ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



VOL. IV. 



OCTOBER, 1893. 



No. 8. 



CONTENTS: 



Slosson Collecting on Mt. Washington 249 

 J. B. S. The meeting of the Associa- 

 tion of Economic Entomologists.... 252 



Dyar Larva of Notodonta stragula 255 



J. B. S. Economic Entomology at the 



World's Fair 257 



Foulks Local list of Catocala 261 



Dyar Differences between the larvae 

 of C. bilineata and H. manteo 262 



Daggett Grasshoppers at Duluth, M.. 263 

 Rowley Movements of pupae and ac- 

 tivity of images 264 



Editorial 266 



Notes and News 267 



Entomological Literature 270 



Entomological Section 278 



Ashmead A new species of Torymus.. 278 

 Watson The female of Pap. elwesii 279 



COLLECTING ON MT. WASHINGTON.-Part I. 



By ANNIE TRUMBUI.L SLOSSON. 



I went up the mountain for the first time this season in the 

 afternoon of July yth. The day had been hot and still below 

 and even on the summit the sunshine had been bright and warm 

 and there had been little wind. As soon as we left the cars I 

 went at once to my old hunting ground, the warm wooden front 

 of the Summit House. This is painted white, and on a clear day 

 has the sunshine upon it from morning till late afternoon. And 

 on the warm white surface, insects of all orders collect, setting 

 and remaining and easily taken. Here I once found and cap- 

 tured, on July 4th, three or four years ago, at the close of a warm 

 bright day, twelve specimens of Alypia langtonii. These were 

 resting, not far apart, on the front of the house and formed a sort 

 of Sorosis or Woman's Club, for they were all females with the 

 one white spot on secondaries. I felt sure of a good catch now, 

 and was not disappointed. There were so many insects either 

 in full view or hidden away under the projecting clapboards that 

 I was kept busy for some minutes, and literally had my hands 



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