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PSYCHE. 



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upper and lower pole of the egg with about 

 equal frequency. Often we meet with two 

 eggs lying together, evidently laid by the 

 same fly with the same orientation, in which 

 the heads of the embrjos lie in opposite 

 directions. This is in direct contradiction to 

 the dictum of Leuckart : 'Der obere Pol des 

 Eies beherbergt in alien Fallen das Kopfende 

 des Thieres ' (Ueber die Micropile. &c., Mai- 

 ler's archlv, 1S55, p. 102). Rare exceptions 

 to the rule occur also, as I have already 

 shown, in the eggs of Gastrophysa raf/intii." 

 The abnormal position of the dorsum and 

 venter of the embryo in these eggs is then 

 discussed. 



Anew species of trap-door spider, a species 

 of Cteniza, has been discovered at San Jose, 

 Cal. The common though little known spe- 

 cies of southern California is known as C. 

 cnlifornica ; and its trap-door nest is usually 

 placed in museums beside the tarantula (il/)'- 

 ^iilc /loi/zii), and erroneously labelled as the 

 tarantula's nest. This popular error, by 

 which dealers in curiosities generally profit, 

 is stranger, since the tarantula is usually too 

 large to enter the nest of Cteniza, and itself 

 makes no nest, occupying crevices in the 

 ground or under stones, spinning a small 

 web. — Science, 11 April 1S84, ^'- 3. p. 469. 



SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club will be held at 7.45 p. m., 

 on the days following : — 



12 Oct. 1SS3. 14 Mar. 1884. 



9 Nov. " II Apr. " 



14 Dec. " q May " 



II Jan. 18S4. 13 June ■' 



8 Feb. " 



G. DiMMOCK, Secretary. 



The New York Entomological Club meets 

 twice monthly, except in June, July and 

 August, but no special date is fixed for each 

 meeting. 



Henry Edwards, Secretary. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



Natural History will be held at N. W. corner 

 of Berkeley and Boylston Sis., Boston, Mass. 

 ^^ 7-45 P' '"•! on 'he days following: — 



24 Oct. 18S3. 27 Feb. 18S4. 



2$ Nov. " 26 Mar. " 



26 Dec. " 23 Apr. " 



23 Jan. 1S84. 28 May " 



Ed\vard Burgess. Secretary. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciencqs, of Philadelj.hia, Pa., will be held 

 at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., on the 

 days following : — 



12 Oct. 1883. 14 Mar. 1SS4. 



9 Nov. " 1 1 Apr. " 



14 Dec. " 9 May " 



II Jan. 1SS4. 13 June '• 



8 Feb. " 



James H. Ridings. Recorder. 



The semi-annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S. 

 W. cornerof 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., on the days following : — 



10 Dec. 1SS3. 9 June 1S84. 



Iames H. Ridings, Recording Secretary. 



The regular monthly nieelings of the 

 Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- 

 ety of Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Qiic., 

 Canada, on the days following: — 



2 Oct. 1SS3. 5 Feb. 1884. 



6 Nov. " 4 Mar. " 



4 Dec. " I Apr. " 



8 Jan. 1884. 6 May " 



G. J. Bowles, Secretary. 



The monthly meetings of the Brooklyn 

 Entomological Society will be held in the 

 rooms of Wright's Business College, Broad- 

 way, corner of Fourth Street, Brooklyn, 

 E. D., the last Saturday of e.ach month ex- 

 cept July and August. 



F. G. Schaupp, Secretary. 



No. 120 was issued 14 Icmr 1234. 



