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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  14 
  

  

  Two 
  varietal 
  names 
  have 
  been 
  proposed 
  by 
  Prof. 
  F. 
  Campos 
  R. 
  1920 
  

   (Revista 
  del 
  Colegio 
  Nacional 
  Vincente 
  Rocafuerte 
  No. 
  2, 
  p. 
  30, 
  figs, 
  llb-c 
  

   1920), 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  denticles 
  of 
  the 
  cephalic 
  horn, 
  but 
  the 
  differences 
  he 
  in- 
  

   dicates 
  by 
  his 
  varietal 
  names 
  unidentatus 
  and 
  bidentatus 
  appear 
  irregularly 
  

   among 
  the 
  larger 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  varieties 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  without 
  

   biological 
  significance. 
  Of 
  the 
  three 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  A. 
  H. 
  Verrill 
  in 
  

   1905 
  and 
  1906 
  (Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Sci. 
  IV. 
  21: 
  317) 
  from 
  Dominica, 
  W. 
  I. 
  the 
  first 
  

   (D. 
  tricornis) 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Strategus, 
  the 
  second 
  {D. 
  lagaii) 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  the 
  extreme 
  depauperate 
  form 
  alcides 
  and 
  the 
  third 
  {D. 
  vulcan 
  Verrill 
  

   1905) 
  appears 
  nearly 
  equivalent 
  to 
  perseus 
  Oliv. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   species, 
  argentata 
  Verrill 
  1907 
  (op. 
  cit. 
  24: 
  305-308), 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  based 
  upon 
  

   a 
  large 
  and 
  unusually 
  brightly 
  colored 
  specimen 
  of 
  hercules. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  RoHWER 
  read 
  a 
  note 
  from 
  C. 
  A. 
  MosiER 
  of 
  Miami 
  Beach, 
  Fla., 
  who 
  

   sent 
  in 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  an 
  Orthopteron 
  (Belocephalus 
  subapterus) 
  found 
  attached 
  

   by 
  its 
  powerful 
  jaws 
  to 
  the 
  lip 
  of 
  a 
  cat. 
  

  

  C. 
  T. 
  Greene 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  immature 
  stages 
  of 
  Hydrophorus 
  

   agalma 
  Wheeler 
  (Dolichopodidae). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Schwarz 
  spoke 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Sherman 
  Jr., 
  calling 
  his. 
  

   attention 
  to 
  a 
  rare 
  book, 
  "The 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  Georgia," 
  by 
  Le 
  Conte. 
  It 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  lists 
  of 
  Lepidoptera, 
  Birds 
  and 
  Plants, 
  but 
  the 
  lists 
  are 
  not 
  signed. 
  

  

  Chas. 
  T. 
  Greene, 
  Recording 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  call 
  of 
  Secretary 
  Walcott, 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Chapel, 
  Tuesday, 
  

   May 
  23, 
  to 
  discuss 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  research 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution. 
  Several 
  interesting 
  research 
  problems 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  

   advantageously 
  taken 
  up 
  were 
  suggested, 
  together 
  with 
  means 
  for 
  carrying 
  

   them 
  out. 
  A 
  committee 
  on 
  research 
  was 
  then 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Merrill, 
  Chairman; 
  Dr. 
  CovillE, 
  Dr. 
  Fewkes, 
  Mr. 
  

   FowLE, 
  Dr. 
  Hough, 
  Mr. 
  Nelson, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Stejneger. 
  

  

  The 
  committee 
  will 
  hear 
  reports 
  by 
  individuals 
  on 
  proposed 
  research 
  pro- 
  

   jects 
  and 
  consider 
  means 
  for 
  taking 
  them 
  up, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  by 
  fall 
  a 
  

   definite 
  plan 
  of 
  action 
  will 
  be 
  formulated. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  of 
  the 
  Institute 
  for 
  Research 
  

   in 
  Tropical 
  America 
  held 
  June 
  3 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  

   to 
  concentrate 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  Institute 
  on 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  research 
  

   station 
  in 
  Panama 
  near 
  the 
  Gorgas 
  Memorial 
  Institute 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  erected 
  

   in 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Panama. 
  The 
  members 
  present 
  were 
  Thomas 
  

   Barbour, 
  Harvard 
  University; 
  H. 
  E. 
  Crampton, 
  Barnard 
  College 
  (repre- 
  

   senting 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences) 
  ; 
  A. 
  S. 
  Hitchcock, 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution; 
  and 
  A. 
  G. 
  Ruthven, 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  Dr. 
  Witmer 
  

   Stone, 
  Philadelphia 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  was 
  absent 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  sickness. 
  

  

  About 
  sixty 
  members 
  and 
  guests 
  of 
  the 
  Chemical 
  Society 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  an 
  

   excursion 
  to 
  the 
  Endless 
  Caverns 
  near 
  New 
  Market, 
  Virginia, 
  on 
  June 
  11. 
  

   The 
  caves 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  Shenandoah 
  limestone, 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  branch 
  

   of 
  the 
  Shenandoah 
  Valley 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  Massanutten 
  Mountain 
  

   from 
  the 
  well-known 
  Luray 
  Caverns. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  annual 
  dinner 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Hotel 
  

   Powhatan 
  on 
  Tuesday 
  evening, 
  April 
  25, 
  the 
  J. 
  Lawrence 
  Smith 
  medal 
  was 
  

   bestowed 
  upon 
  Dr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Merrill, 
  Head 
  Curator 
  of 
  Geology, 
  in 
  recog- 
  

  

  