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hatched from honey locust beans in June. The beans had been gathered in 

 October and kept very dry so that all the specimens were much smaller than 

 usual. 



Mr. Nicolay exhibited specimens of Pediciilus vestimciiti, parasitic lice, 

 locally common in New York City and known there as " cooties." 



Mr. Olsen exhibited a Japanese work on Cicadellidas and an interesting 

 collection of that family from the U. S. N. M. in which were specimens of 

 several interesting species. 



