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NEW SPECIESOF .FURCOMYTA(

N' Y'rBY CtrAs. P. ALEXANDER' ITHACA,"[PUL.D.E).

as new are,with one exception,
hereincharacterized
The crane-flies
by previouswriters r5
described
been
have
There
forms.
Neotropical
species:ofSouth Americar-Lintnobini that I have no hesitationin referririg
to ttre gen'ts -Furconyia (: Dicranonyia of authors)' With the single
exceptionof F muscosaEnd' (Ecuador),the forms are Chilian or Patagonian, and are speciesnamed by Macquart,tBlanchard,sPhilippiaand
iigot.u No specieshave been mentionedfrom the various countries of
Uiaate America,and it is probably becauseof this fact that so many ofr
the forms receivedproved to be novelties.
The materialincludedis the propertyof EasterDMuseums,as follows:
U. S. National Museum,received through Mr' Frederick Knab, and theAmerican Museum of Natural History, received through Mr' J' A'
Grossbeck. I expressmy sincere gratitudeto both of these gentlemen
for their kind help in this respect.
A Kcy to the s/ottcd-wingcd Farcomyia'(northernportion),central Americaand the Antilles')America(southr. Sc short, ending before, or opposite, or only slightly beyond, the" " " " ' 2'
or iginof R s ....
"' " " 5'Sc long, endingfar beyondthe origin of Rs. .
"' " "3'z. Wing-markingabundant,forminga network.
Wing-markingscanty'confinedto the neighbourhoodof veins' ' ' ' ' '4'
apically; wing pattern
3. Legs with the femorauniform brown..:" ' " " ' rcti cu/a/4.' sp' n'r egular(Cuba)
subapical
gray
broad
a
with
Legs with the fentorayellowish apicallyEnderl'''tt?rscosaiing; wing patternirregular(Ecuador)
femur 1.notip of
4. Legs black, a reddish annulus far before the-theda$cord.of,wilg'
on
Rr;
se.am
incellsupernumerarycross-veinbrown,narrow; antenn€dark exceptat base.'. ' 'osterhouli,sp' !r'(Panama)cornell,_University.
Laboratory,
ettto-otogicalr---*"
r. corrt iuutior,
Pteiie Justin; Dipt. Exot.,V9!.-I,p.t' L, p'.72(1838)'i: M;;;ilTome7,
5: ii;ilh;;i, E*ir";"i, rlirt"ril-fisica y politici'de Cliili Zotilosia,

oo'tnlt;,11fr;?,ii
wien',Vor'15,pp'be7,
gese's.
fl&i-1;tiiJiSl'J',"0'-0",.
(1p-65)'

780,781;esp.612-614
602-617,598.
Tome6'"""'s"."iL.ti
Horn,1882-1883;
i;;'q;;;; i'd;.i; siieft4q'i-e.91^9"p( 1888 ) '2 nd p art,-p p.5 - f O le"p.pp. 8, 9, pl. 2, f ig' 2
November, 1912

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Legs with the fenroradark brown at the tip with an indistinct
sub.
apical ring I a cross-veinin cell Rr seam on cord palelbrown,
br oa d ; a n te n n &p a l e ...
5. Wings with an abundantp:rttenl in the cells

wings with the markings
scantyand.moreor ,.r,frrf;::,\;).

".

"iffl;,'t#"1,r.
neigh b o u rh o oodfv e i n s.....6.
6' wing hyaline,with the mrrkings brown pleure with abrown band ;I
tibie and tarsi uniformdark. .
. . ,eiseni, sp.n.
'wing

dusky,
with themarkings
darkbrown.,
nopt.uru(lc;::il^lil,-

at tip, and tarsi, orarrgebrown.

./utzi, sp.n.
(Brit. Guiana)

