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the most fragmentary notes made and published by different 

 observers on the habits and development of insects often 

 accumulate into more or less complete life histories. Care 

 should be taken to not duplicate published articles along these 

 lines, but the republication of known facts is not necessarily 

 to be decried, as such often serves as a check on the results 

 as published by others. 



MEETING OF JUNE 6, 1912. 



The 260th regular meeting of the Society was entertained 

 by the married members at the Saengerbund Hall, 314 C 

 Street NW., on the evening of June 6, 1912, and there were 

 present Messrs. Cory, Cushman, Ely, Gahan, Heidemann, 

 Knab, Myers, Quaintance, Rohwer, Sasscer, Schwarz, Snyder, 

 and Wood, members, and Messrs. F. C. Green, Fritz Johansen, 

 and J. R. Malloch, visitors. President Quaintance occupied 

 the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The name of Reginald Wooldridge was proposed for active 

 membership and in accordance with the rules laid over until 

 the next meeting. 



Under unfinished business Mr. Rohwer brought up the 

 question of a delegate to the Oxford meeting, and after some 

 discussion it was moved and seconded that the matter be 

 referred to the Executive Committee with power to act. 



Mr. Schwarz gave a brief report as a member of the com- 

 mittee to draw up a biography of the late John B. Smith, and 

 Mr. Rohwer moved that the committee be relieved. Seconded 

 by Mr. Gahan, and carried. 



The first paper of the evening was "A New Tachinid from 

 Porto Rico," by W. R. Walton, and in the absence of the 

 author is was read by Mr. Rohwer. 



