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variety tunuts. The scales on the wings are 'a mixture of both 

 black and yellow, the black scales predominating. He also 

 exhibited a male of Pampliila cainpestris (Lep.) captured at 

 Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, on October I7th. The speaker stated 

 that to the best of his knowledge this was the third specimen 

 recorded from the vicinity of Philadelphia. The date of cap- 

 ture, October i/th, was unusual. 



Mr. Williams discussed the value of genitalic characters in 

 the genus Lycacna (Lep.) and exhibited drawings of the geni- 

 talia of a number of species. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited colored drawings made from life show- 

 ing the difference in the eye coloring of the dragonflies Proto- 

 ncnra amatoria and Argia oenea] (Odon.). 



E. T. CRESSON, JR., Secy, pro tern. 



Meeting of December 12, 1914. Dr. Calvert presided; eight 

 persons present. 



The following were elected officers to serve for 1915 : Pres- 

 ident, Philip P. Calvert; Vice-President, H. W. Wenzel ; 

 Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Curator, Henry Skinner; Librarian, 

 Ezra T. Cresson, Jr. ; Corresponding Secretary, J. A. G. Rehn ; 

 Recording Secretary, Henry Skinner. 



HENRY SKINNER, Rec. Secy. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, ACADEMY OF NAT- 

 URAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Meeting of November 19, 1914. Mr. Philip Laurent, Di- 

 rector, presided ; thirteen persons present. 



Dr. Skinner exhibited an interesting aberration of An/ynnis 

 aphrodite (Lep.) taken at Cresco, Pa., August 2, 1914, by 

 Mr. F. M. Jones. The upper side is largely melanic and the 

 silver spots below coalesced. 



Mr. Daecke spoke of finding a geometrid larva (Lep.) in 

 great abundance at Hunters Run, Pa., on July IT. He sup- 

 posed the species to be Zcrcne catcnaria and said the larvae 

 teed on oak, sassafras, willow, maple, lersey tea, indigo, etc. 



Dr. Calvert exhibited a slide of the reproductive organs of a 



