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fOctobcr— December iS 



borings wliich liad been sent to him fioni 

 Springfield, Mass., with an inquiry as to 

 what produced them. Thev had been found 

 in a house, deposited in darl: places beneath 

 furniture, in large masses. Upon examina- 

 tion of the debris, empty cocoons and pupal 

 skins were abundant, which under the micro- 

 scope were readily seen to be those of some 

 species of ant, probably Formica pcnnsylva- 

 iiica, which has been known previously to 

 attack woodwork of buildings. 



Dr. G : Dimniock showed a specimen of 

 Cermatia that had been taken in an oll'ice in 

 Boston, Mass. 



Abstract of Secretary's Report, /j Feb. 'Sj. 

 By G : Dimmock. 



The present is the 107th meeting of the 

 Club. Since the last annual (or gSth) meet- 

 ing, held 12 Jan. 18S4, four active members 

 have been elected, seven have withdrawn 

 from membership, and two have forfeited 

 their membership by continuous neglect to 

 pay the annual fees. The club has continued 

 its policy of electing no new associate mem- 

 bers. Mr. F. G. Sanborn, an associate mem- 

 ber, has died during the year. An obituary 

 ■notice of him was published in Psyche, 

 Aug.-Sep. 18S4, V. 4, p. 205. The number of 

 active members is now twenty-seven, and 

 the number of associate members forty-nine. 

 During the year 1S84 the club held nine 

 meetings, with an average attendance of four 

 persons. Valuable and interesting commu- 

 nications were presented at each meeting. 

 The Club's publication, Psyche, has steadily 

 gained favor, and the list of exchanges with 

 scientific societies and valuable periodicals 

 has increased, thus bringing the club prom- 

 inently before the entomologists of the world. 

 The wide distribution of the membership of 

 the Club, while adding to its importance, has 

 not been compatible with large personal at- 

 tendance at the meetings. The advantages 

 of larger attendance show the advisability of 

 increasing the number of active members, 

 who will be able to come to the meetings in 

 person. 



Abstract of Treasurer's Report, 13 Feb. 'Sj. 

 Byli: Pickman Mann. 



Open accounts have been kept separately 

 with each volume of Psyche, or the years lo 

 which each corresponds. The account for 

 volume one shows a deficit of $19.05: that 

 for volume two, $239.89; and that for the 

 years iSSo to 1882, inclusive, a balance on 

 hand of $34.59. No further expenditures 

 will be incurred on these accounts, and those 

 for volumes one and two will be met as re- 

 ceipts come in from the sale of copies or 

 from other sources. Expenditures and cur- 

 rent receipts on account of volume four still 

 continue. The estimated deficit on this ac- 

 count is at least $245.00. Especial efforts 

 have been made to determine what debts due 

 to the Club, for subscriptions, may be con- 

 sidered good for collection, and the sending 

 of Psyche has been discontinued to all per- 

 sons unreasonably in arrears. The principal 

 of the permanent publication fund amounts 

 to $270.39. [The Treasurer's report was 

 dulv audited and approved.] 



13 March 1SS5. — The 109th meeting was 

 held at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge, 13 

 March 1SS5. In the absence of the president, 

 Mr. T. W : Harris was chosen chairman. 



The secretary stated that Mr. J: G:Jack, 

 of Chateauguay Basin, P. Q_, Canada, had 

 withdrawn from membership, by letter dated 

 2 March 1885. 



Dr. G : Dimmock showed some microscop- 

 ical slides to illustrate the structure of the 

 different kinds of stigmata in insects. 



10 April 1SS5. — The iioth meeting was 

 held at 19 Brattle St., Cambridge, 10 April 

 1885, the president, Mr. S: H. Scudder, in 

 the chair. 



Mr. R. Hayvvard spoke of a trip which he 

 proposed to take to southern Colorado, in 

 company with Mr. F: C. Bowditch, the com- 

 ing summer. 



Mr. S: II. Scudder called attention to cer- 

 tain peculiarities of the venation of the wings 

 of fossil cockroaches, and made some com 

 parisons of the tertiary neuroptera of Europe 



