PSYCHE. 



(Jan.— Feb. iSSj. 



PSYCHE. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS., JAN.-FEB. 1S83. 



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 Psyche must be properly authenticated , and no anony- 

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Editors and contributors are only responsible for the 

 statements made in their oivn communications. 



Works on subjects not related to entomology will not 

 be reviezved in Psyche. 



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INTRODUCTION TO THE FOURTH 

 VOLUME. 



Psyche enters upon its Ibiirtli volinno 

 under auspices in many regards more favor- 

 able than those which have attended the 

 inauguration of earlier volumes. The mate- 

 rial support upon which the C.\mbridge 

 Entomological Club, as publislier, can 

 count, while not sufficient to defray the expen- 

 ses of publication, bids fair to leave the friends 

 of Psyche with smaller deficits to meet than 

 heretofore. The explanation should be made 

 that the Club, while devoting all its available 

 means to the publication of Psyche, is obliged 

 to rely upon private benefactors to make up 

 its arrears of funds from time to time; else it 

 would be obliged to suspend the execution of 

 its work. The Managing Editor, having faith 

 in the good-will of his fellow-entotnologists. 

 and of patrons of science, assumes the respon- 

 sibility of expenditures which exceed the 

 resources of the Club. Contributions to the 

 Permanent Publication Fund of Psyche are 

 earnestly solicited. 



In editorial support the management feels 

 especially rich, referring with pride to the 

 published list of associate editors. Without 

 this support the task of issuing a fourth vol- 

 ume of Psyche would not have been accepted 

 by the undersigned, who appreciate the dilli- 



culties of performing their part well under 

 the pressure of their other occupations, and 

 with the limited resources at the command of 

 the Cllh. 



Psyche will be devoted, as heretofore, to 

 the presentation of entomology in its higher 

 and more philosophical aspects. It will 

 leave to other magazines the bare descriptions 

 of new species, and contests over priority and 

 synon^'my, as well as competition for the 

 earliest announcement of news. As the offi- 

 cial publication of the Cambridge Entomo- 

 logical Club, it will contain the minutes of 

 the meetings of the Clib, and serve as a 

 medium of communication between the 

 members. Although the Cambridge Ento- 

 mological Club is a society bearing a 

 local name, its members are chosen without 

 local limitation, and Psy'che will endeavor to 

 represent the interests of scientific entomol- 

 ogy wherever pursued, and to advance, im- 

 partially, the welfare of all societies having 

 the same obje ;ts in view. Welcoming to its 

 columns origii al articles of a character suited 

 to its aims, i will seek to present to its 

 readers such notices of. or extr.icts from, 

 articles of like character, appearing in other 

 publications, as will make it most valuable to 

 the philosophic entomologist. Brief items, 

 and condensed abstracts of the proceedings 

 of scientific .societies in all parts of the 

 world, so far as they are related to general 

 entomology, would be thankfully received bv 

 the editors. Official notices of the times and 

 places of meetings of entomological societies 

 will be inserted in our column devoted to that 

 purpose, free of charge. 



The form of the BiBLioGUArauwL Record. 

 being in accordance with the highest thought 

 upon the subject in the world.* will remain 

 unchanged; but the matter will lie made more 

 valuable than heretofore, by the exercise of 

 a selection from among the works to be 

 noticed by preference. While it has long 

 been evident that the space which could be 

 devoted to the Record in Psyche was insuffi- 

 cient for the publication of complete lists of 



*See Psyche, March iSSo, v. 3, p. 44. 



