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PSYCHE. 



[July 



cheeks. Thorax above punctate, with a me- 

 dian carina which is connected anteriorly 

 with much abbreviated lateral carinae that 

 converge toward the tegulae but which do 

 not quite attain to tlie middle ot' the mesono- 

 tum ; on each side of the middle carina is a 

 blackish or dusky streak; the depressions on 

 the outer side of the lateral carinae are also 

 blackish, while there is also an oblique, dusky 

 band just beyond and interstitial with them ; 

 scutellura with a triangular black spot at 

 base; most of the cross-veins in the tegmina 

 are black or piceous-black, while the longitu- 

 dinal veins are interrupted with black marks. 

 Legs and especially the femora sprinkled 

 with black dots; anterior tibiae with the api- 

 cal two-thirds of the channel and a spot 

 near base, base of second tarsal joint and 

 the last tarsal joint above black; middle 

 tibiae with a spot in channel at base, another 

 at apex and at middle beneath black; hind 

 tibiae with a narrow annulus at base, another 

 at the middle and the apex black. Abdomen 

 immaculate ; terminal ventral segment much 

 longer than wide, at apex truncate ; genital 

 valves triangular, the plates lanceolate curv- 

 ing upwards. 



Hab. — St. Nicholas, Florida. 



Described from a single specimen taken on 

 gall-berry bushes (Ilex glabra), by sweeping' 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



14th April, 1S99. The 2oSth meeting w-as 

 held at 156 Brattle Street, Mr. J. W. Folsom 

 in the chair. 



The annual report of the treasurer was 

 read and accepted. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder read an article by Mr. 



A. H. Kirkland on the abundance of Cryf- 

 torhyiiclius lapatht along portions of the 

 seacoast of Massachusetts, and the injuries 

 caused by this weevil, especially to the balm 

 of Gilead poplar. 



Mr. J. W. Folsom said that he had found 

 it quite abundant in Cambridge, where it has 

 often caused much damage to willows. 



Mr. C. C. Adams showed specimens of 

 the larva of Oestrus ovis taken from the skull 

 of a sheep. 



Mr. W. L. W. Field stated that he had 

 recently been studying historically the cases 

 of the occurrence of southern butterflies in 

 New England, which he believed were due 

 less to the fact that the species were actually 

 extending their range of distribution north- 

 ward than to the increase of collectors; this 

 would account for the fact that such instances 

 are more frequently noted in recent years. 



He also spoke of the abundance in late 

 years in southern New Hampshire of Clisio- 

 campa disstria, a species injurious to the 

 sugar maple ; and said that he had found liv- 

 ing caterpillars oi Pieris rapae in cabbages in 

 January, some of which had apparently been 

 feeding recently. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder exhibited Charpentier's 

 figure of Eurycnema herculanea, a Phasmid 

 recently found to be parthenogenetic, von 

 Brunn stating that a German merchant in 

 Batavia had reared three successive genera- 

 tions from isolated females, all the progeny 

 also being female, with the possible excep- 

 tion of a single malformed individual which 

 died young. 



Mr. J. W. Folsom showed specimens of 

 Periplaiieta americana received at Trenton, 

 N. J., in bales of cocoa fibre from Manila. 



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