PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND 'AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 315th meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, October 

 2, 1918, in the hall of the Perpetual Building Association at 1101 E 

 Street N. W. There were present 18 members and 4 visitors. 



The editor announced the appearance of the long delayed volume 

 19, of the Society's Proceedings. 



Dr. G. F. White and Mr. R. A. St. George, both of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Entomology, were elected to membership in the Society. 



The program was as follows: 



W. M. Mann: Collecting in Fiji. Owing to the illness of Dr. Mann 

 this paper was read by title. 



R. A. CusHMAN : Cocoon spinning habit of two species of Braconids. 

 This paper, which dealt with the author's observations of the cocoon 

 spinning of two common species, was discussed by Messrs. Schwarz, 

 RoHWER, and Abbott, 



A. B. Gahan: A synopsis of the species belonging to the chalcidoid 

 genus Riley a Ashmead. In the absence of the author this paper was 

 presented by the secretary. It dealt almost entirely with a system- 

 atic treatment of the genus Rileya, including all of the known spe- 

 cies of the world. The paper was discussed by Messrs. Schwarz and 



ROHWER. 



C. N. Ainslie: Notes on the economic importance of Samia Cecropia. 

 This paper was read by Mr. Rohwer and discussed by Messrs. Abbott 

 and CusHMAN. 



A. B. Gahan, Recording Secretary. 



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