PS TCME. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
J. M. T. Myers, of Fort Madison, Iowa, of- 
fers no. 5123 of Crotch’s listin exchange for 
other beetles. 
Pror. C. V. RILey is at work upon an 
index to the nine volumes of reports made by 
him from 1869 to 1877. as state entomologist 
of Missouri. 
Pror. C. V. RiLey has become the editor 
of the department of entomology in the 
American Naturalist, the proprietors of that 
magazine having purchased the subscription 
list and good will of the ‘‘ American Ento- 
mologist.” 
UNDER the title of ‘‘ Bibliotheca Coleopte- 
rologica,” Mr. F. G. Schaupp is publishing, 
in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomologi- 
cal Society, lists of the papers on beetles 
printed in the publications of various scien- 
tific societies. 
Mr. J. S. KinGsLeEy’s Naturalists’ Assis- 
tant, which Bates, of Salem, will publish early 
in the fall. will contain quite an extended bib- 
liography in all departments of zoology, 
special attention being given to American 
and English authors. 
BARON DE CHAuporR. of Russia, R. H. 
McLachlan. of England, and Baron C. R. 
Osten Sacken, Russian Consul 
General to this country, have been elected 
honorary members of the Belgian Entomo- 
logical Society to fill the vacancies caused by 
the deaths of Boisduval, Mulsantand Snellen 
van Vollenhoven. — Amer. nat., April 1881. 
V. 15, P- 324-325- 
ACCORDING TO Dr. Jousset de Bellesme, 
cocoons do not serve insects as a protection 
against the cold. The pupa resists congela- 
tion by reason of a continuous liberation of 
heat due to the destruction of the muscular 
system of the larva, which is much more 
considerable than that of the mature insect. 
The large quantity of uric acid discharged at 
the time of metamorphosis is a proof of the 
extent of the organic transformations which 
have taken place.—‘Fourn. of sc¢., March 1880, 
p- 214. 
formerly 
203 
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. tt Mar. 1881. 
12 Nov. 8 Apr. 
LOPVec.. 1° 13 May 
14 Jan. 1881. ro June 
11 Feb. 
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. 
24 Nov. ‘‘ 23 Mar. 
220ee.- 27 Apr. 
26 Jan. 81. MEK Se 
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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 
S. W. corner of tgth and Race Sts., on the 
days following : 
8 Oct., 1880. Ir Mar. 1881. 
12 Nov. 8 Apr. 
10 Dec. 13 May ‘“ 
14 Jan. 1881. LOn ume 4: 
DPC De ic 
James H.*RipinGs. Recorder. 
THE SEMI-ANNUAL meetings of the Amer- 
ican Entomological Society will be held at 
S. W. corner of tgth and Race Sts.. Philadel- 
phia, Pa., on the days following : — 
13 Dec. 1880. 13 June 1881. 
James H. RrpinGs, 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. 1881. 
BUOGks ase TE Mebe <5 
2 Nov. 1 Mare ws 
FWDeEc. 5 Apo 
CoH: 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Oct. 1882.— Life-histories of Scle- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
see PSYCHE, Vv. 3, p- 59- 
BowLes, Secretary. 
clits. 
