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Psyche 7:55-56, 1894.

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March 1894.1 PSYCHE.
not contradict this view of their relation as would the fact of non-association.
In summing up the evidence which
I have cited it would seem that: (I)
Variations in length of wings are cor-
related with corresponding variations in length of tegmina or analogous struc-
tures. (2) In one species of a genus
these parts may be quite constant in
their proportions to other parts of the
body, and in another may vary greatly.
(3) Consequently, a difference in length of wing or interdependent structure un-
accompanied by a difference in struc-
ture of other parts of the body is but
more or less doubtful evidence of
specific distinctness.
Large series of specimens from a
wide range of country are not only desir- able but necessary in order to arrive at a correct understanding of the relation
of closely allied forms. Personally, I
have found that wide acquaintance in
the field with the various forms has
been of great service.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
13 Oct., 1893. The 180th meeting was
held at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. Henshaw in the chair. Mr. A. P. Morse was chosen Sec- retary pro tern.
Mr. Lewis E. Hood of Somerville was
elected to active membership.
Mr. S. H. Scudder showed some larvae of
a Crambid from Plymouth Co., Mass., which injures cranberry vines by girdling the
runners and rootlets. He also discussed the identity of some unknown "book-worms"
which had caused damage in a library, sug- gesting the possibility of termites and Lepis- midae. Mr. Henshaw suggested that some
Ptinid or Tomicus might be concerned.
Mr. A. P. Morse showed a larva of Lima-
codes sca'pha found on beech, its color and angular form suggesting the possibility of protective resemblance to a green beech- fruit. He also read a short paper entitled "Notes on the Orthoptera of Penikese and Cuttyhunk Islands."
Messrs. Scudder and Morse expressed the
opinion that Melano/l~t.~ /ttnctulatits Uhler, Mel. griseus Thomas, and Mel. hell^^ Scudd. would probably prove to be one species.
Just Published, by Henry Holt & Co., New York. Scudder's Brief Guide to the Com-
moner Butterflies.
By SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. xi + 206 pp.
12mo. $1.25.
An introduction, for the young student, to the names and something of the relationship and lives of our commoner butterflies. The author has selected for treatment the butter- flies, less than one hundred in number, which would be almost surely met with by an in- dustrious collector in a course of a year's or two year's work in our Northern States east of the Great Plains, and in Canada. While all the apparatus necessary to identify these butterflies, in their earlier as well as perfect stage, is supplied, it is far from the author's purpose to treat them as if they were so many mere postage-stamps to be classified and ar- ranged in a cabinet. He has accordingly
added to the descriptions of the different spe- cies, their most obvious stages, some of the curious facts concerning their periodicity and their habits of life.
Scudder's The Life of a Butterfly.
A Chapter in Natural History for
the General Reader.
By SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 186 pp. 16mo.
$1 .oo.
In this book the author has tried to present in untechnical language the story of the life of one of our most conspicuous American
butterflies. At the same time, by introduc- ing into the account of its anatomy, devel- opment, distribution, enemies, and seasonal changes some comparisons with the more or less dissimilar structure and life of other but- terflies, and particularly of our native forms, he has endeavored to give, in some fashion and in brief space, a general account of the lives of the whole tribe. By using a single butterfly as a special text, one may discourse at pleasure of many; and in the limited field which our native butterflies cover, this meth- od has a certain advantage from its simplicity and directness.
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pS'2%'h'Z?. [March 1894-
THE SE VEYTH VOLUME OF PSYCHE
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