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PSYCHE. 



[June— July 1SS4. 



"This manna slioiikl not be confused with 

 the Mana-mana, in Arabic Abel Alse ; these 

 are earth-nuts {CyJ>crus esculcnlus), which 

 are nearly indispensable as food for the poor 

 Arab people." 



GuSTAV Weymer describes and figures in 

 the Jahresbericht des naturwissenschaftlichen 

 vereins in Elberfeld, Heft 6, two hermaphro- 

 ditic Icpidoptera. One of them, an A/'citiira 

 iris, while reallj a female has various color- 

 ation characteristics of a male. The other 

 specimen, a Ncmcophila riisstila, has the 

 right half female, the left male ; this speci- 

 men is the more striking because the male 

 and female of this species vary strikingly in 

 coloration, size, and form. The same author 

 (/. c.) describes and figures varieties of Pa- 

 filio machaon, Apatura iris, Limcni/is Si- 

 bylla, Vanessa folychloros, Melitaea atkalia, 

 Argynnis selene, Arctia caja, Acronycta 

 meiiyaiithidis, Hybernia leucofhaearia, and 

 Diston straiarius. In the same heft Carl 

 Cornelius gives a list of 2304 species of 

 coleoptera from Elberfeld and its vicinity, 

 adding notes concerning habits and food of 

 numerous species and general remarks on 

 the coleopterous fauna of the region. 



SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Cambridge 

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

 on the days following: — 



10 Oct. 1S84. 13 Mar. 1885. 



7 Nov. " 10 Apr. " 



12 Dec. " 8 May " 

 9 Jan. 1885. 12 June " 



13 Feb. ■• 



G. DiMMOCK, Secretary. 



The New York Entoinological Club meets 

 twice monthly, except in June, July and 

 August, but no special date is fixed for each 

 meeting. 



Henry Edwards, Secretary. 



Natural History will be held at N. W. corner 

 of Berkeley and Boylston Sts., Boston, Mass. 

 at 7.45 p. in., on the days following: — 



22 Oct. 18S4. 25 Feb. 1SS5. 



26 Nov. " 25 Mar. " 



24 Dec. " 22 Apr. " 



28 Jan. 1885. 27 May " 



Edward Burgess, Secretary. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, of Philadeli.hia, Pa., will be held 

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

 days following: — 



10 Oct. 1884. 13 Mar. 1885. 



7 Nov. " 10 Apr. " 



12 Dec. " 8 May " 

 9 Jan. 1885. 12 June '" 



13 Feb. " 



James H. Ridings, Recorder. 



The semi-annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S. 

 W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., on the days following : — 



8 Dec. 1884. S June 1885. 



James H. Ridings, Recording Secretary. 



The regular monthly meetings of the 

 Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- 

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

 Canada, on the days following: — 



7 Oct. 1S84. 3 Feb. 18S5. 



4 Nov. " 3 Mar. " 



2 Dec. " 7 Apr. " 



6 Jan. 1885. 5 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 each month ex- 

 cept July and August. 



F. G. .Schaupp, Secretary. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



No. 121 was issued 11 July 1884. 



