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mens especially relating to the groups ausonides, variations 

 hyantis and coloradensis , and sara, variations reakirtii i^stella) 

 and jiilia. While hyantis and coloradensis differ in size from 

 aiisonides, being rather less, the distinction between the varia- 

 tions only depends upon slight changes in maculation, viz., in 

 hya7itis the central spot on the primaries is larger than that 

 of coloradensis, while the underside of the secondaries in 

 hyantis is rather more richly decorated than in coloradensis. 

 This would seem to confirm the propriety of the retention of 

 only one of these names, hyantis, as Dr. Skinner has done. 

 As to group sara, Mr. Edwards in his description of reakirtii 

 states that there are no yellow females. This would appear to 

 be erroneous, since among a large series of this variation re- 

 ceived from sundry localities in California, Nevada and Utah, 

 both white and jellow females of reakirtii were found, includ- 

 ing white males oi Julia. As no other forms were taken, this 

 would seem sufiicient to obliterate the distinction between 

 reakirtii and julia and these so called variations should be 

 treated as identical, represented by white males and yellow 

 females, the slight differences in maculation being insufficient 

 to entitle either to be treated as a distinct variation. On the 

 other hand, stella would seem deserving of recognition since in 

 a series of some 300 specimens from Plumas County, California, 

 only yellow males and females occurred, which corresponds 

 with the statement in Mr. Edward's description that both 

 sexes are yellow. This constancy of color certainly entitled 

 it to be distinguished as a local variation of sara. 



May 5^ 1904.. — Sixteen per.sons present, Dr. Zabriskie in the 

 chair. Relation by various members of the circumstances 

 which led them to become interested in entomology. Dr. Za- 

 briskie stated that his attention was attracted among other 

 things to a number of clay tubes, some six inches in length, 

 pendent from the rafters of an old barn situated on the home- 

 stead in Flatbush, L. I. These, he subsequently learned, were 

 constructed by termites. He knew of no record of a similar 

 formation by these insects. 



Mr. Weeks stated that he desired to correct some erroneous 

 opinions published in the March Journal of the New York 



