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medial tibiae outwardly, base of hind tibije, fore and medial tarsi, white ; 

 spot at tip of fore femora, lateral spots on fore tibiae, reddish ; wings sub- 

 hyaline ; nervures and stigma brown. Length 6.5. mm. 



vSeattle, Wash., July 16, 1898, 2? 9 taken at flowers of 

 . higclica o-fniijle.va. This species belongs in Mr. Fox's group 

 illiniums, and is closely allied to C. scntcllattis. 



Crabro tarsalis Fox. 



Recorded from New York by Mr. Fox. 

 Seattle, Wash., i July 26, 1898. 



Crabro ater Cress. 



Olympia, Wash., $ $ $ June 20, 1897, June 27, 1898 ; i ? 

 June 27, 1897. 



Crabro pedicellatus Pack. 



Ranges to New York and Michigan. 

 Olympia, Wash., 2S June 23, 1897. 



Zoology as Taught at the Massachusetts Agricultural 



College, with Reference to Entomology. 



By Prof. C. H. FERNALD, Ph. D. 



Physiology. This course is offered to the sophomore class 

 during the Winter term, and extends throughout the entire 

 eleven weeks, four hours a week. It is taught by means of a 

 text-book, Martin's "The Human Body" (advanced course), 

 supplemented by lectures and demonstrations on the skeleton 

 and models. The aim is to give, as thoroughly as may be, a 

 knowledge of the anatomy of the human system, the physi- 

 ology of its various parts, a general idea of hygiene, and to 

 urge upon the student the practice of its teaching. The cotirse 

 presupposes an elementary knowledge of the subject, so that the 

 result, aside from its own worth, forms a valuable aid to the 

 study of /oology which follows. 



/.oology. Zoology is a required subject, junior year, and may 

 be divided into three parts a laboratory course in comparative 

 anatomy, a lecture course in general /.oology, and a course in 

 elementary entomology. During the fall term eight hours a 

 week, for sixteen weeks, are spent mainly in the laboratory, 

 where a series of typical forms, ranging from the amoeba and 



