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had been taken, most of which were entirely new to the speaker's 

 collection, and many had never been reco/ded from this region. 

 The same speaker showed Cediiis Ziegleri, taken from the nest 

 of Formica exsedoides. 



Dr. Skinner referred to Mr. Laurent's remarks on rearing 

 Hesperidae, and said that while a number of species ma}'^ feed 

 on grass, yet many live on grasses which are pecular to certain 

 regions and are not obtainable for rearing. He cited Pamphila 

 panoqxcin as one that will not thrive on grasses of the vicinity 

 of Philadelphia. Other species do not feed on grass. 



The subject was further discussed b}' Messrs. Laurent, Skinner 

 and Wenzel. Mr. Laurent maintained that he had raised numer- 

 ous sea- shore species of Pamphila on the common grasses from 

 near Philadelphia. 



The feeding of Cecropia larvae on rose bushes was di.scussed 

 by several members. 



Mr. Harbeck reported the capture of Batrisus frontalis and 

 riparius in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, the former being 

 new to this region. 



William J. Fox, Secretary. 



The seventh regular meeting of the Harris Club was held 

 at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of Maj^ i8, 1900. 

 Messrs. W. D. Denton, R. W. Denton and J. H. Rogers, Jr., 

 were elected members. Mr. W. D. Denton described a trap- 

 lantern used by Mr. Morse, consisting essentially of an arrange- 

 ment of board partitions to form four funnels, with the smaller 

 ends in the centre of the group and the larger ends opening in 

 four directions. The lamp is placed at the common centre of 

 the funnels, in a glass box, each side of which forms the inner 

 end of one of the funnels. The inner surfaces are painted 

 white, and a trough filled with kerosene receives the moths 

 which fly against the glass. On removal the specimens are 

 cleaned by immersion in benzine. Mr. Newcomb showed a 

 killing device which is conveniently made of any tin box, and 

 contains a long strip of soft paper folded in accordeon plaits, 

 with the ends of the plaits uppermost. The insects can be 

 dropped between the folds of paper, thus preventing motion of 

 the wings. Mr. Low advocated the use of chloroform for kill- 