Furcomltia reliculata, sp, n,
Antenne brownI thorax yellow, with an irregular brown
medianstripe; legsyellow,darkeningto brownapically wingshyarine,
reticulated.;with brown marks.
i. - Len g th , 4 .5 -6 mm ; w i n g , 5 .3 _ 5 .4mm.
I '-Head : rostrum yellowishbrownI palpi dark brownishblack.
Antenne, basal segmentspale,whitish flagellumlightbrown, the seg_;mentsrounded,becomingoval and then erongatedtoward
the iip of thean[enna. Front, vertex aud occiput dull yellow,thti vertex
and occiput
prolongedcaudad,with two brown stripesaboveandbrown on the siies.
Thorax: pronotum brown,thickly yellowpollinosej asmall brown
medianspot at the caudalnrarginof the scurum. Mesonotum,
pr&icutum
dult yellow sericeous, a broad,light brown medianstripe,overlain by adark brown stripe, whose margins are very irregular.; iruo
inte..rfed
brown stripsson eitherside of the median mark, the ouiermost
u.ry iul.
on the marginof the scleritej scutumdull brown,rvith four
bro,n,n.t.rp.r,c lntinuationsof the lateralprascutarvitta the two stripes
on .u.h'rid".;
unite.atthe caudalmarginofthe scleriteand run harfacrossthe scutellum;
scutellum very pale, whitish yellow, sending a median proloirgatidn
cephalad onto the scutum.; postuotum brorvn, pleuretight b"rown,tnickly pale yellowishpollinose. Halteres very pale
1,ellow,the knob
brown. Legs: coxe, trochantersand femora dull yellow,
the fernora
d.arkening
to brown apically; extreme baseof the tibie rvhitisrr,
rest oft'bia and the tarsi dark brown. wi'gs, veinsbrown,except
costa,rvhich
is light yellowand black arternated menrbranehyaline,costarIcelr wirh

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8S6srnall,equally-spaced
brown marks; from the base to the tip of R, about
19, thesemarks a trifle narrowerthan the hyaline interspaces;five large
brown blotches along the radial cells,the first at the base of vein M .;second in m'ddle of cell R ; third just before the origin of Rs; fourth
over the fork of Rs, and the last at the tip of R1*s,irregular; all the celliwith narrow brown marks across them producinga net-work. Venation(see fig. p): Sc short, Sc, ending before the origin of Rs, Sc, about
oppositeit; Sc, longerthan Scr; Rs angularat base; basaldeflectionof
Mr*, long, so that the inner end of cell rst M, is almoston a level withcell Rs; basaldeflectionof Cu, before fork of M, sometimerfar before;cross-veinm far out, so that the deflectionof M, is much longer than m.
Abdomen,tergum,segmentsbrown,darkeston caudal margin,paler
on the sides; sternumdull yellow; a dark brown medianspot on caudal
nrarginof eachsclerite..
' Holotype, $.-Pinar del Rio, Cuba .; rgoo (Palmerand Riley).
Paratype,9.-'Iype locality,March 27, rgoo (Palmerand Riley).
1' ypesin U. S. . Nat . I \ I us,coll. ( No. r 5, r 33) .
Furconqtia osterh.ouli,syt.n,
W hi ti sh; m esot hor acic
pr ascut umwit h a br oad m edian st r ipeand
two short lateralonesI femorablack,with a postmedianreddishannulusI
lvingswith brorvnspots,bandsand seams.
Q.-Length, 6.5 mm (about)I wing, 5.7 mm.
'
Q.-Head : rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Anteonr,
yellowishbrown,flagellumvery dark brown,almostblack,basalsegments
Front, vertexand occiputpale,whitish,tingedwith brown.
'l-horax: pronotumdark brownabove,abruptlypale,yellowishwhite
paleyellowishwhite,the medianstripe broad,on the sides. I\{esonotum
dark brown; the lateralstripesappearon the hind marginof the prescutum and run back acrossthe scutum and scutellum; at the caudalendof the latterscleritethey unite and forrna very broad medianband,which
occupiesthe dorsumof the postnotum. Pleurrepale,whitish. Ilalteres,knob and most of the stem dark brorvn. Legs: coxre and trochanters
yellorvishbrown ; (emorablack,with a distinct reddishannulusat aboLrt
three-fourtlrs
tire length; tibia reddishat base,restof tibie and tarsishiny
black. Wing with a slightyellowishtinge,especially
iu the cephaliccelis;a very uarrowbrorvnmark from h caudad; a brown mark from the tip ofSc, down beyond Rs I a brown rnark ai tip of Rt and on r i a narrowseamal ongt he cor d; out erend of cell r st M , seam edwit h br own; m ost

