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done within a radius of twenty miles. The highest elevation 

 (9000 ft. ) was at Cloudcroft. The Orthoptera only have been 

 completely studied and there are three new forms. Some inter- 

 esting material was captured at light, including a rare, recently 

 described roach. Recent work in the Jersey bogs was described. 

 He found that the grass-hoppers of the bog were boreal, those 

 of the pine-barrens Southern in character. Trimerotropis 

 citrina was found at L,ehigh Gap, Pa., making the third record 

 East of the Mississippi. Dr. Calvert showed two specimens of 

 Hymenoptera, Mymaridse, under the microscope. He referred 

 to the peculiar appearance of the wings, which look somewhat 

 like paddles with long fringes. The insects flew T into a window 

 at the Biological Hall, University of Pennsylvania. The larvae 

 are probably parasitic on the eggs of other insects. 



HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The fifth regular quarterly meeting of the California Ento- 

 mological Club was held on the evening of August 16, at the 

 residence of James Cottle, 1520 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco. 



President Charles Fuchs in the chair. 



Eight members responded to roll call. 



Dr. H. J. Simpson, of Napa, interested in General Ento- 

 mology, and Mr. \Vm. Chapman, of Napa, interested in Dip- 

 tera, were elected to membership. 



Officers for the ensuing year were then elected : Chas. Fuchs, 

 President ; H. C. Fall, Vice-President ; F. E. Blaisdell, Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer. 



President Fuchs then addressed the Club, reviewing the 

 progress of the Society made during the past year, and stated 

 that it was already well known upon the Pacific Coast and in 

 the East. He then referred to his meeting with Prof. Schaupp 

 in 1878 while out collecting of the friendship that was formed, 

 and the starting of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Mr. 

 Fuchs spoke of the advantages and value of Entomological 

 Societies ; of the work done in the East by Dr. E. C. Vandyke, 

 and the great aid his studies and observation on the Eastern 

 collections would be to the Entomolo^i>l> of the Pacific Coast ; 

 of the energetic endeavors of Mr. Letcher, and the result of his 



