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considerable moisture. The larvae insinuate their way through the soft 

 wood tissue, the gallery apparently closing up after their passage, and 

 when ready for pupation they work their way to the sapwood, where 

 cells are constructed. The cell is formed by the actions of the larva, 

 and by an accumulation of soft particles rubbed loose. The pupal dura- 

 tion is about two weeks. The adults emerge during June, and vary 

 greatly in size. The spring or clicking operation is developed in this 

 species to some extent. They are able to spring slightly and click when 

 held in the hand by the abdomen. Observation by Champlain, Knull and 

 Kirk. 



MICORRHAGUS HUMERALis Say. New Cumberland, VI-28, Kirk and 

 Champlain. 



NEMATODES ATROPUS Say. Harrisburg, Pa., 1-28, VII-9, and reared 

 IV-14 from dead hickory stumps. Adults taken at night on dead hickory 

 trees. Kirk and Champlain. 



N. PENETRANS Lee. Harrisburg, Pa., VII-4, Kirk and Champlain. 



SCHIZOPHILUS SUBRUFUS Rand. Very rare. Taken at night on hickory 

 tree at Harrisburg, Kirk and Champlain (this specimen in collection of 

 U. S. National Museum). East Falls Church, Virginia, III-6. Knull. 



Change of Address. 



Dr. Charles P. Alexander has removed from Urbana, Illinois, to 

 Fernald Hall, Mass. Agricultural College, Amherst, Massachusetts. 



Foundation of a Brazilian Entomological Society. 



Professor Benedicto Raymundo has written to The American Ento- 

 mological Society, announcing the foundation, on February 2, 1922, of 

 the Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil, of which he is President. The 

 Society is located at 15 Rua lo de Marc,o, Rio de Janeiro'. We wish 

 it prosperity and a long life. 



Cuvier's Magnifying Glass. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society of France, January 11, 

 1922, Dr. E. Gobert presented to the Society the magnifying glass 

 (loupe) belonging to Cuvier and gave its origin in the following terms: 

 This glass belonged to Cuvier, died in 1832. Dying, he left it to 

 Audouin, who died in 1841. Audouin confided it to Leon Dufour, cele- 

 brated entomologist of St. Sever (Landes). This latter dying, left it 

 to E. Perris, his favorite pupil. E. Perris, in his turn, confided it to 

 me as his pupil and friend. If the Society accepts it, I shall be glad to 

 offer it as a souvenir and in the name of the three entomologists of 

 The Landes. 



This glass will be preserved as a precious relic in the archives ol llir 

 Society. (Bull. Soc. Eut. France, 1922, no. 1, p. 6). 