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of the veinsseamedwith brown; apicalportionsof the radialcells.suffused.with brown. Venation: (Seefig. q.) Sc endsbeyond origin of Rs, Sc,
at its tip I cross-veinr at tip of R, ; Rs arcuatedat origin; basal deflection of Cu, beforethe fork of M.
' Abdomen,tergumyellowish,the apexof eachscleritebrown,with anarrow brown median band ; sternum,markingslessclearly defined,
Holotype, 9 .-Bocas d'Toro, Panama; Sept. 28, r 9o3, (P.
Osterhout,coll.)
T y p " i n U . S. N a t. M u s , c o l l . ( N o. r5,r3o.).Furcomyiatranslucida, sp. n,
Whitish; mesothoracicprrescutumwith a narrow median brown
stripe; femora darkenedat the tip, pale subapically;wingswith brownspotsand bands; a supernumerarycross-veinin cell Rr.
J.-L e n g th ,5 .8 mm.; w i n g ,6 . 9 mm.l mi ddl e l eg,femur,5.7mm.;
t ibia, 5 .2 mm.
basalsegJ .-H e a d : ro s tru m a n d p a l p i dark brow n. A ntenure,ments brown, flagellumyellowish,the terminal three or four segments
brownI segmentsof the flagellum short, globular,the apical segments
more elorigated. Front, vertexand occiput light yellow,the vertex witha large brown spot in the centre.
'l'horax: pronotumdark brown,becomingpaler,yellowishwhite onprescutumvery pale,almostwhite,with a clearlythe sides; rnesonotum,
defineddark brown median stripe,rather narrow,ending at the suture;scutum and scutellumpale,whitish,with.a dark brown stripe on each' lobe, runningbackwardand meetingon the caudal marginof the scuteilum j postnotumwith a very broadbrown medianmark resultingfrom theconfluenceof the scutellarstripes,. Pleure very pale,whitish; a brownish
mark on the propleurreabove the fore coxa. Halteres pale,knob darkbrown. Legs: coxa and trochanterswhitishI fernorayellowish brown I
a clerreryellow subapicalring,tip broadlybrown,the extremeapex again
rather Iightened; tibie aud tarsi brown, graduallyincreasingto darktrrown. Wings: subhyalineor very faintlyyeltowish; a brown mark attlre hurneralcross-vein
extendingdown acrossthe arculusI a secondmark
at tip of Sc, and down acrossRs almost to M ; a third, extendinginto across-band,from the stigma,whereit is darkest,unbrokenacrossthe cord;i brown seamon the supernumerarycross-veinin cell Rs I outer end ofcell rst M, seamedwith brown. .Venation: (See fig. r.) Sc short,ending just beyondthe origin of Rs ; Sc,just oppositeorigin of Rs ; R, extendingbeyondcross-vein
r-n, r at its tip, Rs squareat its origin and

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in cell Rs at about twospurred,in a Iine with Rr*r; a strong cross-vein
elongate; basal deflecrather
ist
M2
cell
tfrirds of the length of tfre'ceff;tion of Cu, at the fork of M.
dark brown ;Abdomen: tergum pale yellowish white, apical fourth
defined'clearly
not
so
apex
dark
tne
apex sternumsimilar, bu1
28' r 9o3' (P'Holotype.- J ' Bocas d'Toro, Panamai Sept'
Osterhout,coll.)
Type in U' S. Nat ' M us. coll' ( No' 15't z9 )Furcomlia gloriosa sP,n'darker; legs'
Autennrebrown; thorax gray, dorsum striped withring
; wing spotted'
femoradark oD apical half, with a subternrinalyellow
and suffusedwith brown'
5 m m '; wing,8'4 m m '$.- Lengt h about6.-and
palpi dark brown' Antennre' basal segrostrunr:.-Head?
.
brown, apicalments very dark brown ; basalnu. n.g.ti"t segmentslighterwith a black
gray'
dull
occiput
segmentsdark brown. Front, vertexandeye'themark on vertexalonginner marginofa broad blackThorax: pronotumdull grJenishgray pollinose'withdark brown'prescutum
Mesonotum'
stripeon the side of the scutum'
the narrorv
ofside
eitheron
stripeablack
withttrickty grayishpollinose,
almostto
sclerite
theofanterior'margin
thefrommediangrayline,ruuning
behindthe pseudothe suture. Lateral stipes short,broad,beginning
the sutureand coveringmost of the scutum;
suturalfovea,runniug""io,, the caudal margin clark brown I scutellum
scutumin middle and along
pleure black, greenishgray pollinose.
and postnotum dark broin.
Legs' coxreandHalteres,stempale yellowishbrown,knob dark brown'
femora light yellow'
trochantersdark brown,the former gray pollinose;
yellow ring' Wings
the apical quarter dark brown, *ith a subapicalmarks' the last at Sc'}ryofin" o, nearly so I costal cell with four brownat the tip of Rt (stigmal)
the 3rd over the origin of Rs ; a largesquaremark
R' and R' withextendingdown over the fork of Rs ; cells znd-largesuffusedwith lighterCu'brown spotsfilting most of the cells; cells R6 tosmallerwith hyalinespots; basal and anal cells withgr"yirft i.o*n
"ni
Ctts'
veins
of
Ends
A'
rst
brown spots; a serlesof uU'ut four in cellScbrown;
Veins
suffusions'
rst and znd A, with broad,grayishbrown
they
where
mrrkings'
brown
in
the
-lS.t
and R yellow, exceptwherelocatedlong' ending far beyond the
frg' j ).
are black. Venation,-Sc Rs-'long basal deflectionof;
orisin of Rs, but ,righiry !1rott-i" iJiaat" ;CuI far beforethe fork of M'

