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fact, thirty individuals of the worm, each one having a larva 

 in the general cavity; 1 I had placed them separately in earth 

 previously sterilized; at the end of time varying with different 

 individuals, I have noticed the presence of 25 larvae of the 

 pharynx; the other five had died. 



I have not yet had enough material to find out the beginning 

 of the life cycle; I have simply observed that the larva taken 

 from the general cavity of the worm and placed by the side 

 of the male genital orifice of another worm penetrated by this 

 orifice at the end of an hour into the seminal canal and passed 

 in that way into the general cavity. 



Several other important questions remain to be solved. I 

 have indicated only the principal lines of the observations 

 which I have followed out. 



These facts elicited a lively discussion by Messrs. Gill, 

 Schwarz, Knab, McAtee, Walton, Rohwer, and Webster. 



-Mr. Schwarz asked that his paper be postponed to the July 

 meeting and that the remaining time be used in the exhibition 

 of specimens. 



Mr. Barber exhibited live specimens of males and females 

 of the malacoderm beetle Pkengodes laticollis Lee. 



Mr. Rohwer asked if the various broods of the seventeen- 

 year Cicada overlap in the same exact locality. Mr. Schwarz 

 thought there were such records. Mr. Quaintauce spoke of 

 the remarkable local occurrence this year. Further discussed 

 by Messrs. Gill, McDermott, Barber, Rohwer, Walton, and 

 Schwarz. 



Mr. Rohwer also gave a note on the breeding of Cry plus 

 from a nest of Ancistrocerus birenimaculatns. 



-Mr. Knab spoke of the occurrence in America of the Euro- 

 pean beetle Chrysouiela siaphyha. Mr. Schwarz said this oc- 

 currence was known by the early Massachusetts entomologists, 

 but has been lost sight of. He also compared its occurrence 

 with that of Tropinota hirtelhi in that State. There is also 

 a specimen of Chrvsomela staphylea in the National Museum 

 collection taken -by Dr. L,. Stejneger at Kluchavski in Kam- 

 chatka. 



T The observations were made with a binocular, the worm being 

 compressed between two plates; the transparency of the worm allowed 

 all contents to be seen. 



