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tibia, and the notch near the proximal end of the adjoining 

 large tarsal joint. While in this Beetle the spine and notch are 

 both situated on the tibia near the distal end." 



VITALITY OF THE LARVA OF DERMESTES. 



Mr. F. W. Leggett announced the death of his Larva of Der- 

 mestes, which had withstood, for five months and twenty days, 

 solitary confinement in a closed cell, and had subsisted during 

 that period upon its own cast skins, having moulted five times. 



Mr. George F. Kunz donated, for distribution among the 

 Members, a packet of eleven varieties of Textile Fibres, 

 received from the National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Botanical Gazette : Vol. XIII., Nos. 3-5 (March-May, 1888). 



Entomologica Americana: Vol. III., No. i, Vol. IV., No. 2 (March-May, 

 1888). 



The Microscope: Vol. VIII., Nos. 3-5 (March-May, 1888). 



The Microscopical Bulletin and Science News : Vol. V., Nos. 1, 2 (Feb- 

 ruary, April, 1888). 



Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club : Vol. XV., Nos. 3-5 (March- 

 May, 1888). 



Journal of Mycology : Vol. IV., Nos. 2-5 (February-May, 1888). 



The Natural Science Association of Staten Island : Proceedings of March 

 10, April 14, May 12, 1888 ; Special No. 7 (May, 1888). 



Bulletins of the Agricultural College of Michigan • Nos. 35, 36. 



Anthony's Photographic Bulletin: Vol. XIX., Nos. 5-10 (March lo-May 

 26, 1888). 



The West-American Scientist : Vol. IV., Nos. 33-36 (January-April, 1888). 



The Brooklyn Medical Journal : Vol. I., Nos. 2-5 (February-May, 1888). 



The Hahnemannian Monthly: Vol. XXIII., Nos. 1-6 (January-June, 



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"Psyche:" Vol. V., Nos. 141-145 (January-May, 1888). 



Indiana Medical Journal : Vol. VI., Nos. 9-12 (March-June, 1888). 



The Swiss Cross : Vol. III., Nos. 1-6 (January-June, 1888). 



Journal of the Trenton Natural History Society : No. 3 (January, 1888^ 



Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society : 1887, Part I. 



Journal of the EHsha Mitchell Scientific Society : 1887, Part II. 



