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PSYCHE. 



[March 1895. 



to coleopterous larvae. It is to be hoped 

 that Dr. Fritsch will amply illustrate these 

 remains in his great work now in progress 

 on the Fauna der gaskohle Bohmens. 



Itis well to draw attention to two admirable 

 brief illustrated papers published last rear by 

 Ch. Janet on Myrmica rubra, one on the 

 morphology of the skeleton and especially of 

 the poithoracic segment (Mdm. soc. acad. 

 de r Oise, xv), the otlier on the anatomy of 

 the petiole (Mem. soc. zool. France, 1894). 

 We regret we have not space for a full 

 analysis of each, but they will be found of 

 great interest to morphologists and hymen- 

 opterists. The clear illustrations are pretty 

 sure to find their way into text books. 



The annual presidential address before the 

 Entomological society of London by Capt. 

 H. J. Ehves is on the geographical distribu- 

 tion of butterflies and deals largely with 

 those of North America 



Dr. Ph. Bertkau announces that his health 

 obliges him to give up the admirable annual 

 review of entomology which l*as appeared in 

 the Archiv fiir natnrgeschichte since 1838 

 under different editors — Erichson, Schaum, 

 Gerstaecker, Brauer and Bertkau. Ento- 

 mologists are under great obligations to Dr. 

 Bertkau for the excellence of his summaries, 

 their completeness and the promptness with 

 which they have appeared. A still prompter 

 method of rapid publication in all branches 

 of biology is now being planned which is at 

 the same time a practical combination of all 

 the current reviews — a consummation 

 devoutly to be wished and helped forward. 



M. Emile Blanchard was retired November 

 last from the chair of entomology at the 

 Jardin des Plantes, on account of age ; his 

 first entomological paper was published 

 nearly seventy years ago ; his successor has 

 not yet been announced. 



Fire has committed ravages with our ento- 

 mologists this winter. Mr. J. G. Jack lost 

 his library and collection in Jamaica Plain 

 by the destruction of the building in which 

 they were kept; Prof. C. H. Tyler Townsend 

 lost his valuable dipterological library 



(nearly complete for America and very full 

 for Europe) by the burning of the warehouse 

 at Las Cruces, N. Mex., while he was absent 

 for a few weeks at Washington; and now 

 comes news that Rev. C. J. S. Bethune's 

 school at Port Hope, Ont., has been burnt to 

 the ground; his loss is estimated at eighty 

 thousand dollars. 



Prof. C. H. T. Townsend's address is 

 changed to Brownsville, Texas, where he is 

 working for the entomological division of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. His 

 correspondents should send him new sets 

 of their publications. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



II January, 1895. The iS5th regular and 

 iSth annual meeting (since incorporation) 

 was held at 156 Brattle St. Mr. S. H. 

 Scudder in the chair. 



The annual reports of the officers were 

 read and accepted. 



In accordance with the recommendation of 

 the executive committee it was voted that 

 the treasurer be authorized to sell all the 

 non-entomological and duplicate books now 

 in the library, and such as may hereafter be 

 acquired and apply the proceeds to the p.iy- 

 ment of the deficit on vol. 5 of Psyche until 

 the same shall have been paid. 



The following ofiicers for 1S95 were 

 elected: President, C. M. Weed of Durham, 

 N. M. ; secretary, R. Hayward; treasurer, 

 S. Henshaw; librarian, S. H. Scudder; 

 members at large of the executive com- 

 mittee, A. P. Morse and S. H. Scudder. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited specimens of 

 the cat-flea taken in Cambridge and two 

 species of Scapteriscus taken in southern 

 Florida by Mrs. A. T. Slosson and the late 

 Mr. Morrison. It is the first time this genus 

 of mole crickets has been recognized within 

 the limits of the United States; the species 

 appeared to be closely allied lo, but appar- 

 ently distinct from 5. mtxicannm (Burm.) 

 and 5. abbrevialus Sciuld., the latter a 

 Brazilian species. 



