28 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
Art. XXIV. An Ethological Study of certain Maladjustments in the 
Relations of Ants to Plants. By Wititiam Morron WHEELER. 
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Art. XXV. The Bees of Florissant, Colorado. By T. D. A. 
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Art. XXVI. A Fossil Cicada from Florissant. By T. D. A. 
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Arr. XXVIII. The Fossil Moliusca of Florissant, Colorado. By T. 
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Art. XVIII. Mammals from the Island of Hainan, China. By J. A. 
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Art. XXIX._ Fossil Parasitic and Phytophagous Hymenoptera from 
Florissant, Colorado. By CaartEes T. Brugs .... . .. 491 
Art. XXX. Fossil Saw-flies from Florissant, Colorado. By T. D. A. 
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MUSEUM NEWS NOTES. 
ROFESSOR William M. Wheeler, Curator of Inverte- 
brate Zoédlogy, lectured in the auditorium on “The 
Polymorphism of Social Insects’? before a large audi- 
ence on Friday, December 28. The lecture was fol- 
lowed by a meeting at which was organized the Society 
of American Entomologists, with Professor J. H. Com- 
stock of Cornell University as president and Doctor E. 5. G. ‘Vitus of 
Washington, D. C., as secretary. The society includes economic as 
well as other working entomologists and begins life with nearly three 
hundred members. In connection with the meeting an interesting ex- 
hibition was made, the principal features of which were some air-brush 
enlargements of sundry insects for lecture room purposes, a_berlese 
apparatus for catching insects, a wonderful series of photographs of 
spiders’ webs, an artificial ant nest and a series of excellent specimens 
of fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado. 
On December 28 and 29 the Geological Society of America held 
largely attended sessions of its annual meeting at the Museum. ‘This 
meeting formed a portion of the great convention of scientific societies 
which was held in New York City from December 27 to January 3, 
inclusive. 
