434 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., '12 



Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidas from a bat, a deer and speci- 

 mens of an unknown species caught flying in the bright sun- 

 shine. 



Enthusiastic discussion followed the communications and 

 exhibitions; the meeting finally adjourning at n P. M. 



THE CLUB met in the office of Dr. A. Davidson, 

 in the Wilcox Building, Los Angeles, Cat, on Thursday 

 evening, June 6, 1912, at 8 o'clock, with the following persons 

 in attendance: H. H. Newcomb, A. Davidson, A. G. Smith, 

 K. R. Coolidge, W. Bollerman, H. Hehre, R. M. Caldwell, 

 Mrs. E. P. Van Duzee, E. H. Van Duzee, V. W. Owen, H. B. 

 Dixon, R. L. Beardsley and F. Grinnell, Jr. 



Mr. F. Grinnell, Jr., read an account of the pioneer ento- 

 mologists of California, illustrating with photos, maps, black- 

 board outline, letters and books. He divided the history of 

 entomological study in California into five periods, as follows: 

 1791-1848 coinciding with the Spanish Colonial period in Cali- 

 fornia, and marked especially by the activities of Russian 

 Naturalists, and various scientific expeditions; 1849-1859, peri- 

 od of the Mexican Boundary Survey and Pacific Railroad Sur- 

 vey, founding of the California Academy of Sciences and the 

 activities of Behr and Lorquin ; 1860-1870, the period of the 

 State Geological Survey and J. D. Whitney; 1870-1890, after 

 the opening of the Pacific Railroads many new collectors caine 

 in, Stretch, Rivers, Henry Edwards, etc., 1890- to the present 

 time, the period of the two universities. 



Mr. H. H. Newcomb gave an account of his methods of 

 collecting and preserving insects ; exhibited a copy of Week's 

 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, a nicely printed and illu- 

 strated work ; a specimen of a Belostomid with the usual mass 

 of eggs on the wing covers. 



Mr. Grinnell exhibited a box of Noctuids, including some 

 rare species, and a specimen of Lycaena exites mounted as 

 a novelty by the Denton Bros., for a necklace. 



Mr. Owen showed specimens of a Neophasla, probably Men- 

 apia from the South central Sierras; and species of Glovcria 

 from Arizona. 



