6 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



more, Md. ; Mr. O. W. Barrett, of the Bureau of Plant In 

 dustry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture ; and Dr. E. F. Phillips, of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



The resignation from membership of Mr. C. L. Pollard was 

 presented and accepted. 



By vote of the Society the whole matter of the future publi 

 cation of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 OF WASHINGTON was referred to the Publication Committee 

 with instructions to report at the next regular meeting of the 

 Society. 



The following officers were elected for the year 1906: Pres 

 ident, Nathan Banks; First Vice-president, A. D. Hopkins; 

 Second Vice-president, O. Heidemann; Recording Secretary, 

 Rolla P. Currie; Corresponding Secretary, E. S. G.' Titus; 

 Treasurer, J. D. Patten ; additional members of the Executive 

 Committee : H. G. Dyar, L. O. Howard, and C. L. Marlatt. 



Dr. Howard gave an account of his trip to Europe during 

 the past summer, the object of which was to secure, if possible, 

 for introduction into the United States, the parasitic and pre- 

 daceous enemies of the gypsy moth (Porthetria dispar L.) and 

 brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhcea L.). a Among the 

 localities visited were the Azores Islands, Gibraltar, Naples, 

 Florence, Milan, Vienna, Budapesth, Dresden, Paris, etc. 

 Many photographs illustrating the trip were exhibited. Among 

 the insects secured as of possible value in destroying the gypsy 

 and brown-tail moths he especially mentioned the fly Tachina 

 larvarum L. He also spoke especially of the difficulty of im 

 porting the European species of Calosoma. 



In discussing Dr. Howard's communication Mr. Schwarz 

 reviewed the little which is known of the biology of the 

 Calosomas of Europe. It seems pretty well established that 

 there is but one annual generation. He said that too much 

 must not be expected of these beetles as gypsy and brown-tail 

 moth destroyers. Nothing appears to be known of the hiberna- 



a Doctor Howard has published an account of this trip in the Year 

 book of the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 1905 under the title 

 " The Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths and their European Parasites " ; 

 pages 123-138. PUB. COM. 



