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Psyche 
[October 
Emerton showed by maps the distribution of several northern 
New England Spiders. 
At the April meeting Prof. Wheeler read a paper on Dip- 
terous larvse, allied to Microdon, found in ants’ nests in Panama 
and British Guiana. Mr. Emerton showed lantern photographs 
of the tracks of insects on sand at the Ipswich sand-dunes. Dr. 
Smulyan read a paper on the eating caterpillars of the ‘‘fall 
web-worm” by yellow-jacket wasps. See Psyche June-August 
1924. 
At the meeting of May 13 Prof. Brues read a paper on the 
Insects of the warm springs of Yellowstone Park. Prof. Wheeler 
showed an ant Tetramorium guineense in which the head has all 
the characters of a male and the rest of the body those of a 
female. See Psyche June- August 1924. Mr. C. W. Johnson read 
a list of the families of Diptera of New England now amounting 
to 3170 species. 
A special meeting of the Club was held on Tuesday evening 
May 27, 1924 to meet Mr. E. A. Schwarz now of the National 
Museum at Washington who was one of the original members 
of the Club. Refreshments were served and reminiscences of 
early members discussed. 
At the meeting of June 10, 1924 Dr. Joseph Bequaert told 
about a visit to Honduras to investigate the midges at a station 
of the United Fruit Co. Dr. Bequaert made observations on the 
mosquitoes, Tabanidse and other insects. With this meeting 
the Club adjourned for the summer. 
J. H. Emerton, 
Secretary. 
