Proceedings of the Cambridge Entomological Club.
Psyche 28(5-6):168-169, 1921.

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168 Psyche
Lycosa alpigena, Doleshall.
Lycosa insignitu, Thorell, 1872.
Lycosa albohustata, Emerton, 1890.
I,ycosa insigmita, Thorell, supposed to be identical with L. alpi- . genu of the Alps, is also the same as the American L. albohmtatu, Emerton. This species does not range as far north nor live at as high ele~ations as L. exuspemms and L. pictilis, but it extends across America to the Rocky Mountaim, being found several times at elevations of 5,000 to 6,000 feet at Banff. It occurs at low elevations on both sides of Hudson Bay, in Labrador, on the coast of Maine, and in the White Nountains just above the trees. Drassus troglodytes, Koch, 1839.
Drassus trogZodytes, L. Koch, 1866, Drassid~. Drmsus robustus, Emerton, 1890, Trans. Connecticut Acad. .
Southwest Greenland, Copenhagen Museum.
Iceland and Europe south to the Alps.
Massachusetts, Xew Hampshire, Mt. Mansfield, Vt. Sandusky, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois.
Laggan, Allwrta, Canada.
Vancouver Island, B. C., Canada.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CAMBRIDGE ENT'OMOLOGICAL CLUB.
At the meeting, May 10, the committee 011 public lectures re- ported that four lectures had been given on Saturday afternoons in March and April 'in one of the small halls in Tremont Temple, on "Butterflies," by W. L. W. Ffeld, on "Dragonflies," by R. H. Howe, Jr., on 'cL4nts,'7 by Mr. M. Wheeler, and on "Gall Insects" by A. C. Kinsey. An admis~ioi~ fee of 50 cents was charged, and there was an attendance of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty persons, so that enough was received to pay expenses of the . course within ten dollars.
Mr. Reynolds reported the recent meeting of the New England Pederation of Natural History Societies, in whkh three members of the Club took part.
Prof. C. T. Br~~es described a new minute Proctotrypid (Doll-



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1921] Proceedings of the Chndwidge Entornological Club 169 chotrypes) parasitic on Cecidomyid larvze which live in the sap vessels of freshly cut wood. The parasite has a long slender abdomen whkh varies in length in different individuals and iy used in placing the eggs into the vessels of the wood. Mr. Frost spoke of recent collecting of beetles and the different identifications of them by several experts whom he had consulted. Mr. Walker spoke of hding a small in,wct larva in freshly exuded spruce gum. This led to a discussion of insects in gum and amber, whkh was jsoined in by Mr. Denton) Prof. Wheeler. and several other members.
At the meeting of June 14, Mr. L. W. Swett) who had lately been to the White Mountains) reported an unusually early season. At the Glen lilac and apple were in bloom) Papilio turnus, Colh plilodice, Pieris rap@, Argynnis beZZona and Theda Zada were fly- ing. The nights were warm) 55' to 60å¡ and collecting by 15ght was tried on the Mt. Washington carriage road. Many species were taken, but in small numbers.
Mr. Dodge showed 140 species of Col~ptera~ all taken on June 12) near Wilmington .Junction.
The first meeting of the autumn was held on September 13, and Mr. C. W. Johnson gave an account of collecting at Mt. Desert) Maine) in June. The mountah maple, several species of Cornus, and raspberries were in bloom, and many insects were swept from the plants, among them many not before found on the island. Two thousand species of insects are at present known on Mt. Desert, more than half of them Diptera and Lepidoptera. Mr. 0. E. Plaih showed several nests of bumble-bees which he had kept in boxes through the summer) and told about his obser- vations on them, which will be published later in the year.



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