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I M;ircli— April iSSj. 



culture director^'" is still niorc curious from 

 a typographical and literary standpoint. 

 Altlio we think silk-raising will not become 

 a great industry in this country for years, on 

 account of the high price of labor, yet agita- 

 tion in the interest of silkworm-raising may 

 do good. In families comprising a number 

 of otherwise unemployed persons the small 

 profits to be doriycd from the rearing of a 

 few thousand silk-worms may be worth the 

 labor. 



The Deiitsch-Amciikaniiche Afotheker- 

 Zeitung, for i March 1SS3. giyes M. Serpin's 

 mode of making insect powder from tar. 

 '■ The process depends upon conyerting gas- 

 tar from fluid into solid condition, but taking 

 care that the tar retains all the efficacious 

 properties which it had in liquid form. The 

 conyersion is brought about by careful heat- 

 ing of the tar oyer a moderate coke or coal 

 fire to 20^-40" C. A proper quantity of lime 

 or finely powdered gypsum is mi.\ed %yith 

 it. A puherisable mass is now obtained, 

 which is rubbed through a sieve, and after 

 completely cooling, the po^vder is mixed 

 with amnionic sulphate, ferrous sulphate. 

 bits of glass, and sodic sulphate, all in pul- 

 yerized condition." 



SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club will be held at 7.45 p. m., 

 on the days following : — 



13 Oct. 18S2. 9 Mar. 1S83. 



10 Noy. " 13 Apr. " 



8 Dec. " II May •' 



12 Jan. 1883. 8 June •' 



q Feb. " 



G. DiMMOCK, Secretary. 



The New York Entomological Club meets 

 twice monthly, except in June, July and 

 August, but no special date is fixed for each 

 meeting. 



Henry Euwards. Secrelary. 



Natural History will be held at N. W. corner 

 of Berkeley and Boylston Sts., Boston. Mass.. 

 at 7.45 p. m., on the days following: — 



25 Oct. 1S82. 28 Feb. 1883. 



22 Nov. " 28 Mar. " 



27 Dec. •• 25 Apr. •• 



24 Jan. 1SS3. 23 May " 



EovyARi) Burgess, Secretary. 



The REGULAR meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, of Philadelphia. Pa., will be held 

 at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts.. on the 

 days following: — 



14 Oct. 1881. 10 Mar. 1S82. 



II -Nov. " 14 Apr. " 



9 Dec. " 12 May " 



13 Jan. 1882. 9 June '• 



10 Feb. " 



James H. Ridingjs, Recorder. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



The semi-annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S. 

 W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia, 

 Pa., on the days following : — 



12 Dec. 1881. 12 June 1SS2. 



James H. Ridings, Recording Secretary. 



The regular monthly meetings of the 

 Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- 

 ety of Ontario, will be held at Montreal, Qiic., 

 Canada, on the days following : — 



3 0ct. 1SS2.' 6Feb. 18S3. 



7 Noy. " 6 Mar. '■ 



S Dec. " 3 -'^pr- " 



9 Jan. 1S83. I May " 



G.J. Bowles, Secretary. 



The regular meetings of the Brooklyn 

 Entomological Society will be held at 9 

 Broadway, Brooklyn. E. D., N. Y., on the 

 d.iys following: — 



28 Oct. 1SS2. 31 Mar. 1SS3. 



25 Noy. " 28 Apr. 



30 Dec. " 26 May " 



27 Jan. 1S83. 30 June " 



24 Feb. " 



F. G. ScHAUPP, Secretary. 



No. 105-106 were issued 5 M.iy 1883. 



