178 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Mr. A. R. Grote exhibited specimens of Agrotis islandica from the top 

 of the White Mountains and from Labrador. 



A lengthy discussion on nomenclature ensued, and was participated 

 in by many of the members present, it being generally conceded that 

 some action should be taken by the club, looking to the adoption of some 

 rules or suggestions which might guide the Entomologists of the country 

 on this perplexing question. On motion, Messrs. Scudder, Riley and 

 Saunders were appointed a committee to take the matter of nomenclature 

 into consideration and present it at a future meeting in such form as to 

 offer opportunity for more definite discussion. 



Mr. Scudder spoke favorably of Psyche, the organ of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club, and urged that members subscribe for it on account 

 of its excellent bibliographical record. 



Mr. Mann called attention to the difficulty of getting hold of State 

 Reports, and thought there should be some system adopted by which these 

 reports could be placed on sale, so that Entomologists who desired to do 

 so might purchase them. 



Mr. Saunders thought that if some plan couid be devised whereby the 

 valuable facts and suggestions contained in these various reports could be 

 brought together, condensed into one volume, and made available to 

 agriculturists as well as entomologists, that much good would result 

 from it. 



The President suggested that such a work might well be done by the 

 general government, and would be much more valuable than the volume 

 it now sends out. 



On motion, it was resolved that this club request the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science to take such action as seems best 

 calculated to secure the placing of State Reports upon scientific subjects 

 in the library of the Association. The Secretary was instructed to bring 

 this subject before the Association. 



Dr. Morris referred to the scarcity of Sphingidae about Baltimore 

 during the present season, an experience which was corroborated by other 

 members present. Mr. Austin had found all insects unusually scarce 

 about the White Mountains, where he had been collecting for the past two 

 years. Mr. Riley thought the very severe and late winter and the 

 unusually rainy summer in part explained the fact. 



Mr. Scudder offered some remarks on the great abundance of the 

 Army Worm ( Leucairia unipuncta) in portions of Massachusetts, as an 



