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exception to the general rule of scarcity of insect life ; he had made a 

 calculation from the number counted in a square foot, that in a field near 

 Cambridge there must have been as many as two million worms to the 

 acre. Other members offered similar experience in reference to this 

 species. Mr. Riley stated that the Army Worm generally abounds during 

 a very wet summer following a very dry year. 



Mr. Lintner referred to the great scarcity of Orgyia leucostigma as in 

 striking contrast to its abundance last year in Albany. 



The election of officers then took place, resulting in the re-election of 

 Dr. John L. Leconte as President, Samuel H. Scudder, Vice-President, 

 and C. V. Riley, Secretary. 



Mr. Riley read a paper on ' ; Locusts as Food," in which he gave his 

 own experience in cooking and eating them. On one occasion he ate 

 nothing else for a whole day. He found them to have an agreeable 

 nutty flavor, and especially recommended them deprived of their legs and 

 wing cases, and fried in butter, and also spoke very highly of a soup made 

 from them. He referred to John the Baptist, who had often been pitied 

 for the scantiness of his fare, locusts and wild honey ; Mr. Riley thought 

 he had been well provided for. The writer regarded it as absurd that 

 parties should actually die of starvation, as some had done in the districts 

 where this locust plague had prevailed, while surrounded by such an 

 abundance of nutritious and palatable food. 



The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. 



On Tuesday evening, the Cambridge Entomological Club held a 

 meeting, when all interested in Entomology were invited to be present. 

 W. Saunders, of London, Ont., was called to the chair. After the usual 

 routine business had been disposed of, Mr. George Dimmock read a 

 paper on the recent excursion of the Cambridge Club to the White 

 Mountains, where the members had spent some two weeks in collecting. 

 The experiences related were of a very interesting character, showing that 

 the party, besides accomplishing much useful work, had thoroughly 

 enjoyed their trip. Mr. Austin, who had been one of the party, exhibited 

 a large collection of insects made during the past two years among the 

 White Mountains, embracing many very interesting species, and offered 

 some remarks on their habits. 



Messrs. Cook, Lintner, Morris and Riley were elected members of the 

 Club. 



