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31.8 PS2'THE. [December 1895.
June 15. Moulted. I: inches long. As
before except that the body below the sub- dorsal lines was thickly granulated with yellow; the caudal horn became green bc- ncath, yellow on the sides, with a black line on the upper side and a black band just
below the green tip. The spiracles showed as two blue black lines with white between and a yellowish dot at each end. When
disturbed the larvae twitched and jerked from side to side like abbottii and nessm.
Juneso. Moulted. 14 inches long. As
before, except a blue green dorsal line ex- tended from second segment to the horn, the first segment being smoother and greener than any other; and the caudal horn had
become pink above and beneath, yellow on the sides and tip, slightly rough. The larvae rested with the head and first three hegments thrown bade over the abdominal segments, like won.
June 35,
The larvae were i\ inches long.
The subdorsal lines had faded, except on the first three and the preanal segments, and had wholly disiippeared from the 4th) fth, and 6th segments. The obliques were much less conspicnous. . The caudal horn was
shining yellow a1 the upper end, rough and pink below, short, stout, almost triangular when seen 'from the front. It was very small in proportion to the size of the larva. The yellow face-lines nearest the median suture could hardly be seen.
wne 26.
They stopped eating, and their
heads and backs turned deep. dull pink.
fuly I.
Pupated well, the pupae being
very strongly marked.
The seven larvae found varied somewhat
in color, some being of a very white green instead of the deep yellow green of the first two. Some had but seven obliques instead of eight, and two lost the eighth oblique at the last moult. Three or four had caudal horns green and yellow instead of pink and yellow.
Two or three grew to a length of
2-1 inches. Cai-oIine G. Souk
Brookline, Mass.
SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA IN
NEW ENGLAND.
On Oct. [st, 1883, I found this species at Wollaston, Mass.
No record has ever been
made of the capture, for at the time I was not interested in Orthoptera, and did not know the identity of the specimens. It
was only recently that ah examination by Mr. A. P. Morse of material collected by me years ago revealed the tact of its having been taken at that time.
It was tolerably abundant in one spot on the beach, where it was found among the
tall grass below high-tide mark. Not know- ing its value at the time, I failed to takc more than a single specimen.
A eearch in the same locality this year
failed to reveal any trace of its present existence there, so that it seems probable that it was by some means brought there
and gained a temporary foothold. As the
locality has been recently built upon to some extent it may have been exterminated by this means. Frank H. Sfrague,
THE INSECT COLLECTION OF THE
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The staff" of the Department of Insects of the U. S. National Museum has been reor- ganized as a result of the sad death of tlie foriner Honorary Curator, Professor C. V. Riley.
The reorganization has been effected bj
the appointment of Mr. L. 0. Howard,
Entomologist of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, to the position of Honorary Curator of the Department
of Insects; of'
Mr. Win. H. Ashmead to the position of
Custodian of Hymenoptera ; and Mr. D. W. Coquillett to the position
of Custodian of
Diptera. All museum custodians are 110n- orary officers.
Mr. M. L. Linell will remain
as general assistant to the Honorary Curator, The Department is M present in excellent working condition.
It contains a very great




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amount of material in all orders, and in many unusual directions surpasses any col- lection in the country. Among others the following' are of especial interest :-
1st. The large collection, in all orders, of the late Dr. C. V. Riley.
2d. All of the material gathered during
the paat 18 years by correspondents. field agents- and the office staff of the Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
3d. The greater part of the collection of the late Asa Fitch.
4th. The large collection, in a11 orders, of the late G. W. Beifrage.
5th. The collections in Lepidoptera d
Coleoptera made by Dr. John B. Smith down to 1889, together with the types of the Noc- tuidae since described by Dr. Smith.
6th. The collection of Lepidoptera of the late 0. Meske.
7th. The collection of Lepidoptera of
G. Beyer.
8th. The collection of Coleopter!:! of M. L. Linell.
9th. The hulk of the collection, in a31
orders, of the late H. K. Morrison.
loth. The collecLion of Diptera of the late Edward Burgess.
nth. The type collection of Syrphidae
made by Dr. S. W. Williston.
12th. The collection of Ixodidae of the
late Dr. George Marx.
nth. The collection of Myriopoda of the
late C. 1-1. Bollman.
14th. Sets of the neotropical collections of Herbert Smith.
15th. The collection of Hymenoptera of
Wm. J. Fox.
16th. The collection of Tineina of Wm.
Beulenmiiller.
17th. The large Jcipanese collection, in all orders, of Dr. K. Mitsuknri.
18th, The African collections, in all orders. of Dr. W. S. Abbott, Wm. Astor Chanler,
J. F. Brady. the labt "Eclipse" expedition to west Afi-ica, and of several missionaries. 19th. The large collection from South
California of D. W. Coquillett, in Coleop- tera, Hymenopterii, Lepidoptera and Or-
thoplera.
20th. The Townend Glover manuscripts
and plates.
In addition to this material, there are
minor collections which have been the
result of tlie work of government expedi- tions, or are gifts from United States consuls and many private individuals.
This enormous mass of material is being
cared for by the active and honorary force of the Department, and the perpetuity of the collection is assured. The National Museum building is fire-proof, and this, together with the fact that it is a national institution, ren- ders the Department of Insects perhaps the best place in this country for the pennancnt deposit of types by working specialists in entomology, iind for the ultimate resting- place oflargecollections made by individuals. The policy of the Museum at large, with
regard to the use of its collections by stu- dents, is a broad 2nd liberal one. Students are welcome in all departments, and every facility is given to 'iysteinatists of recog- nized 5tanding.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
11 Oct. 1895. The 188th meeting of the
Club was held at 1.56 Brattle St., Mr. A. G. Mayel- in the chair. Mr. W. L. W. field
was chosen Secretary pro tern.
Mr. S. H. Scudder stated that lie had
recently examined a small collection of but- terflies t;iken by Mr. Jewel! W. Sornborger on the "Labrador coast at Lat. sqO North, being beyond the Moravian settlcmcnts and therefore furthci- north than any point from which collections ordinarily come. Although the collection contained only thirteen speci- mens, eleven species were represented, as follows : BeutJiis freija, clariclea and tri- clans; Oeneis oev/o, j-iiftci and '/solpenus;



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