KM 



rsn HE. 



[April 1SS4. 



writes "As the insect is not in tlie Cape or 

 British museum collections, and is unknown 

 to collectors of exotic insects who have ex- 

 amined it, and as Dr. Staudinger has pro- 

 nounced it to be a new and interesting spe- 

 cies, I beg therefore to name it after myself." 

 Mr. Spiller may be congratulated on the 

 delicacy of the compliment he has received in 

 having the species thus named after him. — 

 G: D. 



Mk. J. J. Walker, writing, in the Ento- 

 mo/ogis/'s monthly magazine foi' March 18S4, 

 of I'itcairn Island, that curious little inhab- 

 ited island in the Pacific near Tahiti, which, 

 although only two and a quarter miles long 

 by less than one mile wide, rises to a height 

 of 1000 feet above the sea, says : "No butter- 

 fly is apparently found on the island, and I 

 saw only a few common Tahitian moths; but 

 I found, for the first time, the large 3'ellow- 

 striped green larva of Choerocumpa crofiis on 

 the 'Nono' plant, and a good many living 

 pupiB of Sphinx convolvuli (equal in size to 

 English specimens) were brought to me, 

 having been found in the patches of sweet 

 potatoes, of which a supply was then being 

 dug up for the ship. Four species of coleo- 

 ptera (a Tomicusf , two cossonid weevils, and 

 a rhizophagoid .') occurred rarely." 



SOCIETY MEETINGS. 



The regular meetings of the Cambridge 

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

 on the days fc^llowing : — 



12 Oct. 18S3. 14 Mar. 1S84. 



9 Nov. " II Apr. ■' 



14 Dec. " 9 May " 



II Jan. 18S4. 13 June " 



S Feb. ■' 



G. DiMMOCK, Secrc/aiy. 



The New York Entomological Club meets 

 twice monthly, except in June, July and 

 August, Ijjit no special date is fixed for each 

 meeting. 



Henry Edwards, Secrt-iary. 



The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



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: — 



24 Oct. 18S3. 27 Feb. 1SS4. 



28 Nov. " 26 Mar. " 



26 Dec. " 23 Apr. " 



23 Jan. 1884. 28 May " 



Edward Burgess, Sccre/aiv- 



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 : — 



12 Oct. 18S3. 14 Mar. 1SS4. 



9 Nov. " II Apr. " 



14 Dec. " 9 May " 



n Jan. 1884. 13 June '• 



S Feb. " 



James II. Ridings, Recorder. 



The semi-annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S. 

 W. cornerof 19th and Race Sts.. Phihulel]iliia. 

 Pa., on the days following : — 



10 Dec. 1S83. 9 June 1SS4. 



James II. Ridings, Recording Secre/ary. 



The regular monthly meetings of the 

 Montreal Branch of the Entomological Soci- 

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

 Canada, on the days following: — 



2 Oct. 1883. 5 Feb. 18S4. 



6 Nov. " 4 Mar. '• 



4 Dec. " I Apr. " 



8 Jan. 1884. 6 M^y " . 



(j. J. Bowles, Sccrctarv. 



The monthly meetings of the Brooklyn 

 Entomological Society will be held in the 

 rooms of Wright's Business College, Broad- 

 way, corner of Fourth Street, Brooklyn, 

 E. D., the last Saturday of each month ex- 

 cept July and August. 



F. G. SCHAUPI". Sicrc/,irv. 



No. 119 was issued 3 May 1884. 



