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shed skin 14 mm. Dr. Skinner exhibited what he took to be 

 the larvae of Parandra brunnea. They were infesting a but- 

 tonwood tree in Logan Square, Philadelphia, and were present 

 in large numbers. The speaker remarked that he had never 

 seen an imago in the Square. Mr. Wenzel said the imago 

 seldom leaves the tree. He mentioned the fact Mr. Beyer had 

 had taken Parandra polita at Norfolk, Va,, previously recorded 

 from Texas and Mexico. Mr. Huntington said the Aristotle 

 Society had been fairly successful in getting reports on the L,epi- 

 doptera and Coleoptera for the proposed Pennsylvania list. Dr. 

 Calvert said that wings were present in larvae of both sexes in 

 the Tussock moth, and asked if any one present had noted the 

 fact or had seen any reference thereto. 



Henry Skinner, Recorder. 



Minutes of meetings of Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



November 6, igo2. — Twenty- two persons present. Prof. 

 John B. Smith, president, in the chair. 



Dr. Call reported, for the committee on " Revision of Glos- 

 sary of Entomological Terms," as to the cost of compiling and 

 publishing 500 copies of a volume containing 125 pages, and 

 after discussion, subscriptions to the extent of $200 were 

 assured by those present. 



Mr, Charles Myers, of Bronx, and Messrs. William Schwenke 

 and Otto Dederer, of Brooklyn, were elected members. 



Mr. Martin exhibited specimens collected by himself during 

 the past season at Worms and Bierstadt, Germany. Lepidop- 

 tera were numerous. Electric lights were very productive. 



Mr. Doll reported his taking of many specimens of a varia- 

 tion of Eacles imperialis larvae in the Catskills which differed 

 structurally from the ordinary type, particularly in the short- 

 ening of the spines. 



Mr. Pearsall reported his capture of a specimen of Platarctia 

 hyperborea on the summit of one of the Catskills. 



Mr. Shoemaker stated that he had taken the third known 

 specimen of Sphinx franckii, at Washington, this summer, 

 the second having been taken by him several years since. 



