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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., MARCH 1884. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOI.Ot; IC.\L CLUB. 



( Couthiued frotn p. / J^. ) 



S Jl'ne 1883. — Tlie y4th meeting of the 

 Cliib was held at 19 Brattle Square. Cam" 

 bridge. 8 June 1SS3. In tlie absence of tlie 

 President. Mr. R. I lav ward was chosen Cliair- 

 man. Five persons were present. 



Mr. S. H. Scndder reviewed P. H. Gosse's 

 "On tlie chisping organs ancillary to genera- 

 tion in certain groups of the lepidoptera" 

 (Trans. Linn. soc. Lond.. April 1S83. Zool. : 

 s. 2. V. 2. pt. 6. p. 26,^-345. pi. 26-33) and 

 described the general structure of the genita- 

 lia of lepidoptera, giving the nomenclature 

 of these parts according to Gosse and accord- 

 ing to other authors. [For further notice of 

 this review see Sc/'ei/cc. 6 lulv 1S83. v. 2. p. 



Mr. G. Dimmock exhibited a living speci- 

 men of B'l/Awi orci/fiiiiis. and described some 

 of the habits of that species of scorpion. 

 The specimen shown was taken near the 

 Arago Laboratory, at Banyuls-sur-nier, Pvre- 

 nees-Orientales, France, in Ma\' 1882. 



Mr. R. Havward showed a male specimen 

 of If/ivssii ii/ra/ii. and some discussion fol- 

 lowed on the comparative rarity of the males 

 and females of certain hymenoptera. 



Mr. G. Dimmock said that after repeated 

 attempts he had succeeded in making the 

 male of Culex drink. The structure of the 

 mouth-parts of the male had led the speaker 

 to believe that the male mosquito could drink 

 aitho it could not bite us and thus get at our 

 blood, and by keeping a male without drink 

 tor several davs he had had the satisfaction 

 of seeing the insect drink water freely from a 

 moist cloth. 



The large number of references to galls 

 and gall-insects in the Bibliographical record, 

 recently, are brought together in answer to 

 inquiries from correspondents. We have 

 many more on hand, not yet complete enough 

 to print in the record, but sufficient for im- 

 mediate use. Having brought together, in 

 the course of years, by diligent labor, an im- 

 mense stock of references, partially indexed, 

 we are prepared to supply such to correspon- 

 dents, in manuscript. We deem it no more 

 than just to recpiire such correspondents to 

 pav for the assistance thus rendered them. 

 either in kind or in money which m,-iy be ap- 

 plied to defraying the expenses of Psyche. 



/?. P. M. 



L(JNDON LETTER. 



East Dllwich. Londox. 

 January 5th. 1S84. 

 One of the most important and extensive 

 contributions to a knowledge of the Japanese 

 entomological faima has recently been receiv- 

 ed in this country from the hands of Mr. Geo. 

 Lewis. This gentleman, having made a no 

 inconsiderable collection during a previous 

 sojourn in Japan, returned to that country for 

 the express purpose of supplementing and in- 

 creasing the same, and being an experienced 

 British collector was thus enabled to bring 

 home a magnificent series of coleoptera. neu- 

 roptera and rhynchota. The coleoptera in 

 several families have already been treated by 

 Messrs. Bates. Gorham and Lewis; the neu- 

 roptera have been handled by Baron de Seivs- 



