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extremes in coloration. Mr. Grossheck showed a 
Geometrids and spoke of the great amount of varia- 
man, apr he species displayed. Especially interesting 
. n of Therina fiscellaria, in which the two nor- 
j seidel le a csiaMahad cross-lines anastomosed and parted at 
yin t of juncture, thus forming a quadrangle with the costa 
a triangle with the inner margin. A similar case was 
° Eeetionen gant, where the basal and outer fields 
ines centrally, having a small white costal and inner mar- 
1 spo A represent the usual broad median area. Mr. 
adwell had a fine series of Telea polyphemus, showing the 
ac “4 | variation from pale yellow to dark reddish individ- 
Bo Joun A. Grossneck, Secretary. 
of the Newark Entomological Society was held 
bruary 9, 1908, with eighteen members present and Mr. 
7 ry Dietz, of New York, a visitor. 
r. Brehme read a paper entitled “Notes on Some Saturn- 
n which he spoke of the large percentage of dead cat- 
S in the cocoons he had collected last fall. Samia ce- 
fared worse thar all other species in this respect, scarcely 
is per cent. containing live pupee, and, of the dead ones only 
I pe r cent. of those examined were infested with parasites. 
. a polyphemus unlike S. cecropia died mostly in the larval 
: — - Stage, and just before the season of pupation hundreds of lar- 
: xs wld be seen hanging limp from the branches of their 
i? food-plants. Of those that succeeded in forming cocoons 60 
_ were invalid, and, as in the case of cecropia, died be- 
re pupating, though the inner as well as outer wall of the 
oem was fully formed. Promethea, on the other hand, 
teamed moe to be alee by dines a all anderen xa 
to a remarkable degree the usual infestation of parasites. 
Cynthia was not inclined more in one direction than in another* 
and the percentage of good cocoons remained at a par with 
z In discussing the paper Mr. Erb bore out Mr. Brehme’s 
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