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and imagines of the interesting Mexican Hesperid Dobercs 

 viexicanus, whose cocoon is known as " campanita " (Httle 

 bell), because of its pendulous nature and the remarkable vi- 

 bratory activity of the pupa. An account of this species was 

 given by Mr. O. W. Barrett in the Canadian Entomologist for 

 August, 1900. 



Mr. H. K. Burrison told an entertaining story of a vacation 

 trip to the Yellowstone, in the course of which some collecting 

 was done. 



Mr. W. F. Low reported the capture of two specimens of 

 Erebus odora in Jamaica Plain, July i6th and 30th last ; both 

 were males. Mr, Newcomb mentioned the finding of Hepialus 

 argenteomacu/atus , female, at Old Orchard, Maine ; the speci- 

 men is unusually large, expanding 4.5 inches. Mr. R, W. 

 Denton showed a living larva of Attacus atlas. 



W. L. W. Field, Secretary. 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 June 28th. Dr. P. P. Calvert, President, in the chair. Thir- 

 teen persons were present. Mr. Charles Drury, through Mr. 

 Charles Liebeck, presented four specimens of Stcnomimus pal- 

 lidus. Mr. C. W. Johnson exhibited specimens of the species 

 of Pyrgota and said there were five valid species to which he 

 had added a new species from Canada, for which he proposed 

 the name chagnoni. Mr. Liebeck said Mr. Chagnon has found 

 an interesting member of the family Dascyllidae — Microcara 

 explanata. He had also received Stenocoliis scidellaris. These 

 were not represented in Dr. Horn's collection. He also re- 

 ported taking Geopinus incrassatus at the electric lights in the 

 lower part of the city. It is an unusual .species here. He had 

 previou.sly taken a few while gunning as they flew over a ditch 

 where he was concealed. Dr. Calvert stated that Miss H. T. 

 Higgins, a senior student of the four years' course in Biology 

 at the University of Pennsylvania, had recently studied the 

 gizzards of .some 90 species of dragon-flies of the subfamily 

 Calopteryginae and Agrioninic, from (luite diverse parts of the 

 world. The objects of the investigation were to ascertain what 

 information on the classification and relationships of these in- 



