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the conclusion of the two forms were identical. 



None of the members present had observed the aphides on the 

 tomato or potato as reported by the president. 



Mr. Ph. Fischer made some remarks on the probable identity of 

 Arctia rubruosa Harris, with A.fuUginosa of Europe. 



Mr. Reed asked for information on the best way of getting rid of 

 Earth worms in lawn. Salt was suggested as the only remedy. 



Prof. Forbes called attention to the fact of the Earth worm being the 

 host of a Parasite that caused the "gapes"' in chickens and being there- 

 fore injurious to fowls and poultry. 



The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the President. 



At 1.30 the same day the Club was driven out to Ebenezer under 

 the guidance of the Buffalo Entomological Society; a most enjoyable 

 lime was spent; the locality is known as one of the best collecting 

 grounds in the neighborhood: the club returned through the parks and 

 appieciated most highly the hospitality of the Buffalo members. 



Monday, August 23rd, 1886. The club met, pursuant to a call of 



the President at 9 A. M. The President in the chair. In the absence 



of the Secretary .Mr. Reed, Rev. Raphael Benjamin, of Cincinnati, was 



cliosen Secretary pro. tem. The following paper was read. 



Vernal Habit of Apatura. 



By Mary E. Murtfeldt, Kirkwood, Mc 



Prof. Riley's comprehensive papers on our two most prominent rep- 

 resentatives of this genus of butterflies, as published in his oth report on 

 the Insects of Missouri, not to speak of the observations 01 other Lepid- 

 oplerologists, leave few points in their history to be eluciaated. 



Almost the only blank remaining to be filled is thai which e.xists 

 from the time that the leaf, bearing the clusters of hibernating larvae, is 

 wafted to the ground in the autumn, to the date in the ensuing spring 

 when these larvae are found, generally more than half grown, feeding on 

 the young leaves quite high up in the tree, '['his obscure part of their 

 life history I have made several, only partially succesful, attempts to in- 

 vestigate. 



Last autumn the larvae of ^. clyton Bois. (A. herse, Fabr.) wereun- 

 usuallv numerous on a young Celtis on our lawn. In many cases the 

 entire under surfaces of certain leaves would be covered with the tiny 

 larvae, stretched side by side in rank after rank from tip to base exciting 

 astonishment and interest in all observers. 



Wishing to keep track of them, and knowing that they seldom sur- 

 vived the winter in the rearing cage, I enclosed several of these colonies 

 under muslin bags to twigs, a few only being placed in a cage indoors. 



