10. THE JOURNAL OF THE 



When3ver I disturbed the water, it swam into the m iddy wat- 

 er that I hid roiled. //. Savage. 



, WHERE FROas GO IX WFXTER. U])on baili'^g out the spr'm<rs 

 frogs are (ouikI ini(h'! ^toiu^s e'os' 1o the fViUiilain h'^ad; they 

 coine out bri^^ht and hv h nnd of a natu • i1 e(^ ha* . The sever- 

 al s])eri(^s of froi>s as well ns different kinr^s of srakes a'*e of- 

 ten found to Ihi'numl^er of one hun^'red in tlie same s] ring. 



A.O.Atdhnnii, 



SKLENOPHOR17S ELLIPTIC'^S AT XAXTUCKET III Julv [88.\ 



while passing a sho -t time at Nantucket Ma-s., 1 captined 

 under a sto e on the commons, fonr specimens of selenoimi- 

 ORUS ellipticus. This sp(x*ies I understand is raiv in Mas- 

 sachusetts. R. Hai/wqrd. 



A PLANT destructive TO REES. Til ' 1 irg-^ pod led milk 

 weed (asclepias) almost invariably can e-; death to eve y 

 bee alightino;- upon it. The bee either adheres to the plant, or 

 ese bears away a small scale sticking to its feet, and cripples 

 itself fatally in attempting to r^nnove the annoyance. -4.6'. 



Anfhony. 



THE BLACK FORM OF CICINDELA PURPUREA IX NEW HAMP 



SHIRE While at AYilton, T^.H., duiing the summer of 



1880, 1 took two spec'imens of the black form of cicini>ela 

 PURPUREA This form though rare in New Eng'and is commdn 

 in the West. H, Savage. 



OFFICEES OF THE SOCIETY 



1881-82. 



President 



Henry Savage. 



Secretary 



Roland Hay ward. 



Treafiurer 



Arthur C. Anthony. 



