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profitable to each other. I know much has been done; ours ap- 

 pears to be an inexhaustible study, as we advance a fresh mine 

 opens with an enchanting charm to seek further to satisfy the 

 desire for new material and knowledge. In view of the fact that 

 our records are being published by one of the prominent ento- 

 mological monthlies of the^ world, we should maintain a high 

 standard of work. That our Social endeavors to hold the favor- 

 able position which it now occupies is the desire of your presiding 

 officer." 



Dr. Skinner, in reply, complimented the President on his ad- 

 dress, stating that on behalf of the honorary members he desired 

 to express their appreciation of the hospitality of the Social, and 

 that they had undoubtedly been benefited by the transactions 

 at its meetings, 



Mr. Laurent stated that he had received a letter from Dr. 

 Rodrigues Ottolengui, inviting the membeis to attend his first 

 annual sale of insects, which takes place in New York City on 

 January 25th. Mr. Laurent exhibited two specimens of Lepid- 

 optera, Acronycta afflicta, from Jamesburg, N. J., and Hadena 

 durgessi&om Arlington Beach, N. J., which were identified for 

 him by Prof. Smith, and which he states were not before recorded 

 from the State of New Jersey. 



Mr. Fox exhibited two nests of Polistes annular is collected bv 



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Mr. C. W. Johnson at Denison, Texas. The nests were unusu- 

 ally large, one measuring 1 1 x 6 inches, being larger by far than 

 any nest of the species of the genus Polistes heretofore seen by 

 the speaker. 



Dr. Skinner spoke of the importance of arranging males on 

 the left hand side and females on the right in the columns in the 

 drawer of the cabinet. Too little attention is paid to the neces- 

 sity of having females where antigeny or secondary sexual dif- 

 ference is not marked, or does not exist. Females, as a rule, 

 are much harder to get than males, and there is no special effort 

 made to get them where the sexes are alike in markings. If 

 specimens are arranged in the cabinet as above advocated the 

 absence of females will be at once noticed. There is great ne- 

 cessity for having both sexes in many interesting entomological 

 studies, and the speaker hopes the above-mentioned method will 

 be used more generally. 



