28 PROCEEDINGS MANCHESTER INSTITUTE 



The President occupied the remainder of the evening with 

 obser\^ations upon the early stages of Blatta germanica, illus- 

 trated with the microscope. 



Mondaj' evening. May 14. Regular meeting ; ten members 

 present. The President in the chair. 



The evening was devoted to the stud}^ of new arrivals during 

 the past two weeks, among them being Anax Junius, brought 

 in by Walter S. Abbott. 



It was voted to hold an outing at Lake Massabesic on Memo- 

 rial Day. 



Monday evening. May 28. Regular meeting ; nine members 

 present. The President in the chair. 



A comparative study was made of Enallagma civile, and the 

 President gave an account of a flight of Formica pennsylvanica, 

 which he had recently witnessed. The meeting was then open 

 for notes from members. 



Mondaj^ evening, June 11. Regular meeting; ten members 

 present. The President in the chair. 



A paper on the family' Carabid^ was presented by William 

 H. Huse. It was voted to adjourn for the summer recess. 



Monday evening, October 9, Sections B and D united in a 

 joint meeting, in accordance with an arrangement by their re- 

 spective executive committees, the purpose being to make a 

 brief review, for a few successive meetings, of the general princi- 

 ples of vertebrate zoology as a preparation for more advanced 

 work later on. Nine members were present. Mrs. Annie V. 

 Batchelder, President of Section D, was invited to preside. 



K. J. Burnham, on behalf the executive committees, outlined 

 the plan of work suggested, and then gave a succinct account 

 of views held at various periods as to the distinction between 

 vegetable and animal life. 



It was voted to invite Dr. Dillian G. Bullock to present a 

 demonstration of the backbone at the next meeting. 



Monday evening, October 22. Joint meeting of Sections B 

 and D ; nineteen members present. 



Dr. Bullock presented a study of the skull and cervical and 



