PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL. XI JANUARY-MARCH, 1909 No. 1 



MEETIXG OF DECEMBER 10, 1908. 



The 226th regular meeting was held at the Saengerbund 

 Hall, 314 C street, X.W., President Hopkins in the chair. 

 Messrs. . \inslie. Burgess, Burke, Busck, Crawford, Ely, Gill, 

 Heidemann, Hopkins, Hyslop, Jenne, Jones, Knab, Kraus, 

 Lawford, Morgan, Patten, Quaintance, Sanders, Sasscer, 

 Schwarz, Townsend. Ulke, Van Horn, and Webster, members, 

 and Messrs. Braucher, demons, Dovener, Hammar, Nelson, 

 Russell, and Wilson, visitors, were present. 



Messrs. E. A. Back, R. A. Cushman, A. G. Hammar, G. E. 

 Merrill, H. M. Russell, E. G. Smythe. and H. F. Wilson, of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 and Mr. Douglas demons, of the Division of Insects, U. S. 

 Xational Museum, were elected active members of the Society. 



The following officers were elected for the year 1909: Presi- 

 dent, Otto Heidemann; First Vice-President, F. M. Webster; 

 Second Vice-President, A. L. Quaintance ; Recording Secretary, 

 I. C. Crawford: additional members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, L. O. Howard, C. L. Marlatt, and H. G. Dyar. 



An amendment to the Constitution, uniting the offices of 

 Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, was proposed. In ac- 

 cordance with the Constitution this could not be voted on until 

 the next regular meeting, so the Corresponding Secretary and 

 the Treasurer for l f 'OS consented to hold office until the matter 

 \vas settled. 



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