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CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 

 ( Continued from p. 56.) 



14 May 1886. — Tlie 120th meeting was held 

 at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge,. 14 May 

 1886. In the absence of the president, Mr. 

 P. S. Abbot was chosen chairman. 



Mr. S : H. Scudder showed wood-cuts from 

 Miall and Denny's work "The structure and 

 life-history of the cockroach," and exhibited 

 impressions from the different plates used in 

 printing the plate oi picrinae in his own work 

 on New England butterflies. These impres- 

 sions illustrated in a clear manner the pro- 

 cess hy which the figures are toned to their 

 right color. 



Mr. R. Hay ward exhibited specimens of the 

 species of Nebria collected by him in south- 

 western Colorado during the past summer 

 (1885) and remarked briefly on their distribu. 

 tion and relative abundance. Among the spe- 

 cies obtained Avere N. oinpennis (.^), N. fnr- 

 purata, N. obliqua, N. trifaria and others. 

 The specimens referred to N. ovipetuiis were 

 all found at altitudes above 10,000 ft. Many 

 specimens of N. piirpurata were obtained 

 from under the bark of logs which had been 

 washed down by a tributary of the Gunnison 

 river. 



Mr. F. S. Child showed two specimens of 

 a species of Cassida from the cave of Ele- 

 phantine, India. 



Mr. G : Dimmock exhibited a case of some 

 insect or spider, whidi had been found on a 

 tree. It was made of grass and had a perfect 

 lid. 



1 1 June 18S6. — The 121st meeting was held 

 at the secretary's room, No. 36 Grays, Cam- 

 bridge, II June 1886. In tiie absence of the 

 president, Mr. S: H. Scudder was chosen 

 chairman. 



Messrs. S: H. Scudder and R. Hayward, 

 remarked briefly on a collecting trip, which 

 they had recently made to the White Mts., 

 N. H. 



Mr. S: H. Scudderstated that he was fairly 

 confident of having seen C/iionobas semidea 

 near the summit of Mt. Washington. The 

 species has not been previously noted earlier 

 than the first week in July, and if the supposed 

 specimens of C. semidea belonged in reality to 

 that species, it would seem that there must be 

 two broods in a season. 



8 Oct. 1886. — The i22d meeting was held 

 at 61 Sacramento St., Cambridge, 8 Oct. 

 1S86. In the absence of the president. Dr. 

 G: Dimmock was chosen chairman. 



Mr. J. H. Emerton exhibited a figure of a 

 male and female pink grasshopper (a variety 

 Amblycorypha oblotigifolia) , which he had 

 drawn for Mr. S : H. Scudder. 



Mr. S: H. Scudder remarked at some 

 length on this variety. The first recorded 

 specimen of abnormally red locustarian was 

 taken in the mountains of Pennsj'lvania, 

 but belonged to a distinct species, A. rotun- 

 difolia. Four specimens of the red form of 

 A. obloitgifolia were taken during the past 

 summer at Woods Holl, some of which were 

 seen by Mr. Scudder while alive. They ate 

 golden rod {Solidago) with avidity. Mr. 

 Scudder has been looking up the biblio- 

 graphy of the subject, in hopes to remark 

 further upon it at a subsequent meeting of 

 the club. Brunner von Wattenwyl records a 

 specimen from Pennsylvania with violet ely- 

 tra, and also mentions a dimorphic form of 



