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only mention it that others with myself may try 

 its efficacy the coming season. The pomolo- 

 gists of Sagatuck, in our State, claim that they 

 have found a remedy in sour milk, which at- 

 tracts and captures the moths. It is very desir- 

 able to find a remedy which shall lure the moths 

 or newly-hatched larvx to destruction, as the 

 band remedy only captures the enemy after he 

 has done much mischief, though, when generally 

 practiced, this soon overcomes the evil. 



25. An essay on lightning bugs, — J. L. Le 

 CoNTE. 



26. On the Hessian fly. — H. A. Hagen. 



27. On the classification of the Tortricida;. — 

 C. H. Feknalu. 



2S. Generic characters in the Noctuidx. — A. 

 R. Grote. 



Entomological Papers read before 

 THE A. A. A. S. — A temporary subsection 

 of Entomology was formed during the 

 recent meeting of the A. A. A. S. We 

 shall soon publish some of the papers read 

 at the meeting, whether before the general 

 section B or before the subsection. They 

 are comprised in the following list, all but 

 the first four having been read in sub- 

 section : 



1. Further Notes on the Pollination of Yucca 

 and on Pronuba and Prodo.xus. — C. V. Riley. 



2. Two new methods of fighting injurious 

 insects. — A. J. Cook. 



3. Additional notes on the Army Worm 

 (Lf III (111 ill iiiiipiiiulti Haw). — C. V. Rilev. 



4. Some recent practical results of the Cotton 

 Worm inquiry by the U. S. Entomological Com- 

 mission. — C. V. Riley. 



5. Method of preparing and mounting wings 

 of microlcpidoptera. — C. II. Fernai.ii. 



6. The contributions of the Cambridge Ento- 

 mological Club to the progress of entomology. — 

 B. PiCKMAN Man.n. 



7. The hitherto unknown life-habits of two 

 genera of Bee-flies (Bombyliida;). — C. V. Riley. 



8. Remarks on the oviposition of three species 

 of Tree-crickets. — C. V. Riley. 



g. Remarks on the early stages of Blcpharo- 

 cera, hitherto unknown in the U. S. — C.V. Riley. 



10. On biological collections of insets. — H. A. 

 Hagen. 



n. The occurrence of Aletia argillacca in Wis- 

 consin. — P. R. IIOY'. 



12. The migrations of the Rocky Mountain 

 Locust. — A. S. Packard, Jr. 



13. On some very rare insect deformities. — H. 

 .•\. Hagen. 



14. Insects form Copal. — D. S. Martin. 



15. Some points in the anatomy of the Coccida;. 

 — E. L. Mark. 



16. Structure and development of certain Hy- 

 menopterous galls. — H. F. Bassett. 



17. Notes on North American Galeodes (Sol- 

 pugidx). — J. D. Putnam. 



18. Contributions of apiculture to science. — 

 .\. J. CodK. 



ig. Address of tht President of the Entomo- 

 logical Club of A. A. A. S. — S. H. Scudder. 



20. The honey ants of the Garden of the Gods, 

 Colorado.— H. C. McCook. 



21. On Phoxopteris angulifasciana. — C. H. 

 Fernald. 



22. List of Coleoptera hatched from a few 

 hickory twigs. — J. L. LeConte. 



23. On the anatomy of Prodoxus decipiens. — 

 H. A. Hagen. 



24. On the structure of the mouth organs in the 

 Lepidoptera. — E. Burgess. 



Entomologists at Boston. — As we go 

 to press the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science is in session at 

 the Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass. 

 Former meetings have, perhaps, excelled 

 this one in the high character and value of 

 the papers read, but none have ever ap- 

 proached it, either in attendance, in the 

 cordiality and hospitality everywhere mani- 

 fest, or in perfection of arrangements, 

 whether to facilitate work or enhance en- 

 joyment. We congratulate the local com- 

 mittee, among whom none seemed more 

 active or efficient than the retiring Presi- 

 dent of the Entomological Club of the As- 

 sociation, whose address we publish in this 

 number. There were just about 1,000 

 persons in attendance and 600 new mem- 

 bers elected, and as, by virtue of their vari- 

 ous public and jjrivate entotnological col- 

 lections and libraries, Boston and Cam- 

 bridge afford extraordinary attractions to 

 our "brethren of the net;" these were, 

 we are glad to record, out in full force. 

 Such annual reunions of friends and co- 

 workers, while conducive to the advance- 

 ment of our favorite science, have a yet 

 liigher social value, and we all regretted 

 the enforced absence (from accident) of 

 the genial editor of our contemporary, the 

 Canadian Entomologist. 



The meeting of the Entomological Club 

 on the 24th was very largely attended, and 

 the following officers for the ensuing year 

 elected : President, Jno. G. Morris, of Balti- 

 more, Md.; Vice-President, C. V. Riley, of 

 Washington, D. C; Secretary, B. Pickman 

 Mann, of Cambridge, Mass. 



French Aid in Studying Grape Phyl- 

 loxera. — The sums placed at the dis- 

 posal of the French Minister of Agricul- 

 ture and Commerce for the purpose of en- 

 couraging research and e.xperiments as to 

 the best way of dealing with the jihylloxera, 



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