PROCEEDINGS 



OF THI: 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON. 



VOL. XII JANl'ARV-MARCH, 1910 No. 1 



MKKTINC, OF NOVEMBER 4, 1909. 



The 234th regular meeting of the Society was entertained 

 by Mr. Schwarz at the Saengerbund Hall, 314 C Street, on 

 the evening of November 4, 1909, and there were present 

 Messrs. Banks, Barber, Burgess, Busck, Crawford, Dyar, Ely, 

 (xahan, Gill, Hall, Heidemann, Hooker, Hopkins, Knab, 

 Lawford, E. L. Phillips, Piper, Popenoe, Ouaintauce, San- 

 ders, Schwarz, Viereck, and Wilson, members, and Messrs. 

 K. Heudriksen, Copenhagen, Denmark; T. H. Jones; E. L,. 

 Morris, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; L. M. Peairs, S. A. Rohwer, 

 E. W. Scott, and J. S. Zimmer, visitors. 



The following were elected active members: Messrs. T. H. 

 Jones, S. A. Roluver, and E. W. Scott, of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, and Mr. L. M. Peairs, of the Maryland Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



The name of Mr. \V. T. Davis, New Brighton, Staten 

 Island, New York, was proposed for corresponding member- 

 ship and referred to the Executive Committee. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported that the commit- 

 tee of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science to report on the methods of publication and distribu- 

 tion of publications by scientific societies had requested infor- 

 mation from the Society in regard to our publications, and on 

 vote of the Society was instructed to furnish such information. 



The first paper of the evening, "Some New Mites," was 

 read by title, the author, Mr. Banks, giving a synopsis. The 

 paper was discussed by Messrs. Schwarz and Piper. 



Mr. Banks, in reply to questions, stated that species de- 



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