'iepleiiiher— Ocrolier iSS.v] 



PSYCHE. 



!).'! 



flight from tlieir nest confine their visits ex- the secretarv. He details wliat he saw in 



chisivelv or principally to only one species of what may be termed the swarminy of a nest, 



plant. — Selected from Zool. aiizeii^cr. 



IS M.\RCH 1SS3.— Prof. T. S. Cobbold read 



a paper "On Simondsia paritdoxa and on its , MVnf^V T FTTRR 

 probable affinity with Sfhaerulai-ia bomhi." 



19 April 1.S83.— Rev. A. E. Eaton gave a Kast nur.wRd. London, 



digest of an extensive monograph of the iULY 6th. 18S3. 



<'/>//('?«(?;/'(/rte, or mayflie-s, Part 1. In this the Perhaps the most interesting information 



subject is prefaced by the historical accounts. to American entomologists is that relating 



and his views of the group generally; the to the progress of Godman and Salvin's 



genera are defined, and a tabular conspectus great work — the "Biologia Centrali-Ameri- 



of the present known species indicated. cana." This has now appeared with most 



7 June 1883. — A short record of observa- commendable punctuality during the last 



tions on the white ants (termites) of Ran- three years, and the following is an abstract 



goon, by Dr. Robert Romanis. was read by of its progress to date. 



Subjects. Authf>rs 



COLEOPTF.RA : 



Adephaga 1 1. W. Bates 



D. Sharp 



Serj-icornia C'.().\\'aterhouse 



Malacodermata H. S. Gorham 



Longicornia H. W. Bates 



Phytopliaga M. Jacoby 

 LppinoPTKRA : 



Rhopalocera Godman & Salvin 40^ 



Heterocera H. Drnce. 90 



Rhynchota : 



ileteroptera W. L. Distant 574 



Homoptera \V. L. Distant 56 



Nr. of spe- New spe- New gen- ^-j. ^^ \r. ofspe- Number Page.s 

 cies euu- cies des. era des- p|;ites. '^'^^ "'" letter- 



nierated. cribed. Lrihed. " ' figured. fioiires. ntcss. 



I.^ 



134 



14 



464 



4-: 



4"4 



264 

 -4 



To tliis may be added the first hymeno- 

 pteral contribution of Mr. P. Cameron, which 

 has just appeared. This fauna includes the 

 whole of Mexico and extends as far south 

 as the Isthmus of Darien. Some idea as to 

 the extent of the work remaining to be 

 completed can he gathered from observing 



the many families and some orders of insects 

 which have not as yet been commenced. Mv 

 own contribution devoted to the rhynchota 

 has only just reached the ra^sidae. but it has 

 already dealt with some matters of interest 

 to Nearctic entomologists, such as the dis- 

 covery of the "Chinch Bug." B/insiis Iciico- 



