Mar., '06] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 103 



A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held 

 April 27, 1905, Dr. Philip P. Calvert in the chair. Thirteen 

 persons were present. The President announced the deaths 

 of Dr. Henri de Saussure on February 2oth, elected a corres- 

 ponding member of the Society January 15, 1866, and of F. 

 M. Brauer, who died December 29, 1904, elected a corres- 

 ponding member October 28, 1897. Letters were read from 

 Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ignacio Bolivar and Nicolas Adelung 

 thanking the Society for having elected them corresponding 

 members. 



Mr. Laurent said he had observed a specimen of Vanessa 

 antiopa on the stairway of his carriage house on Christmas 

 day and it remained there until Feb. i7th. Dr. Calvert spoke 

 of the Odonata collected by Mr. E. B. Williamson in Guate- 

 mala and sent to him for study. Two thousand seven hun- 

 dred specimens were collected in two months. 



Mr. Weigand spoke of his success in sugaring for moths on 

 Holly Beach, New Jersey. Taking two hundred specimens in 

 one night was not unusual. 



Mr. Snyder asked if the issuing of Hymenoptera during the 

 warm fall days has any effect in decreasing the spring brood. 

 Discussed by the members. 



HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, was held May 25, 1905. Mr. 

 Philip Laurent, Director, presiding. Twelve persons were 

 present. Dr. Skinner exhibited Syntomidae from Venezuela, 

 which mimic Hymenoptera in a wonderful manner. Some 

 large Cicadas from Burma and the pretty moth Coptodisca 

 splendor if erella, the latter raised from cocoons taken by Mr. 

 Edward Potts, Media, Pa., were also shown. 



Mr. Daecke called attention to the value of Canada balsam 

 for mounting small insects as they do not shell off as they do 

 when glue is used. 



Mr. Rehn spoke of his studies of South American Truxa- 

 liuae Hylopteriges. Americans use the genus Tru. \alis and 

 the Europeans Metahptia. The question of the generic syno- 



