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Psyche 7:168, 1894.

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168 PS~G'L%E?. [November 1894.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
11 May, 1894.
The 184th meetingwas held
at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. Henshaw in the chair. Mr. A. P. Morse was chosen secre- tary pro tern.
Mr. S. H. Scudder stated that he had
recently completed a study of the Ceutho- phili of N. America, and was surprised to find how large a number of species the genus Ceuthophilus contained. The other genera of the group (of which there was one that was new with three species) had only from one to three species each, while of Ceutho- philus more than fifty species had been
found, much more than doubling the number previously described, and a considerable number of additional species were imperfectly known by single examples. Doubtless
further collecting, especially in the south and west, would bring new forms to light. The range of no single species was very great. Considerable correction of synonymy had
been made and all the species of Ceutho- philus had been redescribed, excepting two described species unknown to. him in nature. Dr. G. H. Horn spoke briefly on the Cole- optera of Lower California. After a few
introductory remarks upon the position and physical geography of the country, he
remarked that about 800 species were now known to him from the region, which may be divided into 4 faunal provinces:-(I) The San Diego fauna extends down the larger
part of the west coast. (2) The fauna of the highlands (so far as collected, i. e., north of the middle of the state) seems to be
related to that of the central California valley. (3) The fauna of the east coast
extends through Arizona northward, and
eastward down the Rio Grande. (4) The
fauna of the extreme southern end of the peninsula is truly tropical in character. Dr. Horn spoke briefly also on the distribution of Platypsyllus, and mentioned that he had discovered good external sexual characters. Mr. A. P. Morse exhibited three patterns of folding nets of his own design.
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