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my intention here to enter into a discussion of the advisabihty on 

 the one liand, or the inconvenience on the other, of publisliing 

 vahiable scientific memoirs in a language so httle generally under- 

 stood as is Russian. The naturalists of that vast country have 

 latterly shown extraordinary activity, and their original work, 

 especially in anatomy and physiology, has proved of the highest 

 order. The inconvenience of the vernacular has been so far 

 recognised that a pubhcation has been started in Paris, under the 

 title ' Archives Slaves de Biologie,' for the purpose of giving to 

 the scientific world French translations of the more important 

 memoirs, but it does not include systematic and descriptive works. 

 Revue mensuelle d'Entomologie, pure et appliquee. — A Journal 

 under the above title, edited by M. Doukhtoux'off (the Secretary of 

 the Russian Entomological Society), was commenced in 1883. 

 Nothing has been received since the number for October, 1884, and 

 it is probably defunct. 



UNITED STATES. 



Transactions of the American Entomological Society, pub- 

 lished at Philadelphia. Virtually a continuation of the ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia,' of which 

 the last (6th) vol. bears the date 1866 - 7. The 1st vol. under the 

 new title is dated 1867-8, and in it are the 'Constitution' and 

 Bye-Laws of the Society under its more extended title. With 

 vol. ix. (1881-2) there is an addition to the title-page by the words 

 " and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences." The current vol. is the 13th. The contents 

 may be said to wholly concern American insects, and include some 

 of the most important memoirs on that subject. 



Psyche; organ of the Cambridge (Mass.) Entomological Ch;b. 

 Commenced in May, 1874, as a monthly Journal. At first the 

 numbers appeared with tolerable regularity, but it became evident 

 that a struggle for existence prevailed, and the numbers were more 

 and more in arrear. It contains very much useful matter, and very 

 copious bibliographical records, though compiled on an inconvenient 

 plan. No public announcement of its decease has been made, so 

 far as I know, but nothing has been seen by me since the treble 

 number for April — June, 1885 (published long afterwards) ; so far 

 as I am aware only one more number is wanted in order to 

 complete vol. iv. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.— 

 This Society was established a year or two ago, with Prof. Riley 

 as President. At present I have seen only vol. i.. No. i., pubhshed 

 in 1886. 



