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Psyche 7:139-140, 1894.

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June-Sept. 1894.1 PsYcfLE. 139
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
10 Nov., 1893. The 181st meeting was
held at 346 Marlborough St., Boston, Mr. J. H. Emerton in the chair.
Mr. A. P. Morse showed Professor Com-
stock's "Evolution and Taxonomy" and
stated the conclusions of the author upon the classification of the Lepidoptera. The author remarked upon the probability of
the elytra of Coleoptera and Euplexoptera being homologous with the tegulae of Hy- menoptera and the patagia of Lepidoptera, calling attention to the papers bearing upon the subject by Meinert and by Hoffbauer. Mr. F. C. Bowditch remarked on the
unusual abundance of Culosoma willcoxi, C. scrutator, C. frigidurn and C. cultdurn in Brookline during the past summer, the first two species never having been previously taken by him in this part of the state.
Mr. Morse spoke of the rarity of males
of Pelecinus $oZycerafor, and
remarks fol-
lowed with regard to the much greater
abundance of that sex in various other
insects, notably among various spiders and in the Coleoptera among the Cerambycidae and Stylopidae.
Mr. R. Hayward stated that he was
engaged in the study of our species of Bem- bidium and I-emarked on some of the diffi- culties with which it was attended. He
hoped to be able to revise our species and showed specimens of several groups. He
also remarked on the habits of several
species and gave a resume of the work
previously done on the genus and the vari- ous ways in which it had been divided by several of the older writers.
The club then proceeded to an examina-
tion of portions of the Secretary's collection of Coleoptera.
12 January, 1894.-The 18zd regular and
17th annual meeting since incorporation was held at Mercer Circle. Mr. A. P. Morse was chosen chairman.
The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read. Messrs. Scudder and Hayward
were appointed auditors. The following
officers were elected: President, T. E. Bean; secretary, R. Hayward ; treasurer, Samuel Henshaw ; librarian, S. H. Scudder; members at large of the executive committee, A. P. Morse and S. H. Scudder.
The secretary read the following resolu- tions prepared by the executive committee and they were passed.
Resolved: That in the death of Prof.
Hermann August Hagen the Cambridge
Entomological Club recognizes the loss of one wlio&e reputation and whose many
years of service have contributed largely to the honor and respect paid to entomology. Resolved: That we hold in precious
remembrance his worth and high scientific attainments.
Resolved: That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to Mrs. Hagen with the
respectful sympathies of the members of
the Club.
The address of the retiring president, Mr. W. H. Ashmead, on "The habits of the
aculeate Hymenoptera" was read by Mr.
Henshaw.
Mr. A. P. Morse read a Check-list of the New England Acrididae (printed in full in the present number of Psyche). The list is based chiefly on material personally collected, Mr. Morse having taken in the field all but one of the species mentioned-one of the
captures being unreported elsewhere from the country east of the Mississippi river. He proposed to use in the list, as a ready means of indicating the species and forms, a modification of the decimal system of num- bering, believing it to be clear, concise, and sufficiently elastic to allow of necessary inter- polations and additions. Details of the
method were given with reference to the list. The secretary read a paper by Mr. H. E.
Weed entitled "A preliminary list of the butterflies of northeastern Mississippi," in which the author divided the state
into five
districts and records the occurrence of 53 species in the region treated of.
Mr. A. P. Morse showed a collection of
Coleoptera made by him at Winchendon,
Mass., during the past summer.




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