PSI CHE. 167 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
Dr. Durrieux, of the Belgian expedition 
engaged in explorations in Africa, sent home 
an entomological collection in the spring of 
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1879. 
Mr. S. E. Cassino intends publishing a 
Directory containing the names, addresses, 
departments of study, etc., of the naturalists 
of the world. 
DuRING THE last year a very convenient 
‘“*Manual of the New Zealand coleoptera,” 
prepared by Thomas Brown, and containing 
672 pages, was published in Wellington, N.Z. 
AccoRDING TO Gehe, in his Friihjahrsbe- 
richt for 1879, cantharidin is made chiefly 
from Chinese beetles, and is becoming con- 
siderably cheaper, in consequence of this new 
source. 
JosEPH DuNCAN PuTNaM, for several years 
previously the Corresponding Secretary of 
the Davenport (lowa) academy of sciences, 
was elected President of the Academy for the 
ensuing year, 5 Jan. 1881. 
AT THE election of officers held by the 
Cambridge Entomological Club, 14 Jan. 1881, 
the following persons were chosen : — Presz- 
dent, E: Laurens Mark; Secretary, Treas- 
urer, and Editor of PsycHE, B: Pickman 
Mann; Librarian, Clifford Chase Eaton; 
Executive Committee, S: Hubbard Scudder, 
E: Payson Austin, E: Burgess. 
HERBERT H. Smitru, author of ‘Brazil; 
the Amazons and the Coast,” is to conduct 
another South American expedition. The 
route embraces some of the unexplored trib- 
utaries of the Amazons and the great table- 
lands of western Brazil and Bolivia. In his 
former explorations Mr. Smith made large 
collections of insects; some of his results of 
a day’s collection of beetles are of interest, as 
on 17 Dec. he took 394. specimens of 275 species 
in about eight hours, on 29 Jan. 471 specimens 
of 268 species. In the East Indies, Wallace 
considered 40 to 60 species a good day’s col- 
lecting, and gives 95 as the largest number 
ever taken. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge 
Entomological Club will be held at 19 Follen 
St., at 7.45 p.m., on the days following : — 
8 Oct. 1880. 11 Mar. 1881. 
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B: PicKMAN MANN, Secretary. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomologi- 
cal Section of the Boston Society of Natural 
History will be held at N. W. corner of Berke- 
ley and Boylston Sts., Boston, Mass., at 7.45 
p-m., on the days following :— 
27 Oct. 1880. 23 Feb. 1881. 
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B: PrckMAN MANN, Secretary. 
THE REGULAR meetings of the Entomolog- 
ical Section of the Academy of Natural Sci- 
ences, 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. 
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James H. Ripines, fecorder. 
THE SEMI-ANNUAL meetings of the Amer- 
ican Entomological Society will be held at 
S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., on the days following : — 
13 Dec. 188o. 13 June, 1881. 
James H. Ripinos, Pec. Sec’y. 
THE REGULAR monthly meetings of the 
Montreal Branch of the Entomological So- 
ciety of Ontario will be held at Montreal, 
Que., Canada, on the days following : — 
7 Sept. 1880. 4 Jan. 1881. 
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G: H. Bow.es, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Oct. 1882.— Life-histories of Scle- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
cilzs. See PSYCHE, V. 3, P- 59- 