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tergum dark brownj sternum lighter
browu, extreme-Abdomeo,
caudalmarginsof the scleriteslight y;low.
Holotype.-p.
Totonicipan,Guatemala,Cent. Am., r9oz.
(Dr.
G. Eisen.)'l'ype in U.
S. Nar. Mus. coll. (No. r5,r3z.)
This insectagreessuper'cially wXh*',siso End.* of Ecuador, but.
has .lr much longer,legsvery difierent
inrr-",".t]mrtte,species, Muscosahas a supernunrerary "otour,lna
cross.veinin cell Rr, buf this nay
not be normal,as it is not mentioned
in the sprecificdescription.
Furcomltia eiseni, sp, n.
Antenne black tbrou.ghout bodyyellow; legs, femora yellow,;
aassinginto brownon the rilie,r.ri ; ,ing. hyali.e, with six brown"na
spotsalongcosta,the second,.largest,at origin of Rs.
d. - Le n g th , fro m 4 .5 _ 5ru m.l w i n g , 6.l _7.5mm,
I .*Lengtb, from 4.5_6 ,rrr.; ,uln!,
S.i_Z *rn.
Head : rostrumand palpi black. ;;;;"*
btack throughoutin the
J , with conspicuouslong hairs, not so noticeable
in the ! . Fronr,vertexand occiput blackish,grayish
pollinosein front.
'Ihorax : pronotum
dull yellow ; mesonotumdull reddish yellow,
with a very indistinct darker
median .trip.
darker rateralit.pe;
which are brownish,thesecontinued
back on"ndtt,e scutum, wrrerethey
cover the lobes.;scutellumand postnorum
brownish. pieu,e y.llor,with a more or lessconspicuous
daik brown stripe running fronr the cervical scleritesto the postnotum. Halteresyellowat base; apicarhalf ofthe stemand the knob brcwn. L.g.
,
tro"h"nterslight yellow;
femorayellow at base,"ore'"ndinto-browntibie and tarsi darker brown.
.;
Wings hyaline; cells C-passingund, ; ;;;;;;;r";;",,*^i, slightly,.li;r;the costalmarginon the cross-veins,
as follows: A brown mark ar rhe
wing base; a large brown rectangularmark at the origin of Rs ; a third
at the tip of sc, whereit is continued
down over the fork of Rs, here
meetingthe fourth blotch,locatedat
the tip of Rr; the marks continuing
acrossthe.cord ; wing zubapicailylargely
dark; outer end of cell rst M,
seamedwith brownI a brown mark in
the end of cell znd R, and cell Rr;
endsof veinsQur,Cu, and rst A, rvith small
brown clouds; a largespot
at end of znd A. Venation: (See fig.
s,) Sc long, ending jo.in.fo..
the fork of Rs, Sc,at its tip *, ,qo"rl
ar its originJ l"r. oi cell rst M,;
arcueted,nearr-v
on a levelwith the innerendof cell R, (as in stu/tao.s.);- *. ^_;" t gr z . L-,o o L J' .,a h rb u c h .;p t. ,, p p . 7 5 ,@TEE

