Feb., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 89 



Bethune for his donation to the library of copies of his own 

 and other publications, and to the Entomological Society of 

 Washington for a set of their Proceedings to date. 



Mr. Kircher exhibited a very large and evenly rounded 

 cocoon of Hyperchiria io in which five living and well-formed 

 pupae were closely packed together. One part of the cocoon 

 w r as slit open to demonstrate that absolutely no partitioning 

 was between any of the pupae. The specimen was spun in a 

 breeding cage. 



Mr. Buchholz showed an elegantly mounted series of the 

 several species of Rhynchagrotis which he had taken during 

 the past summer in Arizona. 



The officers elected for the year 1908 were as follows : Presi- 

 dent, Prof. Henry Wormsbacher ; Vice-President, George T. 

 Rockwell ; Corresponding and Recording Secretary, John A. 

 Grossbeck ; Financial Secretary, Herman H. Brehme ; Libra- 

 rian, William H. Broad well, and Treasurer, Simon H. M. 

 Seib. 



J. A. GROSSBECK, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Heink Entomological Club, St. Louis, 

 Mo., was held January i2th, Mr. C. L. Heink presiding. All 

 but two members present. Mr. Heink exhibited a perfect 

 specimen of Erynnis leonardus 9 which he took last July, 

 three miles south of the city, this being the first record of its 

 appearance here. He also showed cocoons of Automeris io and 

 related how he had secured several larvae of the same (20 

 miles from St. Louis) and bred them. This is believed to be 

 a new record for this region. Mr. Schroers gave an interest- 

 ing account of collecting Lepidoptera in different parts of 

 Europe. Mr. Kelbly exhibited a new, adjustable spreading 

 board, his own handiwork. He also showed a fine specimen 

 of P. turnus 9 (yellow), something very rare in this locality. 

 Mr. Knetzger exhibited a number of imagos of .5". cccropia, 

 which he bred, among them an aberration, devoid of the bands 

 on the forewings. 



AUG. KNETZGER, Secretary. 



