April, *IO] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 185 



Oregon and Utah, in return for which I shall be glad to send Euro- 

 pean species with a few exotics. 



Will observers on your side of the water help me again ? I shall 

 be very grateful if they will. G. T. Bethune-Barker, 19 Clarendon 

 Road, Edgbaston, England. 



A CONVENTION of ENTOMOLOGISTS AT THE HOME OF DR. WM. BARNES, 

 DECATUR, ILL. There were just twenty-two persons who enjoyed the 

 hospitality of Dr. Wm. Barnes, at his home, which is in Decatur, 111., 

 Sunday, January 16, 1910. They came from all directions of the com- 

 pass; their aim being to view and study the splendid collection of 

 North American Lepidoptera owned by the doctor. 



A delegation arrived from St. Louis early Saturday evening. They 

 were Prof. J. F. Abbott, Messrs. Ernst Schwarz, L. M. Dougan, Phil. 

 Rau, and Hermann Schwarz. During the night Prof. R. R. Rowley 

 arrived from Louisiana, Mo. Early Sunday morning this group left 

 the St. Nicholas Hotel, at Decatur, for the doctor's home. There they 

 found Messrs. John L. Healy, Wm. Gerhard, Emil Beer, John Kytlica 

 and Alex. Kwiat, all of Chicago, also Mr. John A. Grossbeck, of New 

 Brunswick, N. J., Richard Lange, of St. Louis, A. F. Porter, Decorah, 

 Iowa, and Messrs. J. McDunnough, and Paul Welch, the last two 

 being the curators of the Barnes collection. Mr. Otho C. Poling, of 

 Quincy, 111. put in his appearance later in the morning he having been 

 reluctantly detained at the hotel by Morpheus who simply would not 

 let him depart from his generous embrace, until aroused by a sense of 

 duty to his fellow-men he tore himself loose with main and might 

 and thus made his dramatic appearance amongst us. 



There was plenty to talk about and much to see, so the morning 

 passed all too fast. A luncheon prepared and served under the able 

 direction of the amiable mistress of the house, Airs. Barnes, was en- 

 joyed royally at the noon hour. Exit dining room we enter the 

 library and museum where, under the influence of the glorious aroma 

 of good cigars, we are made to feel the happiness and bliss which comes 

 from a close association of men whose aims are of a like character. 



At this stage enter the delegation from the Illinois State University, 

 which is in Urbana, 111., consisting of Messrs. Chas. A. Hart, James 

 Zetek, R. A. Glasgow and J. Douglas Hood, also Prof. T. W. Gallo- 

 way, of Millican University of Decatur. 



It was suggested that a formal session be held. Everybody present 

 concurred in this opinion. 



MINUTES. 



Mr. John L. Healy was unanimously elected chairman and Hermann 

 Schwarz secretary. The session was opened at 2.45 P. M. Upon 

 opening the session all present signified by a rising vote their thanks 

 to Dr. Barnes for the courtesies extended. 



It was agreed that each one present report on the work and progress 



