home a magnificent series of coleoptera, new roptera and rhynchota. The coleoptera in several families have already been treated by Messrs. Bates, Gorhmn and Lewis ; the neu- roptera have been handled by Baron de Seiys-



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