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PSYCHE. 



[January 1S91. 



long juicy stems of the fronds, to which the}' 

 made their way through the trunk, while the 

 latter was full of their droppings. The first 

 outward sign of their attacks was seen in the 

 drooping of the fronds. The inner sides of 

 the wooden staves of the tubs were full of 

 the irregular burrows of the white ants. Mr. 

 Cameron also stated that a lot of cabbages in 

 the vegetable garden attached to his house 

 on the grounds were completely ruined by 

 the attacks of these same white ants, as he 

 found by inspection. Mr. Scudder recom- 

 mended replacing all woodwork in contact 

 with earth or stone by iron, and particularly 

 the discarding of all wooden tubs; it would 

 seem to be perfectly practicable to construct 

 even the largest tubs of -staves made of gal- 

 vanized iron or some such metal. 



A.MPELOPSIS veitchii has been good hunt- 

 ing ground this year. I have found on one 

 vine specimens of Deidamia inscrtpta, one; 

 Thyreus Abbott'i, several ; Everyx myron, sev- 

 eral ; Alypia octomaciilata, PyropJiila pyra- 

 midoides, both very abundant ; Spilosoma vir- 

 gi?iica , few ; Hypha?itria text or, few; Lopho- 

 canipa caryae, many; L. tessellaris, several; 

 and Cimbex ulmi, many. 



Caroline G. Soule. 



A new serial inconography is announced 

 under the auspices of Mr. Paul Mabille and 

 Vuillot of Paris, to be called Novitates Lepi- 

 dopterologicae. These authors contemplate 

 the issue of atleast one hundred monthly parts 

 of lexicon octavo size, each with eight pages of 

 text and one colored plate, illustrating new 

 and little known Lepidoptera. Only 150 

 copies are to be issued — a wrong to science 

 — at the price of about three francs a part. 



A specimen of Vanessa milberti, said to 

 have been taken at Polegate, Sussex, Eng- 

 land, was exhibited at the South London en- 

 tomological and natural history society on 

 October 9th. 



the Museo publico of Buenos Aires under 

 Burmeister, and well known for his notable 

 contributions to the entomology of South 

 America, has been appointed director of the 

 Museo de Historia Natural of Montevideo, 

 Uruguay, and is now removed to that city. 



Dr. Carlos Berg, formerly attached to 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 



13 January, 1888. — The 134th meeting was 

 held at 61 Sacramento St. Mr. S. H. Scud- 

 der was chosen chairman. 



The annual report of Mr. R. Hay ward, the 

 retiring secretary, was read and accepted. 

 The report of Mr. B. Pickman Mann, the re- 

 tiring treasurer, was also read and referred 

 to the auditors. The retiring librarian, Dr. 

 Geo. Dimmock, presented his report which 

 was accepted. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. B. P. 

 Mann for the use of his office on Follen 

 St. as a storage place for the library of the 

 Club since its organization. 



A ballot for officers for iSSS then followed, 

 which resulted in the election of the follow- 

 ing gentlemen : President : William Trelease. 

 Secretary: Roland Hayward. Treasurer: 

 Samuel Henshaw. Librarian : George Dim- 

 mock. Members at large of Executive Com- 

 mittee : George Dimmock and Samuel H. 

 Scudder. 



On motion the thanks of the Club were 

 voted to Mr. B. P. Mann for his long and 

 faithful services as treasurer of the Club. 



Mr. Scudder being obliged to leave, Mr. 

 S. Henshaw was then chosen chairman. 



On account of the absence of the president, 

 Mr. J. H. Emerton, the reading of the annual 

 address was postponed till another meeting. 



Mr. C. W. Woodvvorth showed a new 

 method for mounting small insects, which 

 gave rise to some discussion; and Dr. G. 

 Dimmock showed an apparatus for maintain- 

 ing a constant temperature in raising in- 

 sects. 