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basaldeflectionof Cu, just beyondthe fork of M.; Cu3generallyshorter
than the deflectionof Cut.
Abdomen, tergum dark brown, the bases of the sclerites somewhat
paler I sternumlight yellow, the caudal and lateral marginsconspicuously
dark brown.
Aguna, Guatemala,Cent' Am. (z,ooo ft.); Sept.'
Holotype.-d.
r902, (D r. G . Eisen,coll. )Allotype.- t . With the tYPe.
Paratypes.-5, d ?. With the tYPe.
Types in U S. Nat. Ivlus.coll. (No. r5,I3r), exceptone paratypein
author'scollection.
f nt rcnyi / ulzi, *P, n.
Antenne black ; body orangeI abdomen brown I legs black, tip oftibii and the tarsi pale,orangeyellow; wingsdusky,with brown marks.
i .-Length about 6 mm.; wing, 7.3 mm.; middle leg, femur,5.4
rnm.l ti bi a,5. 8 m m .
Head : rostrum and palpi dark brownish black, Antennie darkbrownishblack. Front thickly gray polliqose; vertex and occiputdark
orangebrown,brighterorangeon the occiput.
Thorax: pronotum and mesonotalprescutum and scutum deep
muchlightercoloured,yellowishorange.
orangeI scutellumand postnotunr
Pleurreorangeyellow,lightercol':uredventrally. Halteres,stemyellowish
basally,darkeningto the blackishknob. Legs: coxre and trochantersorangeyellow, extremebase of femorayellow .; remainder of femora andmost of the tibiredark brownishblack ; tibia with the apical eight paleorange brownI tarsi orangebrown. Wings suffusedwith dark brorvn,
costaland subcostalcellsand the radialcellsvery dark ; dark brownspots
arrangedas follows: a rottndedmark at the origin of Rs ; one at fork ofRs, continueddown the cord as a broken seami a round spot at end of
Rr; outer end of cell rst N{, seanredwith dark brown. Venation: Sclong, endingnearerto the fork of Rs than to the origin,Sc, at tip of Scr.
r at t he t ipof Rs; def lect ionof Rn, ulong; basaldef lect ionof
C ross-veinCu, far beforethe fork of M.
Abdomen,tergum,segmentsdark browni sternumlight yellow,
H ol otype. - Q . Tukeit , Br it ish G uiana; July r 9, r 9r r . ( F. E.
Lrl tz. col l . )Type'in AnrericanMuseumof Natural tlistory.

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Furcomyia omissa,sp,n.
Small; dark brown; wings dark, stigma present; Sc, short,Sc, apparentlylacking.
Q . - L e n g th , 3 .7 -4 m m .; w i n g , 4 -4 . 2mm.
t .-Head : rostrum and palpi dark brownish black. Antenne
brownishblack. Front, vertex and occiput brown.
Thorax : mesonotum,pres'cuturnwith a thick brownish pollen, be_coming grayishon the sidesof the sclerite; a dark brown median stripe
beginningnear the anteriorend of the sclerite,becoming narrower andfinally obsoletebeforethe suture; scutum,scutellumand postnotumdark
brown. Pleure dark brown,with a sparsegray bloom on the middle ofthe thorax. Halterei dark brown I remainderof femora,tibie and tarsr
dark brown. lVingssomewhatsuffusedwith darker; a small oval brownstigma. Venation: (See fig. o.) Sc short, ending far before the originof Rs, Sc, not evident. Rs rather short, about one and one-halftimes
the length of the deflection of R**uI cross-veinaz present in the type,absentin the paratype.
Abdomendark brown.
Holotype.- g. Aguna,Guatemala,Cent. Am. (Dr. G. Eisen.)Paratype.- $ . Sameas the type.
Typesin U. S. Nat. Mus. coll. (No. r5,r39.)
Furcomyia knabi sp. n.
Like liberta O. S., but ventral lobe of J hypopygium produced
entrad in a long slenderarm.
J.-Length, 6.5-7 mm..;wing, 8.8-9 8 mn,
t . - Le n g th ,7 mm.; w i n g ,9 m m .
Head : rostrum and palpi dark brownish black I antenne black.
Front, vertex and occiput clear gray.
Thorax : dorsumof the mesonotal prescutumstrffusedwith brown,
generalcolour brownish gray, much browner thau the clear gray of thehead; stripes on thoracic dorsum ill-defined; scutum dull gray, thescutellumvery light gray; postnotumgray. Pleurm grayish. Halteresyeliow, knob brown, Legs : coxe and trochantersbrown -1femora,tibie
and tarsi dark brown. Wings almost as in liberta O. S., not pallid atbasel a laint stigmaat the tip of Rr. Venation: (Seefig. rn.)
Abdomen gray. Hypopygium: (See fig. r.) Dorsal aspect,9thsternitevery convex,ending in a small knob deeplybifid; pleura long,
cylindrical, bearing two apical lobes; the dorsal lobe siender,
chitinized,endingin an acutepointI ventrallobe yellow, produceden.tad

