the Clubs, to be used at the next meeting; the badge to be of a deep blue 

 color, and the words "Entomological Club" to be in some way printed 

 thereon. 



On motion of Prof. C. V. Riley, the secretary was authorized to 

 print the minutes of the present meeting of the Club, in "Entomolqgica 

 Americana.'' 



Prof. Osborn moved that hereafter the club shall not meet prior to 

 the first day of the meeting of the Association — after some discussion, the 

 motion not being seconded was lost. 



Prof. Riley moved that a committee of three be appointed to ar- 

 range a programme for the next meeting, and that the chair and the sec- 

 retary be members of that committee. Carried; and the chair appointed 

 Prof. Riley as the 3d member of the committee. 



Prof. Osborn gave a few "Random notes on Mallophaga.'' 



The secretary read the following letter from Mr. W. H. Edwards to 

 Prof. j. A. Lintner. 



"I wish you to mention at the meeting of the Entomological Club, 

 that whereas it was stated at the meeting one year ago, by Mr. E. M. 

 Aaron, that in Tennessee, he had found Papilio ajax larvae on spice-wood 

 and sassafras, ;;: I have experimented this season on these larvae, and in 

 every case the larvae of Ajax, on either spice-wood or sassafras, refused 

 the food, and died of starvation. I tried several larva just out of egg, 

 before they had tasted pawpaw; also larvae just past 4th molt, before they 

 had eaten (after the molt); and I tried half grown larvae, and in every 

 case, the result was the same. I do not say that Mr. Aaron was mistaken, 

 but I say West Virginia larvae refuse these two plants. 



You may. say, if you like, that I have this season, bred Ceonympha 

 galadinus larvae from egg to imago and the result was the form califor- 

 nica; therefore the species is seasonably dimorphic: — that I have bred 

 Ceonympha inomaia, from Vancouver Island, from egg to imago, and 

 got the same type butterfly: — -that I have bred Ceonympha ochracea to 

 last molt, but not to Chrysalis: — that I have bred Salyrus charon, egg- 

 to imago; and have larvae of Oehis hibernating: — that I have bred 

 Argynnis halcyone from egg to imago, and whereas the butterflies arc- 

 near to Argynnis a/ces/is, the larvae are almost as different as A. A/a/za 

 larvae from either alcexlis or aphrodite. And you may say that I should be- 

 greatly obliged for eggs from butterflies, especially of species which are 

 not likely to be found in West Virginia. '' 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz exhibited specimens of Cosmosoma omphak from 



* Mr. Aaron sak] Upland huckleberry nol sassafras. See Brooklyn Bull. VII. 

 ; i. y j . Ed. 



