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uncommon at the same time and place, also flying by day. From the eggs 

 mentioned, I bred 6 perfect imagos. A pair of these also mated and gave 

 me a small brood of eggs. The larvae from these are now hybernating 

 about one-third grown. The eggs were waxen yellow and rather large for 

 such an insect. They hatched in 10 days. The larvae were black at first, 

 but became more hoary at each moult. When full grown they appear to 

 have a broad dorsal line of light gray hairs, then a black line along the 

 sides, and a gray line along the spiracles — in reality, ihey are covered 

 with tufts of bustlv hairs like the rest of the genus ; these hairs are very 

 black, but on the upper side of the top row of tufts are a few pure white- 

 hairs in each tuft — and the row on each side thus meeting on the back 

 of the larva, form the apparently gray dorsal line. The same effect is 

 repeated with the lower rows of tufts, forming the gray line about the 

 legs. The head, feet, and the rest of the hairs or spines are black. They 

 fed on Polygonum and Plantago and were extremely sluggish at all tin\es. 

 They fed for 27 days and emerged from pupa 14 days after. In the 8 

 examples I have seen, scarcely any variation either in color or markings 

 occured. 



Society News. 



Brooklyn Entomological Society.— Regular Monthly Meeting held Jan. 3d. 

 16 members present. The following were elected Officers tor the year 1888 : 



J'res., Ed. L. Graef ; Vice Pres., Ottomar Dietz ; Treas., Chris. H. Roberts; 

 Pec Sec, A. C. Weeks ; Cor. Sec, G. W. J. Angell ; Librarian, Rich. F. Pear-all ; 

 Curators, M. L. Linell, (Coleoptera ), Wm. Beutenmiiller, (Lepidoptera), A. C. 

 Weeks, (Other Orders) ; Executive Committee, Gustav Beyer, F. H. Chittenden, 

 Charles Palm, Rich. F. Pearsall, A. C. Weeks; Publication Committee, the Editors 

 ex-officio, G. W. J. Angell, Wm. Beutenmiiller, Hy. Edwards, B. Neumoegen. 



The retiring President, Mr. G. W. J. Angell, read an address which was ordered 

 to be printed in Ento. Am 



The Treasurer gave his report for the year, showing receipts $584.75 with dis- 

 bursements $574.54. There is a large amount yet owing the Society, enough to pay 

 all obligations and leave a handsome surplus. 



The Librarian and Chief Curator also reported. The latter called attention to 

 the very excellent collection ol local Coleoptera in the Cabinet of the Society. 



Mr. Graef reported that he had seen Dr. Hoagland and that the Society had 

 been granted the use of rooms free of rent in the Hoagland Laboratory. The building 

 would probably be completed so we could move in for our March Meeting. 



Mr. Hulst proposed to make the next volume of Ento. Am. of 9 numbers only, 

 subscribers to be charged si.50 for that volume : the object in view which he con- 

 sidered very important was to have the volumes correspond with the year, and after 

 this short volume the volumes would continue of 12 number- corresponding to the 

 months of the year and beginning with January. The proposition was referred to 

 Publication Committee to report at next meeting. 



There was an auction sale of specimens donated by members and $17.85 was 

 realized . 



