1907] 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 
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Meeting adjourned at the usual time. 
A ,s])eeial meeting of tlie ('luh was lield at the usual ])laee and time 'l'liurs( lay 
evening, March 28, l!)l)7. President Xeweomh was in the chair and there were 
eleven members and four visitors present. 
Mr. II. II. Lyman of Montrciil, the guest of the ('lub, retid a ])a]>er on Tlicria 
calanu.s and I. edwardmi. He held the two to be distinct ;md well marked species 
and gave the bibliograjthy, synonymy, and description of the two spt'cit's. 'I'lie 
chief dilferenee betweeti them, he .said, was in the extra mesial band of the underside 
of the secondaries. He e.xhibited a .series of each sjteeies :uid pointed out the dif- 
ferences to the members. 
Dr. Fernald, State Entomologist, from Amherst College, was nnexpeetedly the 
gtiest of the Club and addressed the meeting tipon .sevenil stibjt'cts. He told of 
.some pu|)a-gnifling experiments which were performed tinder his direction by a 
Japtuiese student at the College. Nearly all the ptipae so treated lived and the 
imagoes emerged, btit in a erijipled or undeveloped condition. Dr. Fernald al.so 
told of the eapttire of an abnortnal Pnpilio lurmm at Orotio, Maine, many years ago. 
It had tiormal fore wings btit no hind wings and its flight was very jieetiliar. 
•\ di.seu.ssion of freezing of insects, and freak fortns, followed among the members. 
Mr. Emerton exhibited some bottles of Netiroptera from 'Fhree mile Island, 
Lake Winnepesatikee, X. IL, which were natned by Prof. Needham. 
Mr. Field spoke of his exjieriments on .selection of color by ]>ti])ating larvae of 
CoHf.v.s-rt aniiopa and gave some restilts of his work. 
Adjourned at 9:50. 
C. A. F'rost, Senrtanj. 