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into a long arm chitinized, its apex blunt but slightly notched'pleure short'
Ventral
9th tergitealmoststraighton caudalmargin ;"rp..t,is tufted
which
the inner caudal angle producedinto a long appendage,basally'enlarged
penis
long,
with yellowhairs at its tip ; guardof theappendage
pleuralI ventrad
projectingslightly beyond the apices of theappendage'of the pleural arm is a slenderacicularlgoz'' (Dr' G' Eisen')
Totonicipan,.'Guatemala,nototype.-d.
(Dr'
G' Eisen')
Guatemala'Allotype.- Q. Antigr'ia,(Dr' G' Eisen')
Guatemala'.
Totonicipan,
Paratypes.-$;f(No.
One paratypein
rJ'r35)'
coll,
Mus'
Nat.
S.
Types- in U.
author'scollection.
Like libuta O. S. (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci' Phil" r859, p' zo9 I Monograph Dipt, N' Am., Vol.4, p.69), of the EasternU' S', but larger,thetesothorrcic prescutum brownerand the stripes indistinct. In libert.athe s genitalia(fig. u) consistsof short pleure, th: swollenventral lobes
proa-u.eaentad in a blunt knob, which bears two conspicuouscaudadprojecting spines at its tip, the ventral one very stout, spine-like,theiorr"t on. more slender. ln hnabi the pleure are longer,the lobes short'the ventral one produced into a long arm, which is slightly notchedapically.
Expr,.tuetIoN or Pr,lrp XI.
of .Furconyia andicola, sP. n.
Wing
h.
Fig.
,,R
,, i.
insignifica, sp. n',,, , j.
gloriosa, sp. n.
F.
,,, , k.
argentina, sp. n,.F,,,, , l.
libcroides,sp. n.
F.
,,tthnabi, sp, n.
.F.
m.
,,
tt
simillitna, sp. n.
.p.
l-t,
,t
omissa,sp, n,F,"o ,reticulata, sP' n'
F.
"
"p.
t'
osterhouti,sP,n,F,"q.
translucida, sP, n'"-F,eiseni,sP, n.
F,
"
"s.
aa+
sP,n.
?
F,
ifumosa,"tt
I{ypopygium of E liberta Osten Sacken.
u.
v: ventralapicalappendage.
d:dorsal apical appendage.
of F. Iiberoides,sp. r't.
v.
Hypopygium
"
,,
,. w.
F, knabi, sp, n,( To be cont inued. )P LA TEX l .

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OF ENTOMOLOGY'
THE INTERNATIONAL CONGR'ESS
Entomology was hcld' at
The Second Internationai Congress of
r5th' the frrst Congresshaving
Oxford (England),fro*- a'go't 5th-to
entoI-t was attended by representative^
been held at Brusselsln '9'l'Africa'East
Britishmologistsfrom Australia,felgiu*, Canada'-Borneo'
Holland' Hungary' Lyel!o'1re; j":UChili, Egypt, France, d*tiny,
Turkey and the United States'
wich Islands,Spain,Sweden,Swit'erland'
and Ireland'
besidesa large ou*ber from Great Britianand a deleg".* ft:*
As representatiu"of the Canadian Golernment
sailed-from
Quebec on July-z6tb'
the Entomologic"tSocieti fr bnt"'io, I
and re-emba^rkareturnmyat seanecessitatedbut an unfortunateof the"offi'ion
pro'ceedings
theI
missedtion from New York, and ou this accountB' Poulton' F'R'S'' deduring which the President'Prof' E'
first day,-ni,
livered
Pr.rid.ntial address'of all natious'the President-alluded
In welcomingthe entomologists
a'dplaceof such,a.gatherinS
meetingrtie
asto the suitabirityof oxford
in
186o
in
Sritish Associationreferredto the celebraiJ *ttti"g of ttre
toretortand crushing
the ,um" place,when Huxley made his celebrated
doctrineson the evolutionary
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