PSYCHE. 
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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
A PHYLLOXERA congress met at Saragossa, 
Spain, 2 Oct. 1880. 
Ow1ne To the ravages of the phylloxera in 
France, the people are using raisins for making 
wine. During the first six months of 1880, 
48,000,000 kilograms of raisins were imported 
into France. 
Dr. E. ERLENMEYER gives, in the “ Bienen 
Zeitung,” details of experiments showing that 
bees elaborate their wax from non-azotised mat- 
ter. Carbo-hydrates serve also for the produc- 
tion of the fat found in the body of the bee. 
The food of these insects should not be very 
rich in nitrogenous matter. — Journ. of Science 
May 1880, p. 347. 
THE Books of the large library of the late Dr, 
C. Stal, of Stockholm, Sweden, are for sale by R. 
Friedliinder u. Sohn, Carlstr., 11, Berlin. Cata- 
logs, in three parts, will be sent for 50 pfennige 
(12c) in stamps each part. Contents: Part 1, 
Scripta miscellanea, coleoptera, 40 p.; 11, Lepi- 
doptera, 22 p.; 111, Hymenoptera, neuroptera, 
orthoptera, diptera, hemiptera, parasita, 30 p. 
Pror. Cyrus Tuomas proposed to the Ento- 
mological Club of the A. A. A.S., for discussion, 
this year, the following questions, with a view to 
finding means of diminishing the ravages of Cal- 
ovtenus spretus in the Territories of the United 
States :— 
“Ts it possible to increase the amount of moist- 
ure on the great plains east of the Rocky Moun- 
tains? Or to state it differently, Is it possible 
to supply any considerable portion of these plains 
with water sufficient for agricultural purposes ? 
This leaves the question as broad and general as 
possible. This is animportant practical question, 
which must sooner or later come up for solution. 
I think it would be well to agitate it, that the 
general government and western States may be 
induced to take it up. There are some reasons 
for believing that there are some possible meth- 
ods of attaining the desired end which have not 
yet been presented or discussed. I suggest it, 
not that I feel competent to take hold of it, but 
from the fact that my work brings me constantly 
face to face with it, and that I do not feel quali- 
fied to enter upon an attempt at its solution.” 
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 :— 
8 Oct. 1880. 11 Mar. 1881. 
12 Nov. ,, S,Apr—-5; 
10 Dec. ,, 13 May ,, 
14 Jan. 1881. 10 June ,, 
11 Feb. ,, 
B: Pickman Many, 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 : — 
27 Oct. 1880. 23 Feb. 1881. 
24 Nov. ,, 23 Mar. ,, 
22 Dec. ,, ZISAprs | Liss 
26 Jan. 1881. 25 May ,, 
B: Pickman Many, Secretary. 
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 : — 
8 Oct. 1880. 11 Mar. 1881. 
12 Nov. ,, SPAM. ss 
10 Dec. ,, 18 May ,, 
14 Jan. 1881. 10 June ,, 
ii Hebpy 5. 
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 : — 
13 Dec. 1880. 13 June 1881. 
James H. Ripines, Recording Secretary. 
THE REGULAR monthly meetings of the Mon- 
treal Branch of the Entomological Society of 
Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Que., Canada, 
on the days following : — 
7 Sept. 1880. 4 Jan.1881. 
Oct. \;; 1 Feb. ,, 
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DCC. a5 5 Apr. ,, 
G: H. Bow es, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Ocr. 1882.— Life-histories of Sclero- 
stoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergracilis. See 
Psycuep, v. 3, p. 59. 
