Pst CHE. 179 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
EUGENE M. Aaron, 27 South 4th St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., wishes to receive the larvae of 
any butterflies, especially 100 to 150 speci- 
mens of the papilios a@/an, astertas, philenor, 
trotlus and turnus; he will, if desired, return 
to the senders the imagos raised from these 
larvae, and repay the postage. Pack speci- 
mens securely in small strong boxes, with the 
plant on which they are feeding.— Sczence 
advocate, Oct. 1880, v. 1, no. 4, p. [3]. 
THE COLLECTION of coleoptera left by the 
late George D. Smith, of Cambridge, Mass., 
and now offered for sale, comprises 8926 North 
American 
scribed. 10g varieties and 22835 specimens sys- 
tematically arranged and in perfect condition ; 
5037 South American species and 7947 speci- 
mens, systematically arranged and in good 
condition; besides 14789 North American and 
1782 South American duplicates and speci- 
mens still remaining in the boxes in which 
they were purchased from the collectors. 
THe New York Entomological Club, re- 
cently formed in New York City, with Au- 
gustus Radcliffe Grote as President, Henry 
Edwards as Secretary, and Berthold Neumoe- 
gen as Treasurer, meets twice monthly, and 
has begun under the direction of Messrs. 
Grote, Edwards and Theodore Luqueer Mead, 
the publication of an octavo monthly entitled 
**Papilio. Devoted to lepidoptera exclusively. 
Organ of the New York Entomological Club.” 
We understand that if sufficient encourage- 
ment is received the Club hopes at some 
futuretime to publishalsoa “Vespa,” a“Blatta,” 
a ‘‘ Musca,” etc., to cover the other groups of 
insects. ‘‘ Papilio” will appear during ten 
months of each year; the annual subscription 
price is $2.00; subscriptions and communica- 
tions should be addressed to Mr. Henry 
Edwards, 185 East 116th Street, New York, 
Ne Yi 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
COLEOPTERA AND LEPIDOPTERA 
for sale and exchange; send 5 cts. for catalogue. 
PHILIP LAURENT, 
621 Marshall St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
species, 489 of which are unde- | 
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. rr 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. 22 Feb. 1881. 
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26 Jan. Sr. 25 May ‘ 
B: PickMan 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. 
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14 Jan. 1881. 
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James H. Ripinecs, Recorder. 
11 Mar. 1881. 
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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. Ripincs, Rec. 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. 188r. 
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2 Nov. <* WINTERS OC 
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G: H. Bowes, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
DuE 15 Oct. 1882.— Life-histories of Scle- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
See PSYCHE, V.-3,3p2 59: 
cil?s. 
