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PSOE: 
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., FEBRUARY 1880. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
3 Dec. 1879.—... Mr. W.L. Dis- 
tant exhibited a hitherto unrecorded vari- 
ety of Danais plexippus (commonly known 
as D. archippus), received from Antigua. 
... Mr. C. O. Waterhouse communi- 
cated some interesting details as to tenacity 
of life in Curculio cleonus. — The Rev. H. 
S. Gorham read a paper entitled ‘‘ Mate- 
rials for a revision of the Lampyridae.” 
— Mr. Bates, in connexion with the light- 
emitting power of this family, remarked 
that certain species of longicorns mimicked 
Lampyridae with great exactness, the light- 
giving segments of the latter being per- 
fectly represented in the longicorns, al- 
though destitute of phosphorescent power. 
— Mr. J. W. Slater communicated a pa- 
per ‘“‘ On certain minute characters of in- 
sects with reference to the theory of evolu- 
tion.” — Extracted from Athenaeum, 27 
Dec. 1879, p. 853. 
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 
9 Jan. 1880. — 64th meeting. The of- 
PSYCHE. 
ficers for the year 1880 were elected, as 
follows: E: Burgess, President; B: Pick- 
man Mann, Secretary, Treasurer, and Ed- 
itor of Psycue; E: Payson Austin, S: 
Henshaw, Dr. E: Laurens Mark, Execu- 
tive Committee. 
Retiring president E: Burgess delivered 
the annual address, upon the progress 
made in anatomical and physiological en- 
tomology in recent years. [The address 
will be published in Psycue. | 
Retiring secretary B: Pickman Mann 
presented his annual report, including the 
annual report of the treasurer, and of act- 
ing librarian Clifford Chase Eaton. This 
is the sixth annual meeting, and the third 
annual meeting as a corporation. The 
Club has 16 resident and 56 non-resident 
members. During the past year it has 
held 9 meetings, and has received 22 
principal communications. 64 pages of 
PsYcHE, with 7 advertiser covers, were 
issued in 1879, also 26 extra pages of 
entomological items and advertisements, 
and 26 pages of the bibliography of the 
entomological writings of Dr. G: H: 
Horn and the writings of S: Hubbard 
Scudder. 32 more pages, besides the in- 
dexes, are required to complete the sec- 
ond volume of Psycue. Measures have 
been taken to ensure the continued publi- 
cation of Psycue through a fhird volume. 
The permanent publication fund amounts 
to $167.75. 
262 new titles have been recorded in the 
library accession book since the last report, 
making 729 in all. A card catalog is be- 
ing formed, and now numbers 203 cards. 
The arrangement of the volumes in the 
library is nearly completed. 
B: Pickman Mann, Secretary. 
