PSYCHE. 7 
PSYCHE. 
JANUARY 
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., 1880. 
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INTRODUCTORY. 
THE THIRD volume of Psycue will ap- 
pear in the form in which this numero is 
given to the public. With the improve- 
ments which this change of form admits 
in the BrstioGRAPHICAL RECORD, and the 
increased amount of matter presented to 
the public in each numero, the editors hope 
to make Psycue still more acceptable than 
it has been heretofore to its readers. 
Although the Campripce EnTromo.oert- 
cau Crus, of which Psycue is the official 
organ, is a society bearing a local name, 
its members are chosen without local limi- 
tation, and Psycue will endeavor to repre- 
sent the interests of scientific entomology 
wherever pursued, and to advance, impar- 
tially, the welfare of all societies having 
the same objects in view. 
Systematic or descriptive, and economic 
entomology are fields so well occupied al- 
ready by other American entomological 
publications, that Psycue is justified in de- 
voting itself, as heretofore, to the general 
anatomy and physiology of arthropoda and 
to bibliographical and biological entomol- 
ogy. Faunal lists, heretofore sparingly 
admitted in Psycue, will hereafter be ex- 
cluded, not because they lack in value, but 
because they are of no interest to the ma- 
jority of the readers to whom Psycue pro- 
poses to address itself. 
More attention than heretofore will be 
given in Psycue to items concerning the 
latest scientific discoveries in entomology, 
the proceedings of societies, and the doings 
of entomologists. Brief items, and con- 
densed abstracts of the proceedings of sci- 
entific societies in all parts of the world, so 
far as they are related to general entomol- 
ogy, would be thankfully received by the 
editors. Official notices of the times of 
meetings of entomological societies will be 
inserted in our column devoted to that pur- 
pose, free of charge. 
The Brsri0oGRAPHICAL ReEcorD, in con- 
sequence of the new arrangement, will 
contain yearly about three times as many 
references as heretofore, and these will be 
given ina much more convenient form. It 
will be compiled by a larger number of 
workers, guided by printed rules to secure 
uniformity, and will be much more com- 
plete than any similar record ever before 
attempted. In order to perfect this record 
the editors respectfully request copies of 
miscellaneous papers containing entomol- 
ogical articles that would naturally other- 
wise be overlooked. Ga: 
ANNOUNCEMENT. 
_ Tue Fepruary numero of Psycue will 
contain a list, complete as the editors can 
make it, of the entomological writers who 
have died during the year 1879. G. D. 
