Feb., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 95 



Standing Committee on Nomenclature, for three years, Dr. 

 E. P. Felt, to succeed himself. 



Member of the Editorial Board, to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the death of Dr. Fletcher, Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune. 



On Wednesday afternoon a joint session with Section F, 

 A. A. A. S., was held, at which Dr. John B. Smith presided. At 

 both this and the following session of Thursday, very full and 

 interesting programs of papers were read. 



The sessions closed with an exceedingly interesting address 

 on Thursday evening by Dr. E. B. Poulton, Hope Professor of 

 Zoology in Oxford University, England, on "Mimicry in the 

 butterflies of North America." The address was illustrated by 

 many beautiful lantern slides, and was attended by a large and 

 appreciative audience. It, and also the full minutes of the ses- 

 sions, will be published in the "Annals of the Entomological 

 Society of America." 



The Brooklyn Entomological Society met at 55 Stuyvesant 

 Avenue in December, 1908, with thirteen members present. 



Acquisitions to the collection of photographs of eminent ento- 

 mologists included those of B. Neumoegen, Herman Strecker 

 and Harry Edwards. 



Mr. Franck read a letter from a collector who is spending 

 three years in Celebes. He mentioned the extreme scarcity of 

 species of Ornithoptera and the meagre variety of Papilio. He 

 had great difficulty in engaging natives to collect for him on 

 account of their dishonesty. 



Messrs. Engelhardt and Dow spoke of their collecting experi- 

 ences in Claremont, N. H., last June. In the first three even- 

 ings sixteen species of Sphingidae were captured at the arc 

 lights. During a two weeks' stay about 55 species of Geometri- 

 dae were taken. There was a good variety of Hetcrocampids. 

 The moths which flocked to the lights in the greatest numhn -> 

 were Actias lima, Anisota rubicnnda, Hypercheirid io, and Bis- 

 tou co^nafaria. Cecropia and polyphemus were common, but 

 promctJiia does not inhabit the region. Great numbers of Ne- 

 crophonts aniericanus came to the lights. At the end of June or 



