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that the western minutus and eastern remotus were so far also separable only 

 by feeble characters. The Atlantic coast species appear to be parallelocollis, 

 dispar, and remotus. 



The position of the genus in the classification was discussed by Messrs. 

 Leng and Schaeffer, the former favoring a closer relation with the Monotomidse. 



Mr. Engelhardt exhibited Lepidoptera from Claremont, N. H., collected 

 early in May, and spoke especially of the early character of the season, which 

 seemed to be as far advanced in Claremont as here. Claremont is situated in 

 the valley of the Sugar River, a tributary of the Connecticut, and possesses 

 well kept streets shaded by elms and sugar maples, while nearby are forest 

 clad hills reaching their climax in Ascutney Mountain, over 3,000 feet high. 

 Repeated visits have been made by Messrs. Dow and Engelhardt during June, 

 July and August and the present visit from May i to 4 was made principally 

 to collect early Noctuids. A list of those captured is appended to these 

 minutes. The collecting by day was confined to nearby groves of White Pine 

 and Hemlock and by night to the electric lights with which Claremont is well 

 provided. Photographs of the locality were exhibited. 



Mr. Angell asked the derivation of the word butterfly, and received several 

 answers. Mr. Dow said it dated back beyond the tenth century. 



Mr. Schaeffer suggested it was analogus in origin to the word bvittercup, 

 and referred to the prevailing yellow coloration of common species of Colias. 



Dr. Lutz confirmed this view as having been previously advanced, but 

 called attention to another, referring to its excrement resembling butter; cf. 

 O. D. boterschijte. 



A paper by Mr. Harris, attached to these minutes, was read by the secre- 

 tary in which he described the destruction of a tiger beetle in his cabinet by 

 a Tineid moth, the larva of which lived within the beetle and pupated there, 

 forcing the head away from the thorax, but not detaching it until the moth 

 emerged. 



The paper was discussed by several members ; Mr. Davis said such attacks 

 were not uncommon in collections of Noctuids, Mr. Roberts recalled a similar 

 destruction of Eacles imperialis, Mr. Grossbeck added that there was an omniv- 

 orous moth, Plodia interpuncteUa, with which he had trouble before, a box of 

 Lepidoptera going fast under its atacks, and he suspected Mr. Harris's visitor 

 to be the same. 



Mr. Bischoff exhibited a specimen of Cicindela 6-guttata with the white 

 markings reduced to an apical dot taken at Upper Montclair, May 4. 



Mr. Dickerson exhibited a plant of the naked broom rape (Thalesia uni- 

 ftora) collected at Nutley, N. J., Mar. 18, with root lice (Rhizobiins) clustered 

 about the roots and accompanied by specimens of the ant Lasius latipes — 

 which he said was a usual combination in his experience, not only on this 

 plant, but on Asters, when it became a pest for which the remedy was ground 

 tobacco. 



The exhibit was discussed by Messrs. Comstock, Olsen and Davis, the 

 latter pointing out that some species of ants rarely come to surface, but care 

 for the root lice from the egg stage up. 



