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282 PSYCHE. [August-December 1889.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
(Continued from $. w)
8 APRIL 1887. - The 128th meeting was
held at 156 Brattle St., Cambridge, on Friday, 8 April, 1887. The president, Mr. J. H:
Emerton in the chair.
In the absence of a quorum no business
was transacted.
Mr. C. W. Woodworth showed photo-
graphs representing the venation of the
wings of various coleoptera. The venation of the wings of the adefhaga differs from that which pertains in the other coleoptera, with the exception of the czt$esidae. Mr. Woodworth has devoted considerable time
to this subject and says that he has had no difficulty in recognizing some of the families of the order by means of the venation of their wings. The result which will proba- bly be obtained from his study promise to be of considerable value.
Mr. S. H. Scudder spoke of the importance of such a method of separation in the deter- mination of the fossil forms of coleoptera, as in many cases the wings are the only parts well preserved.
Mr. Woodworth then stated that he has
found another difference between the ade- pkaga and the lower coleoptera. The ova- rioles of the former series belong to the same type as those of the hyinenoptera,
diptera, lepidoptera and nenroptera, while a different type is found in the rest of the order and in all other insects, with the exception of the viviparous a$kidae, the ovarioles of which, although said to resemble those of the hyinenoptera, etc., appear ratlier to be intermediate between the two types above indicated.
Mr. Scudder showed his collection of
American and European caterpillars.
Mr. Woodworth stated that he believed
the color of the larvae of PapiZio c~es$/to~ttes to be protective.
Mr. Scudder recorded the capture of Phy- ciodes batesii in the White Mts., in June, 1886, and remarked on the probable identity of this species and P. tfsaros.
Mr. R. Hayward showed specimens of
Aphodius furnilus, from New Mexico, a
species described by Dr. Horn in a mono- graph of the genus now in press, Mr. Hay- ward's specimens are from the valley of the Rio Animas. He also showed specimens of
our two species of Am-fihizoa (A. imsolens Lec. and A. lecontei Matth.) and remarked on the differences between them.
13 MAY 1887.-The 12gth meeting was held
at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge, 13 May
1887; The president, Mr. J: H. Emerton in the chair.
Mr. S : H. Scudder showed an egg of Theda strigom collected at Turkey Hill, Arlington, and also a drawing of it by Mr. Emerton. The egg was protected in a curious way by threads which fastened it to the twig on which it was laid.
Mr. R. Hayward exhibited specimens of
various North American species of Nebria, and remarked briefly on the habit of N.
å´pu@?wat and N. /r/ftzria as observed by (
him in Colorado.
Mr. C : W : Woodworth exhibited a collec- tion ofå´pfialangidaefro Illinois.
10 JUNE 1887.-The 130th meeting was held at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge, and was called to order by the president. Mr. J. H: Emerton.
Mr. J. H : Emerton showed some parasites of spiders in their various stages, which he had taken near Roberts Station, Waltham. From one of these parasites the hymen-
opterous imago had been obtained. (See
Insect life, v. I, p. 106-107.)
14 OCTOBER 1887.-The 131st meeting was
held at 61 Sacramento Street, Cambridge; the president, Mr. J. H : Emerton in thechair. The publication of PSYCHE was discussed at some length.
11 NOVEMBER 1887. The 13znd meeting
was held at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge. In the absence of the president, Mr. George Dimmock was chosen chairman.
Nomination 144, that of Mr. W. S. Wads-




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PSYCHE.
worth, of Cambridge, for active membership, was presented by Messrs. C. W. Woodworth and G : Dimmock.
The chair appointed Messrs. S : H. Scud- der, J. H : Emerton, R. Hayward, C : W : Woodworth and G: Dimmock a committee
to consider the feasibility of publishing PSYCHE.
, Mr. C : W: Woodworth remarked on two
larvae he had observed.
Mr. R. Hayward showed a specimen of
Erebus odora from Lower California.
Mr. Dimmock spoke of a cocoon of a lepi- dopterous larva he had observed, which was made entirely of human hair.
9 DECEMBER 1887.-The 133rd meeting was
held at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge. The president-, Mr. J. H: Emerton, in the chair. The report of the committee appointed at the last meeting to consider the feasibility of continuing the publication of PSYCHE was presented by Mr. S: H. Scudder, chairman of the committee. The report was accepted and in accordance with the recommendations of the committee it was voted to begin a new volume with 1888.
Mr. S : H. Scudder read a letter from Miss Adele 1M. Fielde, and exhibited, among other specimens sent him by that lady from China, two specimens of a grasshopper ( Conoceflalus acnminatus) , the chirp of which, as Miss Fielde aptly expresses,it, "makes the heat audible." Mr. Scudder showed some larvae and pupae of P/cr/.s' ru+e which he has kept in a half and half mixture of glycerine and water since 1871. They still retained their color.
Mr. Holmes Hinkley showed some speci-
mens of spiders which he had taken from the cells of a mud-wasp.
Mi-. J. H : Emerton showed a specimen of Lycosu kochii which makes a noise by drum- ming on the leaves. The species lives
amongst dead leaves in the woods and the drumming is supposed to be done with the palpi. The specimen in question was from Staten Island and was collected by Mr. W. T. Davis who would publish his observations in the Proc. Nat. hist. assoc. of Staten Island Mr. Emerton said that he did not know of the occurrence of this spider in this vicinity. Mi-. J. W. Folsom stated that he had
observed this spider near Arlington.
Mr. G: Dimmock showed a Swiss spider
which had bitten him, causing considerable poisoning.
Mr. Emerton identified it' as
a species of
Tegenan'a. Mr. Emerton then examined the spiders shown by Mr. Hinkley and found
amongst them several species, the majority being young Epeira. He remarked that
spiders stored in the nests of mud-wasps re- main pliable for some time.
Mr. C : W: Woodworth remarked that he
had known instances where one of the spiders had recovered and devoured the rest.
Mr. Hinkley stated that he had examined
the larvae of some stnerintki and observed the ichneumon larva feeding under the skin, and in a few hours the pupa was found on the outside. He then asked how this was
brought about.
In answer to the inquiry, Mr. S : H. Scud- der stated that the larva emerges and forms its cocoon on the outside in avery short time. Mr. Wood worth asked what effect the warm weather would have upon insect life.
Mr. S: Henshaw showed a piece of bed
ticking with a felting produced by Attagenus megatoma. The larva gnaws the feathers,
forming a fine dust, and the felting is stated by Prof. C: V. Riley to be due to the mere mechanical process of beating and shaking. COLORADO BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
( Continuedf rom 9. 228.)
REPORT ON ENTOMOLOGY-APRIL 1889.
- The membership now numbers 61;
two entomologists have become members
during the month, Miss Emily L. Morton
and Prof. James Cassidy. Four coleoptera, 749 hymenoptera, and a fossil thysanuran have been added to our Colorado list. The very numerous additions in hymenoptera are derived from a full list of the Colorado



