122 PSYCHE [I)eceml)er 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



The 240th regular meeting was held at 194 Clarendon Street on the evening 

 of October 18, 1904; President Emerton in the chair ; attendance 11. The min- 

 utes of the last meeting were read and accepted, Mr. J. W. Dow was unanimously, 

 elected to Active Membership. 



Mr. Emerton showed a number of small spiders secured by sifting dead leaves. 

 Mr. Sampson displayed a collection of hymenoptera and Mr. Swett one of lepidop- 

 tera. Mr. Frost showed specimens of tiie weevil Aitelabus rhois with its nests, 

 from the speckled alder at Wales, Me., and also showed its parasite Ofnphale 

 ehngatus. The meeting was then adjourned. 



The 241st regular meeting was held in the rooms of the Appalachian Mountain 

 Club, Tremont Building, Boston, on the evening of November 15, 1904; President 

 Emerton in the chair ; 2 i persons present. The records of the last meeting were 

 read and accepted. Messrs. J. A. Cushman, F. H. Lahee, H. Parker, W. R. Pear- 

 main, I. L. Shaw and M. D. Smith were unanimously elected to Active Member- 

 ship. Details of the management of the exhibition were discussed. The topic of 

 "Instinct and Intelligence in Insects," announced for discussion at this meeting, 

 was not touched upon, but by vote of the Club was registered for the next meeting. 

 Mr. Field made a brief report on behalf of the Publication Committee. The 

 remainder of the evening was devoted to the arrangement of exhibits and informal 

 conversation. 



\V. L. W. Field, 



Secretary. 



RECENT ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATItRE. 



Asterisks indicate descriptions of fieia species of American insects or of new f^enera. 

 Periodicals Cited. 



4 The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont. 



5 Entomological News, Philadelphia. 



6 Journal of the N. Y. Entomological Society. 



8 The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London, Eng. 

 II The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, Eng. 

 38 Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 



