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a remarkable exception from this rule, and it remains for observers to 
ascertain whether or not other species of Harpalus, or species of other 
genera in Carabidce, participate in this habit. 
MARCH 3, 1887. 
Six persons present. Vice-President Marx in the chair. 
Mr. Smith's proposed amendment to Article III of the Consti- 
tution was read, discussed by sections, and finally adopted with 
amendments. 
Article III of the Constitution as amended stands, therefore, as 
follows : 
SECTION I. The Society shall consist of active, corresponding, 
and honorary members. Active members must be residents of 
the cities of Washington or Baltimore or vicinity. Corresponding 
or honorary members may be from any State or country. 
SECTION II. Any active member of the Society, in good stand- 
ing, who may leave the cities or district above named to reside 
for a year or more elsewhere, may, on motion of any active mem- 
ber of the Society, or at his own request, be transferred to the list 
of corresponding members, and shall from that time have the 
privileges of such members only. 
SECTION III. Candidates for active membership may be pro- 
posed at any stated meeting by any active member, but shall not be 
elected until the next following meeting except upon motion of 
some person other than the proposer, and upon unanimous con- 
sent of those present. A two-thirds' vote of the active members 
present shall be required to elect an active member. 
Corresponding members, except such as become such by re- 
moval, may be proposed in the same way as active members, but 
the name must be referred to the Executive Committee, who shall 
at the next meeting report upon the same. A two-thirds' vote of 
the active members present shall be required to elect. 
Honorary members shall be proposed only by the Executive 
Committee, and may be elected at any stated meeting without 
lying over as in the case of active members. A unanimous vote 
of the active members present is required to elect. 
The election of active or corresponding members may be by 