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284 p-9 ?THE. [August-December 1889.
species drawn up with great care and labor by Mr. W: H. Ashmead, and now waiting
publication.
A short 13th Report has been published,
containing a figure of the "wound-gnat." Dr. John Hamilton has examined a small
collection of Custer co. coleoptera, and finds therein a probably undesci-ibed species of gyrinns. Mr. W : H. Ashmead has reported on some Custer co. hymenoptera, five of
which are new species, one Vibrio colora- de9zsi.v Ashtn. being the first of its genus detected in the United States. In Wet Moun- tain valley, Pyrameis cardui has been out in great force; and contrary to all expectations, Colhs eurytheme var. intermedia appeared on 28 April. Last year no orange forms
appeared in the early spring, all were autztm- naIi.9. Photoysis alcanor Blake has appeared at light: this is a spring species in Wet Mountain Valley, being wholly bupplanted by P. glabrella Cr. later in the year. An empty Smerintlnis egg found on a willow leaf at West Cliff has aroused some curiosity, as S. astarte, the only known species in the dis- trict, was believed to feed on Po$ulus. A larva of Hi$$archia ~idingsii was found
hibernating under a rock in Custer co., and sent to Mr. W: H. Edwards, who reports it t6 be in good health, and it will no doubt form material for one of Mr. Edwards's adrnir- able life-histories.
REPORT ON ENTOMOLOGY-MAY, 1889. -
The recent election of officers and council has resulted as follows : 'fsresideftt : C. F. Morri- son, sec'y: T. D. A. Cockerel!, tm. : H. G. Smith, JI-., council: C. H. Men-iam. 1-1. W. Nash, A. S. Packard, D. Gale, D. W. Park, and J. M. Coulter. The membership is now 65 ; two entomologists, Messrs. L. 0. Howard and J. W. Tntt have joined during' the month. The additions to the Colorado insect-fauna for May are rhopalocera, I var. ; heterocera, 6 and I var. ; homoptera, I ; and diptera, 3. A good deal of work has been done which
cannot now be reported on fully. Galls
collected at West Cliff have produced an abun- dance of hymenoptera and diptera, which
will form material for an extensive account in the future. Galls of Rhodites bi'colo~-Hal-r. have been especially prolific in chalcid park- sites, as also have those of Cecidomyia salicis- strobilo'ides 0.-S. Small flat leaf-galls on rose have ?reduced Rhodites rosaefolii n. sp., E~S well as some chalcids.
An interesting TMeta has been bred from
woolly galls on Bigelovia. The sawfly reared from a larva, about 20 mm. long, light bluish green marked with yellow patches and black spots, found on willow in West Mountain
Valley last jear, has been indentified as a new species of Messa by Mr. Ashmead, and both imago andlarva will be described fully hereafter as M. salicrm n. sp. Among diptera, gonia exul Willist. was found at West Cliff 16 May, and 25 May, the curious pupae of a species of Microdon were found in a nest of Forwzica integra at the same place. A pi-ob- ably new species of Ovthezia has turned up in an ant's nest in Custer co.-but of this more hereafter. Mr. H. G. Smith JI-. , has sent specimens of Phyllott-eta $t~.d/a Horn (= aZbio1zica auct., non Lec.) from Denver, where they are injurious to the cultivated cruciferae. Pyractomena borealis appeared at West Cliff on May 26. It was found that the light of this beetle could be intensified at will by gently prebsing the thorax and fore part of the abdomen between the fingel- and thumb. Pa?;z$hila uncas (.kindly inden- tified by Mr. W. H. Edwards), was found
abundantly on a dry beach above Grape
Creek in Custer co., visiting the flowers of Senecio and Erysinztm. Mr. H : Edwards
has identified a new species of Aegeria from Custer co., which he will describe later. T. D. A. Cockerel/ (Secretary).
No. 156 was issued 15 April 1889.
No. 157-159 were issued 28 July 1889.




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