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VOL. VII. LONDON, ONT., OCTOBER, 1875. No. 10 



MEETINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT 



OF SCIENCE. 



(Concluded from September No.) 



References were made by Mr. Grote to several rare captures of Lepi- 

 doptera in the vicinity of Buffalo. Among others he had taken Theda 

 ocellifera, which is also found in the West Indies. Mr. Saunders stated 

 that he had again reared a specimen of Theda strigosa from thorn, and 

 referred to the capture of specimens of P. thoas and P. marcelhis at 

 North Ridge, Ont, by Mr. F. C. Lowe, of Dunnville. Mr. Cook said 

 that thoas had been found this year at Lansing, that it occurred there to 

 his knowledge some three years ago, and that last season it was quite 

 common, the larva feeding on prickly ash. Mr. Riley stated that the 

 larvae of philenor feed on a creeping plant very closely allied to Aristo- 

 lochia. Mr. Ison has found philenor scarce about Cleveland during the 

 last five or six years, but marcelhis rather common ; the larva of the latter 

 feeds on pawpaw. One of the Detroit members remarked that there were 

 pawpaw bushes growing within a few miles of Detroit. 



A discussion on sugaring for Noctuae was next in order. Mr. Ison 

 reported excellent success with this method at Cleveland ; he preferred 

 adding a little ruin to the usual mixture of beer and molasses or coarse 

 sugar. Mr. Lintner greatly interested the members in relating his 

 wonderful success in sugaring. He produced a tabulated list of Noctuidae 

 captured or observed at sugar at Schenectady, N. Y., commencing with 

 July 7th, giving the results of sixteen evenings in that month, and four 

 evenings in August. 



Seventy-eight species of Noctuae are recorded, and opposite each 

 species observed or collected is placed a check in a column bearing the 

 day of the month at its head. Four species were observed on each 

 evening, viz., Hadena arctica, Hydroeria sera, Homopyralis tact us and 



