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Octuber 1% 5.1 PSYCHE.
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museum material consists of the follow-
ing : 2 (T , I $, labeled && Oedipoda
wyomingia~ 2%. ZVyo. TwY." -
these are doubtless the types; I 9,
D. C., Sept. 7; I 3, i 9, Ill., Sept. ;
2 3, Colo. ; 2 2, I 9, Valentine,
Neb. ; and z 8, I 9, Gordon, Neb.
Prof. Brunei- reports it from Glendive,
Mont., Wyo., Colo., and W. Neb.
Race Pallidum var. nov.
Spharagemon n. s$, near baltea-
turn" Scudcler, in collection. 4 8,
2 <?,White R., Colo., Julyz4-Aug. 13.
Antenna. Hind fern. Teg. Total.
I -13.5 21-23 27 -29.5
f I q.5-Is.! 24-27 31.5-3.5
This form is of about the size of the
typical wyomi~gianitm but differsfrom
it in having a less compressed body and
head, and a less elevated carina, espe-
dally on the inetazona. The eyes are
smaller proportionally and less protu-
berant, and thc hind tibiae have the
basal third largely luteous. The whole
insect is pallid in color. While perhaps it can scarcely be considered a distinct race it varies so much from the other
forms as to make a name desirable.
COMSTOCK'S INSECT ANATOMY.
The serious study of insects in this country has already received strong support from the Professor of Entomology in the Cornell and Stanford universities, by the publication of his Introduction and his Manual, the latter of very recent appearance; and now, asso- ciating with himself Professor Kellogg, Pro- fessor Comstock has issued an Elemcnis of Insect Anatomy, a little volume of nearly 100 pages. It is an admirable little guide, based on dissections of Melanoplus, Corydalis, Pterostichus and Anosia, but dealing more with the external anatomy than with the
internal organs. Special chapters treat of the distinctively characteristic parts of insects, the organs of the mouth and the venation of the wings. In the latter, Professbr Comstock modifies the position he held in his Manual and adopts more closely the views of Spuler (which Dr. Packard upheld in a recent
number of Psyche), although he considers the costa as vein I and consequently pushes forward by one digit the numbering of all the rest. With a single exception, all the illustration? are in the chapter on venation. We hope the little work, issued by the Coin- stock Publishing Co. of Ithaca, N. Y., may have a wide sale.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
12 April, 1895. The 187th ineeting was
held at 346 Marlborough St., Boston.
Mr.
A. G. Mayer in the chair.
MY, F. C. Bowditch spoke of finding
Am-uthociniis oholetiis on white pine and remarked that those collected in this vicinity seem distinct. He also spoke of the habits of Obereu himaculata.
Mr. A. G. Mayer discussed at some length the colors of the genus Papilio, especially comparing the North American and South
American species. lie found black very
prevalent in species from temperate and
boreal regiom, while in tropical countries it is repi-csented by brown.
Mr. W. L. W. Field asked if Mr. Mayer
had compared specimens of P. cresjbkovtes from northern localities with those from the southern states, brown being rather prcva- lent in those conning' from Connecticut. Mr. Mayer replied this was rather a southern than a northern species.




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