1904] PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB 83 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



A SPECIAL meeting was held in the Council room on the evening of May 3, 

 1904; President Emerton in the Chair; twelve persons present. The record of 

 the last meeting was read and accepted. A letter from Mr. A. H. Clark, telling of 

 his recent experiences on Union Island, West Indies, was read. Mr. Emerton 

 showed a specimen of the red-faced immature male of the spider Pellenes cristafus, 

 and the imago of the parasite whose cocoon was shown at the last meeting. He 

 also made some remarks on Lycosa nidi/ex, and showed a living adult female of 

 that species. Mr. Sampson showed several pupae of Harrisijtiemna trisigjiata, in 

 cavities in a piece of wood. Mr. C. A. Frost showed a box of miscellaneous insects, 

 mostly Diptera and Hymenoptera, destined for the New England collection. The 

 remainder of the meeting was devoted to informal conversation. Adjournment was 

 reached at g.50. 



The 237th regular meeting was held in the Council room on the evening of 

 May 17, 1904. President Emerton in the chair; twelve members and one guest 

 present. The record of the last meeting was read and accepted. It was voted to 

 authorize the officers to act for the Club in arranging terms on which sets of Psyche 

 should be sold. Mr. C. A. Frost of Maiden was unanimously elected to active 

 membership. 



Mr. Newcomb exhibited two photographs, one representing a specimen of the 

 purple-striped form of Actias hma, the other the remarkable Basilarchia which he 

 showed at a recent meeting. He further showed a fine specimen of Memyfhrus 

 simi/ans, reared from a pupa found by Mr. Bowditch. Mr. Blackburn showed a 

 living female Lycosa carolinensis, and Mr. Emerton contributed some remarks on 

 the habits of these spiders. Mr. Emerton then showed some beetles of the genus 

 Bledius from the wet sand at Ipswich, with photographs of their burrows. 



The Publication Committee and the Exhibition Committee were asked to sub- 

 mit reports at the next meeting. A few books were sold, and the meeting was 

 adjourned. 



W. L. W. Field, 



Secretary. 



