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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE BOSTON SO 
CIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
28 Jan. 1880.— Mr. S: H. Seudder showed 
some excellent drawings of fossil hemiptera, 
made by J. H. Blake.— Dr. H. A. Hagen read 
an additional note upon the larva and fly sup- 
posed to have been taken from a girl’s neck, in 
Toronto, and gave a list of the instances in which 
Sarcophaga had been found in the human body. 
He also read a paper on the literature relating 
to galls. — Mr. E: Burgess described the struc- 
ture and physiology of a butterfly’s proboscis. 
25 Fes. 1880.— Mr. S: H. Seudder showed 
some plates on which were figured all the fossil 
insects known from British Columbia. — Dr. H 
A. Hagen read a paper on the mouth of Nemo- 
gnatha, criticising Hermann Miiller’s speculations 
on the development of the insect proboscis. Dr. 
Hagen discussed the results of Dr. Palmen’s 
studies on the tracheal system of insects, de 
scribing his own views of the condition of the 
stigmata during pupation, &c., and showed speci- 
mens and drawings to illustrate the respiratory 
apparatus of many water insects. — Mr. E: Bur- 
gess made further remarks on the structure of 
the butterfly proboscis. 
24 Mar. 1880. — Mr. E: Burgess showed under 
the microscope the structure and explained the 
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workings of the pharyngeal bulb in the head of 
lepidoptera ; he showed also the structure and 
arrangement of the muscles in the proboscis. 
B: Pickman Mann, Secretary. 
REVIEWS. 
Katter’s Inpex Enromoxocicus Pars 1 [see 
Rec., no. 1610] is a list of the entomologists of 
Europe as far as its author has been able to learn 
their names, together with their addresses, the 
departments of entomology to which they give 
theiz especial attention, and an indication of 
those desiring to exchange specimens. To the 
above is added a list, extracted from the Natural- 
ists’ Directory (Salem, 1878), of 73 American col- 
lectors desiring to exchange, and a list of the 
entomological societies and publications of the 
world. Although the list is defective for coun- 
tries outside of Germany, yet the following com- 
parison, based on a hasty count, not including the 
five pages of additions and errata, may ke of 
interest. The entomologists and collectors enu- 
merated are distributed as follows: Germany, 
740; Austria, 213; Switzerland, 97; Holland, 
84; Belgium, 95; Italy, 128; Spain, 19; Portu- 
gal,2; Greece, 3; Roumania,1; Russia, 58 ; Fin- 
land, 8; Sweden, 26; Norway, 2; Denmark, 4; 
England, 435; Scotland, 15; Ireland, 3; France 
(whose coleopterists are not included), 197; total, 
2126. Of entomological societies, Europe is cred- 
ited with 17; America, 4, and Australia, 1. 
GaD: 
BERNHARD GERHARD’s catalog of the macro- 
lepidoptera of North America [see Rec., no. 1594] 
seems to have received but little notice at the 
hands of entomologists. Like most publications 
of its kind which have been compiled in localities 
distant from the land the fauna of which they 
enumerate, Gerhard’s catalog is imperfect and 
incomplete in many particulars. This catalog 
assumes to give the synonymy of our species, 
but contains the names of only 103 genera of 
rhopalocera out of over 150 names which may 
fairly be termed in modern use. It is useless to 
call attention to special errors, as our species are 
so well cataloged by American writers. G: D. 
