1879.] 283 [ Meetings. 
Dr. Brewer showed a Sooty Tern, Sterna fuliginosa 2, a 
tropical bird, shot on Lake Champlain, where the species 
seems to be growing abundant. 
Mr. L. 8. Burbank showed a tine specimen of glaciated 
granite, the gift of Mr. 8. P. Litchfield, of Fitchburg, to 
whom the thanks of the Society were voted. 
A vote of thanks was also passed to Mr. John A. Jeftries 
for a male specimen of Passerculus princeps Maynard. 
General Meeting. May 21, 1879. 
Vice-President Mr. S. H. Scudder in the chair. Twenty- 
eight persons present. 
Dr. T. M. Brewer and Mr. Scudder read their papers pre- 
sented by title at the last meeting — Additions to the List of 
New England Birds, and Palaeozoic Cockroaches. 
Dr. Brewer showed a pair of humming birds, Amazilla 
yucatensis Gould, presented by Dr. J. C. Merrill, U.S. A., to 
whom the thanks of the Society were voted. 
Section of Entomology. May 28, 1879. 
Mr. George Dimmock in the chair. Nine persons present. 
Dr. H..A. Hagen, in remarking on the small number of North 
American beetles whose early stages were known, said that 
Matthias Rupersberger had recently published a catalogue 
of the described European larvae, from which it appeared 
that of about 8,000 European beetles 1,255 have had their 
earlier stages described. ih 
Mr. Dimmock reported the capture of the carpet beetle, 
Anthrenus scrophularie, on the blossoms of the June-berry, 
Amelanchier canadensis, and Dr. Hagen said specimens had 
