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[April-June 
THE MAXILLA IN RHYXCHOPHOROUS COLEOPTERA. 
To the Editor of Psyche: 
In Vol. XL of Psyche, in the paper by Miss McClenahan on the development 
of the rostrum in R3’nchophoras Coleoptera, there is used a nomenclature of 
parts of the maxilla that is probably in part incorrect. As I am responsible for 
this usage, I wish to make this explanation. Miss McClenahan's study was a 
developmental one and did not concern itself with the tips of the maxilla. Her 
time was limited to the very little that is available for work on an undergraduate 
thesis. I was busy with other investigations, and when the need of names for 
these maxillary sclerites arose, I told her to follow some authority, and to con- 
centrate her study upon the developmental problem. The papers she used were 
mostly borrowed, and I do not now remember the source of the nomenclature 
copied. Since her paper was jiublished both Miss McClenahan and myself 
have received a number of letters, making inquiry as to the reasons for her 
apparent interpretation of homologies. Looking into the matter now, it ap- 
pears that what is called the galea of the maxilla in her paper, should be called 
the palpus : the galea having (lisai)peared through fusion with the lacinia 
in the Ryncophorous Coleoptera, although still preserved separateh’ in some 
other coleo])terous larvae. In this conclusion Miss ]\IcClenahan now concurs. 
James G. Needham. 
A NOTE FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY. 
The entomological collections and laboratories at .Stanford Llniversity suf- 
fered ]>ractically no injury from the recent earthquake in California. The 
Stanford buildings which were wrecked were the great Memorial arch, the 
famous church, and three large new buildings in course of erection (library, 
gymnasium anc. museum). University work will begin again on .\ugust 23, 
the regular date for the opening of the next college \'ear. 
(Signed) Vernon L. Keelogc. 
