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at Dacosta, N. J., on July i6th, and not before recorded from 

 New Jersey. He also exhibited a number of Mutilla taken at 

 Dacosta, N. J., September 2, 1901, on a tulip tree infested with 

 Lecanium tiilipifer<^ . 



Dr. Skinner mentioned that at Dacosta, N. J., on Juh' 4th, 

 Cicada hieroglyphica was seen by thousands. He stated he had 

 spent his vacation out West, and gave the following points 

 concerning his trip : 



" The greater part of the time was spent in Sapello Canon, 

 which runs into the main range of the Rock\- Mountains from 

 the east, about thirty miles northwest of Las Vegas, New 

 Mexico. Collecting was done at an elevation of from 7200 to 

 about 11,000 feet ; fire was necessaary night and morning and 

 rains were constant every day but one. A much larger amount 

 of material would have been obtained if it had not been for the 

 wet weather. It is too soon to say anything about the result 

 of the trip as the material has not been studied. Argynnis 

 7iitocris nigrocarulea Cockerell was taken and other interesting 

 butterflies. Ptatyniis nivalis Horn and an undetermined Cy- 

 chrus are of interest in the Coleoptera. I hope later to give a 

 detailed account of the species taken." 



The Secretary read a note from our fellow member, Mr. Frank 

 Haimbach, tendering his resignation as a member of the Social. 

 The same was accepted. 



The Secretary invited the members of the Social to hold the 

 October meeting at his residence, 2245 N. Lambert Street, 

 which was accepted. 



After the reading of the rough minutes the meeting adjourned 

 to the annex at 11 o'clock. W. R. Reinick, Secretary. 



The eighteenth regular meeting of the Harris Club was 

 held at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of June 14, 

 1 901. 



Messrs. Hall, Newcomb and Osgood showed some ingenious 

 forms of collecting boxes. Several members discussed devices 

 for trapping insects. Mr. Newcomb told of the capture of 

 Hemaris thysbe at electric light. Mr. Morse showed an inter- 



