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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
Miss ELEANOR A. ORMEROD has a man- 
ual of economic entomology in the press. 
TueE Boston TRANScRiIPT for g April 1881 
contains an article by Dr. H. A. Hagen, en- 
titled, ‘‘ Lawsuits against grubs and grass- 
hoppers.” 
A LATE number of Siebold and KGlliker’s 
Zeitschrift contains an important paper on 
the dimorphism of oak gall-flies (cynz¢pidae), 
by Dr. H. Adler. 
Mr. F. P. PAscoe read a paper on the struc- 
ture of Perzipatus novae-zealandiae at the 
meeting of the Entomological Society of 
London, 2 Feb. 1881. 
Ir Is now considered as beyond doubt that 
Phylloxera vastatrix exists in Australia; and 
Victoria, New South Wales and South Aus- 
tralia are to contribute about $100,000 towards 
the expense of exterminating it. 
Mr. A. Ernst has found Peripatus ed- 
wardst quite abundant at Caracas and in a 
recent numero of (Vature (v. 23, p- 446-448) 
gives a short account of its habits and struc- 
ture and of the development of claws, of foot- 
jaws and of sexual organs. 
A FARMER in South Devon, England, hav- 
ing living specimens of the Colorado potato 
beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) in his pos- 
session and refusing to give them up to the 
authorities, was fined £5. The case attracted 
the attention of the House of Commons. 
THE BELGIAN Entomological Society re- 
cently celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. 
Baron de Selys-Longchamps, the first Presi- 
dent, to whom the society owes so much of 
its success, was unanimously elected Hon- 
orary President.—Amer. nat., March 1881, v. 
15, p- 562. 
Mr. W. W. Hit1, of Albany, N. Y., offers 
specimens of lepidoptera, well spread and in 
fine condition, from his list of over 500 
species of North American and 300 species 
of European and other duplicates, in ex- 
change for perfect spread examples not in 
his collection. Lists exchanged. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
e 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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26 Jan. 1881. 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. 11 Mar. 1881. 
12 Nov. ‘ SrA Ia mee 
LOL DEG. ie 13 May ‘ 
14 Jan. 1881. 10 June 
ro Bebo. 
JAmes H. Ripincs, /eecorder. 
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. 1880. 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 :— 
6 Sept. 1881. 3 Jan. 1882. 
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G: H. Bow es, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Oct. 1882.—Life-histories of Sc/e- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
cilis. See PSYCHE, Vv. 3, p. 59. 
