PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON 



VOL. X MARCH-JUNE, 1908 Nos. 1-2 



JANUARY 9, 1908. 



The 2 1 8th regular meeting was held at the Saengerbund 

 Hall, 314 C street, N. W. President Hopkins presided, and 

 there were present Messrs. Barber, Bishopp, Burgess, Burke, 

 Busck, Davis, Foster, Gahan, Hopkins, Jenne, Marsh, Patten, 

 W. J. Phillips, Popenoe, Quaintance, Sanders, Sasscer, 

 Schwarz, Townsend, Van Horn, Webster, and Weldon, mem- 

 bers, and Messrs. R. A. Cushman, W. S. Fisher, Paul Hay- 

 hurst, E. O. G. Kelly, and D. K. McMillan, visitors. 



President Hopkins was nominated to represent the So- 

 ciety as a Vice-President of the Washington Academy of 

 Sciences. The following officers were elected for the year 

 1908: President, A. D. Hopkins, First Vice-President, Otto 

 Heidemann ; Second Vice-President, E. A. Schwarz ; Re- 

 cording Secretary, H. E. Burke; Corresponding Secretary, 

 J. G. Sanders ; Treasurer, J. D. Patten ; additional members 

 of the Executive Committee, Harrison G. Dyar, L. O. 

 Howard, and C. L. Marlatt. 



Thanking the members of the Society for his reelection 

 Doctor Hopkins read and commented upon some portions of 

 the address of the first president, the late Dr. C. V. Riley. 

 Mr. Schwarz told of the difficulties of organization and the 

 hardships endured by the members for the first few years. 

 Mr. Davis presented the Society with Bulletin 234 of the 



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