PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL, XV] APRIL - JUNE, 1912. No. 2 



MEETING OF JANUARY 4, 1912. 



The 255th regular meeting of the Society was entertained 

 by Mr. Crawford at the Saengerbuncl Hall, 314 C Street, 

 NW. on the evening of January 4, 1912, and there were 

 present: Messrs. Babcock, Baker, Busck, Caudell, Crawford, 

 ( 'ushman, Dyar, Ely, Gahan, Hall, Heidemann, Howard, 

 Hunter, Hyslop, Jennings, Johnson, Knab, McAtee, Morgan, 

 Meyers, Pierce, Popenoe, Quaintance, Rohwer, Runner, 

 Russell, Sasscer, Schwarz, Scott, Yickery, Viereck, Walton, 

 and Webb, members, and Messrs. E. B. Blakesley, Frets, 

 Johannsen, E. H. Siegler, F. L. Simaton, and W. B. Woods, 

 visitors. President Quaintance occupied the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



A letter was read from Mr. Gilbert, expressing the thanks 

 of Mrs. Gilbert, mother of the late l<\ C. Pratt, for the action 

 of the Society in calling a special meeting on June -'!, 1911, for 

 the purpose of drawing up resolutions in recognition of the 

 entomological work of her son. 



Mr. Yiekery proposed the name of Mr. M. M. High, and 

 Professor (Quaintance the name of Mr. E. H. Siegler, both of 

 the Bureau of Entomology, I". S. Department of Agriculture, 

 for active membership. Under suspension of the rules both 



Were elected. 



Mr. Schwarz, chairman of the committee of one appointed 

 by the Executive Committee to arrange for the smoker given 



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