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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
THE CONSERVATOR of forests [in South 
Australia] reports that sugar and gum stand 
the ravages of the white ants better than 
other timber. — Colonies and India, 4 Dec. 
1880. 
Dr. WILLIAM MARSHALL will give a course 
of lectures on the natural history of insects, 
in Leipzig University, during the summer 
semester. The lectures will be on Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday, and every two weeks, 
on Saturday, an excursion, for collecting pur- 
poses, will be had. 
ACCORDING To the president’s report of 
Harvard University for 1879-1880, Mr. Ed- 
ward Burgess, who generously gave his ser- 
vices as instructor of entomology in the 
Bussey Institution during the academic year 
1879-1880, will continue to give the school 
his services during the current year. 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL Club of the Amer- 
ican Association for the Advancement of 
Science was formed last year into the Ento- 
mological Subsection of Section B of the 
A. A. A. S., and will therefore hold no sepa- 
rate meetings hereafter. It will meet with 
the Association, at Cincinnati, Ohio. on 
Wednesday, 17 Aug. 1881, at 10 A.m. All 
persons interested are invited to attend its 
meetings and participate in its discussions. 
Jno. G. Morris, President. 
B: PIckKMAN MANN, Secretary. 
PHILIBERT F. VON OUGSPURGER. the Swiss 
coleopterist, who died 5 Nov. 1880, left his 
valuable collection, and many accurately 
colored figures, work of his own hand, to the 
Museum of Natural History in Berne. The 
above-mentioned collection contains, in addi- 
tion to many costly exotic species, a carefully 
labelled collection of coleoptera of the Ber- 
nese Alps. Mr. Albert Miiller, who has 
charge of the entomological department in 
this fine museum, finished the past year in 
Berne, will gladly preserve, with his accus- 
tomed care, this important addition to its 
riches. 
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. rt 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: 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 
5S. W. corner of tgth and Race Sts., on the 
days following : — 
8 Oct., 1830. tt Mar. 1881. 
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James H. Ripines, /ecorder. 
THE SEMI-ANNUAL meetings of the Amer- 
ican Entomological Society will be held at 
S. W. corner of 1gth and Race Sts., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., on the days following : — 
13 Dec. 1880. 13 June 1881. 
James H. Ripincs, 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. Bowes, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Oct. 1882.— Life-histories of Scle- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
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