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P e y r o n , J. On the developmental stages of Cheimatobia species, 1 pi. 

 (in Swedish), 67, 2.— Re uter, E. On a new classification of the Rho- 

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Hymeiioptera. — A n d r € , E. Synopsis of the Mutillidae of France 

 (cont. ), 60. — Aurvillius, C. A new Swedish egg parasite, 1 pi. (in 

 Swedish), 67, 3-4. — Beth e, A. Ought psychical qualities be ascribed 

 to ants and bees?, figs., 2 pis., Pfltiger's Archiv fur Physiologie, lxx, 1 

 and 2, Bonn, Jan. 29, '98. — Cocker ell, T. D. A. Some bees of the 

 genus Megachile from New Mexico and Colorado,* 11; Cockerell, 

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Doings of Societies. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 February 24th, Dr. Henry C. McCook, president, in the chair. 

 Dr. McCook acknowledged his election as president and thanked 

 the Society for the honor conferred upon him which he highly 

 appreciated. Mr. Wm. J. Fox read letters from the following 

 persons acknowledging their election as Corresponding Members 

 of the American Entomological Society: L. O. Howard, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. : Herbert Osborn, Ames, Iowa; Samuel Henshaw, 

 Cambridge, Mass. ; H. H. Behr, San Francisco, Cala. ; John B. 

 Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. ; Osbert Salvin, Haslemere, Eng- 

 land; W. J. Elwes, Colesborne, England; Ernest Andr6, Gray, 

 France. The death of Herr Heinrich Ribbe was also announced 

 by the Corresponding Secretary. Mr. Herman Hornig presented 

 some slides representing the histology of insects. Dr. Calvert 

 stated that Mr. Henshaw' s bibliography of Dr. Horn had been 

 received. Dr. Horn had proposed 154 genera, of which 140 

 had been retained; 1582 species had been described, of which 

 number 1497 had been retained; of the 85, 35 were varieties and 

 50 synonyms. The same gentleman read letters from Dr. David 

 Sharp and Mr. G. C. Champion, giving a summary of the work 

 of the late Dr. G. H. Horn. Dr. Calvert also read a letter from 



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