Sanborn.] 416 [May 25, 



Section of Entomology. May 25, 1870. 

 Mr. P. S. Sprague in the chair. Nine members present. 



Mr. F. G. Sanborn reported the recent capture of some 

 interesting Lepicloptera at Milforcl, N". H. ; among them a 

 singular variety of Lycama lucia, 9 , several Hesperidm, II. 

 vialis, metea and samoset, besides abundant specimens of 

 Nisoniades icelus, ennius and perseus. 



He also gave an account of some observations recently 

 made by him at Milford, X. H., on the habits of the Termes 

 flampes Koll., when removing their young to a place of 

 safety ; in which labor the soldiers did not assist, but rather 

 impeded the operations of the workers. Some few of the 

 latter in exploring the ground for stray larvae, fell a prey to 

 the extremely small red ants, a colony of which species was 

 established beneath a corner of the same stone that roofed 

 the abode of the Termes. 



Mr. Edward Burgess informed the Section that Dr. Hasten 

 would probably bring with him on his return from Europe, 

 his entire collection of Neuroptera, the largest in existence. 

 He had been told, he said, that Dr. Hagen desired specimens 

 of all Phryganeidae, preserved by jrinning; not put up in 

 papers like Lepidoptera, as this treatment injured them 

 irrecoverably. 



Wednesday, June 1, 1870. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson in the chair. Thirty-five persons 

 present. 



Mr. Edward S. Morse made a verbal communication on 

 the Position of the Brachiopoda in the animal kingdom. He 

 exhibited living specimens of Lingula, which he had pro- 

 cured during a recent visit to. the coast of North Carolina, 



