1010 General Notes. [ December, 
trace of injury is observable after the beginning of May. The 
work of this insect is exactly like that of Proteoteras esculana 
Riley, on maple and buckeye, but as Mr. Claypole’s specimens 
were determined by Professor Fernald, there can be no doubt 
about the species, notwithstanding zzstrwfana is known to feed 
also on clover. The food-habit in the species is thus as diverse 
as it is, for instance, in Psy//a tripunctata (in Homoptera), which 
breeds alike on the tips of Pinus and in the crimped leaves of 
Rubus. 
In his paper on Syrian bees, Mr. Cook told how D. A. Jones, 
of Canada, and Frank Benton, of Michigan, went to Europe in 
search of new varieties of bees. They brought from Larnaca, 
Cyprus, both the Cyprian bee and the Syrian bee, and Mr. Ben- 
ton went to Ceylon and Java, in search of other varieties. From" 
Java bee.” With the Syrian bee, Mr. Cook has Syrianized the 
apiaries of the Michigan Agricultural College. The Syrians are 
of yellow type, closely allied to the Italian bee, which latter 1s 
probably a modified offspring of the Cyprians, which, in their 
turn, are also probable descendants of the Syrians. The Syrian 
bees are indefatigable workers, no matter what the clime to which 
they are exposed, or the season of the year. They are more irr” 
table than other bees, especially when queenless, but Mr. Cook 
believes they are a great acquisition to American apiculture. — 
: Mr. Mann’s communication on “suggestions of cooperations 
in furthering the study of entomology,” contained some remar 1 
suggestive of the title and urging the foundation of libraries and 
indices to the contents of periodicals and society transactions, but 
was mainly a plea for the support of the Cambridge Entomo- 
logical Club, and the organ of the club, Psyche. He set forth 
of its library, as far as practicable, a national loan library of ento- 
mology , for which members of the club, and other persons show- : 
ing a sufficient interest in entomology, should be entitled to bor- 
bibliographic 
sbericht 
on Mr. 
