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are of necessity imperfect and must be revised and repul)lished as 

 knowledge improves. 



Mr. R. Heber Howe spoke of the genus Gompus in New Eng- 

 land. There are 22 species but only two, exilis and spicatus, are 

 common. Other species, usually rare, occur at some seasons in 

 great abundance owing perhaps to the period of two or three years 

 passed in development. 



Mr. J. H. Emerton gave a short account of the meetings of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of the Science 

 at Toronto during Christmas week. 



At the meeting of February 14 Mr. 0. E. Plath continued 

 his account of the habits of Bombus begun at the September 

 meeting, by reading a paper on the genus Psithyrus and its 

 habits in the Bombus nests which he had under observation the 

 past summer. 



The accepted design for a Club Seal was shown and now ap- 

 pears on the cover of Psyche. 



