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Psyche 6:406, 1891.

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406 PS YCHE.
[February 1893.
grouping of the Diptera orthorrhapha, which Phasmidae very unequal,
the prothorax in
he has now published in detail in English in living forms (with the exception of Prosopus, the Berliner entom. zeitschr. for 1892 (pp. Phyllium and similar highly specialized 417-466).
His Nemocera Vera contain the
forms) being much shorter than the other families Cecidornyidae, Mycetophilidae,Culi- two divisions. He stated that this was the cidae, Chironomidae, Psychodidae, Dixi- condition now of the embryo Diapheromera dae (?), and Tipulidae ; his Nemocera anom. just before leaving the egg, the elongation of ala, the Bibionidae, Simulidae, Blephero- the mesothorax and metathorax taking place ceridae, Rhyphidae and Orphnephilidae; and his Eremochaeta, the Stratiomyidae, Taban- idae, Acanthomeridae and Leptidae (+Xylo- phagidae). His complete discussion will be found very interesting.
With the publication of the seventh part Distant has completed his Monograph of
Oriental Cicadidae, a large quarto of over 150 pages and it; plates crowded with admirable figures. The work includes 268 species ar- ranged in 34 genera and divided into the two subfamilies of Cicadinae and Tibiceninae according as the tympana are mostly covered or uncovered. Owners of the work, which is published by the Indian Museum of Calcutta, will be glad to place it by the author's Rhopa- locera Malayans.
The recent publication of a new part of the Proceedings of the Entomological society of Washington completing vol. 2 and filled
with biological papers of broad interest, em- phasizes once more the concentration of
entomological industry at our national capital and the excellent influence exerted by the division of entomology in the U. S. depart- ment of agriculture.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
g December, 1892. The 174th meeting
was held at 156 Brattle St.
Mr. S. H. Scudder
was chosen chairman.
Mr. Howard Evarts Weed of Agricultural
College, Miss., was elected an active member. Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited a sketch of
the body of a carboniferous walking stick, Protophasma, from Europe to show that the three divisions of the thorax must have been of nearly equal length and not as in living during the emergence of the insect from the egg. This adds another to the numerous
instances in which the early types of animals resembled the embryonic rather than the
mature condition of their modern representa- tives.
He also stated that in the examination of a nearly ripe embryo of Dissosteira carolina, he found one of the antennae completely
developed, which the other showed only the enlarged base, the stalk being entirely absent. In the same embryo there was an entirely different arrangement of the middle legs of the two sides ; on one side, which seemed the normal, the femur overlay the hind femur and the tibia and tarsi were folded sharply back upon the femur; upon the other, the femur lay beside the hind
femur, and the
tibia was bent at only about a right angle to the femur; but apically was with the tarsi twice bent to keep it from extending beyond the opposite side of the body.
He remarked further on a species of Gryl- lodes found in a burrow beneath a small
sand hillock in Florida, by Mr. C. J. Maynard. Mr. A. P. Morse showed some specimens
taken by him at Wellesley, Mass., Nov. 17, 1892, of the following species : Chortofihaga viridifasciata, Stenohothrus curtipennis, Melanoplus coZZinus, Rncojfolo$Jius sordidus and Eurymus fkilodice. All the specimens were mature.
In the case of the first named
an unusual occurrence at that season of the year.
He also showed a specimen of Xabea
bi-punctata taken by him at New Haven,
Conn., Aug. 30. Mr. Scudder said he
thought it had not been previously taken in New England.




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