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Mr. Huntington took exception to a note in the last XK\VS 

 in relation to Sp/tvnn; p/ia/a brfriconiis by Mr. Houghton. 

 The speaker said he did not doubt that there was skunk cab- 

 bage about Ithaca, but re-affirmed his original statement that 

 his specimens were found at least a mile from any skunk cab- 

 bage plants. 



Mr. Hornig related some interesting experiences in rearing 

 A ctias l/tna from the egg. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited specimens of Grapholitha can-ana and 

 their pupae from hickory husks. The husks were collected by 

 Mr. H. W. Wenzel. 



Mr. J. C. Bradley exhibited a net with a flexible ring which 

 was adapted for catching ground insects. He reported great 

 success with it. 



The twenty-sixth regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of April s, 

 1902. Nine members present ; President Bolster in the chair. 



Mr. Weeks exhibited a pair of the rare and curious Orni- 

 thoptera paradisea, also varieties of O. priamus. Several in- 

 teresting exhibits of the genus Plusia were made by members. 

 Mr. Xewcomb spoke briefly of a call on Dr. Otto Siefort, made 

 during a recent trip to Washington, and described some inter- 

 esting experiments made by the Doctor on the effects of heat 

 and cold on the pupte of butterflies and moths. Specimens 

 were exhibited showing the effects described. 



A. P. HAI.L, Sec. pro Ion. 



The twenty-seventh regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held on the evening of May i3th. President Bolster presided : 

 attendance eighteen. Mr. Field spoke on the colonixation of 

 certain districts in New England by southern insects which 

 are extending their ranges northward, and also reviewed Prof. 

 Webster's recent paper on " The Trend of Insect Diffusion in 

 North America." It was voted to begin at once the forma 

 tion of a Club Library. Mr. Xewcomb exhibited a new form 

 of trap-lantern. A committe on Field Meetings was appointed 

 by the chair. W. L. W. FIKI.D, Sen, fan'. 



