PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON 



VOL. XV 1913 No. 3 



MEETING OF FEBRUARY 6, 1913. 



The 265th regular meeting of the Society was entertained by 

 Mr. August Busck at the Saengerbund Hall, 214 C st. N.W., on the 

 evening of February 6, 1913, and there were present Messrs. Baker, 

 Barber, Busck, Caudell, Cory, Craighead, Cushman, Duckett, 

 Fisher, Gahan, Gill (T.N.), Heidemann, Heinrich, Hood, Hopkins, 

 Knab, McAtee, Mclndoo, Malloch, Middleton, Popenoe, Rohwer, 

 Sanford, Sasscer, Schwarz, Shannon, Snyder, Timbo r lake, Walton, 

 and Wood, members, and Messrs. R. F. Bower, dr ia Torre Bueno, 

 W. T. M. Forbes, J. R. Horton, V. King, W. O'Connor, C. E. Pe'm- 

 berton, H. J. Quayle, W. F. Turner, and W. H. White, visitors. 

 President Busck occupied the chair. The minutes of the preceding 

 meeting were read and approved. 



Mr. Rohwer mentioned the resignation of Messrs. S. E. Crumb 

 and Mr. H. L. Viereck as members from the Society. 



Mr. Cushman proposed the name of W. F. Turner for active 

 membership. 



Mr. Rohwer read a letter from Mr. J. C. Crawford resigning as 

 editor of the PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Schwarz moved that the resignation 

 be accepted; seconded by Mr. Knab; carried. Mr. Rohwer then 

 said that the Executive Committee recommended the election of 

 Mr. W. D. Hunter as editor. On the motion of Mr. Schwarz, sec- 

 onded by Mr. Knab, Mr. Hunter was duly nominated and elected. 



The first paper of the evening by Mr. Nathan Banks on "New 

 Costa Rican Arachnids, " which was read by title and the second, 

 by Dr. A. D. Hopkins "On the Classification of Scolytid Beetles," 

 will be published later. 



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