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PSYCHE.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., JULY-AUG. 1883.
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CAPTURES OF FENISECA TAR-
QUINIUS Fabr.
An example of this butterfly, which is gen- erally regarded as a rarity by collectors, was captured at Center, N. Y., 25 May 1878,
by Mr. 0. von Meske-its first observation for this locality. It had been taken in two instances, many years ago, by Mr. Charles H. Peck, at Bath, near Albany, and had also been observed by him in Sandlake, N. Y., and Elizabethtown, N.Y., flying about bushes of alder (Ainus sermlata Ait.). Its appear- ance so early in the season seems to indi- cate two broods of the species-the second occurring, in the state of New York, during the first half of August. On the 1st day of August (1877) while riding at a brisk paca through the Raven Pass in Essex County,
N. Y., en route to the Adirondack Moun-
tains, a fresh example of the species was swept in my net, fortunately in hand, by Mr. Verplanck Colvin, from the back of one of the horses. This was but the third ex- ample that had come into my possession,
and the first to display the delicate tracery of its under-wings in all its beauty. Subse- quently, and during the two weeks following. several specimens (perhaps a dozen) were taken by Mr. E. L. Graef, of Brooklyn, L. I., at Beede's, head of Keene Valley. They
were fluttering about the alders, upon which probably their eggs are deposited and their larvae feed. The locality would seem to be a pa,rticularly favorable one for them. The elevation of Beede's above tide water, as obtained from Mr. Colvin, superintendent of the Adirondack Survey, is 1240 feet [378 M.]. - J. A. Lintner.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
17 JAN. 1883.-It was annohced that the
prize of å£50 offered by Lord Walsing-ham, for the best essay on Sclerostoma syngamus, had been awarded to Dr Mkgnin, of Paris
(two competitors) ; no essay regarding
Strongylus pergracilis had been received, The following officers were elected : -Pres- ident, J. W. Dunning; Treasurer, E. Saun- ders; Secretaries, E. A. Fitch and W. F. Kirby; Librarian, F. Grut.
5 FEB. 1883.-Mr. Billups exhibited an
exotic orthopterous insect of the family locusfidne, found living in a hot-house at Lee ; it was strongly carnivorous in its habits. Mr. Peringuey communicated notes on the
habits of several South African species of Pa24s.ws, and especially in connection with their powers of crepitating, and carnivorous propensities.
7 MARCH 1883.-Dr. Sharp exhibited a
dissection of the prosternum of an Elate-r, and called attention to the peculiar condition of the prothoracic stigma, which was closed by a perfect trap-door. He thought this
arrangement might be useful in excluding parasites when the beetle was on its back, after the manner of its kind.
2 MAY 1883.-This being the 50th anniver- sary of the foundation of the society, the President read a historical sketch, in which he succinctly embodied all points of interest concerning its career, and the benefits it had



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