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low. Superior appendages two and a lialf 

 limes as long as wide, nearlj as long as lo, 

 directed backward, equal or slightly enlarged 

 apicallj, dorsal margin one-fifth longer, 

 slightly concave, apex obliquely truncate, 

 angles rounded, distal margin concave or 

 shallovvly emarginate. In dorsal view 

 stouter at base, only twice as long as wide, 

 the upper limb tapering to a rounded tip 

 which bears a short, stout tooth on the inner 

 side next the rounded apex; the lower limb 

 projects inward making the two sides of the 

 whole appendage nearly parallel, the inner 

 apical margin truncate. The inferior appen- 

 dages are three-fifths as long as the superior, 

 stout, tapering to a blunt point, directed 

 caudad, a little incurved. ? : humeral pale 

 stripe one-third as wide as the dark stripe, a 

 line on second lateral suture, and a short 

 line between it and the humeral stripe. 

 Dorsum of i-io greenish black, not narrowed, 

 mi>re or less maculate on lo: 3-6 with inter- 

 rupted basal I'ing, 7 and S with apical niai'gin 

 yellow. 



Abd.:(?,25; ?, 26.5. Hind wing: $, 

 16.5; ?, 18.5" 



I (J, I?, Sberborn, Mass., collected by 

 Mr. A. L. Babcock, to whom I am indebted 

 for an opportunity to examine and describe 

 thein and who has donated the types to the 

 Hagen collection at Cambridge, Mass., in 

 conjunction with the other types described 

 by me from mv own collectloti in tliis and the 

 preceding papers. 



NOTES ON MOTHS. 



Am/'/iioit iiessiis. — Lastj'carl found young 

 larvae of Amphioti nessns on Ampclopsi^ 

 veitc/iii, and this year I have found them on 

 Amfelofsis quiiiqiiefolia, one specitnen be- 

 ing of a clear wine-color, with subdorsal and 

 oblique lines pink edged above with deep 

 claret-color. The granulation was pale yel- 

 low, as were the face lines and the edge of 

 the anal plate. The larvae drop from the 

 vine at a very slight shake and are easily 

 found in this way, 



" Red-fringed " Actias lima. — In early June 

 Miss Norton sent me eggs of the A. liaia 

 having deep red fringes on its wings. These 



eggs hatched twelve days after they were laid, 

 and the larvae differed from any I had seen 

 in having a dark brown lateral band from 

 head to anal shield ; a dark brown patch on 

 the dorsuin of the third and of the pre-anal 

 segments, with the anal plate blackish- 

 brown. The bristles from the tubercles 

 were black with some white ones. The feet 

 were green with a brown patch on each. At 

 the first moult they came out like normal 

 Luna larvae. 



At/aciis promethea. — Is this moth rare 

 this year.' 1 have placed on my window-sill 

 nine females, but in no case has a male been 

 attracted. Last 3'ear every feinale which 

 emerged in my box attracted from five to 

 forty males, and some of the females were 

 not even near the open window. 



Caroline G. Sonic. 

 Biooklhic, Mass., June jo, fSipj. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



8 March, 1S95. The iS6th meeting was 

 held at 156 Brattle St., Mr. S. Henshaw 

 in the chair. Mr. A. G. M.ayer was chosen 

 secretary. 



Mr. W. L. W. Field was elected a member. 



Mr. S. H. Scudderread the delayed address 

 of the retiring President, Mr. T. E. Bean, 

 entitled " A comparison of Colias hecla with 

 Coitus meadii '.xwS Colias el/s." 



Mr. S. Henshaw asked what the distribu- 

 tion of C. Iiecla was. Mr. Scudder stated 

 that it was quoted from Greenland, Lapland, 

 Hudson Bay, Bering Straits and Grinnell- 

 land and C. meailii irom Colorado, Arizona, 

 and New Mexico. 



A paper by Mr. W. S. Blatchley on winter 

 collecting (see P.syche. vii, 247) was read. 

 Mr. Henshaw stated that he had found be- 

 tween 2-300 species of Coleoptera and a few 

 larvae by sifting leaves during the winter 

 months; the greater number of species thus 

 found were Pselaphidae and Staphylinidae. 



Mr. Henshaw exhibited a specimen of 

 Lycaeiia xeices from San Francisco. This 

 species was erroneously supposed to have 

 been exterminated by the extirpation of its 

 food plant. 



