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way. If the eggs were deposited in large numbers, I see no 

 reason why they should not do well, because all our injurious 

 Spring insects seem to be plentier this year than common, 

 for instance, the Clisiocampa decipiens (americana of 

 Harris) the common caterpillar, the canker worm Anis- 

 opteryx vernata, Vanessa Antiopa, Chyllopaga quercina the 

 dor bug, and others not so well known. 



I have seen in the newspapers that .the army worm has 

 appeared in the southern part of this state, and also in Ken- 

 tucky, but I do not know how large its numbers are. If the 

 proper care is taken, I do not think we need be troubled 

 about them ; it was the suddenness of their appearance and 

 our ignorance of their habits, which gave them the impor- 

 tance they had last year ; now we are prepared for them^ 

 and need not have any care except to protect ourselves. 



The chair remarked that the Army Worm was not the 

 only insect found with us that deserved our study. He had 

 brought specimens of one which seemed to be but little 

 known, and which he considered worthy of investigation. It 

 infests the Gooseberry and Currant bushes, but he had never 

 noticed them so doing, till the present season. 



S. C. BANCROFT, of South Danvers, thought the creature 

 was. no new comer, but perhaps had taken to new fields of 

 depredation. He was sure he had been long familiar with 

 it, and had often seen it on the Woodwaxen. 



F. W. PUTNAM, of Salem, made some further remarks on 

 the subject, when on motion of Rev. C. C. BEAMAN, of 

 Salem, the matter was referred to the same committee who 

 had just reported on the Army worm. 



ALPHEUS HYATT, of Cambridge, gave the result of his geo- 

 logical observations upon Ship Rock and other boulders in 

 the vicinity, and explained the researches and conclu- 

 sions of Agassiz, and others, on the great drift formation 



