Article beginning on page 16.
Psyche 6:16, 1891.

Full text (searchable PDF)
Durable link: http://psyche.entclub.org/6/6-016.html

The following unprocessed text is extracted from the PDF file, and is likely to be both incomplete and full of errors. Please consult the PDF file for the complete article.

16 PSYCHE. [January 1891.
long juicy stems of the fronds, to which they made their way through the trunk, while the latter was full of their droppings. The first outward sign of their attacks was seen in the drooping of the fronds. The inner sides of the wooden staves of the tubs were full of the irregular burrows of the white ants. Mr. Cameron also stated that a lot of cabbages in the vegetable garden attached to his house on the grounds were completely dried by
the attacks of these same white ants, as he found by inspection. Mr. Scudder recom-
mended replacing all woodwork in contact with earth or stone by iron, and particularly the discarding of all wooden tubs ; it would seem to be perfectly practicable to construct even the largest tubs of staves made of gal- vanized iron or some such metal.
&PELOPSIS VEITCHII has been good hunt-
ing ground this year.
I have found on one
vine specimens of Deidamia inscripta, one ; Thyreus ASbotii, several ; Everys myran, sev- eral; Alyfia ocfomacfiZafa, Pyrofhila $JVW- midoides, both very abundant; S-fu'losoma vir- ginica, few; Hyphanfria tex/or, few; Lopho- campa caryae, many; L. tessellaris, several; and Cimbex ulmi, many.
Caroline G. Sonle.
A NEW SERIAL inconography is announced
under the auspices of Mr. Paul Mabille and Vuillot of Paris, to be called Novitates Le-pi- dopterologicae. These authors contemplate the issue of atleast one hundred monthly parts oflexicon octavo size, each with eight pages of text and one colored plate, illustrating new and little known Lepidoptera. Only 150
copies are to be issued - a wrong to science -at the price of about three francs a part. -
A SPECIMEN of Vanessa milberii, said to
have been taken at Polegate, Sussex, Eng- land, was exhibited at the South London en- tomological and natural history society on October 9th.
DR. CARLOS BERG, formerly attached to
the Museo publico of Buenos Aires under
Burmeister, and well known for his notable contributions to the entomology of South America, has been appointed director of the Museo de Historia Natural of Montevideo, Uruguay, and is now removed to that city. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
13 January, 1888.-The 134th meeting was
held at 61 Sacramento St. Mr. S. H. Scud- der was chosen chairman.
The annual report of Mr. R. Hayward, the retiring secretary, was read and accepted. The report of Mr. B. Pickman Mann, the re- tiring treasurer, was also read and referred to the auditors. The retiring librarian, Dr. Geo. Dimmock, presented his report which was accepted.
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. B. P. Mann for the use of his office on Follen St. as a storage place for the library of the Club since its organization.
A ballot for officers for 1888 then followed, which resulted in the election of the follow- ing gentlemen : President : William Trelease. Secretary : Roland Hayward. Treasurer :
Samuel Henshaw. Librarian : George Dim-
mock.
Members at large of Executive Com-
mittee: George Dimmock and Samuel H.
Scudder.
On motion the thanks of the Club were
voted to Mr. B. P. Mann for his long and faithful services as treasurer of the Club. Mr. Scudder being obliged to leave, Mr.
S. Hsnshaw was then chosen chairman.
On account of the absence of the president, Mr. J. H. Emerton, the reading of the annual address was postponed till another meeting. Mr. C. W. Woodworth showed a new
method for mounting small insects, which gave rise to some discussion; and Dr. G. Dimmock showed an apparatus for maintain- ing a constant temperature in raising in- sects.




================================================================================