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ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
WE ARE sorry to note the discontinuance 
of the Scvence advocate, which has been pub- 
lished at Atco, N. J. 
Pror. K. L. Bramson. of Ekaterinoslav, 
Russia, sent to the CAMBRIDGE ENTO- 
MOLOGICAL CLUuB, a list of duplicate coleo- 
ptera, hymenoptera, diptera and lepidoptera, 
has 
which he offers in exchange for North Amer- 
Members of the Club re- 
siding at a distance may see the list by send- 
ican lepidoptera. 
ing prepayment of postage to the Secretary. 
Those who wish to exchange are requested 
to send lists of duplicates to Prof. Bramson. 
THE COLLECTION of insects belonging to 
the University of Kansas contains about 6000 
species of coleoptera and 2000 of lepidoptera 
and 2000 of the remaining orders. Prof. F. 
H. Snow, who has charge of it, has donated 
to the University everything he has ever col- 
lected or obtained in exchange. 
Dr. F. A. W. THomas of Ohrdruf, Ger- 
many, has published in Just’s Botanischer 
Fahresbericht, from year to year, reviews of 
the literature of plant-galls, since 1875 [see 
Rec., 1285]. The review for 1879 is noticed 
in the American naturalist, March 1882, v. 
16, p. 246-247, by Dr. C: V. Riley, who says 
‘the most important contribution of the year 
1879 seems to have been L. Courchet’s ‘Etude 
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sur les galles produites par ies aphidiens. 
THe Ortawa field naturalists’ club, organ- 
ized in March 1879, of which James Fletcher 
is president and W: Hague Harrington is 
secretary, aims to promote in a systematic 
manner, the study of the natural history of 
Ottawa, Ontario. It will soon publish the 
third numero of its transactions. ‘‘Leaders” 
have been appointed in the several branches 
of natural history, to assist the members in 
the collection and determination of specimens. 
A prize is offered in each branch for the best 
collection of specimens and a special prize 
for the most important additions to any list 
already published in the club’s transactions. 
The leaders in entomology are W. H. Har- 
rington and J. B. Tyrell. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE REGULAR Meetings of the Cambridge 
Entomological Club will be held at 7.45 p.m., 
on the days following :— 
14 Oct. 1881. 10 Mar. 1882. 
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B: PrcKMAN 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 : — 
26 Oct. 1881. 22 Feb. 1882. 
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25 Jan. 1882. 24 May ‘ 
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 :— 
14 Oct. 188r. to Mar. 1882. 
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13 Jan. 1882. gjJune ‘ 
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James H. Rripines, /tecorder. 
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 :— 
12 Dec. 1881. 12 June 1882. 
James H. Ruipincs, ec. 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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Guibect a. APpra.  “s 
G: H. Bowres, Secretary. 
PRIZE ESSAYS. 
Due 15 Ocr. 1882.—Life-histories of Sc/e- 
rostoma syngamus and of Strongilus pergra- 
cilis. See PSYCHE, V. 3, p- 59. 
