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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS.
MONSIEUR A. DELUGIN, pharmacien, k
Blois, France, wishes to exchange the French species of Posaria for those of North Amer- ica.
MR. HOWARD L. CLARK ptibiishes, in
Random notes on natural history^ for May 1884. an account of a swam of ~al~idry<is eiibule seen in Rhode Island, in 1869 or 1870. JUST AS this numero goes to press we learn of the budden death of Francis Gregory San- born, of Worcester, Mass., well-known as an entomologist. He died 5 June 1884, nt Prov- idence, R. I.
MR. ANSON ALLEN, lepidopterist, died in
Orono, Me., 8 Feb. 1884, in the 55th year of his age. Prof. C. H. Fernald publishes an obittiary notice of Mr. Allen in the Cauadt'w ettiomolopd for March, 1884, v. 16, p. 43-44. MR. S. SCHOFIELD, nt a late session of the Rhode Island entomological society, read a paper on experiments made with the eggs
and larvne of Ceratvcam$a iqberiulis. The mode of fighting among these larvae was
graphically described.
M. EDMOND ANDRE, h Beaiine, C6te-d'Or,
France, who has lately established an agency for the sale of entomological puSiications and apparatus, has just issued his fourth catalog of books for sale, including a large number of French separates.
Dr. JACOBS notes two recent cases in which the iarvae of De~~m~tobia noxklis, a dipteron have been found beneath the skin of persons who have returned to
Fi-ance from America.
These caws have been announced in the An- nals of the Socigte de biologiede France, and in the Comptes rendus of the Socift& ento- mologique de Belgique.
WE REGRET io learn that Sir Sidney
Smith Silunders, C. M. G., for many years British consul in various Mediterranean ports, and a distinguished entomologist, died s̤d denly on Ttiesifay evening (t5th) at an ad- vanced age. He was one, of the original
members of the Entomological society of
London, and was a vice-president of the
society at the time of his death. He devoted special attention to lhe singular bee-parasites known as stylopidue.-Nature, 17 Apr. 1884, THE XEWLY organized Entoinological soci- ety of Washington has elected the following A
officers : President, C. V. Riley ; vice-presi- dents, J. G. Morris and Geo. Mars;; record- ing secretary, E. A. Schwarz; corresponding secretary, L. 0. Howard; treasurer, B. P. Mann ; executive committee, the officers and W. S, Barnard, P. R. Uhler and A. J. Shaf- hirt. Meetings are held the fi~t Thtirsdily of each month.
M. ADRIEK DOLLFL'S, the enterprising
editor of the Fcwille des jenars nntwa7;'~/es, offers to the subscribers of his paper it prize for competitive work in dissection and insect anatomy. A sitinpie of the kind of work
required is given in the Feitille for May, in a paper, by Dr. H. Viallanes, entitled "Anat- uniie et dissection de la lame de libelliile," with a plate. The subject proposed by M. Doltfus is the anatomy of the larva of some diurnal lepidopteran, and the paper is to be accompanied by drawings of the parts. The first prize is a ficientific work, of the value of so francs, to be chosen by the successful competitor; a second prize of 2; francs value may be given. We wish the
best of Success
to M. Dollfiis, who works with patriotic zeal to instil n love of scientific study of nature into the readers of his interesting paper. G: D.
DR. J, A. OSBORNE writes, in the JEntomd- ugtsl's monthly muguzim for Dec. 1883,
among some observations on Za~aeafasci-
ata.
"Last year I was not able to say positively in which end of the egg the head of the em- bryo develops.
Ae the result of numerous
observations I am now in a position to state, that the head of the embryo 5s found in the



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upper and lower pole of the egg with about equal frequency. Often we meet with two
eggs lying together, evidently laid by the same fly with the same orientation, in which the heads of the embryos lie in opposite directions. This is in direct contradiction to . the dictum of Leuckart : 'Der obere Pol des Eies beherbergt in allen Fallen das Kopfende des Thieres ' (Ueber die Micropile. &c., Mul- ley's archiv, 1855, p. 102). Rare exceptions to the rule occur also, as I have already shown, in the eggs of Gastro$tiysa rapkani." The abnormal position of the doi-sum and venter of the embryo in these eggs is then discussed.
ANEW species of trap-door spider, a species of Cteniza, has been discovered at San Jose, Cal. The common though little known spe- cies of southern California is known as C. califorizica ; and its trap-door nest is usually placed in museums beside the tarantula (My- gale hentzii), and erroneously labelled as the tarantula's nest. This popular error, by which dealers in curiosities generally profit, is stranger, since the tarantula is usually too large to enter the nest of Cteziza, and itself makes no nest, occupying crevices in the ground or under stones, spinning a small web.-Science, 11 April 1884, v. 3, p. 469. SOCIETY MEETINGS.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge
Entomological Club will be held at 7.45 p. m., on the days following :-
12 Oct. 1883.
14 Mar. 1884.
9 Nov. 11 Apr. "
14 Dec. 9May
11 Jan. 1884. 13 June
8 Feb.
G. DIMMOCK, Secretary.
THE 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 Entomo-
logical 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 :-
24 Oct. 1883.
27 Feb. 1884.
28 Nov. ( 26 Mar. L'
26 Dec. L L
23 Apr. c L
23 Jan. 1884. 28 May
EDWARD BURGESS, Secretary.
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomo-
logical 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 :-
12 Oct. 1883.
14 Mar. 1884.
g Nov. "
I I Apr. ''
14 Dec. ' < g May ('
11 Jan. 1884. 13 June '*
8 Feb. ''
JAMES H. RIDINGS, Recorder.
THE SEMI-ANNUAL meetings of the Ameri-
can Entomological Society will be held at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., on the days following :-
10 Dec. 1883.
g June 1884.
JAMES H. RIDINGS, Recording Secretary.
THE REGULAR monthly meetings of the
Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- ety of Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Que., Canada, on the days following :-
2 Oct. 1883.
5 Feb. 1884.
6 Nov. L' 4 Mar. "
4 Dec. " I Apr.
8 Jan. 1884. 6May
G. J. BOWLES, Secretary.
THE MONTHLY meetings of the Erooklyn
Entomological Society will be held in the rooms of Wright's Business College, Broad- way, corner of Fourth Street, Brooklyn,
E. D., the last Saturday of each month ex- cept July and August.
F. G. SCHAUPP, Secretary.
NO. 120 was issued 14 June 1884.




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