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MEETING OF DECEMBER 2, 1909. 



The 235th regular meeting of the Society was entertained 

 by the bachelor members at the Saengerbund Hall, 314 C 

 street Northwest, on the evening of December 2, 1909, and 

 there were present Messrs. Barber, Burke, Crawford, Dyar, 

 Ely, Hall, Hammar, Heidemann, Hopkins, T. H. Jones, 

 Patten, E. F. Phillips, Popenoe, Rohvver, Sanders, Sasscer, 

 Vickery, Yiereck, Webb, Webster, and Wilson, members, and 

 Messrs. Bourne, C. W. Hooker, Snyder, and Wildemuth, 

 visitors. 



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The Corresponding Secretary-Treasurer submitted his report, 

 which was accepted and referred to an auditing committee. 



The chairman of the publication committee reported the 

 publication of three numbers of the current volume of pro- 

 ceedings and that the last number was in the hands of the 

 printer. 



Messrs. J. S. Zimmer and Y. L. Wildermuth, of the Bureau 

 of Entomology, and H. A. Allard, of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, were elected active members of the Society, and Mr. 

 W. T. Davis, of New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, a 

 corresponding member. 



The officers for the year 1909 were reflected for the year 

 1910. 



The first paper of the evening, "A Painful Skin Disease 

 Caused by a Predaceous and Supposedly Beneficial Mite," by 

 Mr. F. M. Webster,* was discussed by Messrs. Burke, Phillips, 



and Hall. 



A paper entitled, "Musical Katydids in North Georgia," by 



H. A. Allard, was read by Mr. Barber and discussed by 

 Messrs. Hammar and Barber. 



*Withdrawn for publication elsewhere. 



