4 
Psyche 
[February 
June 13, 1879, a contract was made with Geo. Dimmock 
to publish Vol. 3 of ‘Tsyche,” beginning in 1880. By February, 
1881, the resident membership had fallen to 16, while the non- 
reisdent had increased to 59. In December, 1882, the secretary, 
Mr. Dimmock, offers in “Psyche’’ to present at meetings papers 
by non-resident members and to send them on request reports 
of meetings. Books from the Club’s library were sent to distant 
members on payment of postage, but little use was made of 
these facilities. In 1882 the average attendance at meetings fell 
to 5.2 and in 1884 to 4. 
The loss on Vol. 3 of “Psyche” was $252.60, which was paid 
by Mr. Dimmock, and a vote of thanks passed by the Club. 
In 1887 Mann moved away from Cambridge and the Club’s 
library was taken to the Boston Society of Natural History. 
“Psyche” was not published between 1886 and 1888 for want of 
an editor, but it was taken up again by Scudder, who had built 
his new study in his garden and invited the Club in 1888 to 
meet and keep its library there. 
The main interests of the Club at this time were the pub- 
lication of “Psyche” and the membership of entomologists all 
over the country, and the meetings of local members were small. 
Presidents were elected from prominent entomologists in distant 
places, their principal duty being to furnish an address at the 
end of their term. W. H. Ashmead of Washington was president 
in 1893 and T. M. Bean of Laggan in the Rocky Mountains in 
1894. 
By 1895 Scudder’s health began to fail and meetings were 
held at Henshaw’s house in Cambridge or Hayward’s in Boston, 
usually with small attendance. The annual meeting of 1903 
was adjourned from month to month for want of a quorum, and 
the election took place only in April. 
The original members of the Club had now nearly all given 
up an active part in its work. Austin, Dimmock, Mann, Mor- 
rison and Schwarz had moved away from Cambridge, Scudder 
was sick, and Hagen had died. 
At this time a new set of men came into the Club. While 
the Cambridge Club had been spending its strength in spreading 
its influence all over the continent, the local entomologists had 
