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perhaps, some that are new ; but he did not recommend it as a 

 good place for the entomologist. Between February i5th and 

 and May 4th there was but one good rain. Water was a very 

 scarce commodity. He took between three and four thousand 

 specimens. Nine species of Sphingidae were captured. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The seventeenth regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held at 35 Court St., Boston, on the evening of May 17, 1901. 

 Eighteen members were present. 



Mr. R. W. Denton showed a simple device for rearing Lepi- 

 doptera. The larvae are kept in an ordinary lantern globe, 

 across the lower part of which is fastened a piece of cardboard, 

 perforated to allow stems of food-plants to pass through into a 

 vesssel of water below. The upper aperture is covered by a 

 bit of netting. 



Mr. W. D. Denton spoke of the advantages derived from 

 dyeing butterfly nets green. 



Mr. Morse mentioned finding Tineidae breeding in great 

 numbers in a box of dog biscuit. Mr. Bolster said that the 

 ' ' buffalo bug' ' had been found to infest flour barrels. 



Several members joined in a discussion of methods of rearing 

 the larvae of dragonflies in aquaria. 



Mr. Newcomb suggested the selection of a single genus for 

 special consideration at each meeting. The plan was adopted, 

 and the lepidopterous genus Colias chosen for the June pro- 

 gram. 



Mr. W. D. Denton displayed some insects in "transparent 

 mounts." Mr. J. H. Rogers, Jr., showed some recent cap- 

 tures, and told of his discovery that young larvae of the Gypsy 

 moth can live for more than a week without food. 



W. L. W. FIELD, Secretarv. 



OTTO LUGGER. 



Otto Lugger, State Entomologist of Minnesota, who died 

 May 2ist, from pneumonia, after a very short illness, was one 

 of the most widely known of the many Americans of German 



