32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, 



Mr. Laurent referred to the great damage done by Fieri* 

 rapa- in Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania, and in sec- 

 tions of New Jersey. 



In reply to Prof. Smith, he stated he had seen the caterpil- 

 lars of rapfc at work. 



Prof. Smith said that Plusia brassiac had done the most in- 

 jury to cabbage in south New Jersey. 



Prof. Smith spoke of the death of Rev. Geo. D. Hulst, on 

 November 5th, and referred to his entomological work. 



On motion, the following resolutions presented by Prof. 

 Smith, were adopted : 



Resolved, That in the death of Dr. George D. Hulst, ento- 

 mology has lost an able worker in his very prime, and when 

 the character of his publications showed that his best was just 

 being given to us. This is a loss to be regretted by the members 

 individually and as a body, and they hereby record their sorrow 

 and regret, 



Resolved further, That the character of the deceased was 

 such, that the loss of the man is equal to the loss of the 

 scientist ; to be regretted by all who admire justness and up- 

 rightness in thought and speech, 



Resolved further, That this minute be spread upon the re- 

 cords of the Social and that a copy be forwarded to the family 

 of the deceased by the Secretary. 



Mr. E. Daecke was unanimously elected a member of the 

 Social. WILLIAM J. Fox, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



Dr. Otto Staudinger died at Lucerne, Switzerland, on Oct. 

 1 3th, in his seventy-first year. He was well known to Ameri- 

 can students of the Lepidoptera. 



A letter just received from M. Rene Martin contains the sad 

 news of the death of M. le Baron Edmond de Selys-Longchamps, 

 the greatest authority on the Odonata. His decease occurred 

 a few days previous to December i3th, but the exact date is 

 not mentioned. We shall give a notice of his life and labors 

 in the February number. P. P. CALVERT, Dec. 26, 1900. 



