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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 



Prof. Wiliielm Peters, director ot' the 

 zoological museum of the university of Berliiv 

 ilied 20 April 1SS3. He was born 22 April 1S15. 

 at Koldenbiittel, Kreis Eiderstet. Germany. 



Mr. a. W. p. Cr.\mer nole.s in tlie Bulle- 

 tin of the Brooklyn E)ttoniological Socictv 

 for April 1SS3. the capture of two specimens 

 of Catocala nnijuga on shipboard, in miLi- 

 ocean off th? coast of Newfoundland. 



t.N" THE seventeenth annual course of lec- 

 tures to mechanics at the Sheffield scientific 

 school, New Haven, Conn., lately completed, 

 Dr. E. II. Jenkins delivered a lecture on the 

 agency of insects in the fertilization of 

 rtowers. 



The Extomologic.\l Society of France, 

 in its last meeting in February, gave the 

 Dollfus prize to M. Bedel, author of the 

 "Faune der coleopteres du bassin de la 

 Seine," for the part of his work devoted to 

 the rhyncophora which appeared in the an- 

 nales of the society for 1SS2. 



We .\re glad to see that the Ottawa field 

 naturalists" club maintains such activit\'. 

 Excursions, the publication of its transac- 

 tions, soirees, and prizes for collections and 

 original work, stimulate the members to in- 

 dustry. Mr. W. H. Harrington is the secre- 

 tary, and Messrs. Harrington, J. Fletcher and 

 J. B. Tyrrell are leaders in entomology. 



The Worcester (Mass.) Lyceum and 

 natural history association held its annual 

 meeting 12 May 18S3. From a two and one- 

 half column re\"iew of the reports of its 

 i-lifterent oflicers, as given in the JVorccslrr 

 (hilly spy of 14 May, we learn that Mr, F. G. 

 Sanborn gave, during the past year, a course 

 of S lessons on entomology to 10 students. 

 We are glad to see the progress made by the 

 association in popular instruction in natural 

 science and we know from personal experi- 

 ence the fitness of Mr. Sanborn, who is 

 curator of the association's museum, t'or the 

 work of exciting interest among voung peo- 

 ple in the study of natural history. 



The DfuHrh-Anierikanhchc Apothckcr- 

 Zellung, I Apr. iSS,5, jahrg. 4, p, 49, states 

 that Dr. E. F. Brush, of New York, recom- 

 mends a concentrated tincture of common 

 black ants as a remedy for scurvy, or the ants 

 themseh'es ma^' be used for that purpose. 

 He bases his recommendation on observa- 

 tions made among the wood-choppers in 

 Maine, who are very apt to be affected with 

 scurvy on account of being restricted for 

 long times to feeding on preserved food and 

 eat masses of black ants as a remed}'. The 

 editor of the D.-A, A,-Z, says this is only on 

 account of the formic acid contained in the 

 ants, and altho it may be the most conven- 

 ient way of getting this acid in the woods 

 it is not necessary to eat ants for the purpose 

 We have lately received the first four nu- 

 meros of "Natura. Maandschrift voorNatuur- 

 wetenschappen," a new monthly issued by the 

 natural science society of Ghent, Belgium, 

 The nan)e of J, MacLeod in the list of 

 working members of the society, as well as 

 the contents of the numeros received, 

 promise that the new journal will not lack 

 entomological papers. The price of Natura 

 is seven francs per year 



Throiush lack of familiarity with the 

 literature of the subject, Mr. R. H. Stretch 

 has redescribed (Papilio, Feb, [March] 1883, 

 V. 3, p. 41-42), the anal appendages of the 

 male of Lencarctia acraea. These were 

 originally described by \\. K. Morrison 

 (Psyche, Oct, 1874, V. I, p. 21-22), who also 

 found sitnilar organs in Danais archippns, 

 Agroth plecta, and Euplcxia lucipara. This 

 organ in Danais is briefly described in E. 

 Burgess' ■■ Contributions to the anatomy of 

 the milk-weed butterfly. Danais art/iippiis " 

 (Boston, 1880). without mention of its 

 earlier discoverer. Similar organs have been 

 described and figured by C. G, Siewers 

 (Canadian entomologist, March 1879, v. 11, 

 p. 47-48) who found them in males of Calli. 

 morpha interruptomarginata, and concluded 

 that they Hided the insect in flight. Siewer's 

 article is noticed in the Entomologist's 

 monthly magazine. June 1S79, ^'- ^^- P- "> 



