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larger than a double-fist at the bottom of the nest this soil 

 was wet with excrementitious fluids. The larvse were also 

 taken. He also exhibited and reported taking the larvae of 

 an interesting mosquito from a hole in a sycamore tree. The 

 hole did not contain more than a quart of water and there were 

 at least 1,000 larvae living in it. The larvae were found there 

 from July to November, and were conspicuous for their large 

 anal gills. 



Miss Julia Wright reported a " Trip Abroad," giving an in- 

 teresting account of a visit to the British Museum. 



Mr. Grundel exhibited Kodisoma nigra, a species of a Geo- 

 metrid and the pupae of Lcmonias virgulti. 



Mr. Williams showed Attaciis ccanothi, that had been reared 

 from a larva found on the spruce, and the larvse of Hepialus 

 sequoiolus and Calosaturnia mendocino. 



Mr. Edw. M. Ehrhorn exhibited a bunch of earth-pearls 

 (Margarodes trimeni) from South Africa. These scale insects 

 are found on the roots of Rhus sp. in Cape Colony. The na- 

 tives gather and string them, and sell them in the open market 

 as curios. They are used as ornaments for the neck or wrist. 

 Each insect has the appearance of a beautiful pearl, the colors 

 varying from pure white, through golden yellow to iridescent. 



F. E. BLAISDKLL, M. D., Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



W. N. Tallant, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died on the i6th day of 

 January last, at the age of forty-nine, after an illness of only 

 a few days. He was born in Wheeling, W. Va. , but went as a 

 young man to Columbus, Ohio, where he was in the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad Freight Office. He rose to a high position in 

 the employment of this company and was with them for thirty 

 years. He became interested in the study and collecting of 

 Lepidoptera soon after going to Columbus, and that was 

 where he did most of his work in that line. He was a very 

 enthusiastic collector, and was unusually successful in rearing 

 many varieties. He left a fine collection, especially of Ohio 

 species. 



