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PSYCHE. 



299 



museum material consists of tlie fciliow- 

 iiig : 2 (^ , I 9, labeled " Ocdipoda 

 -vvomingianuvi. E. IFyo. Terr." — 

 these are doubtless the types ; i V > 

 D. C, Sept. 7 ; I c? . 1 9 , 111-. -Sept. ; 

 2 J', Colo.; 2 (? , I ?, Valentine, 

 Neb. ; and 2 (^ , i 9 , Gordon, Xeb. 

 Prof. Bruner reports it from Glendive, 

 Mont.. Wyo., Colo., and \V. Neb. 



Race Pallidum var. nov. 



" .Spharagemon ii. sp. near baltea- 

 tiim" Scudder, in collection. 4 ^, 

 2 9 , White R., Colo., July 24-,\ug. 13. 



Tills form is of about the size of the 

 typical zvyomitzgiaiiitii! but diflersfrom 

 it in having a less compressed body and 

 head, and a less elevated carina, espe- 

 cially on the metazona. The eyes are 

 smaller proportionally and less protu- 

 berant, and the hind tibiae have the 

 basal third largely luteous. The whole 

 insect is pallid in color. While perhaps 

 it can scarcely be considered a distinct 

 race it varies so much from the other 

 forms as to make a name desirable. 



COMSTOCK'S INSECT AN.XTOMV. 



The serious study of insects in tliis country 

 has ah'eady received strong support from the 

 Professor of Entomology in tlie Cornell and 

 Stanford universities, by the publication of 

 his Introduction and his Manual, the latter 

 of very recent appearance; and now, asso- 

 ciating with himself Professor Kellogg, Pro- 

 fessor Comstock has issued an Elements of 

 Insect Anatomy, a little volume of nearly 100 

 pages. It is an admirable little guide, based 

 on dissections of Melanoplus, Corydalis, 

 Pterostichus and Anosia, but dealing more 

 with the external anatomy than with the 

 internal organs. Special chapters treat of the 

 distinctively characteristic parts of insects, 

 the organs of the mouth and the venation of 

 the wings. In the latter, Professor Comstock 

 modifies the position he held in his Manual 

 and adopts more closely the views of Spuler 

 (which Dr. Packard upheld in a recent 

 number of Psyche), although he considers 

 the costa as vein I and consequently pushes 

 forward by one digit the numbering of all 

 tlie rest. With a single exception, all the 

 illustrations are in the chapter on venation. 



We hope the little work, issued by the Com- 

 stock Publishing Co. of Ithaca, N. Y., may 

 have a witle sale. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



12 April, 1895. The 187th meeting was 

 held at 346 Marlborough St., Boston. Mr. 

 A. G. Mayer in the chair. 



Mr. F. C. Bowditch spoke of finding 

 Ac<iiitIiocinus obsoleiits on white pine and 

 remarked that those collected in this vicinity 

 seem distinct. He also spoke of the habits 

 of Obeyea bimaculata. 



Mr. A. G. Mayer discussed at some length 

 the colors of the genus Papilio, es|)ecially 

 comparing the North American and South 

 American species. He found black very 

 prevalent in species from temperate and 

 boreal regions, while in tropical countries 

 it is represented by brown. 



Mr. W. L. W. Field asked if Mr. Mayer 

 had compared speciinens of P. cresp/ioiites 

 from northern localities with those from, the 

 southern slates, brown being rather preva- 

 lent in those coming from Connecticut. 

 Mr. Mayer replied this was rather a southern 

 than a northern species. 



