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PSYCHE. 



[April 1884. 



FSYCHE. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS., APRIL. 1S84. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 

 {Continued from p. 14^.) 



12 Oct. 1SS3. — The 95th meeting of the 

 Club was held at 19 Brattle Street, Cam- 

 bridge, 12 Oct. 1883. In the absence of the 

 President, Mr. S. H. Scudder was chosen 

 Chairman. Four persons were present. 



The Secretary announced the reception of 

 a box containing a brood of young larvie of 

 Pafilio philcnor, in fine condition. The 

 Secretary received no clue as to the name of 

 the sender, the box having written on it only, 

 " Pafilio fhi!cnor,Sia.\.cn Island, June iSth 



1SS3." 



Messrs. Hayward, Sprague, and Dimmock 

 announced captures of rarer diurnal Icpidop- 

 tera in Massachusetts. [See Psyc/ie, Sept.- 

 Oct. 1SS3, V. 4, p. 99-100.] 



Mr. S. H. Scudder made some remarks 

 upon fossil species a{ Rapliidia and Inocellla 

 from the Florissant Basin, in Colorado. The 

 one species of RafJiidia and four species of 

 Inocellia differ structurally from living forms. 

 One species of Inocellia, not dift'ering struct- 

 urally from those found living, has been 

 found in amber. 



The Secretary read a letter from Miss 

 Eleanor C. Scott, of Flushing, N. Y., who 

 inquired in regard to a very small luminous 



insect. None of the members present could 

 give information about the insect without a 

 fuller description than the one sent. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder announced the death of 

 Prof Oswald Heer, of Zurich, Switzerland, 

 well known as an author upon fossil insects 

 and plants. Mr. Scudder showed a photo- 

 graph of Prof. Heer and made some remarks 

 upon his works. 



9 Nov. 1SS3. — The 96th meeting of the 

 Club was held at 19 Brattle Street, Cam- 

 bridge, 9 Nov. 1SS3. In the absence of the 

 President, Mr. R. Hayward was chosen Chair- 

 man. Three members were present. 



Mr. G. Dimmock read a paper " On some 

 glands which open externally on insects," 

 illustrating the paper with a few specimens 

 of insects having such glands. [The paper is 

 published in Psyche, v. 3, p. 3S7-401.] 



Mr. R. Hayward exhibited specimens of 

 Bolitothcrus bifiirciis, and called attention to 

 the pubescence on the posterior femora and 

 on the horns, and to the length of the carina 

 of the head, all secondary sexual characters 

 of the male of this species. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder made some remarks on 

 G. B. Buckton's "Monograph of British 

 aphides," of which the fourth volume has 

 just appeared. 



14 Dec. 1883. —The 97th meeting of the 

 Club was held at the Secretary's house, 54 

 Sacramento Street, Cambridge, 14 Dec. 1883. 

 In the absence of the President, Mr. R. Hay- 

 ward was chosen Chairman. Five persons 

 were present. 



The Secretary announced the withdrawal 

 from the Club of Mr. T. J. Mathews, of Gray- 

 ville. 111., who had written that on account of 

 increase in his business he had no time now 

 to devote to entomology ; also the withdrawal 

 of Mr. A. P. Chadbourne, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



Mrs. .\. K. Dimmock showed a collection 

 representing stages of 38 species of insects 

 which are found upon lielula alba, the white 

 birch. [An account of this collection will be 

 given in Psyclie.'\ 



