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sea, on April 20th. Mr. Huntington exhibited some Diptera 

 which had been sent in butterfly papers and had arrived in 

 good condition. Dr. Calvert advocated a separate cyanide jar 

 for collecting Odonata. Otherwise the dragonflies were 

 covered with scales of other insects which had to be removed. 

 Mr. Daecke reported the capture of Tetragoneura spinosa $ 

 April 2ist, at lyaurel Springs, N. J. Also took a pair Xylop- 

 Jiagiis perseqims in coitu. Some Pentatomids were found feed- 

 ing on a larva of Haploa lecontei and eight living larvae of this 

 moth were taken. Mr. J. Chester Bradley was elected a mem- 

 ber. Hknry Skinner, Secretary. 



The twenty-fourth regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of February 

 II, 1902, President Bolster in the chair. Fourteen persons 

 were present. Dr. L,. O. Howard was unanimously elected to 

 honorary membership. Extensive exhibits of butterflies of 

 the genus Colias were made by various members, and Mr, 

 Field gave a talk upon the traits of C. philodice. Mr. Burri- 

 son gave an account of a recent visit to Mr. Thomas Bean, at 

 Laggan. A communication from Mr. George B. King, deal- 

 ing with myrmecophilous insects, was read. 



W. L,. W. Field, Secretary. 



The twenty-fifth regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held at 35 Court Street, Boston, March 11, 1902. Vice Presi- 

 dent lyow presided. Sixteen members were present. Mr. 

 Newcomb gave a few notes on April captures of L,epidoptera 

 during the past three years. Mr. Kirkland spoke of the inter- 

 esting captures to be made of early predaceous insects in the 

 webs of the tent-caterpillar, C. americana. Exhibits of early 

 spring Lepidoptera were made by Messrs. Newcomb, Rogers 

 and Hall. Mr. Kirkland presented each of the members 

 attending with a copy of his pamphlet, " The Shade Tree In- 

 sect Problem," containing accounts of the elm leaf beetle, 

 gypsy moth, brown tail moth, etc., and methods of fighting 

 them. A. P. Hall, Secretary pro tevi. 



