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CONTENTS 



December, 1912 



Page 



SOME ANCIENT BELIEFS CONCERNING INSECTS. Harry B. Weiss. . 21 



AN EARLY RECORD OF SWARMS OF LACHNOSTERNA IN KANSAS. 



F. M. Webster 23 



ON THE ENDURANCE OF CIMEX LECTULARIUS. C. E. Olsen 24 



ON METACHROMA LATERALE, PALLIDUM AND LAEVICOLLE. 



Charles Schaeffer 25 



THREE NEW SPECIES OF HISTER. Charles Schaeffer 26 



EDITORIAL 28 



NOTES AND RECORDS 29 



CORRESPONDENCE 31 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 32 



