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Xhie Hntornological Section 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS. 



OCTOBER 24, 1895. 



A regular stated meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences was held in the Hall, S. W. cor.' Nineteenth and Race 

 Streets, this evening, Dr. Geo. H. Horn, director, presiding. Meeting 

 called to order at 8.05 P.M. Members present: Laurent, Welles, Fox, 

 Seiss, Ridings, Liebeck, Skinner. Associates: Reinick, Boerner, Castle. 

 Mr. Hornig, visitor. The Publication Committee reported in favor of 

 the publication of the following papers: Descriptions of New Parasitic 

 Hymenoptera, by W. H. Ashmead (paper No. 2). The Toxonomic 

 Value of the Antennae of the Lepidoptera, a Thesis presented to the 

 Faculty of Cornell University May i, 1895, for the degree of Doctor of 

 Science, by Donaldson Bodine, with five plates. New North American 

 Spiders and Mites, by Nathan Banks. Dr. Horn stated that he had re- 

 cently received a letter from Mr. Hayward in which he stated that his 

 paper on Bembidium would soon be ready for publication in the "Trans- 

 actions" of the American Entomological Society. The speaker also men- 

 tioned an interesting fact in geographical distribution. About six or eight 

 years ago a gentleman went to Texas and sent home a few pill boxes 

 which contained species of great interest; some being species only before 

 found from Mexico and Central America. Mr. Wickham had recently 

 sent specimens from Brownsville, Texas, among them being a Histerid 

 and a Carabid not before found except in the region of Guatemala, and 

 not in the intervening territory. Mr. Fox remarked on peculiar characr 

 ters found in two new species of Gorytes: G. confcrtus and laminatus. 

 He also called attention to a recent article by Mr. \\ . H. Patton in which 

 that author had asserted Astatus elegans, bet/its and inoiitamis to be but 

 forms of one variable species. Mr. Fox look exception to this view and 

 pointed out the distinguishing characters of the three species. Mr. Hor- 

 nig having lately been rearing the larger moths gave his opinions on the 

 so called cocoon mimicry, and said light and air had much to do with the 

 color of the cocoon. The Director announced the death of Dr. John 

 Godlove Morris, on October loth, aged ninety-two years. The Director 

 spoke iu a reminiscent way of Dr. Morris, stating, among other things, 

 that he was at the time of his death the oldest entomologist in the United 

 States, and that he was a friend of Say and the Melsheimers, father and 

 son. Mr. W. J. Gerhard was unanimously elected an associate of the 

 Section. Dr. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. 



The following papers were read and accepted by the Committee for 

 publication in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : 



