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160 PSYCHE. [April 1884.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., APRIL. 1884.
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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
(Continued from p. 147.)
12 OCT. 1883. -The 95th meeting of the
Club was held at 19 Brattle Street, Cam- bridge, 12 Oct. 1883. In the absence of the President, Mr. S. H. Scudder was chosen
Chairman. Four persons were present.
The Secretary announced the reception of a box containing a brood of young larvee of PapiZio å´phiZenor in fine condition. The Secretary received no clue as to the name of the sender, the box having written on it only, "å´PafiZi $hiZenor, Staten Island, June 18th ' 188.3."
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Messrs. Hayward, Sprague, and Dimmock
announced captures of rarer diurnal lepidop- tera in Massachusetts. [See Psyche, Septa- Oct. 1883, v. 4, p. 99-1oo.1
Mr. S. H. Scudder made some remarks
upon fossil species of Rafhidia and Zmcellia from the Florissant Basin, in Colorado. The one species of Rafhidia and four species of InoceZZia differ structurally from livingforms. One species of Znocellia, not differing struct- urally from those found living, has been found in amber.
The Secretary read a letter from Miss
Eleanor C. Scott, of Flushing, N. Y., who inquired in regard to a very small luminous insect.
None of the members present could
give information about the insect without a fuller description than the one sent.
Mr. S. H. Scudder announced the death of Prof. Oswald Heer, of Zurich, Switzerland, well known as an author upon fossil insects and plants. Mr. Scudder showed a photo-
graph of Prof. Heer and made some remarks upon his works.
9 Nov. 1883. -The 96th meeting of the
Club was held at 19 Brattle
Street, Cam-
bridge, g Nov. 1883.
In the absence of the
President, Mr. R. Hayward was chosen Chair- man. Three members were present.
Mr. G. Dimmock read a paper " On some
glands which open externally on insects," illustrating the paper with a few specimens of insects having such glands. [The paper is published in Psyche, v. 3, p. 387-401.1
Mr. R. Hayward exhibited specimens of
Bofi/otiterus btfurcus, and called attention to the pubescence on the posterior femora and on the horns, and to the length of the carina of the head, all secondary sexual characters of the male of this species.
Mr. S. H. Scudder made some remarks on
G. B. Buckton's "Monograph of British
aphides," of which the fourth volume has just appeared.
14 DEC. 1883. -The 97th meeting of the
Club was held at the Secretary's house, 54 Sacramento Street, Cambridge, 14 Dec. 1883. In the absence of the President, Mr. R. Hay- ward was chosen Chairman. Five persons
were present.
The Secretary announced the withdrawal
from the Club of Mr. T. J. Mathews, of Gray- ville, ill., who had written that on account of increase in his business he had no time now to devote to entomology; also the withdrawal of Mr. A. P. Chadbourne, of Cambridge,
Mass.
Mrs. A. K. Dimmock showed a collection
representing stages of 38 species of insects which are found upon Betula alba, the white birch. [An account of this collection will be given in Psyche.]




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