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each lobe from ocelli and from before antennae to vertex ; width, 

 4 mm. Doubly paired horns on joints 3 and 4 and single dorsal 

 one on joint 12 long, recurved, with slight granules toward base, 

 larger on the anal horn. The upright subdorsal, silver thorns 

 are nearly half as long as the thoracic horns, subequal. Silvery 

 granules large and sparse, only about 10 in the row on anterior 

 edge of cervical shield and rim of anal plate ; of the latter, the 

 two behind are erect and rather remote. The center of the shield 

 has about 5 granules. Coloration destroyed in the specimens. 



S. subaitgulata H.-S. Concerning this larva Boisduval was 

 only able to state that " Les epines ou pointes sont noires, assez 

 longues et dentelees sou le second et le troisieme anneau ; la col- 

 erette est aussi garnie de pointes roides." 



The curious Notodontian genus Crinodes H. S. (=Astyiis 

 Boisd.), the larvae of which are covered with long, recurved black 

 horns so that Boisduval placed them in the Citheroniidae, needs 

 further investigation. 



General discussion relating particularly to the larvae of these 

 moths followed, which was participated in by Messrs. Chittenden, 

 Gill, Ashmead, and others, Mr. Ashmead stating that the larva, 

 when first received by the Museum, was successfully photo 

 graphed by Mr. Smiley. A discussion followed on the popular 

 names assigned to some of these larvae, and particularly to the 

 larva of Citheronia regalis* 



A paper sent for reading before the Society by Prof. J. M. 

 Aldrich, of the University of Idaho, was read by the Secretary. 

 It was entitled " Sketch of the Recent Flea War in Germany." 

 and gave in a humorous vein an account of a controversy relative 

 to certain Diptera supposed to furnish a connecting link between 

 the fleas and the Phoridse. The outcome of the whole matter is 

 the description of several new species of Phoridae and Borbori- 

 dse, and as none of the new forms sustain any close relationship 

 to the fleas, the origin of the latter was left as much in the dark 

 as ever. 



FEBRUARY S, 1900. 



The 1 49th regular meeting was held at the residence of Mr. 

 Schwarz, 230 N. J. ave. N.W. President Gill in the chair and 



