376 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct.. 'lO 



articles on Xctios Rossi and the position of the Strepsiptera in the 

 system (1892), the Metamorphosis of the Strepsiptera (1892), the 

 Morphology of Stylofis melittae (1893), Remarks on Halictofhagus 

 Curtisii (1893) and a supplement of six pages (1893). A table of 

 contents, pp. 203-206, lists the anatomical, physiological, develop- 

 mental and ecological topics treated which have made these papers of 

 the Russian author among the most important ever published on this 

 group of insects. Six lithographic plates reproduce those of the orig- 

 inal memoirs. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE ARACHNIDA OF INDIANA, WITH KEYS TO 

 FAMILIES AND GENERA OF SPIDERS, by Nathan Banks. Mr. Banks 

 has recently sent me a copy of this interesting reprint from the 

 Thirty-first Annual Report of the Department of Geology and 

 Natural Resources of Indiana, 1906. One hundred and sixty- 

 nine species are listed, 145 in the Araneida, 10 in the Phalangida, 

 4 in the Pseudoscorpionida, and n in the Acarina. Two new 

 forms, Clubiona triloba and Singa hcntsi, are described. There 

 is also an interesting sketch on spider structure. It would be 

 very helpful to entomologists if the NEWS would publish short 

 reviews of various papers, especially those published, as in this 

 case, in publications quite inaccessible to those in the more re- 

 mote parts of the United States. K. R. C. 



Doings of Societies. 



THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



[The following account is derived from letters from Dr. Henry 

 Skinner, editor of the NEWS, who attended the Congress as a delegate 

 from several societies, the official program and other documents which 

 he has sent, an extended notice of the meeting in the London Times 

 for August 10 ''from a correspondent," and an article by Herr Sigm. 

 Schenkling in the Deutsche Etitouiohgische National Bibllothck for 

 August 15. The Preliminary Program, Rules, etc., were printed in 

 the NEWS for July last, pages 337-340.! 



The Congress began with a .eception to the members ten- 

 dered by the Entomological Society of Belgium, at the Taverne 

 Royale, Galerie du Roi 23, Brussels, on Sunday, July 31, at 

 ! P. M. Members were given their badges, free tickets to the 

 Universal Exposition then in progress, admitting the holders 

 for all the days the Congress was in session, and other official 



