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into two subfamilies, Ixodinae, with Ixodes and Ceratixodes ; 

 and Amblyomminse, with four tribes, as follows : Hsema- 

 physalini, for the genus Hsemaphysalis ; Rhipicephalini, for 

 Rhipicephalus and Boophilus ; Amblyommini, for Amblyomma, 

 Hyalomma, and Aponomma ; and the Dermacentorini for 

 Dermacentor. 



Doctor Stiles stated that he had been mistaken in some 

 tick identifications made several years ago, and having lately 

 had the opportunity of examining the types of several species 

 he could now correct these errors. He had found the stigmal 

 plate characters to be excellent. The species concerned are 

 Dermacentor reticulatus, D. occid entails, D. andersonii, and 

 D. quinquestriatus. D. occidentalis, in his early determina 

 tions, is D. andersonii, and D. reticulatus is D. quinquestriatus. 

 Dr. Ashmead presented a motion thanking Doctor Uhler 

 for his kind and bountiful entertainment and expressing the 

 pleasure of the Society in meeting with him in Baltimore. 

 The motion was carried unanimously and Doctor Uhler re 

 sponded that the pleasure was all his and that he wished that 

 the Society could meet in Baltimore more frequently. 



MARCH i, 1906. 



The 2O3d regular meeting was held at the residence of 

 Lambda Chapter, 3> 2 K, 2002 G street, N. W., the Society 

 being there entertained by Messrs. Couden, Hooker, and Mor- 

 rill. President Banks occupied the chair and the following 

 persons were present: Messrs. Ashmead, Banks, Barber, 

 Barrett, Beattie, Bishopp, Burke, Busck, Condit, Couden, Cur- 

 rie, Dyar, Gill, Heidemann, Hooker, Hopkins, Johnson, Knab, 

 Morrill, W. J. Phillips, Pierce, Quaintance, Reeves, Sanders, 

 Sasscer, Schwarz, Titus, and Webb, members, and Messrs. 

 J. C. Mulder and J. F. Strauss, visitors. 



The Society passed the following resolution: 

 Resolved, That members should furnish the recording sec 

 retary with abstracts of all their communications to the Society 

 which are not in the form of written papers, and, in case this 

 is not done, that the reports of such communications as given 



