PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL. VI. JANUARY, 1904. No. i. 



MAY 14, 1903. 



The lySth regular meeting was held in the Saengerbund Hall, 

 3140 street, N.W., Dr. Howard in the chair, and Messrs. Ash- 

 mead, Benton, Busck, Currie, Doolittle, Dyar, Gill, Heidemann, 

 Kotinsky, Morris, Schwarz, Simpson, Ulke and Warner, mem 

 bers, and Mr. H. Bolce, visitor, also present. 



Mr. H^ Bolce, of the Treasury Department, was elected an 

 active member of the Society. 



Dr. Howard presented a note on a letter from Dr. Fletcher, 

 wherein the latter reported black flies (Simulium colum- 

 batczense Schoenbauer) entering the anus and vulva of domestic 

 animals. 



Mr. Ashmead exhibited drawings to illustrate his mono 

 graph of the North American Braconidae, soon to be published 

 by the National Museum, and accompanied the exhibition by 

 remarks illustrating the characters of the various genera "repre 

 sented by these drawings. Among other things he said that in 

 many instances he was led to detect generic and tribal characters 

 by a knowledge of the habits of the insect. His notes were dis 

 cussed by Messrs. Howard, Gill, Schwarz and Benton. 



Dr. Howard stated that in November, 1891, he read a paper 

 before the Association of Economic Entomologists at Champaign, 



