418 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Wisconsin Natural History Society.* 



Address. Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wis. General Secretary: Charles 

 T. Brues. 



History. Organized May 6, 1857, under the name "Der Naturhistorische 

 Verein von Wisconsin;" incorporated Aug. 7, 1879, as the Natural 

 History Society of Wisconsin. Charter amended June 9, 1902, and 

 name changed to the above. Botanical, entomological, geological, min- 

 eralogical and ornithological sections, the archeological section of the 

 society having become in 1903 the Wisconsin Archeological Society 

 (q. v.). 



Ref.: Geschichtlicher Ueberblick {In Deutscher naturhistorischer Verein von 

 Wisconsin. 1857-66.) Jahresbericht, 1879/80, p. 6-7. 



Object. To arouse and sustain an interest in the study of nature, and especially of 

 facts and material pertaining to the natural history and ethnology of Wisconsin. 



Meetings. Monthly, last Thursday, Sept. to June, in the lecture room of the Mu- 

 seum-Library Building. 



Membership. -66 active (annual dues, $3 for residents; $2 for non-residents; life 

 composition, $50); 10 honorary; 15 corresponding. 



Publications. 



Jahresbericht des Naturhistorischen Vereins von Wisconsin. [1857/66]- 

 1881/82. Milwaukee, [1867] -82. 16 nos. 8. 



no. i has caption title : Deutscher naturhistorischer Verein von Wiscon- 

 sin. no. 2. Die Generalversammlung, Jan. 12, 1868. no. 5-9. Bericht 

 . . . no. 14-16 use both the German and English names of the so- 

 ciety. 



Gedachtniss-Rede auf Peter Engelmann, 24 Mai, 1874, von. Dr. Fr. Bren- 

 decke: issued with no. 9. Vortrag uber die Verwendung von Blei- 

 rohren fiir Wasserleitung, von Dr. Fr. Brendecke and Die Abstam- 

 munglehre; Vortrag . . . von H. H. Oldenhage: issued with no. 12. 



Price: ice. each; no. 1-5, 7, 13, 16, o. p. 



Proceedings . . . Oct. 10, i884.-Dec. 17, 1888. 8. 



Issued in 5 signatures, Mar. 1885- Apr. 1889. Price: I5c. each; ist signa- 

 ture, o. p. 

 OCCASIONAL PAPERS . . . v. I-III, no. i. Milwaukee, 1889- [96]. 4. 



By G. W. and E. G. Peckham. 



Contents: v. i, no. i : Observations on sexual selection in spiders of the 

 family Attidce. 1889. no. 2. Protective resemblances in spiders. 1889. > 

 no. 3. Additional observations on sexual selection in spiders of the fam- 

 ily Attida, with some remarks on Mr. Wallace's theory of sexual orna- 

 mentation. 1890. v. 2, no. i. Ant-like spiders of the family Attida, 1892. 

 no. 2. Spiders of the Marptusa group of the family Attidce. 1894. no. 



Distinct from Wisconsin Natural History Association, incorporated 1855, with 

 seat at Madison, Wis. Publ. : Charter, constitution and by-laws. Milwaukee, 1860. 



