1878.] Aa [Hagen. 
and not the Saxon traits are the hope of the nations of the Old 
World. 
General Meeting. December 18, 1878. 
Vice-President, Mr. John Cummings, in the chair. Sixty- 
nine persons present. 
Dr. Hagen read a paper on the so-called “ Carpet-Bug,” 
Anthrenus scrophulariae, giving a humorous history of its 
appearance and depredations. To prevent the latter, he 
recommended that no new carpets be laid without a thor- 
ough beating, and that the edges be underlaid by tallowed 
paper and all crevices in the floors be well stuffed with tallow. 
The migrations of various other insects were referred to. 
Dr. 8. Kneeland remarked that twenty-five years ago there 
was not a house-fly in the Phillipines, but it had recently 
made its appearance and was increasing rapidly. 
Some pictures of famous eruptions of Vesuvius, etc., pre- 
sented by Dr. Kneeland were shown. 
Section of Entomology. December 27, 1878. 
Mr. 8. Henshaw in the chair. Ten persons present. 
The following paper was read: 
Some REMARKS UPON WHITE Ants. By Dr. H. HAGen. 
I have been until now prevented by other more pressing work from 
finishing my study of the beautiful set of white ants from Jamaica, 
collected by Mr. H. J. Hubbard. As this study is now nearly finished 
perhaps some preliminary remarks may be of interest. 
The eggs collected on April 13, were apparently only laid a short 
time before. The micropyle of Termes’ eggs has not before been 
known. Near the upper pole of the egg, on each side, there are four 
to six rounded flat impressions; viewed in profile they are similar to 
