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PSYCHE. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL ITEMS. 
Attention is called to the change 
in price of subscription to Psyche 
as further explained on page 374. 
Mr. E. A. Fircu showed, at the meeting of 
the Entomological society of London, 5 July 
1882, twoichneumons the larvae of which are 
parasitic on spiders. 
Pror. E: T. Owen, of Madison, Dane Co., 
Wisc., asks persons who have lepidoptera to sell 
to send him, with prices stated, their lists of 
specimens for sale. 
Mr. Atrrep Wartty (formerly at 110 Clap- 
ham Road, London, Eng.) wishes us to make 
,known his change of residence to Tudor Villa, 
Tudor Road, Norbiton, 
(Surrey), England. 
Kingston-on-Thames 
Mr. R. A. Fraser has lately bred a fine 
hermaphrodite of Lasiocampa trifolii, an English 
species. Mr. Frazer gives a brief description 
of the hermaphrodite in the Lntomologist’s monthly 
magazine for October 1882. 
Dr. Jutius FriepLAnpeEr, head of the firm 
oR Friedlander & Sohn, Berlin, Prussia, died 4 
Noy. 1882.. The firm, well-known to Americans 
as dealers in scientific books, will continue the 
business at their old place. 
A sPEcIEs of ephemeridae, probably Teloganodes 
tristis, from Ceylon, is said to be luminous by 
Mr. G. Lewis, who sent a specimen for exhibi- 
tion before the Entomological society of London, 
5 July 1882. According to Mr. Lewis the whole 
abdomen of the insect is luminous. 
Dr. Max Weser has found that a myriapod, 
a species of fontaria, emits a secretion containing 
hydrocyanic acid (HCN). This is an interesting 
addition to the list of acids, formic, butyric, sal- 
icylic, cimicic and others, already known to be 
found in secretions of arthropods. 
Mr. THeEoporRE Jarnscu, Moritzstrasse 7, 
Breslau, Germany, desires to obtain, either by 
purchase or in exchange for European and exotic 
species, fertile eggs, and living chrysalids or co- 
coons of all sorts of American lepidoptera, even 
of the commonest species. Sphingidae, bombyc- 
idae and catocalidae are particularly desired. _ 
383 
THE ANNUAL meeting of the Entomological 
society of Ontario was held at Montreal, P. Q., 
on the 24th of August this year, in consideration 
of the meeting of the American association for 
the advancement of science at that place at the 
time. The former officers, with one minor 
exception, were re-elected to serve for the ensu- 
ing year. 
M. Rarrorp, of the Société d’horticulture de 
Limoges, has observed that the leaves of the cas- 
tor-oil plant (Ricinus communis) emit an essential 
oil or some toxic principle which possesses strong 
insecticide qualities, so that on being placed in a 
room infested with flies the flies were found dead 
lying on the floor beneath the plant or hanging 
from the under surface of the leaves. 
Dr. Wm. A. Nason, of Algonquin, McHenry 
Co., Illinois, offers for sale his collections in nat- 
ural history, consisting of insects (over 8000 
species of coleoptera, besides diptera, hymen- 
optera and nocturnal lepidoptera), plants, shells 
and fossils, the result of over fifteen years’ study 
and collection, and embracing large lots pur- 
chased from local collectors, besides extensive 
exchanges. 
AT A meeting of the entomologists who were 
in attendance at the meeting of the American 
association for the advancement of science on 
the 24th of August, this year, at Montreal, it 
was voted that Mr. J. A. Lintner should be 
requested to have a meeting of entomologists 
called next year on the day preceding the meet- 
ing of the A. A. A. S., at the place where the 
association should meet. 
AT THE meeting of the Paris Academy on 
Monday M. Dumas stated that at the very 
beginning of its work, the Academical commis- 
sion for the destruction of the phylloxera pro- 
posed to arrange for the immediate destruction 
by fire of each plant proved to be infested. 
Objections were made to this scheme grounded 
on the state of French legislation on rural prop- 
erty, and the Academical commission desisted. 
M. Dumas states that he has in hand an official 
report from Switzerland establishing the sound- 
ness of the views taken by the Academy on this 
important question. The cantons of Geneva, 
Vaud and Lucerne having resorted to the des- 
troying process, all the vines, of which the 
