106 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Mar., '06 



Beverly Letcher. He passed away in San Francisco, July 17, 

 1905, at the age of 41 years. Born in San Francisco, Califor- 

 nia. With him were lost not only a good honest friend, but 

 also an excellent entomologist of bright ideas and deep obser- 

 vations in general entomology. His specialty was L,epidop- 

 doptera. I beg all present to rise and pay to our good friend 

 our sincerest esteem. I suggest that the Society draw up a 

 set of resolutions, showing our regard for him and that a copy 

 be presented to his mother, Mrs. Anna L/etcher. 



The following committee was appointed to draw up the reso- 

 lutions : Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, James Cottle and Dr. F. E. 

 Blaisdell. 



Dr. E. C. Van Dyke then reported "A Month's Outing in 

 Washington." He briefly considered the comparative geogra- 

 phy of Oregon and Washington, stating that he visited Mon- 

 roe, Tacoma, Paradise Park (Rainier) and Mt. Shasta. He 

 spoke of the general conditions in the two States, giving a 

 review of the geology past and present. He also considered 

 the flora and fauna. 



He gave the results of his collecting at Monroe, in the for- 

 est and clearing, along streams and in the open swampy places; 

 collecting at Paradise Park was then taken up, with results in 

 collecting along the streams, on flowers, trees, on ice fields 

 and about tents, with the report of taking Cicindela dcpressula; 

 Nebrias on ground and under logs. He stated that he recog- 

 nized two faunas in Eastern Washington. 



Mr. James Cottle gave a report of his summer's outing 

 (July iyth to 3ist) at Anderson Springs, L/ake County, Cali- 

 fornia, stating that he caught many Catocala as follows : 

 aholibah, pura , faustina , californica, deopatra, Ophelia, violenta, 

 zoe and what is undoubtedly a new species. 



Mr. J. C. Huguenin gave an account of his outing in the 

 Yosemite National Park in the early part of July. At Wanona, 

 Mariposa County, he took Omus hornii. In the Yosemite 

 Valley he took Carabus t&datus var. , Pterostichus morionidcs 

 and Eleodes scabricula, parvicollis var. and consobrina var. It 

 proved too early for L/epidoptera. 



F. E. BLAISDELL, M.D., Secretary. 



