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August-September iSS4.1 PSYCHE. 211
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. ciation for the advancement of bcience. Dr. A TOW fungus has been found
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C. S. Minot read a paper "On the skin of parasitic on nvoso9hila flig~,irovnis~ prof. insects"; Prof. Geo. Macloskie7 on "The c : H. peck has named the
dynamics of the insect-crust"; Dr. C. V. rulavia entomophila.
Riley,' "On the hitherto unknown mode of oviposition in the carahidae"; and Lillie J. MR. A. BALDING records, in iVafure for 10 Martin, a paper entitled, "A botanical study July 1884, the capture of dragon-flies (Pyr- of the mite-gall found on the petiole of rhosoma miniurn), measuring about five cen- Juglam nigiw, known as Evineum anomalum
timetres in expanse of wing, by leaves of Schw. rn
Drosera rotundifolia.
A BRIEF memoir of the late Dr. Hermann
Muller of Lippstadt, has been written by Ernst Krause, the proceeds of the sale of which are to be added to the "Miiller ~und." The brochure contains an excellent autoty- pic portrait of the deceased, and the memoir is accompanied by a chronological list of Muller's writings.-Amer. naturalist. Aug. 1884, v. 18. p. 848.
DR. F. BRAVER gives a brief notice
of parts of the life history of Hfrwzoneiira obsru~a, a dipteron. in the Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen zoologisch-botan- ischen gesellschaft in Wien, for 1883. The larva of this species lives in the grub and pupa of the European June-beetle, Rhizotro- frus sotsiifialis.
AN EXCELLENT idea for publications of local scientific societies iscarried out by the Verein fur naturkunde zu Cassel, in its Bericht for 1883 to 1884. Over one-half of this Bericht is devoted to a list, by Dr. Carl Ackermann, of scientific works of all kinds pertaining to Cassel and its vicinity. In the portion of the list devoted to the distribution of animals is to be found mention of many papers upon the insect fauna
of the above-mentioned re-
gion.
AT THE Montreal meeting of the British
association for the advancement of science but one entomological paper ua'. read.
This paper, "A contribution to our knowledge of the phyto$fi," was by Prof. Plarfair Mc- Murrick, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. En- tomology was better represented at the
Philadelphia meeting of the American asso- AT A recent meeting of the Baltimore
Naturalists' field club, Mr. Otto Lugger gave an account of a strange hymenopterous par- asite infesting the larva of TH>hia. The Ti'i>kia lays its eggs in the larva of Lachnos- terna fusca; the larva of Tifihia when nearly mature eats the white grub and then spins for itself a beautiful silken cocoon. This larva in turn is often infested by the larva
Rhifiphorus pectinatus or R. limtatus, the eggs of which have become fastened to the Tifhia, and in this way reach the Tzyhia cocoon. Mr. Lugger has also found in the same cocoons small hymenopterous parasites. The order of events in this case appears to be that the larva of a large coleopterous insect is destroyed by a hymenopterous larva, this in turn by a coleopterous larva, and this again by a hymenopterous larva.-Science
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active members thereof and acquire the
same rights to control its affairs and direct its policy that are possessed by members resident in Cambridge. expects from North American entomologists a support as liberal as its constitution.
PSYCHE. being conducted under the direc- tion of the Club, free from local or partisan interests, is likewise entitled to liberal sup- port. Subscribers to PSYCHE may borrow
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which could be replaced in case of loss, upon compliance with the simplest conditions
practicable. Thus subscribers who live at a distance from libraries may obtain, through the maila, the benefit of access to a valuable entomological library, constantly increasing by means of donations and the receipt of publications in exchange for PSYCHE.
A Permanent Publication Fund has been
established by the Club, the income alone of which is used to assist in defraying the cost of the publication of PSYCHE. As yet the fund is too smalS to furnish the amount of income needed. The Club does not hesitate to ask the friends of entomology to contrib- ute to this fund, believing that their favorite science will be benefitted thereby.
In default of a regular income sufficient to defray the cost of the publication of PSYCHE, reliance has had to be placed on the timely assistance of special friends of the work. As yet such friends have not been wanting, who have assisted by donations or the advance- ment of the money needed.
In March 1884 a statement of the finan-
cial condition of the Club for the year 1883 was sent to a large number of subscribers to PSYCHE, with a form of agreement for sub- scription to a guarantee fund for the pay- ment of the deficit on the cost of publishing PSYCHE for 1883, as that deficit might stand on I July 1884. Bills were at the same time sent to all persons who were indebted to the Club, with a special request for payment of dues. The following persons agreed to pay the amounts set against their names, or so rnuciipro raid as might be needed to meet the deficit :-
T : W. Higginson, Cambridge, Mass.
$5.00
H. Osborn, Ames, Iowa . . . . . 5-00
W: H. Patton, Waterbury, Conn. . 5.00
F. G. Sanborn, Worcester, Mass. . . 5.00 Si A. Forbes, Normal, 111, . . . . 10.00 H: G. Hubbard, Crescent City, Fla. . 10.00 B : P. Mann, Washington, D. C. . . 25.00 $65.00
Mr. Sanborn having since died, but $60
were called for.
The financial condition of the Club. for 1883 stood as follows on I July 1884 :-
EXPENSES.
For printing PSYCHE. nos. 105-1 16
$357.67
" postage and Club expenses . . 27.04
$384-7 1
RECEIPTS.
From membership fees . . . . . $52.00
' subscriptions to PSYCHE . . 167.77
publication fun j (1880-1883) . 39.59
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$25936
Deficit $135.35
Bills due 95.20
In contemplating this deficit it should be borne in mind that PSYCHE is sent in ex- change to more than eighty societies or pub- lishers, whose works enrich the library of the Club, and could be pin-chased only for a suni far in excess of the pecuniary deficit.
In the Annual reports of the Secretary.
etc,, for IMZ, presented 12 Jan. 1883, and published in painphiet form, are acknowledg- ments of donations to the Permanent Publi- cation Fund, which, with other receipts, amounted- to a principal of $224.39. Since then have been received from :-
E. M. Aaron, Philadelphia, Pa. . . $1.00 Laurence Curtis, Boston, Mass. . . . 5.00 Louis Ciirtis, Boston, Mass. . . . . 5.00 J, G. Gooch, Cambridge, Mass. . . . 1.00 H : G. Hiibbard, Crescent Citv, Fla. 2.00 J : G. Jack, Chateaugnay Basin, P.Q_ 1.00 Otis Norcross, Boston, Mass. , . . . 5.00 A. S, Packard, jr., Providence, R. I. 10.00 F. G. Sarsborn, *orcei-ter, ass: . 5.00
L. M. Sargent, Boston, Mass . . . . 5.00 W. F. Wharton, Boston, Mass. . . . 5.00
Previously acknowledged , . . - 224439
$260.39
B : PICKMAN MANN,
Treasurer C. E. C.
Nos. I--123 were issued 23 Aug. 18%.




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