PSYCHE. 11 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
THE INDEX of volume 2 of Psycun, which 
requires considerable care and time in its prepar- 
ation, will be forwarded to all subscribers to that 
volume as soon as it is printed. 
Tue Doxtrus prize of the Entomological So- 
ciety of France was awarded last year to MM. 
Mulsant and Rey for their Histoire naturelle 
des coléopteres de France. 
THe Liprary of the Cambridge Entomologi- 
cal Club has been placed in the charge of Mr. C. 
C. Eaton, of Cambridge, Mass., for whose zealous 
and punctual labors the members of the club 
have reason to be thankful. 
Mr. G. Dimmocxk left America, 26 July 1879, 
for Europe, and may be addressed at Leipzig, 
Germany, for the season of 1879-1880. Upon 
business connected with Psycur, he may be 
addressed at Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge En- 
tomological Club will be held at 19 Follen St., 
at 7.45 p. m., on the days following :— 
9 Jan. 1880. 9 April 1880. 
13 Feb. ,, 14 May ,, 
12 Mar. ,, 11 June ,, 
B: Pickman Mann, Secretary. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomological 
Section of the Boston Society of Natural History 
will be held at N. W. corner of Berkeley and 
Boylston Sts., Boston, Mass., at 7.45 p.m., on the 
days following : — 
28 Jan. 1880. 28 Apr. 1880. 
25 Feb. ,, 26 May ,, 
24 Mar. ,, 
B: Pickman Mann, Secretary. 
THE ANNUAL meetings of the Entomological 
Section of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science will begin at 2 p. m., on 
Tuesday, 24 Aug. 1880, at a place yet to be de- 
termined, in Boston, Mass. Members who intend 
to present communications that may provoke 
discussion are requested to allow the Secretary 
to announce their subjects, in order that other 
members may come ready to enter into a thor- 
ough discussion. 
B: Pickman Mann, Secretary, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomological 
Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of 
Philadelphia, Pa., will be held at S. W. corner of 
19th and Race Sts., on the days following : — 
9 Jan. 1880. 9 Apr. 1880. 
13 Feb. ,, 14 May ,, 
12 Mar. ,, 11 June ,, 
James H. Ripines, 
Recorder. 
THE SEMI-ANNUAL meetings of the American 
Entomological Society will be held at S. W. cor- 
ner of 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., on 
the days following : — 
8 Dec. 1879. 14 June 1880. 
James H. RipinGs, 
Recording Secretary. 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
should reach the editors by the 10th of the 
month preceding the one in which they are to 
appear. 
GALLS AND GALL INSECTS. 
The undersigned desires, either by exchange or 
otherwise, Galls from all parts of the United 
States. He is especially interested in those made 
by Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Homoptera and Diptera. 
Correspondence in reference to Gall growths, or 
other vegetable abnormities, is invited. 
CHARLES V. RILEY, 
Washington, D, C. 
FOR SALE. 
Zuphium americanum, Thalpius dorsalis and pyg- 
maeus, Dynastes tityus, Megalosoma elephas male, 
(body 12.7 em. long by 5.2 cm. wide), Sandalus ni- 
ger, Goes tigrina, Goes tessellata, Ptychodes vittata, 
Phyton pallidum, Pteroplatus variabilis (sallei), Cal- 
lichroma splendidum, Leptura erythroptera, Plectro- 
dera scalator, Acanthrocinus nodosus, Cylas formica- 
rius, Ischnocerus infuscatus, and all other Louisiana 
coleoptera, at reasonable rates. Apply to 
WILLIAM MISCHE, 
350 St. Peter St.. 
New Orleans, La. 
NORTH AMERICAN FERNS. 
Check lists of the Ferns of North America north 
of Mexico, enumerating 31 genera, 132 species and 
15 varieties. on one octavo page. Will be sent by 
mail on receipt of the price, 15 cents per dozen 
copies. ; 
S. STEBBINS, Springfield, Mass. 
