1928] Proceedings of the Cambridge Entomological Club 65 
finer and that of the metasternum and coxal plates distinctly 
sparser and less coarse than in the present species. As compared 
with nigrescens the present species is more ovate (more at- 
tenuate posteriorly), less dark in color, somewhat more coarsely 
punctate, with the disparity in size of elytral punctures less 
marked in the posterior half, and the second joint of the male 
pro tarsus a little smaller and less triangular. 
The species is apppropriately and with pleasure dedicated 
to Prof. Brues, who kindly permits me to retain the male type. 
The female allotype will, at his suggestion, be deposited in the 
collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOG- 
ICAL CLUB. 
During the year 1927 eight meetings were held, with the 
following programs: February 8: Mr. W. L. W. Field, “The Back- 
ground of the Early Work of Thaddeus W. Harris.” March 8: 
Professor C. T. Brues and Mr. P. J. Darlington, Jr., “Insect 
Collecting at the Harvard Tropical Laboratory, Cuba.” April 
12: F. W. Dodge, “Over the Range (White Mountains, N. H.),” 
and Mr. J. H. Emerton, “Spider Notes.” May 10: Mr. Arthur 
Loveridge, F. E. S., C. M. Z. S., “Observations on Some East 
African Insects.” June 14: Mr. F. M. Carpenter, “Some Recent 
and Fossil Insects from Kansas, Colorado, and Texas.” October 
11: Summer collecting notes, by several members. November 8: 
Mr. P. J. Darlington, Jr., “Collecting Coleoptera in the Moun- 
tains of Washington and Oregon.” December 13: Mr. F. M. 
Carpenter, “Collecting Fossil Insects in Western United States.” 
The Club lost one member by death, Mr. F. C. Bowditch, 
of Brookline, Massachusetts. Eight new members were elected, 
bringing the membership number to eighty. 
F. M. Carpenter, Secretary. 
