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DOINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



At a meeting ot the Entomological section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Mr. Fox reported the presenta- 

 tion by Mrs. Slossou of a specimen of Mellinus bimaculatus, takeu 

 at Frauconia, N. H. It is a very rare species. Mr. Lancaster Thomas 

 said that collecting at Cranberry, N. C., has been very poor this 

 past season. There was but one-third the usual rainfall, which 

 made it the dryest summer there for twenty years. The absence of 

 Terias jucunda and delta was mentioned. Mr. Gerhard, who had 

 spent a year collecting Lepidoptera in Bolivia for Mr. A. J. Weeks, 

 Jr., of Boston, Mass , said he collected iirst at Molleudo on the coast, 

 but took but few species. Thence he went to Arequipa, 108 miles 

 inland. This place would be a desert except for irrigation. Col, 

 lectiug was done along the ditches and on the Alfalfa and a few ad- 

 ditional Jspecies found. Puno at 12,000 feet was a dry place 

 without much vegetation ; about five species were found here. 

 Other places at high altitudes were mentioned, but did not produce 

 much. He then went to La Paz, the starting point to the interior, 

 or more tropical part of the country. About five species of diurnals 

 were found at La Paz. Chuluma'iri (5,000 feet) was the next place 

 visited, where he remained seven weeks on account of the difficul- 

 ties of travel and the breaking out of the revolution. The foot of 

 the valley was the best place to collect, but the road? were very poor 

 and zigzag in character and quite steep. The rain greatly inter- 

 fered with collecting, but were often intermittent in character and 

 the sun would shine between the showers. In seven weeks l.soo 

 specimens were taken. Owing to the illness of the mules locomo- 

 tion was difficult and walking compulsory. The Indian guide 

 walked through the cold rains and snow in a state of nudity without 

 apparent discomfort. The great beauty of the mountain scenery 

 was graphically described. The hotels were poor and hardly worthy 

 of the name and are called tambos. The rooms were cheerless and 

 almost without furniture. By collecting locally better results 

 were obtained than by trying to cover too much territory. The 

 second journey was made to the tropical country, about three days,. 



