March iSSSJ 



PSYCHE. 



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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 



Odorous butterflies. — The butterflies 

 of India seem to be often odorous. In a 

 "List of the lepidopterous insects collected in 

 Cachar by Mr. Wood-Mason, part 2, Rhopa- 

 locera," by Messrs. J. Wood-Mason and L. de 

 Nicdville (Journ. Asiatic society of Bengal, 

 1886, V. 55, pt. 2, no. 4, p. 343-393. Pl- 15-18), 

 among the 249 species found in that district, 

 twelve species are mentioned as odorous. 

 Five species oi uymphalidae are described as 

 having vanilla-scented males. Oi Stic/iofh- 

 thalma camadeva, Mr. Wood-Mason writes, 

 "The gland covered by a patch of modified 

 scales and by an erectile wisp of hairs on 

 each hind wing in the male, secretes a fluid 

 that gives out a pleasant odor distinct from, 

 but so faint as barely to be perceptible in the 

 presence of a much stronger odor (resem- 

 bling that of sable fresh from the furrier's 

 shop) which is common to the two sexes." 

 Of the male of Catofsilia gnoma it is said 

 that the tufts of hair on the wings smell like 

 iessamin. Three species oi papilioiiidae are 

 mentioned as having a inusky odor. Pafilio 

 dasarada is described as having "a strong 

 scent of caged porcupines with a touch of 

 musk." In P. aristolochiae "the male emits 

 a strong and slightly pungent odor resem- 

 bling that of .'' batchelor's buttons or of the 

 rose with a trace of acetic acid." G: D. 



Necrology. — Since our last necrological 

 notice (Psyche, Jan.-Mar. 1S85, v. 4, p. 

 266), news has been received of the death of 

 the following entomologists, or persons who 

 have contributed to entomological literature : 

 Spencer Fullerton Baird, secretary of the 

 Smithsonian institution, at Washington, 

 D. C zoologist, b. 3 Feb. 1S23, in Reading, 

 Pa., d. 19 Aug. 1S87, at Woods HoU, Mass. 

 Heinrich Anton de Bary, cryptogamic bota- 

 nist, b. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 

 26 Jan. iS3i,d. igjan. 1886, at Strassburg, Ger- 

 many. Dr. Edward Becher, entomologist and 

 assistant in the roval museum in Vienna. Aus- 



tria, d. in that city, 1 1 Nov. 1SS6. Thomas 

 Bland, entomologist and conchologist, b. 4 

 Oct. 1809, in Nottinghamshire, Engl., d. 20 

 Aug. 18S5, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Henri Bri- 

 sout de Barneville, entomologist, d. 23 Jan. 

 1SS7, i" Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. 

 Dr. Adam Todd Bruce, anatomist and em- 

 bryologist, instructor in Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, d. in Cairo, Egvpt, 11 Feb. 1887. 

 Nicholas Cooke, lepidopterist, b. 14 Tan. 

 1S18, at Liverpool, d. 19 May 18S5, at Leath- 

 erhead, England. Thomas Cooke, London 

 entomologist, b. in 1814, d. 10 June 1885. 

 Carl Cornelius, teacher in the Realschule in 

 Elberfeld, from 1833 to 1874, Avho has con- 

 tributed largely to the literature of the biolo- 

 gy of insects, b. 17 Nov. 1805, in Soest, Ger- 

 many, d. I April 1S85, in Elberfeld, Germany. 

 Thomas Edward, whose life is told by S: 

 Smiles in his "Life of a Scotch naturalist," 

 b. 25 Dec. 1814, in Gosport, d. 27 April 



1886. James English, entomological collec- 

 tor, d. 12 Jan. 1888, in Epping, England, 

 aged67 years. William Farren, entomological 

 collector, d. at Cambi4dge, Engl., 21 Nov. 



1887, aged 51 years. John Firth, lepidopter- 

 ist and ornithologist, d. in Bradford, Engl., 

 29 Aug. 1885, aged 53. Dr. Heinrich Leo- 

 pold Fischer, professor of minerology but 

 well known as a writer on orthoptera, d. in 

 Freiburg, i. Br., Germany, i Feb. 1886. 

 Herrmann Friedrich Rudolf Heinrich Gada- 

 mer, forester, entomologist and ornitholo- 

 gist, b. 2 May, 1818, in Silesia, d. at Raslatt, 

 near Jdnkoping, Sweden, 24 April 1885. Dr. 

 Max Gemminger, coleopterist, b. 23 Jan. 

 1820 [ .? 20 Jan. 1822] in Mtinchen, Germany, 

 d. 18 Apr. 1887, in the same city. Maurice 

 Girard, a well-known Parisian entomologist, 

 d. in Aug. 18S6, aged 64, at Lion-sur-mer, 

 France, during his summer vacation. Gus- 

 tav Haller, entomologist, student of ffr«r/'»rt, 

 d. I May 1886, in Bern, Switzerland. James 

 Hamer, entomological collector, d. at South- 

 port, Lancashire, Engl., 14 Nov. 1887, aged 

 46 years. Oscar Harger. zoologist and pa- 



