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PSYCHE. 



^November 1394. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



II May, 1894. The iS4th meeting wiis lield 

 at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. Henshaw in the 

 chair. Mr. A. P. Morse was cliosen secre- 

 tary pi"o tern. 



Mr, S. H. Scudder stated that he liad 

 recently completed a study of the Ceutho- 

 phili of N. America, and was surprised to 

 find how large a number ofspecies the genus 

 Ceuthophilus contained. The otlier genera 

 of the group (of which there was one that 

 was new with three species) liad only from 

 one to three species each, while of Ceutho- 

 philus more than fifty species had been 

 found, much more than doubling the number 

 previously described, and a considerable 

 number of additional species were imperfectly 

 known by single examples. Doubtless 

 further collecting, especially in the soutli 

 and west, would bring new forms to light. 

 The range of no single species was very great. 

 Considerable correction of synonymy had 

 been made and all the species of Ceutho- 



pliilus had been redescribed, excepting two 

 described species unknown to him in nature. 



Dr. G. H. Horn spoke briefly on the Cole- 

 optera of Lower California. After a few 

 introductory remarks upon the position and 

 physical geograph\" of the country, he 

 remarked that about Soo species were now 

 known to him from the region, which may be 

 divided into 4 faunal provinces: — (i) The 

 San Diego fauna extends down the larger 

 part of the west coast. (2) The fauna of 

 the liighlands (so far as collected, i.e.. north 

 of the middle of tlie state) seems to be 

 related to that of the central California 

 valley. (3) The fauna of tlie east coast 

 extends through Arizona northward, and 

 eastward down the Rio Grande. (4) The 

 fauna of the extreme southern end of the 

 peninsula is truly tropical in character. Dr. 

 Horn spoke briefly also on the distribution 

 of Platypsyllus, and mentioned that he had 

 discovered good external sexual characters. 



Mr. A. P. Morse exhibited three patterns 

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